Three London clubs have been pursuing Brazilian forwards this summer. Arsenal are signing Gabriel Jesus on a five-year deal from Manchester City; Tottenham have agreed a £50m fee for the Everton striker Richarlison; and Chelsea are pursuing a £55m deal for Raphinha. Would they be good signings and where would they fit in at their new clubs?

Richarlison: Everton to Tottenham

Tottenham are making another splash in the transfer market with the impending arrival of Richarlison for £50m. He was the star man for an underwhelming Everton side last season, directly contributing to 15 of their 43 Premier League goals (35%). Everton have been reluctant to cash in on one of their best …

The fact that Ivory Coast hired a veteran French coach – Jean‑Louis Gasset – with no experience in African football before the Africa Cup of Nations, only to sack him after their miserable performance in the group stages and replace him with a former international player but novice manager, Emerse Faé, for their last‑16 game against Senegal speaks to the cocktail of incompetence and chaos that is Ivorian football.

Not even the pulsating, national morale-boosting penalty‑shootout win against Senegal on Monday, which sent the streets of Ivory Coast’s capital Yamoussoukro into a frenzy of jubilation into the early hours of Tuesday, can mask this fact. Managing the Elephants was an unexpected 40th birthday gift for Faé, given to h…

Pete Alonso will have to navigate a new format along with a crop of rising superstars to claim a record-tying third Home Run Derby title on Monday night. Ken Griffey Jr. is the only player to accomplish the feat Alonso is chasing at Globe Life Field on Monday night. HOME RUN DERBY ODDS* Pete Alonso, Mets (+320) Marcell Ozuna, Braves (+425) Bobby Witt Jr., Royals (+425) Gunnar Henderson, Orioles (+475) Adolis Garcia, Rangers (+550) Teoscar Hernandez, Dodgers (+1000) Jose Ramirez, Guardians (+1300) Alec Bohm, Phillies (+1700) *DraftKings FORMAT The Derby is undergoing its biggest format change since 2015, when Major League Baseball did away with the outs system in favor of a timed competition. Orioles catcher Adley Rutschman failed to make it out of the first round despite cl…

The NBA released a memo of what their totally farkakte March 7 All-Star Game will look like. The Slam Dunk Contest will indeed take place during halftime of the game, and the 3-Point Contest will be held before the game. Players who are part of the game must travel to Atlanta in private jets and must test negative for COVID-19 in order to play in the Sunday game. Players will only be allowed at the hotel and the arena, which basically defeats the whole purpose. NBA All-Star weekend is supposed to be a party, and maybe will still be one, but now you’re asking guys to be even more locked down than normal simply to put on a game that doesn’t matter. Those who aren’t going to Atlanta can travel elsewhere other than their home markets, but can’t stay in public accommodations and sti…

With the NFC Championship coming up, the Detroit Lions are two wins away from breaking one of the longest championship droughts in NFL history. Their opponents, the San Francisco 49ers, are looking to add to their trophy collection. The Niners haven’t been champs since the mid-90s. In honor of the potential history on the table, we break down the longest active championship droughts in the NFL. Arizona/Chicago Cardinals source: Getty Images Length of drought: 77 years Last championship: 1947 NFL Championship What happened since last championship: The entire history of color television (1953) Detroit Lions source: Getty Images Length of drought: 67 years Last championship: 1957 NFL Championship What happened since last championship: Alaska and Hawaii entered the United States (19…

Facing a tipping point to their season, the struggling Calgary Flames are shuffling the decks as they prepare to play host to the Philadelphia Flyers on Sunday in a New Year's Eve clash. In an attempt to ignite a couple of key struggling forwards, it appears Jonathan Huberdeau will line up alongside Elias Lindholm and Yegor Sharangovich, switching spots with Andrew Mangiapane. Huberdeau, Calgary's highest-paid player, has not scored a goal in 17 straight games and been held without a point in 12 consecutive games. Mangiapane, who would play on a line with Mikael Backlund and Blake Coleman, has scored one goal in his past 17 games. Mangiapane and Huberdeau are in prolonged slumps, and this is the latest attempt to find something that elevates Huberdeau's offensive skill…

2013 was the year we argued over how to pronounce GIF and made a lot of them (almost 1,500). Here's the favorite GIFs we made the past 12 months, in no particular order. 50 Cent Tries To Kiss Erin Andrews Bears Fan Runs Into A Pole Girl Flips Bird, Gets Socked In The Face Weird Bob Ley Face Brewers Fan Moobs The Buttslide Nnnnnhh, Peppermint Roll! Denard Robinson's Friend Eminem Being A Weirdo Kimye Engaged Disappearing Klinsmann Klopp Rage LSU Bro Macho Man Browns Fan Max Papis Slapped Scared Pitino Popcorn Guy The Poor Boxer Another Poor Boxer Unconscious Rocky Tom Brady Left Hanging Unsafe IndyCar If your favorite isn't here, that's probably because we didn't make it. Comment below with anything we missed. …

It's the final week of 2012, so we're wrapping the year up the way movie people are supposed to wrap the year up: Lists! Wednesday, we each gave our five worst movies of 2012. Yesterday, we each counted down our No. 6-10 best movies of the year. Today, we finish off with our top fives. Just to remind: Here are our Nos. 10-6 from yesterday. As we established yesterday, as you read our top 10s know that neither one of us will be reading each other's. This is the first—well, the second, counting yesterday's—blog post that requires spoilers for the people who wrote it. Here goes. Grierson 5. It's Such a Beautiful Day, directed by Don Hertzfeldt.
Celebrated independent animator Don Hertzfeldt spent about five years handcrafting this story about an ordinary guy…

To give you an idea of just how nuts this was, we edited it down from 21 minutes to just under three. Wawrinka eventually won the game but Djokovic held on to win the match and advanced to his fourth straight U.S. Open final. …

data-mm-id=”_n37pm1loq”>In a game where the Packers' defense was gashed for a million rushing yards, it would be unfair to put the blame for the NFC title game loss squarely on Aaron Rodgers' shoulders. But there was a sequence in the second quarter where he made two costly mistakes that were just impossible for even a team led by him to overcome.The Packers a) had less talent top to bottom than the 49ers, and b) were playing on the road. There's a reason the game kicked off with Green Bay as 8-point 'dogs. In a one-off event it is possible to still win under those circumstances, but you need an immaculate game plan, error-free football, and some luck (how the ball bounces, a bad call going in your favor, etc). What the Packers could not afford, already down 17-0 mi…