Things change in the blink of an eye in football. The Football Whispers Index takes the latest transfer rumours and gives them a score out of five; the higher the score, the more realistic and reliable the Whisper. Here are today’s top five emerging whispers. And keep an eye on Transfer Talk for all the latest gossip.
Andrew Nabbout has had a tough journey back to the Socceroos after his injury in the World Cup. Craig Foster has withdrawn from the race to lead the Football Federation Australia (FFA) board. Foster, a former Australia captain and head of the country’s footballers’ union, was the popular choice to lead FFA following the resignation
Neymar backs his former PSG coach Unai Emery to continue his strong start to life as Arsenal manager. Neymar has said he is convinced that Unai Emery “will bring good things to Arsenal” after working with him at Paris Saint-Germain. Neymar’s relationship with Emery was reportedly strained at times at PSG, with the Spanish coach
4:29 AM ET Sauber will give Colombian Tatiana Calderon her second Formula One test outing in a 2013 car at Ferrari’s Fiorano circuit this weekend, the Swiss-based team said on Thursday. The Colombia native became the first Latin American woman to pilot a Formula One car, completing 23 laps at a Alfa Romeo Sauber promotional
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3:15 AM ET Former Adelaide airport worker Max McCardle admits there will be plenty of nerves when he tees off on Saturday sharing the Australian Open lead. However, a “flukey” chip-in birdie on his last hole of the second round at The Lakes has McCardle feeling the golf gods are firmly on his side. Having
3:22 AM GMT The Melbourne Rebels believe a season out of Super Rugby has been a good thing for their star recruit Quade Cooper. Unwanted at the Reds for the past 12 months, Cooper will start training in Melbourne on Monday in an attempt to re-ignite his Wallabies career ahead of next year’s Rugby World
2:44 AM ET Associated Press NAGOYA, Japan — Coming off a strong showing against a team of Major League Baseball All-Stars, Japan manager Atsunori Inaba has every reason to be confident about his team’s chances of winning a gold medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Japan won the six-game exhibition series 5-1 against an MLB
1:08 AM ET Ahead of this week’s rivalry game against USC, a well-known UCLA statue was vandalized with red and yellow paint, according to UCLA police. Sometime this week, vandals broke into a wooden box intended to protect the Bruin Bear, a focal point on campus, and spray-painted USC colors on the body and foundation
1:08 AM ET HOUSTON — Golden State Warriors superstar Kevin Durant made it clear after Thursday night’s 107-86 blowout loss to the Houston Rockets that he does not want to address the incident he had earlier this week with Draymond Green again. “Don’t ask me about that again,” Durant said tersely after being asked where