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Bayern prepare fresh Hudson-Odoi bid

Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich are refusing to accept defeat in their pursuit of Chelsea starlet Callum Hudson-Odoi, with the Daily Mail claiming the Germans are set to make a renewed bid for the winger.

The new proposal from Bayern is believed to be in the region of £45 million -- a full £10m more than they offered at the backend of the January transfer window earlier this year.

The Bavarians are keen to make the 18-year-old the centrepiece of their long-term rebuild, following the departures of veteran wingers Arjen Robben and Franck Ribery.

Despite new Chelsea boss Frank Lampard declaring that Hudson-Odoi was a vital cog in his long-term plans at Stamford Bridge, Bayern haven't been put off in their plans to make a fresh approach.

The Blues are willing to resist any advances while they remain under a transfer ban, but they run the risk of losing their prized youngster for a substantially lower fee if he agrees a pre-contract with Munich at the start of 2020.

Reds and Gunners head chase for Chalov

Liverpool have joined the race for CSKA Moscow striker Fedor Chalov, who has been tipped by many as the next big thing in Russian football.

The Mirror claims all of the Premier League's "big six" are in the running for the 21-year-old, while clubs in Germany, France and Spain are also credited with an interest in the forward, who finished last season as the top goalscorer in the Russian Premier League.

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp is on the lookout for a striker after the Reds parted ways with Daniel Sturridge, but Chalov is believed to be concerned about a possible lack of playing time at Anfield, and could lean towards a switch elsewhere.

Arsenal are also keeping a close eye on the Russia international -- and have been since early April, when he scored against the Gunners in their Europa League quarter-final.

Roma seek Suso switch

Serie A giants Roma and AC Milan have opened discussions over a possible deal for Rossoneri midfielder Suso, according to reports in Gazzetta dello Sport.

New Milan boss Marco Giampaolo is rumoured to be keen to dispense of the Spaniard, who he believes to be unsuitable for the style of play he wants to deliver at the San Siro.

Roma, on the other hand, see the former Liverpool youngster as a great fit for manager Paulo Fonseca's 4-2-3-1 system that deploys a left-footed wide-right midfielder. Suso is believed to be biding his time to see if he has a future at Milan before making any decision on his next move.

The 25-year-old has a release clause in his contract of around €40 million, but Roma sporting director Gianluca Petrachi is said to have no intentions of paying the full fee.

Tap-ins

- Marca claims Real Betis and Arsenal have joined Real Madrid in the race for highly-rated Las Palmas goalkeeper Josep Martinez. The 21-year-old will only be allowed to leave Gran Canaria if a potential suitor meets his €10 million release clause, with the player also believed to be happy to stay put.

- Reports in The Sun claim Burnley are lining up a double swoop for Genk duo Joakim Maehle and Ruslan Malinovskyi. Denmark Under-21 defender Maehle and 26-year-old Ukrainian midfielder Malinovskyi could be heading to the Turf Moor in a £19 million deal.

- Marseille are in the market for a new midfielder, and French outlet L'Equipe have linked them with a move for Nantes destroyer Valentin Rongier. Andre Villas-Boas' side may have to dig deep to secure a deal for the 24-year-old, however, with the defensive midfielder under contract at Les Canaris until the summer of 2022.

Wearing sneakers adorned with the message "Team Waters!" and "Waters Way!" Boston Celtics rookie Tremont Waters scored 16 points and had three assists in a summer league playoff game just two days after the death of his father.

Ed Waters, 49, was found dead in a West Haven, Connecticut, hotel on Thursday, according to police. The medical examiner's office on Friday ruled Waters' death a suicide.

Tremont Waters wrote a message on his sneakers in memory of his father, who passed away on Thursday. pic.twitter.com/glKI7y0G6A

— NBA on ESPN (@ESPNNBA) July 13, 2019

Tremont Waters did not speak with reporters after Saturday's game, a 94-88 loss to the Memphis Grizzlies that eliminated the Celtics from the summer league playoffs.

A point guard out of LSU, Waters was drafted in the second round (No. 51 overall) by the Celtics in last month's NBA draft.

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. -- After Los Angeles Lakers general manager Rob Pelinka called Anthony Davis "the most dominant young basketball player in the world" at the forward/center's introductory news conference Saturday, Davis made a declaration echoing the same confidence in his new team.

"I would put our roster up against anybody," Davis said. "I feel like that in a seven-game series that we would come out victorious."

With banners hanging above him commemorating all the NBA Finals series the franchise has won before -- 16 to be precise -- the addition of the former No. 1 pick and six-time All-Star in Davis, acquired in a trade with the New Orleans Pelicans last month, could be a major move back to prominence.

"What we think about Anthony Davis is this: There's no more complete basketball player in the game," Pelinka said. "There is nothing he can't do. He can shoot. He can make plays. He can defend 1 through 5. He can protect the rim. He can handle the ball. His dedication to his craft is unparalleled. To sit here next to him and think he's going to be on our team and that he's going to be a pillar of this franchise for many years is just something we're incredibly proud of."

As Davis, Pelinka and Lakers coach Frank Vogel addressed reporters, another Lakers player's presence was felt just as much: LeBron James. The four-time MVP stood in the back of the gym with a yellow sweatshirt on and black baseball cap pulled down snug on his head as he observed the momentous day for the team play out.

Davis said the chance to play with James -- whom he considers a friend, has been a teammate of in All-Star games and an Olympics, and with whom he shares an agent, Rich Paul of Klutch Sports -- made the prospect of leaving the only NBA team he ever has played for easier to process.

"Obviously, it was tough for me to leave a city that I've been playing for for seven years, but I think it was best for me, and it was my time," Davis said. "But when I found out I was getting traded to the Lakers, I realized it was an unbelievable opportunity for me to be here with a wonderful organization, and then to play alongside LeBron and obviously now the players that we have now ... to get the opportunity to do that and come here and play for an organization that's all about winning -- forget winning, winning championships, and that's the only goal -- I think that was the biggest thing for me. Just the relief there, of not knowing the unknown anymore, and knowing where I was going to be next season."

When the Lakers agreed to trade Lonzo Ball, Brandon Ingram, Josh Hart and a bevy of draft picks and pick-swap considerations to New Orleans for Davis in June, next season looked mighty promising with the trio of James, Davis and Kyle Kuzma on the books.

Davis waived a $4 million trade kicker to help L.A. free up more cap space to pursue signing Kawhi Leonard, but saw Leonard team up with Paul George on the LA Clippers. Meanwhile, Russell Westbrook and James Harden joined forces on the Houston Rockets, and a slew of other deals around the league made championship contenders materialize almost overnight. And the Lakers had to build their team through a series of smaller signings -- notably Danny Green, Avery Bradley and two former Pelicans teammates of Davis' in DeMarcus Cousins and Rajon Rondo -- to round out the roster.

"Obviously, anytime you're able [to] acquire a player like Kawhi, you got to do almost everything to get a guy like that," Davis said. "Obviously, it didn't work out for him, but I still wanted to do whatever to help the team. That 4 million was to add more money to a player's contract that they wanted, or get another guy, then by all means, I was willing to do that. And I think we did a great job of using that throughout the entire team."

Pelinka said he had countless phone calls with James and Davis to determine how to best split up the available cap space after Leonard chose the Clippers.

"It was like every day," Davis detailed. "On the hour."

That included accounting for the personal request from Davis to add capable centers so he wouldn't have to man that position as much.

"We want a decade of dominance out of him here, right? So we got to do what's best for his body, and having him bang against the biggest centers in the West every night is not what's best for his body," Pelinka said.

Other than Cousins, the Lakers brought JaVale McGee back on a one-year deal.

"I like playing the 4," Davis said. "I'm not even going to sugarcoat it. I like playing the 4. I don't really like playing the 5. If it comes down to it, Coach, and you need me to play the 5, then I'll play the 5. But the game has become so position-less that you can put five guys on the floor and they just play."

He also likes wearing No. 23 -- the digits on his uniform for the Pelicans and the University of Kentucky -- and it was gifted to him by James to wear next season until the number change proved too pricey for Nike, the league's official outfitter, to pull off this late in the game without taking a financial hit because of unsold inventory featuring James in a No. 23 Lakers uniform, a source told ESPN.

"That was pretty hurtful," Davis said as he shook his head.

He settled on No. 3 after seeing how the different uniform numbers available to him looked on his avatar in the video game NBA 2K.

"The first number that I ever wore was No. 3," he said. "When I saw that number was available, I wanted to take it all the way back to where it first started and put that number back on."

Davis is on the final year of his contract, set to pay him $27.1 million this season. Although, according to sources, he intends to re-sign with the Lakers long term in the summer of 2020, he did not commit to that publicly Saturday.

"Honestly, I'm focused on this season," he said. "When I got traded here, my goal is to bring a championship here with the team that we have. And when that time comes around next year, then you can ask me that question and we'll revisit it. Right now, my focus is on this year and trying to figure out how I can help this team and help the organization become a championship team."

A championship run would be a pleasant change of pace for Davis, who made the playoffs only twice in his time with the Pelicans. And it would be almost as dramatic a turn of events as when his lazy Saturday afternoon laying in a hotel bed in Malibu, California, watching a movie was interrupted by news of his being traded to the Lakers.

The movie's title? "Downsizing," sources said.

His attention was pried from the television screen as he pondered the big life change in store.

Toronto Blue Jays closer Ken Giles was unavailable for Saturday's game against the New York Yankees because of nerve inflammation in his right elbow that potentially stemmed from a massage he had over the All-Star break, manager Charlie Montoyo said.

A possible trade target, Giles missed 10 days in June with a mild case of elbow inflammation, but Montoyo noted that this new case was unrelated to his previous one.

Giles is considered day-to-day and is not scheduled for tests.

"Nothing serious," Giles told reporters after Saturday's 2-1 win over the Yankees, according to the Toronto Star. "Just a little fatigue. I got some work done during the All-Star break. A little sore from it still, so we're being cautious with it. Just a little irritated. I'm day-by-day right now and hopefully I'll be back on the mound tomorrow."

Daniel Hudson closed out the Jays' win Saturday in Giles' place.

Giles has 13 saves and a 1.45 ERA in 31 appearances this season.

Giles' would not be the first massage-related injury MLB has seen this year. In May, Houston Astros shortstop Carlos Correa said he suffered a fractured rib during a massage at his home.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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He's a British and Irish Lion, a Grand Slam winner and Wales' most-capped hooker, but Ken Owens hopes to put one personal thing right in Japan in the autumn and start a World Cup game at the third attempt.

The 32-year-old has made six tournament appearances, but each time he came off the bench with one cap at the 2011 tournament and five more in 2015..

He was third choice for the role at the 2011 event in New Zealand and Scott Baldwin was first-choice four years later when England were hosts.

Since then Owens has established himself as Warren Gatland's go-to hooker in the big games.

"Hopefully I'll get an opportunity to go to this World Cup and get a start," said the Scarlets star.

"Going into 2011 I'd come off a serious injury and because a couple of other boys had injuries too I made the squad - and I was chuffed to get my first cap at that World Cup.

"In 2015 it was pretty much the same. I'd had about eight or nine months out with my neck again.

"Scott had a great tournament and my role was to bring an impact off the bench, which I enjoyed.

"You make your own luck and player's roles change in different squads.

"Hopefully I can stay fit and prove myself to the squad. It would be huge to make a third World Cup."

Owens and the rest of the Wales squad are in Switzerland experiencing a brutal two-week training camp at altitude.

"Its not pleasant, but we know why we're doing it and what the purpose of it is, especially if you've been through it before," he said.

"You can see the results it gives you and the places you can get to in those big matches."

Wales are ranked second behind holders New Zealand as the tournament looms, courtesy of a record 14-match winning run that included the 2019 Grand Slam.

The winning streak included a rare win against Australia in November, ending a 13-match losing run against them.

Wales also face Fiji, Georgia and Uruguay as they bid to reach the knock-out stages in Japan.

"To get that result against Australia was a monkey off the back and does give us confidence," said Owens.

"You saw when we beat South Africa and got that one win, we've had pretty good results against them since then.

"But the challenge will be there in every game. Fiji have won in France and, you see this at every World Cup, that when the South Sea Island sides get an extended period of time together they're very dangerous.

"You can't write off Georgia either. They've got some strength and weapons, and Uruguay are not just going to turn up and roll over to give us the points.

"We can't just say 'all we need to do is beat Australia' because we might end up losing the other games."

TORONTO – Darren Keane has been knocking on the door of victory lane throughout the Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship season.

Finally, during Saturday’s Cooper Tires Grand Prix of Toronto Presented by Allied Building Products event at Exhibition Place, the 19-year-old beat down that door by passing Danish pole sitter Christian Rasmussen and holding off repeated attempts at a repass to shake the monkey off his back.

Rasmussen finished second for the Jay Howard Driver Development team, with Mazda Road to Indy USF2000 $200K Scholarship Award winner Hunter McElrea rounding out the podium for Pabst Racing.

An exciting 20-lap race around the unforgiving Exhibition Place street circuit just a short distance from downtown Toronto was interrupted only briefly in the late stages when Lucas Oil Raceway winner Cameron Shields found the wall in turn eight. Prior to that, after securing his first pole position, Rasmussen seemed to be in command during the opening stages, although he was unable to shake off the attentions of Keane.

Finally, on lap 11, Keane glimpsed his opportunity under braking for Turn Three. Once into the lead he set a new fastest lap of the race but Rasmussen remained close behind with McElrea also in the mix and looking for a way past. McElrea and Rasmussen exchanged second place a couple of times in turn three, the second occasion coming only moments before the full-course caution made necessary by Shields’ incident.

The cleanup was effected efficiently by the AMR INDYCAR Safety Team, leaving time for a one-lap dash to the finish. Keane kept calm, focused forward and hit his marks perfectly on the final lap to ensure there was no opportunity for Rasmussen to make a move.

Unlike in the second race of the season at St. Petersburg, where a mistake by Keane while attempting to hold off the Dane at the final corner ended disastrously for both, this time there was no such drama as Keane crossed the line just more than one second clear of his rival.

“This is amazing. This has been the goal for so long; I hope this is just the first of many. But that was super difficult and intense. Toronto is much more difficult than St. Pete, with the bumps. It’s much more of a street race. What happened between Christian and I there was my fault, so I’m happy that we both got a clean finish today. We had some good, close racing and it shows how much respect we have for each other. But that was a battle!”

McElrea also was close behind in third, earning his seventh podium in just eight races, despite grazing the wall a few laps from the end, while points leader Braden Eves finished a circumspect fourth for Cape Motorsports.

Zach Holden drove an impressive debut race for Legacy Autosport, rising from 13th on the grid to finish a strong fifth.

TORONTO – The streets around Exhibition Place have been a happy hunting ground for Aaron Telitz.

After finishing on the Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires podium in each of the last two years and sweeping a pair of Indy Pro 2000 race wins en route to the championship title in 2016, the Wisconsin native led from flag to flag for Belardi Auto Racing in Saturday’s Cooper Tires Grand Prix of Toronto Presented by Allied Building Products.

The victory was Telitz’s first since the final round of his rookie season in 2017.

Championship leader Oliver Askew finished second for Andretti Autosport with his closest championship rival, Dutchman Rinus VeeKay, taking third for Juncos Racing.

Telitz who is competing on a race-by-race basis, upstaged the series regulars by qualifying on pole position this morning. He then took full advantage by accelerating immediately into the lead. Behind, VeeKay, who qualified second, was jumped by third-place qualifier Askew on the run toward turn one.

Telitz put his head down and extended his lead over Askew to more than two seconds inside the first three laps. Already out of push-to-pass range (1.5 seconds), Telitz traded fastest laps with Askew and then VeeKay in the opening stages of the 35-lap race as he extended his advantage to as much as five seconds before easing his pace and taking the checkered flag 2.9776 seconds clear of Askew.

In doing so, he became the sixth different winner this season.

“Having Belardi call me back to run with them again, that they had the confidence in me to get the job done, this just feels awesome,” said Telitz. “It is such a relief, after not winning at all last year. I hate how the crash at the beginning of the season defined my year (in 2018), but it knocked all the wind out of our sails. But this year is completely different. I had even more confidence coming into this weekend than I did at Road America. Hopping into the car against guys who have been here all year, I thought I’d get my butt kicked so getting the podium there really gave us confidence. As well as I know this track I felt as though I had a leg up here. I got a good start and, after the first lap, I had to just stay out of push-to-pass range. It was about not making mistakes and bringing it home.”

Second place for Askew enabled him to double his lead over VeeKay to a still meager six points with 10 of 18 races now in the books.

Ryan Norman couldn’t match the top trio and instead had his mirrors filled for most of the race by the distinctive yellow BN Racing/Team Pelfrey Dallara-AER of Englishman Toby Sowery.

Only midway around the final lap did Norman have any real breathing room, when the engine in Sowery’s car abruptly cut after he had locked up under braking for turn three. Fortunately, Sowery was able to recycle the electronics and bring the car home in fifth, narrowly ahead of Robert Megennis.

The finish:

Aaron Telitz, Oliver Askew, Rinus VeeKay, Ryan Norman, Toby Sowery, Robert Megennis, Lucas Kohl, Dalton Kellett, David Malukas.

PORTLAND, Ore. – Christian Szymczak and Drew Staveley secured the overall poles for Saturday’s and Sunday’s GT4 America SprintX races, respectively at Portland Int’l Raceway.

The 30-minute qualifying session featured numerous fast laps and a record-setting GT4 qualifying lap by Staveley.

Spilt into two 15-minute segments the qualifying session was held under ideal sunny, 68-degree Fahrenheit conditions.

In the first 15-minute qualifying segment to set the grid for Saturday’s race, SprintX Pro/Am competitor Matt Travis in the NOLASPORT No. 47 Porsche 718 Cayman CS MR posted an early fast time of 118.016 to top the charts.

Soon after West Pro/Am driver Szymczak posted a 1:18.020 to slot into second on the charts.

At the mid-point of the session, Pro/Am SprintX West driver Jon Miller went to the top with a 1:17.897, while Szymczak bettered his time to a 1:17.914 to slot into second. West Am class, Rearden Racing’s Vesko Kozarov slotted into third on the charts with a 1:17.935. SprintX Am class driver Kris Wilson then posted a 1:17.921 to bump Kozarov down to fourth.

Times kept falling as the session went on. With under five minutes remaining, Szymczak jumped to the top with a 1:17.189, followed by Travis who slotted back into second overall with a 1:17.803. Miller bettered his time slightly to a 1:17.781 to move back into third on the charts.

The final flying laps of the session saw Kozarov run a 1:17.567 to slot into second overall on the grid and first in the West Am division, while Ryan Dexter in the Dexter Racing #63 Ginetta G55 moved up into third overall on the grid and tops in the Pro/Am division with a 1:17.745.

Szymczak’s time held for the overall and West Pro/Am pole. Miller’s time held for fourth overall and second in the West Pro/Am class, while Travis qualified fifth overall and second in the Pro/Am class. Wilson qualified sixth overall and first for the Am class. The top seven cars in the first segment qualified less than a second apart.

Drivers from the first segment then swapped out for their teammates and the second 15-minute qualifying session to set the grid for Sunday’s race.

West Pro/Am competitor Jason Wolfe piloting the ST Racing No. 38 BMW M4 GT4 posted the early quick time of the session with a 1:17.076, followed by Travis’ teammate Jason Hart with a 1:17.104.

Szymczak’s teammate Kenny Murillo then slotted into third overall with a 1:17.345. Wolfe soon after improved him time to a 1:17.052. West Am competitor Staveley driving the No. 24 Ian Lacy Racing Ford Mustang GT4 then slotted into third with a 1:17.176.

The top three times held until with under three minutes to go Staveley rocketed to the top of the charts with a record-setting Portland Int’l Raceway GT4 lap of 1:16.982. At the checkered, Staveley had secured the overall and West Am pole for Sunday’s race, while Wolfe qualified second overall and tops in the West Pro/Am division. Hart will start third overall on Sunday and first in the Pro/Am class.

SprintX Am class driver championship points co-leader Matthew Keegan qualified 9th overall and tops in class with a 1:17.656. Keegan will share driving duties with Preston Calvert in the No. 51 Team Panoz Racing Panoz Avezzano GT.