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Total prize money at this year's Wimbledon will increase by 7% to a record £53.5m. The prize pot, worth £50m in 2024, is double the £26.5m on offer in 2015. Carlos Alcaraz and Barbora Krejcikova each took home £2.7m for winning the men's and women's singles titles respectively last year. This year's winners will receive £3m, an increase of 11%. Players knocked out in the first round will receive £66,000, an increase of 10%. There will be a 4% increase for the men's and women's doubles winners, who will earn £680,000, and a 3% increase for the mixed doubles winners, to £135,000. The All England Lawn Tennis Club also confirmed the full introduction of live electronic line calling.

How do you see Toprak getting on in MotoGP?

Brighton have agreed a £29.78m (35m euros) deal with Olympiakos for 18-year-old forward Charalampos Kostoulas. The teenager was undergoing a medical with the club on Thursday, ahead of signing a five-year contract that will start on 1 July. The deal represents by some distance the highest fee ever received by a Greek club, beating the £16.6m Wolves paid to sign Daniel Podence from Olympiakos in 2020.

Manchester City have completed the £46.3m signing of midfielder Tijjani Reijnders from AC Milan.

Manchester City have agreed a £12.5m deal with Rosenborg for Sverre Nypan. Contract on the table is until 2030. Nypan - a Norway U21 international - is considered one of the country's next top prospects and has been labelled the 'next Martin Odegaard'.

Manchester United have confirmed the signing of Matheus Cunha from Wolves. The Brazil international has signed a contract until June 2030, with the option of an additional year.

Australia- Appearances: 7 Best: Round of 16 (2006,2022)# Iran- Appearances: 7 Best: Group Stage (1978,1998,2006,2014,2018,2022) Japan- Appearances: 8 Best: Round of 16 (2002,2010,2018,2022) Jordan- Debut appearance South Korea- Appearances: 11 Best: Fourth Place (2002) Uzbekistan- Debut Appearance

Panama- Appearances: 1 Last: 2018 Costa Rica- Appearances: 6 Last: 2022 Jamaica- Appearances: 1 Last: 1998 El Salvador- Appearances: 2 Last: 1982 Haiti- Appearances: 1 Last: 1974 Trindad and Tobago- Appearances: 1 Last: 2006

There's no Sterling, Chilwell, Axel Diasi, Joao Felix.

Club World Cup officials will use an accelerated semi-automated offside technology that will tell them to stop the game immediately if a player who is more than 10cm offside touches the ball. It is one of the most significant initiatives being introduced for the 32-team tournament in the US and is aimed at reducing needless delays. Assistant referees will receive the notification instantly rather than having to wait for the technology to check positions and distances - as is the case with semi-automated offside (SAO) systems used in most major leagues. SAO was introduced into the Premier League on 12 April, before which the video assistant referee (VAR) made all offside rulings. The introduction of the enhanced SAO comes a month after Nottingham Forest striker Taiwo Awoniyi suffered a serious abdominal injury after crashing into a post during their Premier League draw against Leicester. He had been chasing the ball despite a clear offside that had not been given. Among the other developments in use at the tournament, which starts on Sunday, are: Referees wearing body cams that allow live pictures to be shown immediately before the game and on delay during it. An eight-second countdown for goalkeepers to release the ball. VAR pictures shown to fans in real time inside the ground.

Controversial changes to the statutes of Formula 1's governing body the FIA have been passed by members despite a warning the organisation is in a "dark period of democratic backsliding". Austria's national motoring club, the OAMTC, criticised the statute changes in a letter to the FIA World Council for Automobile Mobility and Tourism (WCAMT) sent on Wednesday before Thursday's vote at the FIA's General Assembly in Macau. The letter criticised FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem's leadership and urged members not to vote for changes proposed by Ben Sulayem - and revealed by BBC Sport last month - on the basis that they "risk further contributing to the erosion of the FIA's reputation for competent and transparent governance". However, members voted for the amendments by 83.35% to 16.65%. Amendments to the ethics code were voted through even more comprehensively, with an 88.83% majority.

It's hope that they can do it.

2024: 1st Max Verstappen (NED) [Red Bull Racing] 2nd Lando Norris (GB) [McLaren] 3rd George Russell (GB) [Mercedes] 4th Lewis Hamilton (GB) [Mercedes] 5th Oscar Piastri (AUS) [McLaren] 6th Fernando Alonso (SPN) [Aston Martin] 7th Lance Stroll (CAN) [Aston Martin] 8th Daniel Ricciardo (AUS) [RB] 9th Pierre Gasly (FRA) [Alpine] 10th Esteban Ocon (FRA) [Alpine] Pole Position: George Russell Fastest Lap: Lewis Hamilton 2023: 1st Max Verstappen (NED) [Red Bull Racing] 2nd Fernando Alonso (SPN) [Aston Martin] 3rd Lewis Hamilton (GB) [Mercedes] 4th Charles Leclerc (MON) [Ferrari] 5th Carlos Sainz Jr (SPN) [Ferrari] 6th Sergio Perez (MEX) [Red Bull Racing] 7th Alexander Albon (THA) [Williams] 8th Esteban Ocon (FRA) [Alpine] 9th Lance Stroll (CAN) [Aston Martin] 10th Valtteri Bottas (FIN) [Alfa Romeo] Pole Position: Max Verstappen Fastest Lap: Sergio Perez 2022: 1st Max Versappen (NED) [Red Bull Racing] 2nd Carlos Sainz Jr (SPN) [Ferrari] 3rd Lewis Hamilton (GB) [Mercedes] 4th George Russell (GB) [Mercedes] 5th Charles Leclerc (MON) [Ferrari] 6th Esteban Ocon (FRA) [Alpine] 7th Valtteri Bottas (FIN) [Alfa Romeo] 8th Zhou Guanyu (CHN) [Alfa Romeo] 9th Fernando Alonso (SPN) [Alpine] 10th Lance Stroll (CAN) [Aston Martin] Pole Position: Max Verstappen Fastest Lap: Carlos Sainz Jr 2019: 1st Lewis Hamilton (GB) [Mercedes] 2nd Sebastian Vettel (GER) [Ferrari] 3rd Charles Leclerc (MON) [Ferrari] 4th Valtteri Bottas (FIN) [Mercedes] 5th Max Verstappen (NED) [Red Bull Racing] 6th Daniel Ricciardo (AUS) [Renault] 7th Nico Hulkenberg (GER) [Renault] 8th Pierre Gasly (FRA) [Red Bull Racing] 9th Lance Stroll (CAN) [Racing Point] 10th Daniil Kvyat (RUS) [Toro Rosso] Pole Position: Sebastian Vettel Fastest Lap: Valtteri Bottas 2018: 1st Sebastian Vettel (GER) [Ferrari] 2nd Valtteri Bottas (FIN) [Mercedes] 3rd Max Verstappen (NED) [Red Bull Racing] 4th Daniel Ricciardo (AUS) [Red Bull Racing] 5th Lewis Hamilton (GB) [Mercedes] 6th Kimi Raikkonen (FIN) [Ferrari] 7th Nico Hulkenberg (GER) [Renault] 8th Carlos Sainz Jr (SPN) [Renault] 9th Esteban Ocon (FRA) [Force India] 10th Charles Leclerc (MON) [Ferrari] Pole Position: Sebastian Vettel Fastest Lap: Max Verstappen

Red Bull's request for a Super License for its junior driver Arvid Lindblad has been approved, opening the door for him to race in Formula 1 prior to his 18th birthday. Lindblad has been a rising start of the Red Bull program and finished fourth in last year’s Formula 3 championship despite starting the season at just 16 years old. He then took the Formula Regional Oceania Championship in February of this year, earning him enough points for a Super License once he turned 18.

Argentina: Appearances: 19 Best: Winners 1978, 1986, 2022 Ecuador: Appearances: 5 Best: Round of 16 (2006) Brazil: Appearances: 23 Best: Winners 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002

@Steve201 They certainly considering that there were an hitting the crossbar away from beating Brazil in the 2014 World Cup.

Would you say @Liam Sota that it would be of the biggest upsets in NBA history if the Pacers win the NBA Finals?

Alpine: Colapinto [R] vs Gasly [Q] Aston Martin: Alonso [Q] vs Stroll [R] Ferrari: Leclerc [Q,R] vs Hamilton Haas: Ocon [Q] vs Bearman [R] McLaren: Norris [Q] vs Piastri [R] Mercedes: Antonelli vs Russell [Q,R] Racing Bulls: Hadjar [Q,R] vs Lawson Red Bull: Verstappen [Q,R] vs Tsunoda Sauber: Bortoleto [Q] vs Hulkenberg [R] Williams: Albon [R] vs Sainz Jr [Q] Pole Position: Lando Norris Winner: Oscar Piastri Fastest Lap: Oscar Piastri

On Saturday, sees the 93rd 24 Hours of Le Mans: https://www.24h-lemans.com/en Will anyone be watching? Live coverage will be on TNT Sports, Discovery+ and Quest for UK viewers.

It's back, returning for the tenth year. It is our annual Royal Ascot Tipster Game. Come and take part in this for a bit of fun. Can @Sarah retain her title? The game where you have to predict which horse is going to win each race throughout the five days at Royal Ascot which starts on Tuesday. Please post on here which horse is going to win each race throughout the racecard e.g. 2:30 Coneygree Points system: 4- 1st 3- 2nd 2- 3rd 1- 4th Also 1pt if your horse is a non-runner. I will be posting a link for each day. I will be posting the results at the end of each day. Roll of honour: 2015- @Mack 2016- @Sarah 2017- @Mack 2018- @Mack & @PeteFromLeeds 2019- @Mack 2020- @Sarah 2021- @Sarah 2022- @Sarah 2023- @Sarah 2024- Not held

Fixtures: [UK Times] Thursday 12th June: Ukraine U21 v Denmark U21 (17:00) [Group D]- 4seven Czech Republic U21 v England U21 (20:00) [Group B]- Channel 4 Germany U21 v Slovenia U21 (20:00) [Group B]- 4seven Finland U21 v Netherlands U21 (20:00) [Group D]- Channel 4 Sport YouTube Saturday 14th June: Spain U21 v Romania U21 (17:00) [Group A]- 4seven Slovakia U21 v Italy U21 (20:00) [Group A]- Channel 4 Sport YouTube France U21 v Georgia U21 (20:00) [Group C]- Channel 4 Sport YouTube Portugal U21 v Poland U21 (20:00) [Group C]- 4seven Sunday 15th June: England U21 v Slovenia U21 (17:00) [Group B]- Channel 4 Finland U21 v Ukraine U21 (17:00) [Group D]- 4seven Czech Republic U21 v Germany U21 (20:00) [Group B]- Channel 4 Sport YouTube Netherlands U21 v Denmark U21 (20:00) [Group D]- 4seven Tuesday 17th June: France U21 v Poland U21 (17:00) [Group C]- 4seven Georgia U21 v Portugal U21 (17:00) [Group C]- Channel 4 Sport YouTube Romania U21 v Slovakia U21 (20:00) [Group A]- Channel 4 Sport YouTube Spain U21 v Italy U21 (20:00) [Group A]- 4seven Wednesday 18th June: Denmark U21 v Finland U21 (17:00) [Group D]- Channel 4 Sport YouTube Netherlands U21 v Ukraine U21 (17:00) [Group D]- 4seven England U21 v Germany U21 (20:00) [Group B]- Channel 4 Slovenia U21 v Czech Republic U21 (20:00) [Group B]- 4seven Saturday 22nd June: 17:00- Quarter-Final 2 [17:00]- Channel 4 20:00- Quarter-Final 1 [20:00]- Channel 4 Sunday 23rd June: Quarter-Final 3- Kick off time TBC- Channel 4 Quarter-Final 4- Kick off time TBC- Channel 4 Wednesday 25th June: Semi-Final 1 & 2- Kick off time TBC- Channel 4 Saturday 28th June: Final (20:00)- Channel 4

European Under 21 Championship Odds: (William Hill) Spain U21- 7-2f Germany U21- 4-1 England U21- 4-1 France U21- 5-1 Italy U21- 7-1 Netherlands U21- 7-1 Portugal U21- 10-1 Denmark U21- 25-1 Ukraine U21- 33-1 Georgia U21- 40-1 Czechia U21- 66-1 Slovakia U21- 66-1 Finland U21- 100-1 Poland U21- 100-1 Slovenia U21- 100-1 Romania U21- 125-1

Results: Wednesday 11th June: Group A: Slovakia 2-3 Spain Italy 1-0 Romania Group C: Portugal 0-0 France Poland 1-2 Georgia

I see that the UEFA European Under-21 Championship kicked off yesterday, it is taking place in Slovakia. Live coverage of the U21 Championship is being shown live on Channel 4 and across their platforms including 4Seven and their YouTube channel. Group A:Spain 🇪🇸 Italy 🇮🇹 Slovakia 🇸🇰 Romania 🇷🇴 Group B:Czech Republic 🇨🇿 England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Germany 🇩🇪 Slovenia 🇸🇮 Group C:Georgia 🇬🇪 France 🇫🇷 Portugal 🇵🇹 Poland 🇵🇱 Group D:Finland 🇫🇮 Netherlands 🇳🇱 Ukraine 🇺🇦 Denmark 🇩🇰