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Football gossip: Beukema, Leao, Danilo, Malen, Trafford, Remiro, Ramos, Ramazani

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Liverpool make offer for Dutch defender Sam Beukema, AC Milan offer Rafael Leao to Premier League sides, Manchester United target ex-Nottingham Forest midfielder Danilo.

Liverpool have made an offer to buy Netherlands centre-back Sam Beukema, 27, from Napoli, with the proposed deal worth 28m euros (£24.2m). (AreaNapoli via Teamtalk), external

Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester United have been offered the chance to sign Portugal winger Rafael Leao, 26, from AC Milan, who would be willing to accept offers of around 50m euros (£43.2m). (The Hard Tackle), external

Manchester United could also move for former Nottingham Forest midfielder Danilo, 25, who is currently playing for Brazilian side Botafogo in his homeland. (Fogao.net via SportWitness, external)

Roma are ready to exercise an option to buy Donyell Malen from Aston Villa for 25m euros (£21.6m), with the 27-year-old Netherlands winger having scored 12 goals for the Italian side since signing on loan in January. (Voetbal International via Express & Star), external

However, Manchester United, Chelsea and Newcastle United are also keen to sign Malen, whose transfer fee could be as high as 30m euros (£25.9m). (Corriere Dello Sport via Manchester Evening News), external

Both Aston Villa and Newcastle United hold an interest in Manchester City and England goalkeeper James Trafford, 23, and Real Sociedad’s Spanish stopper Alex Remiro, 31. (Football Insider, external)

Goncalo Ramos, 24, wants to start more matches and could leave Paris St-Germain at the end of the season, with several clubs keen on signing the Portugal striker. (Fabrizio Romano), external

Leeds United want £10m for Belgium winger Largie Ramazani, 25, who has scored six goals in his last 13 matches during a season-long loan at Valencia. (Football Insider), external

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Matt Fitzpatrick wins French Open for fourth title of season

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French Open – final round

-20 M Fitzpatrick (Eng); -17 A Hidalgo (Esp); -15 M Pavon (Fra), T Vaillant (Fra), K Reitan (Nor), E Lopez-Chacarra

Selected others: -12 L Aaberg (Swe); -10 E Ferguson (Sco), D Bradbury (Eng); -7 E Molinari (Ita), V Hovland (Nor)

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England’s Matt Fitzpatrick secured his fourth title of the season with a three-shot win at the French Open in Paris.

Fitzpatrick carded a one-under-par 70 to hold off the challenge of Spain’s Angel Hidalgo at Le Golf National.

The 32-year-old has already won the Valspar Championship and RBC Heritage titles on the PGA Tour this year, as well as the Zurich Classic team event in New Orleans alongside younger brother Alex.

He led by five shots going into the final day, but a run of 12 successive pars allowed the chasing pack to cut that advantage to two.

However, crucial birdies on the 13th and 15th pushed Fitzpatrick further clear and even a bogey at the last could not deny him an 11th European Tour title.

“Delighted to get it over the line, it was definitely a battle today,” he said.

“I didn’t have my best stuff for the first 12 holes and then managed to find some of my best stuff.

“In a way I was quite lucky – I left myself in some nice spots where you can still get up and down from, but I fully took advantage of that and did really well.”

Matthieu Pavon shot the best round of the day, with a seven-under 64 ensuring he finished tied for fourth alongside French compatriot Tom Vaillant, Spain’s Eugenio Lopez-Chacarra and Norway’s Kristoffer Reitan.

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Laver Cup: Alexander Zverev beats Learner Tien to seal victory for Team Europe

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Alexander Zverev beat Learner Tien on the final day of the Laver Cup to lead Team Europe to their sixth title.

US Open champion Zverev recovered from a disappointing defeat by Team World’s Alex de Minaur on day two and eased to a 7-6 (7-3) 6-3 win over Tien at London’s O2 Arena.

After Carlos Alcaraz’s heroics kept Europe in contention after that loss on day two, Flavio Cobolli and Jakub Mensik beat De Minaur and Taylor Fritz in the doubles to extend their lead before Zverev’s triumph.

Both wins took Europe’s tally to the required 13 needed to win, which meant that Alcaraz was not required to play again.

“I haven’t won a Laver Cup match in two years, so I’m happy I did it today,” said Zverev.

“Massive credit to the entire Team World. They pushed us all the way again, they were champions last year. We have a great team chemistry, it was a team effort.

“Winning as a team, there’s no better feeling in sports. We don’t have enough of it in tennis.”

The USA’s Tien, 20, was making his Team World debut and held his nerve in the first set to force a tiebreak, but world number two Zverev took control in the second and closed out the victory in one hour and 49 minutes.

Zverev has been part of all six of Team Europe’s Laver Cup wins, and has the most singles wins at the event with eight.

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England vs Sri Lanka highlights, third ODI: Hosts win by 223 runs

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Tom Banton delivers on all of his potential by crashing a brilliant first international century as England wrap up their summer with an ODI series win over Sri Lanka.

MATCH REPORT: England win series as Banton delivers on potential

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