The move has been touted for some time, with the Cherries holding out for £45m.

The 20-year-old Manchester City star was arrested and charged with possession of a Class C drug on June 18 last year after an investigation by Greater Manchester Police .

Bale, 35, was born in Cardiff and his uncle Chris Pike was a prolific striker at the club between 1989 and 1993. It comes just weeks after Luka Modric bought a minority stake in rivals Swansea City.

The Scottish Football Association (SFA) has accused Rangers of issuing "misleading comments" in their criticism of the punishment handed down for a remark from former player John Brown on the club's media channels.

The SFA says fining Rangers £3,000 following a comment by John Brown "was entirely in keeping with the application of the rules".

Andy Farrell’s side make worst possible start to summer as warm-up for Australia tour ends in defeat

Galal Yafai hopes to move closer to a world-title shot with victory over Francisco Rodriguez Jr this weekend. But on the undercard, there are plenty of fighters with big dreams of their own

Real Madrid forward Kylian Mbappe has left hospital after missing his side's first game at the newly-expanded Club World Cup after suffering from gastroenteritis.

The newly promoted side underlined their ambitions for the Women’s Super League by signing the Dutch international in a major coup

The day’s two Group 1 contests were both won by rank outsiders in another thrilling day of action in Berkshire

Queues for water refills and ice creams surpassed even those for beer at a sun-baked ground offering unseasonably hot sustenanceAfter two years without a Test here, 23 in which India’s red-ball side had visited only once, seven months since the last tickets for the first three days were snapped up and six in which the sum total of England’s action in …

Hungary left-back to sign five-year deal with championsFlorian Wirtz completes medical before £100m moveLiverpool have agreed a deal to sign Milos Kerkez from Bournemouth for £40m. The left-back is to undergo a medical next week before signing a five-year deal with the Premier League champions.The 21-year-old Hungary international has enjoyed two …

Arne Slot’s Reds are strengthening all over the pitch ahead of Premier League title defence

Midfielder likely to have limited game time next seasonFormer Germany international wants to keep playingGalatasaray are considering a move for Ilkay Gündogan, with Manchester City open to a transfer for the 34-year-old midfielder.The Turkish club are believed to have inquired about Gündogan’s availability in the winter window but City did not want him …

Marcia Lewis has handled her son’s stellar rise by becoming an agent and setting up No1Fan.club to support parents of children in academiesIf Marcia Lewis has learned anything in the past seven years, it is to keep pushing. “They probably thought by now I’d have disappeared,” the mother of the Arsenal and England left-back Myles Lewis-Skelly says …

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Jack Draper had a weird interaction with a BBC reporter after winning to reach the Queen's semi-finals on Friday.