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Marseille have in recent hours opened formal talks with OGC Nice for the transfer of Mario Balotelli, according to RMC. Discussions relating to a provisional contract are also well underway between OM and the player’s agent Mino Raiola, who is hoping to negotiate a healthy salary and a considerable signing-on bonus owing to the fact that Les Aiglons are set to let the Italian go for just €10m. Click Here: spain rugby shirts

Scotland head coach Gregor Townsend has brought in the English-based players for Saturday’s Autumn Nations Series encounter against Fiji. Among those to return is former skipper Stuart Hogg, who starts at full-back and is alongside Darcy Graham and Duhan van der Merwe in the back three. Hogg was stripped of the captaincy ahead of this series with Jamie Ritchie taking the responsibility – making his debut in the position against Australia. Several backline alterations There are three more new faces in the backline as Chris Harris and youngster Cameron Redpath, who wins his third cap, combine at centre, while Adam Hastings is preferred at fly-half. Gloucester’s Hastings missed last weekend’s…

L’Équipe report that newly promoted to the Bundesliga side Nürnberg will imminently submit an offer for Lyon’s 20-year-old central defender Gédéon Kalulu. Le Havre in Ligue 2 would also like to sign the player, but on a loan with an option to buy basis instead. Gédéon’s brother Aldo is also owned by the club and plays as a striker. Click Here: sydney roosters rugby store

Click:Fish Cat Toy with Catnip Wales are still searching for their first victory over New Zealand since 1953 after the All Blacks once again proved too strong with a 55-23 triumph at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff. This was considered to be the Welshmen’s best chance in years of overcoming the All Blacks following the visitors’ poor season so far. However, despite a spirited performance, in reality they were no match for Ian Foster’s men. Wayne Pivac’s charges did well to come back after going 17-0 down at the end of the first quarter due to a Codie Taylor brace, but New Zealand pulled away late on. Rio Dyer’s try…

RC Lens have today confirmed they have reached an agreement with Azerbaijani club FC Qarabag to sell attacking midfielder Abdellah Zoubir. The 26-year-old will leave the Ligue 2 side after two seasons at the Stade Bollaert-Delelis, where he totalled 7 goals in 69 games. Zoubir will have an opportunity to participate in this season’s UEFA Champions League, a competition which his new side will be competing in the preliminary rounds for group-stage qualification. The Lille-born midfielder has been much-travelled in his career thus far, having played for Grenoble, Istres, Hibernian (loan) and Romanian side FC Petrolul Ploiești before his move to Lens in 2016. H.W. Click Here: canterbury-bankstown bulldogs jersey

France head coach Fabien Galthie has named a tweaked starting line-up for his side’s clash against Japan in Toulouse on Sunday. Charles Ollivon will lead the side from the side of the scrum in the absence of the suspended Antoine Dupont, while Gregory Alldritt and Anthony Jelonch make up the rest of the back-row. Romain Taofifenua starts this weekend alongside the talented Cameron Woki in the second-row, with Uini Atonio starting next to Julien Marchand and Reda Wardi in the front-row. Settled backline Maxime Lucu steps in for Dupont at scrum-half and will be paired with the ever-composed Romain Ntamack. In the midfield, Jonathan Danty starts at inside centre despite…

Ligue 1 side AS Monaco are locked in negotiations with French second division outfit FC Lorient for 18-year-old goalkeeping prospect Illan Meslier, according to Goal France. The deal is being discussed around the €10m mark, and any eventual move would see the player join on a 5-year contract and he would not necessarily be loaned out immediately by ASM. Click Here: canterbury-bankstown bulldogs jersey He is an U18 French youth international and signed a professional deal with Lorient only as recently as February.

Scotland ran in eight tries as they eased past a 14-man Argentina 52-29, the Pumas having Marcos Kremer red carded at Murrayfield on Saturday. Kremer was given his marching orders in the 23rd minute for a dangerous clearout on Scotland captain Jamie Ritchie, which severely dented their hopes. For Scotland it was a fixture to remember for wing Darcy Graham, who scored a hat-trick, while Sione Tuipulotu (2), Duhan van der Merwe, Cam Redpath and Stuart Hogg also crossed. Finn Russell converted six of those scores as he was named player of the match. Click here for teams and scorers The hosts got off to a bad start though when they…

The transfer staff at Nîmes Olympique have continued their busy summer with the signing of young attacker Denis Bouanga from FC Lorient. Bouanga is Nîmes’ seventh arrival of this transfer window and will bring a goal-scoring presence from either the left or right wing. The Gabonese winger has signed a three-year deal with Nîmes and will be hoping to acclimate quickly to a club in a period of change. A product of Lorient’s academy, Bouanga becomes yet another member of the Breton’s club fruitful summer exodus with this transfer. Leaving Les Merlus for a reported €3m, the Gabonese attacker adds to the list of Lorient’s profitable departures, joining the likes…

Wales head coach Wayne Pivac was forced to field questions about his future ahead of his side’s Autumn Nations Series game against Australia. The New Zealander is under pressure after Wales went down to a 13-12 defeat to Georgia just eight months after they lost at home to Italy in the Six Nations. This year’s record is only part of the problem for some of Pivac‘s doubters though, with Wales‘ record of 19 Test defeats in 33 since his arrival hard to ignore. A head coach under pressure But with just 10 months left until the Rugby World Cup in France, the big question is whether the Welsh Rugby Union…