Track and field chief Sebastian Coe has hailed the emergence of an 'extraordinary' group of athletes at the Paris Olympics who have gone
Trac Track and field chief Sebastian Coe has hailed the emergence of an "extraordinary" group of athletes at the Paris Olympics who have gone some way to filling the void left by Jamaican legend Usain Bolt .
“I did slightly feel the globe wobbling the other night when I had Snoop Dogg one side of me and Simone Biles the other side and trying to explain the finer points of the 1500m,” Coe said. “We had our 105th country in the history of the Olympic Movement winning a medal in Paris and that has been sensational,” he said.
Chelsea announced the signing of Portuguese winger Pedro Neto from Wolves on Sunday for a reported fee of £54 million . Neto has signed a seven-year deal and will cost an initial £51 million with a further £3 million in add-ons, according to reports. The 24-year-old becomes the Blues' ninth signing…
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