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Has it finally happened? Has Dayot Upamecano finally signed a new contract at Bayern Munich? Things were reportedly coming to a head, with Bayern having table a very lucrative offer, Upamecano leaving the club on read for a whole month and the club threatening to pull the offer entirely in the next few days. Now it seems that perhaps the threat worked.

The portent of the 2025 Atlanta Braves season being... really dumb and no fun was Jurickson Profar eating a PED suspension after the first series of the season. By the time Profar came back, his new team was more or less dead in the water as far as playoff potential. Profar also didn't really do anything to revive them - his 1.3 fWAR in 371 PAs, which was only achieved due to a fair bit of xwOBA overperformance, was basically a bog-standard rate. It was better than Alex Verdugo, but it wasn't actually good.

Malaga are interested in signing Newcastle United midfielder Alfie Harrison. According to Sky Sports, they are hoping to sign the 20-year-old midfielder this month. The player will be out of contract in the summer, and it would be ideal for Newcastle to sell him now rather than lose him for free. That said, they have the option to extend the deal for another year. It remains to be seen whether Newcastle are prepared to take up the opportunity and extend his stay at the club.

Chelsea are in talks with Raheem Sterling and his representatives and a solution is expected to be found before the window closes on Monday. It is expected he will no longer be a Chelsea player after Monday. Sterling has been training away from the first-team squad and he still has 18 months left to run on a contract worth more than £300,000 a week. The player does not want to leave on another loan deal.

Over a 16-year career with nine different teams he spent the majority of his time with the Atlanta Braves, Boston Red Sox, and Chicago Cubs Kimbrel ranks fifth on the all-time saves list with 440 to go with a 2.58 ERA. Last season with the Braves and Houston Astros, the 37-year-old southpaw posted a 2.25 ERA across 14 appearances, which at least suggests that he still has some quality frames left in the tank.

Bohm, 29, will be playing out his final season of club control in 2026. The former No. 3 overall pick looked like a star early on, when he debuted with a sensational .338/.400/.481 slash in 44 games as a rookie back in 2020. He's settled in as more of a league-average bat in the five years since that time, hitting a combined .275/.323/.411 (101 wRC+) in 2769 plate appearances dating back to 2021.

If you're just valuing sports, everyone in the club will say Marc has to stay. The chairman will tell you the same. But it's not one-dimensional. If you see the financial situation, it's very important. If somebody comes, there will be a moment when the club says 'now the financial issue is more important than the sports issue'. There will be a threshold where the club has to say it will happen - as long as Marc says 'I want to leave', because the final decision is always with the player.

Speaking to media after the game, head coach Craig Berube acknowledged Rielly's recent struggles, but said he has faith in the veteran to get back on track. "Tonight was a tough one," Berube said, per The Hockey News' David Alter. "I know that, but he's played some really good hockey for us this year. I'm not worried about it. I think he'll get back to the level he was at. I do believe that. That's kind of where I'm at with it."

If an Auston Matthews trade were ever to happen, it would not be anytime soon. Matthews still has two seasons remaining on his contract, which carries a $13.25 million AAV and includes a full no-movement clause. Simply put, Matthews controls his future. If he wants to remain in Toronto and eventually sign a long-term extension, the organization has little reason or ability to move him. In fact, doing so would be organizational wrongdoing.

Yes, but it is about today. A lot of things have to happen in the next few months as well, to earn the right.

Mike Maignan is one of the most discussed players at AC Milan currently, and it is largely due to his contractual situation. Right now, Milan are stuck between a rock and a hard place. With Maignan, they have one of the best goalkeepers in Europe, but he is heading towards the door as it stands. However, it may not be as doomed as it seems.

MLB The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Jordan Romano, the Markham, Ont.,-born relief pitcher, has inked a one-year deal to play for the Los Angeles Angels in 2026. (Carolyn Kaster/The Associated Press) Canadian relief pitcher Jordan Romano has signed a one-year deal with the Los Angeles Angels.

Howard Stern has announced a new three-year contract with SiriusXM, putting to rest months of speculation about his future with the company. As part of the new deal, Stern said he will host 75 episodes per year, down from the roughly 100 episodes he currently hosts. Stern, 71, said the reduction in episodes was his choice, as he wanted "more free time" while still "continuing to be on radio."

Rest assured, when my contract expires, I will leave with my head held high, and in the hypothetical case that I leave before then, it will be solely and exclusively my decision, no one else's. I send you a kiss. You still have Icardi for a few more months. Enjoy me because then you will miss me.

Eberl wants everyone to know Olise's contract is solid and that there is no release clause in the deal, which was a rumor put out there by a few deranged wackadoos on social media last summer. "No one needs to worry about Michael - He has a very good, performance based contract. And to emphasize this again - without a release clause," Eberl told Sport Bild's Henning Feindt, Christian Falk, and Tobi Altschäffl (as captured by @iMiaSanMia).

He's had a release clause until the end of January of every year. We assume that he will definitely fulfill his contract until 2027. And if it were up to us - and I've heard he wants it too - then he will extend, he told Bild.

The Rugby Football Union has no plans to begin talks with Steve Borthwick over extending his contract beyond 2027 for the foreseeable future despite England's 11-match winning streak and autumn clean sweep. Borthwick's contract runs until the end of 2027 but with England halfway through the current World Cup cycle and currently third in the world rankings, the RFU chief executive, Bill Sweeney, has no immediate intentions of discussing an extension in a sea change from the union's previous approach.