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Spain captain Rodri has been linked with a summer move from Manchester City to Barcelona -Credit:Alex Pantling - FIFA, FIFA via Getty ImagesBarcelona have been informed they must produce a minimum of 70 million ($94.5 million) if they wish to secure Manchester City star Rodri.Barca are reportedly preparing an improved offer of 55 million ($74.2 million) plus add-ons, which would bring the total bid to 60 million ($81 million). However, this still falls 10 million ($13.5 million) short of what Etihad executives are demanding for the FIFA World Cup winner, having initially indicated they wanted no less than 60 million for the midfielder.City are aware that the pressure is now on Bara to match the asking price for a player the Spanish giants have pledged to sign.Kylian Mbappe drops World Cup truth bomb after absurd third-place loss to EnglandDonald Trump sparks outrage with Harry Kane World Cup comments -Credit:Lewis Storey, Getty ImagesRodri rejected a move to fierce rivals Real Madrid in the expectation that he would be joining the La Liga champions. However, unless Barca president Joan Laporta is prepared to pay what City are demanding, the transfer will not materialize, as per the Manchester Evening News.Rodri, 30, has entered the final 12 months of his contract at the Etihad. While he could depart City on a free transfer next summer, club executives believe 70 million represents a fair valuation for a player who remains among the finest in the world.Rodri has now claimed the World Cup, the UEFA Euros, a Ballon d'Or, and 13 trophies with City, including the Treble, cementing his status as one of the most decorated players on the planet.City are reportedly relaxed about the situation and are content to retain Rodri at the Etihad for at least another season, even if it results in him departing for nothing next summer. In the meantime, Rodri is expected to return to preseason training on Friday.To listen to the latest episode of 'All Out Soccer' - CLICK HEREHe has been recuperating from a back procedure he had following the World Cup. Should City reach an agreement with Barca to transfer Rodri, the Spaniard will be replaced at the Etihad, despite City having already spent 116 million ($155.2 million) on Elliot Anderson.The club are in discussions with Lille regarding the acquisition of Ayyoub Bouaddi, but have made clear they will replace any midfield departures in addition to securing Bouaddi.

Russell Westbrook has announced his NBA retirement. The future Hall-of-Famer posted a self-made tribute video that highlighted his career accolades on Wednesday.In the video, Westbrook wrote a caption that revealed his decision to hang up his sneakers. The 37-year-old played in 18 NBA seasons from 2008-26. He spent his first 11 seasons on the Thunder. That's where he enjoyed his best years both at the individual and team level."Sometimes you dont even know when youve already watched the end," Westbrook wrote. "You had to be there. And now its over."Westbrook was one of the faces of the NBA's 2010s. Alongside Kevin Durant, they headlined OKC's first title contender for most of the decade. He won the 2016-17 MVP on the Thunder. He also made one NBA Finals trip and four Western Conference Finals appearances in his time there.Westbrook also played for the Houston Rockets, Washington Wizards, Los Angeles Lakers, LA Clippers, Denver Nuggets and Sacramento Kings.On his stacked resume, Westbrook is a one-time MVP winner, nine-time All-Star, nine-time All-NBA member, two-time scoring champion and three-time assist champion. After about 60 years since Oscar Robertson became the first player ever to average a triple-double for an entire season, he rattled off four such years in a five-year span. Completely redefining the statistical achievement.Goes without saying Westbrook is one of the greatest players in Thunder history. As of now, he owns most of the franchise's all-time records. Even though the final one-third of his career was spent as a journeyman, he's well on his way to making the Hall of Fame and getting his No. 0 retired in OKC.Sometimes you dont even know when youve already watched the end.You had to be there. pic.twitter.com/fGBmjdUVvr Russell Westbrook (@russwest44) August 12, 2026This article originally appeared on OKC Thunder Wire: Russell Westbrook announces NBA retirement

Cornerback Korie Black catches the ball during a drill. | USA TODAY Network via Reuters CoThe New York Giants will have their 13th practice of training camp on Wednesday at the Quest Diagnostics Training Center. This one is expected to be the Giants final padded practice before Saturdays preseason opener against the Minnesota Vikings.Big Blue View will be in attendance for this one, so be sure to come back after practice for a first-hand practice report, and more.UpdatesFollowing Arvell Reese through practice pic.twitter.com/VTU7LFWqJl New York Giants (@Giants) August 12, 2026Here are a few things we will be paying attention to:Malik Nabers continued progress. Head coach John Harbaugh said last week that Nabers would eventually begin to do more than routes on air. Could that be today?Could cornerback Terrion Arnold be signed? I have doubts about that. At the least, it will be interesting to get Harbaughs take on Arnold, currently facing eight felony counts relating to a plot to detain and pistol-whip three people.Will Paulson Adebo practice? And, why did he miss Tuesdays practice?Will one or both of injured cornerbacks Dru Phillips and Greg Newsome return to practice?With injuries causing some temporary shuffling on the offensive line, how do players getting increased opportunities look?

Entering training camp, there was plenty of speculation as to who would be starting at quarterback for the Minnesota Vikings. Most of that speculation was centered around newly-signed QB Kyler Murray beating out second-year signal-caller J.J. McCarthy after what we saw happen in 2025. Vikings head coach Kevin O'Connell wasted no time making it clear who his QB is for 2026. Join or create a Yahoo Fantasy Football league for the 2026 NFL seasonOn Tuesday, O'Connell announced Murray as the starter going into this season. While this move isn't a surprising one for the NFL and fantasy football communities, it is nice that we can put speculation aside and start to project how Minnesota's offense will look for 2026. One of the biggest players impacted by the move is elite WR Justin Jefferson, coming off his worst NFL season in 2025. With improved QB play under Murray, can JJ bounce back in both real-life and fantasy? Matt Harmon and Justin Boone break down the news on the latest episode of the Yahoo Fantasy Forecast, and talk the impact on Jefferson. Overall, talk coming out of Vikings' training camp is that the offense opens up a bit more with Kyler under center, per Boone. With McCarthy, the Vikings were trying to hide him within the offense a bit not ideal for Jefferson.The fantasy community cares about Jefferson the most among skill position players in Minnesota and Boone believes this move to Murray will be good for the Pro Bowl wide receiver. Harmon isn't as excited about the move initially. McCarthy was apparently making a push during camp and looked better, but it's still Murray who is the guy. Harmon doesn't feel differently about Murray as a fantasy QB; he has him ranked QB15 as of now. Harmon is second-guessing himself on Jefferson. He wasn't worried so much two months ago but now thinks there could be a scenario where we see McCarthy come in late in the season, during the fantasy playoffs. So Harmon has Jefferson down at 15th overall in his consensus half-PPR rankings, with RBs like James Cook, Saquan Barkley, Ashton Jeanty, Derrick Henry and Kenneth Walker III ahead of Jefferson. The analyst is also skeptical of Murray overall, which Boone believes is fair. While Murray may not come in and be the end-all-be-all of QBs, Boone feels the Vikings just need him to come in and provide "average QB play."

Despite his first loss in the rivalry, Michigan football quarterback Bryce Underwood does not seem nervous about Ohio State when asked about "The Game" during a recent interview.Speaking with NBC Sports, Underwood was asked what felt different about playing against Ohio State for the first time."It's just another game, just guys in a different color. That's how I see it," Underwood said.Asked Bryce Underwood about The Game. Here is what the Michigan QB had to say: pic.twitter.com/Gi7s4KCGby John Fanta (@John_Fanta) August 11, 2026Underwood did acknowledge the importance of the rivalry, describing playing in the game as a "blessing.""It's a blessing to be in," he said. "Very physical, like I said, it's all around taxing mentally, physically. You've got to stay strong mentally, you've got to stay strong physically. [You] can't quit, can't give up."Underwood was also asked what comes to mind about the first game he played against Ohio State."I lost," Underwood said. "That's all it is."The Buckeyes beat Michigan 27-9 in 2025. In his first rivalry appearance, Underwood completed 8 of 18 passes for 63 yards and one interception. His completion and passing yards total against the Buckeyes were the lowest of the 2025 season.Ohio State quarterback Julian Sayin threw for 233 yards with three passing touchdowns and one interception.Underwood and Sayin are poised to have a rematch on Nov. 28, when Ohio State hosts Michigan in Ohio Stadium. The Buckeyes have not beaten the Wolverines in Columbus since 2018.This article originally appeared on The Columbus Dispatch: Michigan QB Bryce Underwood calls Ohio State game 'just another game'

Beginning in late November 2021, when then-Oklahoma head coach Lincoln Riley jumped ship to Los Angeles to become USC's head coach, the Trojans have operated under various themes to help explain why their rebuild always seems to unfold at such a leisurely pace. The various talking points throughout Rileys high-priced, pressure-packed tenure have looked something like this: As the Riley era enters its fifth season in L.A., and with the Trojans having failed to reach double-digit wins since he took over in 2022, many of these points have produced equal and opposite reactions. The early roster construction missteps prompted Riley to hire Notre Dame general manager Chad Bowden for the same role at USC, whose pivot back toward local recruiting secured the No. 1 high school class in the country. The culture that Riley said desperately needed fixing is now anchored by the Bloom Football Performance Center, a $225 million facility that opened over the summer. And when Lynn left USC to become defensive coordinator at Penn State, his alma mater, Riley responded with the splashy addition of former TCU head coach Gary Patterson, an inductee to the College Football Hall of Fame. "When I think about our football program right now going into this fifth year, going into this season, I think about our alignment and the momentum behind our program," Riley said at Big Ten media days last month. "Kind of watching us through the last few years taking on some of the different challenges and changes that we've had a new coaching staff, a new president, a new AD, a new conference, most recently moving into the [new] facility about 10 days ago we've had so much change. Right now, I feel like our alignment is as strong as it's ever been." From an Xs and Os perspective, the burgeoning football alignment revolves largely around what Riley believes will be his most successful defensive coordinator hire yet an ideal complement to the Trojans high-flying offense. Patterson, 66, came out of retirement in January to chase one of the few things his uniquely impressive rsum is still missing: a national championship. To get there would require USC to reach the College Football Playoff for the first time in program history, which might also be the minimum for Riley to keep his job beyond this season. A decades-long track record compiled by Patterson is more than enough to inspire legitimate confidence. The two-time Big 12 coach of the year won 181 games with a .696 winning percentage in 21 seasons as the Horned Frogs head coach from 2000-21. The winning stretch also won him six conference championships across Conference USA, the Mountain West and the Big 12. His squads finished among the top nine in the final AP Poll six times from 2008-17 alone, which also included an undefeated season in 2010 by upending No. 4 Wisconsin in the Rose Bowl. More specifically, Pattersons previous defensive exploits offer the excitement that radiated from Riley to the trio of players he brought to Chicago for Big Ten media days. Star quarterback Jayden Maiava described "Coach GP" as a "great addition." TCU led the nation in total defense five times during Pattersons tenure as head coach by leaning into the same 4-2-5 system hes now installing for the Trojans. And in doing so, the Horned Frogs became just the third team in college football history to finish atop that category for three consecutive seasons. Thirty of his defensive players were chosen in the NFL Draft. "Coach Patterson is one of one," Riley said at Big Ten media days. "I've told people I've had a chance throughout my career, calling plays for a little while now, to call plays against a lot of the people that you would say these are the greatest minds of this last era of college football, greatest defensive minds. I've never coached against somebody that I thought was more unique and tougher to go against than Gary Patterson. "I think we're certainly feeling his impact defensively. I'm certainly feeling his impact of just having a fellow head coach in the building, right, somebody else that has sat in this chair and made some of these decisions. You can't replace that type of expertise and experience that he brings to the table. He's incredibly motivated. He wouldn't have done this without that. I think he senses the opportunity even for a guy that's accomplished just about everything you can in this game [that] there's a few other things left out there. He knows he can do that here." Rileys original choice for defensive coordinator, Alex Grinch, oversaw units that ranked 106th in total defense for 2022 and 119th in 2023. With Lynn's arrival, he helped elevate USCs group to 77th in total defense in 2024 and 49th in 2025 noteworthy improvements that shouldnt be ignored but even last years group failed to finish among the top 10 in the conference for scoring defense after surrendering 23 points per game. That number ballooned to 35 points per game in the Trojans four losses to Illinois, Notre Dame, Oregon and TCU. Now, Patterson has inherited a unit that only returns five starters and must replace star safety Bishop Fitzgerald, a consensus All-American and first-team All-Big Ten performer last year who's now with the Tennessee Titans. But Riley and Bowden infused the roster with several impact players from the transfer portal in nose tackle Alex VanSumeren from Michigan State, edge rusher Zuriah Fisher from Penn State and cornerback Jontez Williams from Iowa State. The Trojans vaunted 2026 high school recruiting class, which edged Alabama, Oregon and Ohio State to finish No. 1 in the country, also includes two five-star defensive prospects in edge rusher Luke Wafle and defensive tackle Jaimeon Winfield. To push himself and USC over that hump, Patterson is tasked with expanding on the progress his predecessor, Lynn, began to make before joining Penn State late last year. And with more talent available to him than ever before, the prolonged USC rebuild will finally reach its completion. "Im proud of the progress weve made on that side of the ball," Riley said at Big Ten media days. "But my expectations are for us to be just as good defensively as we are offensively as we are on special teams. I want to see it across the board. Theres no reason at a place like this, you know, why that cant happen. Its my job to acquit our program to be great there, and I think the moves that weve made in recruiting, in retention, bringing in Gary [Patterson] in I think all of that gets us closer. "So Im bullish on how good that group can be."

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More than six years after his final game with the Iowa State men's basketball team, Tyrese Haliburton is set to play at Hilton Coliseum again.The formerCyclone turned NBA star will bring hisIndiana Pacers to Ames for an exhibition game at 6 p.m. on Oct. 7 against the Minnesota Timberwolves.Tickets go on sale Wednesday, Sept. 9, with more information coming at a later date, according to a news release from Iowa State Athletics.Haliburton averaged 10.1 points, 4.7 assists and 4.4 rebounds per game across two seasons in Ames. He earned All-Big 12 Second Team honors after his final season in2020, and Iowa State unveiled a banner at Hilton Coliseum in March 2025 to commemorate his Olympic gold medal with Team USA.More: Iowa State basketball: Olympic gold medalist Tyrese Haliburton stays true to his rootsThe 26-year-old did not play during the 2025-26 NBA season after tearinghis right Achilles tendon in Game 7 of the 2025 NBA Finals.The two-time NBA All-Star is entering his seventh professional season, having averaged 17.5 points, 8.8 assists, 3 rebounds and 1.5 steals per game. Cooper Worth is a service/trending reporter for the Des Moines Register. Reach him at cworth@gannett.com or follow him on X @CooperAWorth.This article originally appeared on Des Moines Register: Tyrese Haliburton, Pacers to play NBA preseason game at Hilton Coliseum

Are the New England Patriots the Super Bowl contenders that they were last year heading into the 2026 NFL season?That remains to be seen, with the new season just over four weeks away from getting underway. The Patriots added to their roster this offseason. However, other teams in the league became stronger contenders as well, making next season one that will require the Patriots to play outstanding football to come out on top in the AFC and ultimately win the Super Bowl.NFL.coms Nick Shook strikingly ranked the Patriots No. 12 overall in his power rankings prior to the start of preseason. New England rode a dreamlike turnaround to a Super Bowl LX appearance on a vehicle that was all but guaranteed to swap out a few key parts once the journey ended, Shook said. That said, the team still has MVP runner-upDrake Maye, added star receiver A.J. Brown to a WR group that also welcomedRomeo Doubs, and bolstered the offensive line with free agent pickupAlijah Vera-Tuckerand first-round selectionCaleb Lomu. There's still plenty of reason to feel good about the Pats' outlook; I just need them to prove doubters wrong before moving them up in these rankings.The Patriots had one of the biggest offseasons in the league this year. Their additions in the open market and the draft upgraded their offense on paper, while the defense retained its strength.There may not be 11 teams that are better than the Patriots heading into next season. However, New England does need to excel against its tougher schedule this year with its new-look roster to come out on top in the AFC and the league as a whole. Follow Patriots Wire onTwitterandFacebook.This article originally appeared on Patriots Wire: Where did Patriots land in latest NFL power rankings before preseason?