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Saturday, 27 May 2017 :   The 22-year-old, who will join City on 1 July, said: “I’m now at one of the best teams in the world”. Silva has made 58 appearances for Monaco this season – including two against City in the Champions League – scoring 11 goals and 12 …

Saturday, 27 May 2017 :  Petra Kvitova says she has already won her “biggest fight” by returning to action at the French Open following a knife attack at her home in December. The Czech, 27, was stabbed by an intruder and suffered a career-threatening hand injury. But the two-time Wimbledon …

Saturday, 27 May 2017 :  Alex Gray is about to embark on his NFL dream, but until a few months ago, his only experience of American football was beating his brothers on a computer game. The former England Sevens captain has signed for 2016 Super Bowl finalists Atlanta Falcons as …

Saturday, 27 May 2017 :  Britain’s Greg Rutherford claimed a resounding long-jump victory at the Great City Games in front of a big crowd in Manchester’s Albert Square. The 30-year-old London 2012 gold medallist recorded 8.18m in his final jump to win ahead of Uruguay’s Emiliano Lasa (7.96m). Holly Bradshaw …

Saturday, 27 May 2017 :  World number two Rory McIlroy has withdrawn from his final warm-up event for the US Open due to a rib injury. The 28-year-old will miss next week’s Memorial Tournament at Muirfield Village in Ohio. The Northern Irishman was treated for a stress fracture to his …

Saturday, 27 May 2017 :  The Sri Lankan finished unbeaten on 177 as Surrey closed on 334-7 having been reduced to 31-5 in the opening hour of a sun-drenched first day at Chelmsford. Sam Curran (90) shared a 191-run partnership with Sangakkara for the sixth wicket while Stuart Meaker (43 …

Friday, 26 May 2017 :  England all-rounder Ben Stokes is an injury doubt for the second one-day international against South Africa in Southampton on Saturday. The 25-year-old injured his knee in Wednesday’s 72-run victory over the tourists at Headingley. He will be assessed by England’s medical staff when the team …

Friday, 26 May 2017 :  Former England Sevens captain Alex Gray has joined the Atlanta Falcons, as one of three UK-based men to sign as overseas players for NFL practice squads on Thursday. Gray, 26, previously played club rugby for Newcastle Falcons and London Irish. Bath-born defensive end Alex Jenkins, …

Friday, 26 May 2017 :  Dumoulin was ninth on stage 18 and retained a 31-second lead over Nairo Quintana, with Nibali third overall. Dutchman Dumoulin said his two closest rivals were “clearly working together” and hoped they would lose places. Nibali countered: “Has he ever heard of karma? He should …

Friday, 26 May 2017 :  Jamieson carded a five-under-par 67 to finish in a three-way tie for second behind Sweden’s Johan Carlsson. Englishmen Ross Fisher and Graeme Storm are a stroke further back, alongside Bradley Dredge of Wales. “We had the best of the conditions, not a breath of air, …