Celta Vigo have completed the signing of midfielder Denis Suarez from Barcelona, the two clubs confirmed on Sunday.

Denis, 25, will join Celta for an initial fee of €12.9 million, with another €3.1m potentially due in add ons. He will sign a four-year deal with his hometown club, who he left eight years ago to sign for Manchester City.

The sale of Denis completes a busy week for Barcelona. They have also sold Marc Cardona, Andre Gomes and Jasper Cillessen to Osasuna, Everton and Valencia, respectively. Goalkeeper Neto also arrived from Valencia for €26m.

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In total, for the four players sold, they have brought in almost €75m, surpassing the €60m ESPN FC revealed the club needed to bring in before June 30 to balance their accounts for the 2018-19 season.

Denis came through the youth academy at Celta before joining Man City in 2011. He left the English club for Barcelona in 2013.

After a season with Barca's B team and another year on loan at Sevilla, the former Spain U21 international joined Villarreal on a permanent deal. Less than a year later, though, his performances for the Yellow Submarine prompted Barca to exercise their right to re-sign him.

However, he has failed to secure regular first team football over the last three seasons at Camp Nou and a loan spell at Arsenal earlier this year was ended prematurely due to injury.

Denis revealed earlier this summer that he planned to leave Barca and that, despite foreign interest, his desire was to remain in Spain. He would have preferred a club competing in European competition -- and there was interest from Valencia -- but has finally opted for a return home to Galicia.

Tottenham have agreed a €62 million deal with Lyon that could rise to €72m for the transfer of Tanguy Ndombele, sources have told ESPN FC. The France international, 22, will become the Premier League club's record transfer, smashing the £42m they paid Ajax for Davidson Sanchez in 2017.

Personal terms are yet to be agreed, but that should not be an issue, and the deal is expected to be announced this week, according to sources. The player is set to travel to London for his medical and be ready to join his new teammates when they report back for preseason on July 8.

It was important to both Ndombele and manager Mauricio Pochettino that the midfielder be at the club by that date so he can take part in the whole of preseason.

The wife of the Colombia defender who missed a penalty kick that led to the team's elimination in the Copa America says he and his family have received death threats.

Daniela Mejia, wife of William Tesillo, says some of the threats alluded to former Colombian defender Andres Escobar, who was murdered days after he scored an own-goal in the 1994 World Cup in a loss to the United States.

Tesillo missed Colombia's fifth penalty in the team's 5-4 loss in a shootout against Chile in the quarterfinals of the South American competition on Friday that cost them a potential spot in the semifinals.

The 26-year-old defender from Mexican club Leon had earned the support from his teammates but was heavily criticised by most Colombian fans.

Mejia said on her Instagram post she "could spend all morning publishing the threats" against her husband and her family. She called the threats "a shame."

The threats were denounced by local authorities, who said they were working to try to identify those behind them.

The Colombian squad traveled back home from Brazil on Saturday.

The United States held on for an ugly 1-0 win against Curacao at the Gold Cup quarterfinals in Philadelphia on Sunday night to reach the last four of the tournament.

Christian Pulisic, wearing the captain's armband for just the second time, led Gregg Berhalter's first-choice lineup against Curacao and nearly scored twice inside the first five minutes but missed wide on one shot and had another miraculously saved by goalkeeper Eloy Room.

Despite the early pressure and dominating possession, the U.S. couldn't find a way through until the 25th minute when Pulisic picked out Weston McKennie at the back post and he headed past Room to give the Americans a 1-0 lead that they took into half-time.

Berhalter cut a frustrated figure on the sidelines in the second half as the U.S. failed to create any quality chances and essentially split possession with Curacao.

The McKennie goal stood up for the U.S. thanks to the play of Zack Steffen, who had his fourth-straight shutout in the tournament. He made a brilliant save on Leandro Bacuna in the 84th minute, stretching to get his right hand on the rising shot from outside the box that would have levelled the score.

The result sets up a semifinal match with Jamaica, which the U.S. beat in the 2017 Gold Cup final but lost to in a friendly earlier this year.

Jonny Bairstow admitted it had been a difficult week leading into England's crucial match against India and said his comments about the public's attitude towards the England team were misinterpreted. Bairstow was embroiled in a public spat with former England captain, Michael Vaughan, who branded the opener's comments as a sign of a "pathetic and negative mindset" on Twitter.

"Yes it has been a difficult week," said Bairstow. "In the week it was a fantastic day with Yorkshire Tea representing National Cricket Week. It was a brilliant morning at a school. We had a really good round-table interview, then quotes get sent out and misinterpreted in so many ways. At no point have I said the public is not behind us. The interview had taken place with 6-8-10 journos around in a very jovial, relaxed manner. To read how it was taken was very disappointing. There's nothing you can change about the past... yesterday's news is today's fish and chip paper, that's the saying isn't it?"

Bairstow responded to the imbroglio with a Player-of-the-Match performance against India, his century and 160-run partnership with Jason Roy paving the way for England's 31-run victory. There is a theory that criticism brings out the best in Bairstow but when asked if the brouhaha had spurred him on, he demurred.

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"I'm not saying I want everyone to come out and abuse me!" said Bairstow with good humour. "There are different ways you can look at it. Along the way people question things so it's important to recognise different scenarios where you are trying your best. You always go out trying to make a hundred and sometimes it comes off and sometimes you nick one or it doesn't work out. I was pleased with my performance today."

As the Bairstow and Vaughan story drew heat, both Jos Buttler and Eoin Morgan poured cool water over any suggestions that the England camp felt unsupported. Buttler spoke about the forces of "external pressures". At Edgbaston those pressures resulted in a diamond of an innings from Bairstow and after the match Morgan added weight to the theory that Bairstow punches hardest in the face of adversity.

"He does tend to get fired up a lot, and that suits him regardless of what's happened during the week, any week, injuries or not," said Morgan. "He likes a bit of fire in his belly, and I don't mind that when he comes out and plays like that and feels like the way he did. I think it's outstanding. It's definitely a match-winning knock. So we're delighted for him."

This was Bairstow's first century of the World Cup and he rated it as one of his most important innings.

"I was pleased to get over the line in a World Cup," said Bairstow. "There's only so many times you get the chance to make a century in a World Cup and I was very disappointed when I got 90 a couple of weeks ago. It was definitely up there, with the speculation and everything and the position we found ourselves in. It was great to go out there and contribute to what was a very big win today.

"'It's a game that keeps us in the World Cup and keeps our fate in our own hands rather than rely on others around the country. The way the guys went about it was truly outstanding."

Virat Kohli has questioned Edgbaston's short, 59-metre boundary where England openers picked off a substantial percentage of runs against the Indian bowlers. Although Kohli did not blame the shorter boundary for India's first defeat of the World Cup, he did raise an eyebrow over the dimensions on one side, which he called "bizarre" and "crazy" on a pitch that was flat, and slow.

The shorter boundary was a bother for India. On Saturday, as soon India arrived at the ground, the coaching staff comprising Ravi Shastri, Sanjay Bangar and Bharat Arun were seen having word with the head groundsman. As the host of the tournament, the guidelines for pitch and ground conditions are set by the ICC.

The shorter boundary was a concern for India only because they have consistently played the two wrist spinners in their first XI this World Cup in Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav.

Watch on Hotstar (India only): Bairstow's century

The England batsman, particularly Jonny Bairstow, who hit an explosive 111, took full advantage of the short boundary. Five out of the six sixes Bairstow hit went over the shorter boundary. Four of those hits were against Chahal and one against Kuldeep. Ben Stokes, too, took advantage by hitting an audacious reverse-swept six against Chahal, who was hit over the boundary half a dozen times on a day when he returned the worst ever figures for an Indian bowler in World Cups with 10-0-88-0.

Kohli was seen frequently rushing to Chahal, urging him to stick to bowling on lines that did not allow the batsmen to take advantage of the shorter boundary. In the end Kohli did not hide his frustration.

"It's a coincidence that it (the short boundary) just falls under the limitations of the shortest boundary you can have in the tournament," Kohli told the host broadcaster in the post-match briefing. "So quite bizarre on a flat pitch, it's the first time we've experienced that so it's crazy that things fall in place like that randomly."

Kohli said the pressure was obviously then on the spinners not to falter, although he did admit that the lines Indian bowlers pitched could have been much better.

When Sanjay Manjrekar, who was conducting the post-match briefing, asked whether he had tactically miscalculated by not bringing in part-time off-spinner Kedar Jadhav, Kohli disagreed. "I don't think so because if batsmen are able to reverse sweep you for a six on a 59-metre boundary then there is not much you can do as a spinner. There is no sort of room to think whether you are going to get out or not and one side was about 82 (metres) or something like that. Yeah, look, they had to be smart with the with lines they bowled, but with one short boundary it was very difficult to contain runs."

Chasing a total as steep as 338, India made just 28 runs in the first Powerplay. Then in the final five overs of the innings MS Dhoni and Kedar Jadhav managed to hit just three fours and a six while picking up 20 singles and playing out six dots. It might be difficult to prove that India lost the match in these two crucial segments of play, but what can be definitively said is India lacked intent upfront and at the death.

Let us first look at the slow beginning in the first Powerplay. Indian openers, especially Rohit Sharma, believe in following the routine of settling down without taking any undue risk. However, 28 for 1 is the slowest start in the World Cup after the first Powerplay.

Partly that pressure was built after KL Rahul rushed into a premeditated shot - a flick - off a straight delivery from Chris Woakes, who took a lovely return catch. This after Woakes had bowled a maiden to Rahul in the first over of the innings.

WATCH on Hotstar (India only) - Rohit Sharma's century

Even Rohit was lucky to get away with an error after Joe Root dropped a regulation catch at second slip in the second over. Against a fuller ball on the fourth stump that was moving away Rohit attempted a flamboyant cover drive away from his body. The thick outside edge flew to the right of Root who failed to pouch it neatly leaving Jofra Archer in agony.

In fact, it was India that were in agony. Woakes bowled three consecutive maidens. The England fast bowlers were highly disciplined as they kept mixing up the deliveries on a pitch that was flat, but slow. Rohit played and missed on several occasions. To his dismay, Virat Kohli was playing much more fluently. However, England's bowlers cleverly controlled the pace of play, never giving India's best two batsmen freedom.

There were 42 dot balls in the first 10 overs with just five fours.

Although Kohli and Rohit played cautiously to cobble an alliance, you could see the strain on their faces as they constantly monitored the scoreboard with the asking rate mounting. As soon as Kohli left ESPNcricinfo's Forecaster had dropped from 32.62% to 25.93%. By the time Jadhav joined Dhoni, India needed 71 runs from 31 balls. By the time Woakes lined up to bowl the final over of the match, India needed an impossible 44 runs. In the previous 25 deliveries, Dhoni and Kedar had played out five dots, 18 singles and just two fours.

This lack of intent from the lower-order pair was highly intriguing. The hopelessness of the situation had dawned upon the Indian fans who swiftly emptied the stadium with a couple of overs to go. Those remaining even booed to exercise their frustration and annoyance.

Kohli and Rohit analysed the lack of intent differently. Kohli was clear a good beginning might have set the tone. "We should have been more clinical with the bat I suppose because the wicket was flat," Kohli told the host broadcaster. "Even we could have accelerated and got closer to the score, but their bowlers bowled well and executed their plans. Three-hundred-and-thirty-odd, we were very happy at the halfway stage that the wicket's flat and if we get off to a good start then we are pretty much in the chase which didn't happen."

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Rohit disagreed about the start, saying India had to be cautious. "Losing an early wicket always puts you under pressure," he said. "We lost KL [Rahul] right at the start and they bowled pretty well in the first 10 overs, good channels."

According to Rohit, for India to stay in the reckoning, the key was a big partnership with Kohli. "We knew the longer we batted the closer we will get to the target. That was the idea, we took our time, yes. But the conditions were such that it didn't allow us to just come and bat and put pressure on the bowlers. They bowled in the right channel."

As for the Dhoni-Jadhav combination failing to make a statement, Rohit felt the slowness of the pitch together with the England bowlers denying the batsmen any space to make use of the short 59-metre boundary were the key factors. "When Mahi [Dhoni] and Kedar were batting they were trying to hit, but they were not able to because of the slowness of pitch. Towards the end it got pretty slow. And, yes, you have got to give credit to the English team because they used the conditions really well, they used the longer boundary really well, they mixed up their variations quite nicely all through the game."

Kohli agreed with Rohit this time, but said there would be conversations over how the batting played out. "It is up to discussions with the two guys that were in there. I think MS was trying really hard, trying to get that boundary. It was just not coming off because they were bowling good areas and it wasn't easy to get those boundaries away when it got to 15 an over. Yeah, we will have to sit down and assess and improve on things in the next game."

Australia A 247 for 5 (Handscomb 57, Marsh 53*, Liddle 3-59) beat Gloucestershire 246 for 8 (Bracey 83, Hankins 74, Marsh 3-43) by five wickets

A classy all-round display from Mitchell Marsh helped Australia A to a comfortable win over Gloucestershire to remain undefeated on their tour of England.

Marsh took three wickets and peeled off an unbeaten half-century as Australia A cruised to Gloucestershire's underwhelming target with 47 balls to spare.

Marsh has been working on his bowling with Western Australia and Australia A bowling coach Kade Harvey and it has been paid dividends. "At times when I try and bowl a little bit too fast, I jump in and have to bowl around myself, and I lose my control which certainly in one-day cricket it's what I'm in the team for at any level," he said. "I'm continually working on stuff. I feel like the ball is coming out of my hand really well at the moment. So hopefully that can continue."

Australia A's chase got off to another rollicking start thanks once again to Matthew Wade. Following back-to-back centuries against Northamptonshire and Derbyshire, Wade clubbed 41 from 20 balls including three fours and four sixes. Will Pucovski was promoted to open alongside Wade and the pair's 50-run stand came up inside six overs before Wade fell to Chris Liddle.

Pucovski made a composed 51 and shared a 101-run third-wicket partnership with Peter Handscomb who top scored with 57. Liddle also picked up both Handscomb and Travis Head.

Marsh entered with 92 runs still required and finished the job with ease. He hit five sixes in his unbeaten 51-ball 53 to help guide the side home.

This followed his three-wicket haul earlier in the day. Marsh took the opening wicket of the morning and then returned to make the key breakthrough picking George Hankins after a 142-run stand with James Bracey.

Hankins made 74 while Bracey top-scored with 83, but the innings fell away dramatically after Bracey's dismissal in the 39th over. Gloucestershire scored just 52 runs in the last 12 overs. Marsh also nabbed skipper Jack Taylor and ran out Tom Price on the last ball of the innings.

Josh Hazlewood bowled a impressively miserly spell taking 1 for 24 from 10 overs which included four maidens.

The mystery team is unwrapped: Five-time All-Star center Al Horford has agreed to a four-year, $109 million deal with the Philadelphia 76ers, agent Jason Glushon told ESPN.

Horford, 33, is leaving the Boston Celtics to join the Atlantic Division rival and fortify the Sixers as one of the NBA's best defensive teams. The Sixers imagine a lineup with Horford at the power forward alongside center Joel Embiid.

The commitment of Horford spells the end of Jimmy Butler's six-month run with the Sixers, league sources said. The Miami Heat are finalizing a sign-and-trade with Philadelphia to acquire Butler, league sources tell ESPN.

The deal includes $97 million in guaranteed money, and $12 million in bonuses tied to championships. The Celtics' final offer did cover four years but was less in guaranteed money, league sources said.

Horford, whose suitors in free agency remained largely unknown until Sunday night, spent the past three years with the Celtics, where he declined his $30 million option for next season to become a free agent.

He is one of 10 players in the past 40 years with at least five All-Star appearances and 12 consecutive seasons in the playoffs, including Tim Duncan, Karl Malone, John Stockton, Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, Clyde Drexler, Kevin McHale, Scottie Pippen and Tony Parker.

Horford spent the first nine years of his career with the Atlanta Hawks before signing with the Boston Celtics in 2016. Last season, he averaged 13.6 points, 6.7 rebounds and 4.2 assists. Horford started in all 68 games in which he appeared for Boston during the 2018-19 season.

Horford has been one of the East's best two-way players with a unique ability to stretch the floor with his shooting. Horford shot 36 percent on three's last season, and averaged 1.3 blocks a game.