Hooker Jamie George to join Lions after Luke Cowan-Dickie suffers a concussion
Cowan-Dickie was knocked out after attempting a tackle in the first half of the Lions' 48-0 win over an Australia and New Zealand Invitational side in Adelaide on Saturday.
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5 South American Players Making Major Transfers To Europe This Summer
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Argentina's forward #10 Lionel Messi embraces teammate forward #20 Franco Mastantuono after winning ... More the 2026 FIFA World Cup South American qualifiers football match between Chile and Argentina at the Nacional Julio Martínez Pradanos stadium in Santiago, on June 5, 2025. (Photo by Javier TORRES / AFP) (Photo by JAVIER TORRES/AFP via Getty Images) Mastantuono, now capped by Argentina, looks like the real deal. River Plate has relied on him as their most important player this season. He's the player River looked to when it needed something special in attack. He made history with a stunning free-kick against Boca Juniors in the Superclasico and he was also the team penalty taker despite being just 17. It says a lot about his mature character, and he will need a wise head on young shoulders to succeed in the Real Madrid dressing room. Richard Rios To Benfica Colombian star Richard Rios has made a $35 million switch from Palmeiras to Benfica. 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Jhon Arias To Wolverhampton Wanderers Jhon Arias has moved to Wolverhampton Wanderers in the Premier League, leaving FIFA 2025 Club World Cup semi finalists Fluminense for an initial fee of $20 million. Arias is another Brazilian-based Colombian who attracted European interest, but a deal never quite materialized, until now. RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - MAY 02: John Arias of Fluminense celebrates after scoring the team's fifth ... More goal during the Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores 2023 group D match between Fluminense and River Plate at Maracana Stadium on May 02, 2023 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by) Perhaps Arias incredible FIFA 2025 Club World Cup campaign was enough for Wolves to take the risk on this transfer. Arias won the Copa Libertadores with Fluminense in 2023, played alongside Rios in the 2024 Copa America team, and has been one of the best players in the Brazilian league for the last few years. He is a talented and adaptable player that can succeed at the highest level. 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In fact he scored against his new team Chelsea in his last ever game for Palmeiras and showed a level of grit and physicality that will serve him well in England. Wesley to Roma Italian Serie A side Roma have signed Flamengo's starting right-back Wesley for $29 million. Wesley arrived in Rome this weekend to complete his medical and sign the new contract. He follows in the footsteps of the great Brazilian World Cup winning captain Cafu, who made the move from Brazil to AS Roma back in 1997. If he can even slightly replicate Cafu's career then he will be doing alright. BRASILIA, BRAZIL - MARCH 20: Wesley França of Brazil controls the ball during the South American ... More FIFA World Cup 2026 Qualifier match between Brazil and Colombia at Mane Garrincha Stadium on March 20, 2025 in Brasilia, Brazil. (Photo by) Roma are making a significant investment on the young Brazilian who has never played in Europe and has only just made his international debut. Wesley's fee could rise to $35 million with add-ons and Roma are counting on Wesley to fill the right-back role at just 21 years of age. Wesley can attack, defend and connect passes well. Though he isn't the tallest, he is fesity and very quick off the mark. He scored a late winner in his last ever Flamengo game this week and has the quality and years ahead of him to go on to achieve amazing things for both Roma and the Brazilian national team.
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U.S. swim team dealing with ‘acute gastroenteritis' at world championships
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Yahoo
4 hours ago
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Double golden joy as Australia triumph at world champs
Australia have ended the opening night of the swimming world championships with a dose of double golden joy after the country's men and women prevailed in the 4x100m freestyle relay events. The night started with heartbreak, with Australian Sam Short falling agonisingly short of adding a second world title to his name when pipped by German world record holder Lukas Maertens in a thrilling 400m men's freestyle showdown in Singapore. But the relay events proved to be Australia's saviour. First, Olivia Wunsch pulled off a huge late comeback to fire Australia to an upset victory over the US in the women's 4x100m freestyle relay. Then Kyle Chalmers achieved the same result for Australia's men, reeling in a sizeable lead from the US to snare gold. The Australian coaching staff celebrated wildly upon each victory. Australia entered Sunday night's 4x100m women's relay with a new-look team featuring Mollie O'Callaghan, Meg Harris, Milla Jansen and Wunsch. The US were favourites to win, but Australia threw a spanner into the works by clawing their way into the lead by the time Wunsch dived into the water for the final leg. American Torri Huske quickly re-took the lead and held a half length margin with 50m remaining before Woods came storming home to snatch victory. Australia finished in a time of 3:30.60, with the US (3:31.04) in second. Earlier, in the first medal event of the championships, Short overcame an early deficit to hit the lead with less than half the race remaining. The 21-year-old still led by a fingernail with 50m to go, and was neck-and-neck with Maertens right until the end. Short, the 2023 world champion who finished fourth at the Paris Olympics, couldn't hide his disappointment upon touching the wall and seeing he lost by two hundredths of a second. 🇩🇪 Lukas Martens activating the afterburners for a sprint finish to claim gold in the Men's 400m free 🤯 #Swimming #AQUASingapore25 — World Aquatics (@WorldAquatics) July 27, 2025 Maertens, the Olympic champion, posted 3:42.35 to narrowly beat Short (3:42.37). South Korea's Kim Woomin finished third in 3:42.60. "I won two years ago by 0.02 and today I just lost by 0.02," Short told channel 9. "I'm happy to be back on the podium after a hard last year. So, you know, I can't complain. "I just want to dedicate that performance there to my auntie who passed away a couple weeks ago, "As bad I was hurting there, it's nowhere near as bad as her battling cancer for 10 years. "So I had to toughen up and get it done." And the winner is: Summer McIntosh!This is her first World Aquatics Championships's Gold Medal on the 400m Freestyle!#AQUASingapore #Swimming — World Aquatics (@WorldAquatics) July 27, 2025 Australian Olympic silver medallist Elijah Winnington failed to qualify for the final of the 400m freestyle after posting a time of 3:46.37 to finish 10th overall during the preliminary sessions earlier in the day. In a stacked women's 400m freestyle field, Australian Lani Pallister (3:58.87) produced a personal-best effort but it was only enough to finish fourth. Canadian world record holder Summer McIntosh (3:56.26) blitzed the field to win gold, China's Li Bingjie surged late to finish second, while the legendary Katie Ledecky had to be content with bronze. Australia's 400m Olympic champion Ariarne Titmus didn't feature after deciding to skip the world championships to give herself a mental and physical breather.
