Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Sports Newspapers:
- Mauricio Pochettino on Tuesday left Chelsea by mutual consent. The Argentine only arrived at Stamford Bridge last summer and signed a two-year deal.
- Serena Williams has hinted at a comeback to tennis 18 months after “evolving away from tennis”. In a post on social media, the 42-year-old admitted she is “ready to hit some balls again”.
- Germany midfielder, Toni Kroos will retire from professional football after the Euro 2024 this summer. Real Madrid confirmed this in a statement via their website on Tuesday.
- Jofra Archer has not played for England since March 2023 due to a stress fracture in his back, but will make his long-awaited return to international cricket against Pakistan at Headingley. Archer has not played international cricket since March 2023 due to a stress fracture in his back but featured for Sussex’s second XI recently and is in the squad for England’s T20 World Cup title defence in the Caribbean and USA next month.
- The Chairman of the Professional Footballers Association of Nigeria Task Force, Harrison Jalla, says the body will write a “strongly worded” letter to the Chief of Army Staff following the alleged dehumanisation of former Super Eagles striker and Brazil 2014 World Cup star, Uche Nwofor, by soldiers at Artillery Barracks 302 in Onitsha, Anambra State. Narrating his ordeal in a statement on his Instagram page on Tuesday, Nwofor, 32, who is currently unattached, said he was at the barracks having a nice time with his friends when he was accosted by the uniformed men, who sat him on the floor and started cutting off his dreadlocks.
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