Arsenal exploring move for Kenan Yildiz, Atletico Madrid trying to finalise Nicolas Jackson signing and Manchester City in talks over Allan Elias.

Arsenal are exploring a move for Juventus and Turkey winger Kenan Yildiz, 21. (Independent), external

Atletico Madrid are trying to finalise the signing of Senegal striker Nicolas Jackson, 25, from Chelsea. (Marca – in Spanish), external

Manchester City are in talks to sign Brazilian winger Allan Elias, 22, from Palmeiras. (ESPN), external

Manchester City have enquired about the availability of England midfielder Adam Wharton, 22, but their approach has been rebuffed by Crystal Palace. (Sun), external

Tottenham are eyeing a move to sign France striker Jean-Philippe Mateta, 29, from Crystal Palace. (Football Insider), external

Inter Milan are interested in signing Brazil forward Gabriel Martinelli, 25, from Arsenal. (Corriere dello Sport – in Italian), external

AC Milan are now focused on signing a centre-back and Manchester City‘s Portugal defender Ruben Dias, 29, has emerged as a potential target. (Gazzetta dello Sport – in Italian), external

Bayer Leverkusen’s Burkina Faso centre-back Edmond Tapsoba, 27, has emerged as a leading defensive target for Manchester United, Tottenham and Newcastle. (Teamtalk), external

France defender Axel Disasi, 28, is closing in on a loan move from Chelsea to Crystal Palace. (Sun), external

Barcelona are yet to make an offer for Argentina striker Lautaro Martinez, 28, but Inter Milan would not be looking to sell regardless. (Gazzetta dello Sport – in Italian), external

Barca are also considering Spain forward Ayoze Perez, 33, and Georgia forward Georges Mikautadze, 25, who both play for Villarreal. (Marca – in Spanish), external

Liverpool, Everton and Leeds United are among the clubs monitoring Midtjylland’s 22-year-old Chile winger Dario Osorio. (Teamtalk), external

Ipswich Town and Nottingham Forest are thought to be among a number of clubs considering a move for Chelsea‘s English striker Liam Delap, 23. (Independent), external

Manchester United are concentrating on signing a new left-back, with Racing Santander’s 19-year-old Spaniard Jorge Salinas a candidate as Newcastle are not inclined to sell England left-back Lewis Hall, 21. (CaughtOffside), external

It is no surprise this version of Brook has come immediately after he was overlooked as captain.

He was seriously considered by managing director Rob Key and others at the England and Wales Cricket Board before ultimately being overlooked.

I am sure he will have asked himself why that was the case and, after incidents like the one in Wellington and some of the things he has said to the media in the past, it comes back to maturity.

Yes, Brook has shown himself an able tactician and leader of the white-ball team but at no point did I believe he was ready to be England’s Test captain.

That role is about more than purely the decisions made on the field.

It is about representing your country, and sometimes stepping up when needed to talk about difficult topics around the world. We have seen that in the episodes involving Zimbabwe and Afghanistan in the recent past.

Brook has not shown he has the maturity to do that part of the job, meaning Joe Root was the only candidate. The hierarchy had no choice.

But Root’s second stint is unlikely to last long, possibly only until the end of next year’s Ashes, and the ball is in Brook’s court to show before then that he is the best candidate next time around.

Who knows, Jacob Bethell, who is highly rated as a leader, may have overtaken him by then but there is no reason Brook cannot be Test captain when Root leaves the role, especially if he is showing maturity through batting like this.

Of course, some people will view Brook’s innings through the prism of what has come before. They may say it only adds to the frustration around why Brook could not bat more sensibly during the Ashes.

Who knows what may have happened if he did.

I get that argument – the winter was one of the biggest disappointments in recent memory in English cricket – but it is now time to look to the future, and time to put the Ashes behind us.

Lessons have been learned; you can see that by the decisions made and the people now in charge. Root and Stephen Fleming should be more astute operators.

So, with big series on the horizon after this – a winter trip to South Africa and then the Ashes next summer – it has got to the stage where we have to move on.

With that in mind, it was not just Brook’s performance that has been encouraging so far.

Though he will be annoyed to get out misjudging the length of spinner Usman Ali as Brook did, Jordan Cox batted with similar restraint and class for his 73.

Root batted as he does, holding together a more measured batting performance. It was something every England fan will be happy to see.

While two calm days have been most welcome after what we have witnessed in recent months, we do not want England to dispense with everything we saw under Brendon McCullum and Ben Stokes’ Bazball regime.

This team should retain a lot of their positivity, but do so without delving into the recklessness and inflexibility we saw before.

Ruthlessness was another thing the Bazballers were often lacking and this Test has presented Root’s England the perfect opportunity to show what they have learned.

Pakistan have picked the wrong team. They should have picked another seamer and are desperately missing some pace in their attack.

It means this is as kind an opponent England could have wished for to start their long-awaited reset.

England can now press home their advantage and go 1-0 up in this series. Brook has begun to show them the way.

Jonathan Agnew was speaking to BBC Sport’s Matthew Henry

FIFA have unveiled the full match schedule for next summer’s Women’s World Cup in Brazil on Thursday, confirming the tournament will begin with hosts Brazil at Rio de Janeiro’s iconic Maracana Stadium on June 24.

FIFA, the governing body of association football, have also confirmed that the stadium will host the final on July 25.

The Brazilian national team will tour three of the country’s biggest cities during the group stage. After opening at the Maracana, the team will travel to Sao Paulo to play its second match at Arena Itaquera on June 29 and will play their last group stage match at the Estadio Nacional Mané Garrincha in Brasília on July 4.

One notable city missing from Brazil’s group-stage itinerary is Belo Horizonte.

While the Mineirao stadium is among the eight venues selected for the tournament, the hosts won’t visit the city during the group stage. The stadium remains synonymous with one of the worst moments in Brazilian soccer history because of the men’s national team’s 7-1 defeat to Germany in the semifinal of the 2014 World Cup.

The humiliation was so profound that “7-1” (sete a um) has since entered the culture as shorthand for a sudden and total catastrophe. Additionally, in 1950, when Brazil hosted the tournament for the first time, Uruguay beat the hosts 2-1 at the Maracana, a defeat that became known as the Maracanazo.

Technically, Brazil could still end up there in the knockout rounds. If they win Group A, they will play the round of 16 in Fortaleza and then head to Belo Horizonte for a quarterfinal. If Brazil finishes second in its group, Belo Horizonte would instead host its round-of-16 match.

The eight host cities are Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Belo Horizonte, Brasilia, Fortaleza, Porto Alegre, Recife and Salvador. Each city will stage at least seven games and at least one knockout-round match, spreading the tournament across Brazil rather than concentrating the latter stages in Rio and São Paulo.

Sao Paulo will have the heaviest workload, hosting 10 matches at Arena Itaquera, including a semifinal and the third-place game. The other semifinal will be played at the Maracanã, while Belo Horizonte and Fortaleza will stage quarterfinals. Brasília, Porto Alegre, Recife and Salvador will host matches through the round of 16.

The final, as it was in 1950 and in the 2014 Men’s World Cup, will take place in Maracana Stadium in Rio.

By staging the final, the stadium will become only the third venue to host the final of both the men’s and women’s World Cups, together with Sweden’s Rasunda Stadium, which hosted the men’s final in 1958 and the women’s in 1995, and California’s Rose Bowl, which staged the men’s final in 1994 and the women’s final in 1999.

Next year’s tournament will be the first Women’s World Cup staged in South America and the second to feature 32 teams after the expanded format debuted in Australia and New Zealand in 2023.

To date, 17 countries in addition to host Brazil have qualified for next year’s tournament: Australia, China, Japan, Korea DPR, Korea Republic, Philippines, Algeria, Cameroon, Malawi, Morocco, Argentina, Colombia, New Zealand, Denmark, France, Germany and defending champions Spain. Tournament heavyweights the United States and European champions England are expected to secure their places later in the qualification cycle.

Brazil has played in every Women’s World Cup since 1991 but has never won it. Its best finish remains runner-up in 2007, when a team led by Marta lost 2-0 to Germany in the final.