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By  AYOADE JAMIU The Dutch international signs a five and a half year agreement under a strong transfer strategy for Merseysiders Towards the end of the 2016-17 year as Liverpool pushed the finish in the top four to crystallize their lead when Jürgen Klopp, the draft of his recruitment strategy for the new campaign became apparent. His first season of blinking and blinding highlighted the team's electrifying potential, but his stumble extended earlier this year solidified the idea that reinforcements were demanded. There were four main objectives: to reduce the addiction of Sadio Mane by adding another rapid advance that could terrify the defenses and make a difference in the last third; elevate the dynamism in the center of the field; to make sure there was more competition in the team; and bring a consummate and dominant central center. Mohamed Salah, Naby Keita, who joined Merseysiders last summer, and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain reviewed the three top priorities.

By  AYOADE JAMIU • The captain of Leicester admits that the English players showed signs of fatigue • "The mental tension is enormous and it gets bigger and bigger" Leicester captain Tom Youngs admitted that the English players at the club showed signs of fatigue after the international matches in autumn after the slowdown of the European Premier League team last weekend. Five of the seven clubs in the English Premiership, including the Tigers, lost in the fourth round and all cleared the week before facing their worst performance in Europe in six seasons. In fact, Leicester, Saracens, Northampton, Harlequins and Exeter suffered consecutive defeats, contributing collectively with 23 players to England during the fall. Currently, only Bath, who beat Toulon on Saturday, will qualify for the knockout round, the last time the Premier League has had a single club in the last eight years 2011-12, while Wasps has revived their hopes with an impressive victory against

By  AYOADE JAMIU   • Professor Jiri Dvorak says he has not received any explanation after 22 years of work • Other senior FIFA officials have been expelled when examining issues related to Russia The former chief medical officer of Fifa was investigating the supposed doping of Russian state soccer players when his work was abruptly interrupted under the presidency of Gianni Infantino last November. Professor Jiri Dvorak, a leading physician and consultant neurologist who worked in the medical, anti-doping and injury prevention programs of Fifa for 22 years, complained that he had not received any notification or explanation when the governing body of the World Game of He suddenly finished his job. The end of Dvorak and his work, which he combined with the chairmanship of the department of neurology at the Schulthess Clinic in Zurich, were some of the many games of FIFA staff after the election of Infantino last February to succeed Sepp. Blatter This expulsion of people ha

By  AYOADE JAMIU • Team England nominates 75 men and field teams for the 2018 event in Australia • Adam Gemili and Katarina Johnson-Thompson among the contenders for the medal Greg Rutherford, Olympic long jump champion in London in 2012, and British sprint holder Dina Asher-Smith were named in an English men's 75-man athletics team for next year's Commonwealth Games in Australia. The athletic team will be the largest group of 650 members of the Gold Coast English team, which will include 400 athletes and 250 support staff in 18 sports, making it the largest team to represent the world. England at an international sporting event. Most of them will start flying to Brisbane training camp in mid-March to give them more than 15 days of acclimatization before the Games start on April 4. England will try to defend their position against Australia at the top of the medal table. A spokesman for the England team would not be attracted by the cost of the trip, but

Athletes who started playing tackle football before age 12 had more behavioral and cognitive problems in the future than those who started playing after age 12, according to a new study published on Tuesday. The results, from a long-term study by researchers at Boston University, are likely to fuel the debate over when children should start playing football. The results of the study by researchers at Boston University, published in the journal Nature's Translational Psychiatry, were based on a sample of 214 former players, aged 51 on average. Of these, 43 played in high school, 103 the remaining 68 played in the NFL In telephone interviews and online surveys, the researchers found that players in all three groups participating in youth soccer before the age of 12 had a double risk of problems with behavior regulation, apathy and executive function. a triple risk of depression scores. " "The brain is going through this incredible period of growth bet

It seems obvious that there will be more, and more serious, injuries among high school and college athletes in football or soccer or lacrosse than, say, in running or in tennis. But how much more and at what economic cost? The Yale researchers discovered that these numbers were difficult to obtain, but using the best available data, they calculated that if contact sports could be practiced without contact, such as flag football, for example, there would be 49,600 fewer injuries among men. university athletes per year and 601,900 less among male high school athletes. The savings, which include estimates of medical costs and lost time, could reach $ 1.5 billion a year for colleges and $ 19.2 billion a year for high schools. And that only takes into account the immediate consequences of an injury, according to an article by the researchers, and not the long-term effects of concussions or repeated bursts of the brain in collisions. Or the repercussions of ligament tears, which

October was a crucial month for Lyon as they had 10 points out of 12 possible to climb to third place. Having been selected by Angers, they strove to eliminate the defending champions Monaco, Troyes and Metz. As such, it is not surprising to see them with four representatives in our Ligue 1 team, with Nabil Fekir as star man. Arsenal goal scored 8.78 on WhoScored last month with the most goals (4), including a final against Monaco, and created more key passes (11) than any other player French. . Fekir's teammate in crime also appears in the XI as Mariano impressed on the front line by the French team, scoring three goals in four appearances. The arrival of the summer has formed an effective partnership with Fekir, with Fekir a Mariano as the best striker assist combination in Ligue 1 this season, returning three goals. The Dutchman Memphis appears on the left flank after scoring four goals, including a hat-trick in Troyes for a perfect WhoScored score of 10. With six

Barcelona seems unstoppable at this moment, having lost only two points in La Liga this season, which is equivalent to a 1-1 draw at Atlético de Madrid. The Blaugrana has collected 10 points from the 12 available, thanks in part to the excellent form of Lionel Messi. The Argentine won the WhoScored match in nine of his 11 league games this season, more than any other player, and won the medal in all four league outings last month, helping to return a WhoScored Rating of 8.91. In fact, Messi was available to score three goals and score two assists, while the small Barcelona star also made more dribbles (29) than any other La Liga player in October. The 30-year-old also finished second for the key passes (29) and third-round passes (91) while continuing to shine after Neymar's transfer to PSG. Messi is one of the three representatives of Barcelona that appear in our La Liga team of the month, with Marc-Andre ter Stegen among the clubs. The German, who will face England

The owner of the Dallas Cowboys, Jerry Jones, "said with his lord, as it is in the extension of the NFL Roger Goodell, but that he does not come from contract with an Ezequiel to the commissioner was E. Elliott in the suspension of the six parties of the alleged domestic violence. Jones said on his radio show on Friday that he wants the 32 owners to have the opportunity to approve the agreement negotiated between Goodell and the compensation committee that includes six owners. Jones is not on the committee. The NFL said the owners have already voted unanimously to extend the Goodell contract and allow the committee to close the deal. Jones said the circumstances have changed since the May vote, including escalating protests against the social injustice that has affected the national anthem. Jones also said that "behavior policies" have been a problem since May. Goodell suspended Elliott in August. Jones, who was inducted into the Professional Football Hall of