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Newcastle: Eddie Howe set to remain as head coach next season

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Head coach Eddie Howe looks set to lead Newcastle into next season after talks with the club’s Saudi Arabian leadership.

Howe and the Newcastle hierarchy are agreed on the future after their annual summit in Northumberland this week.

Rather than acting on emotion, Newcastle’s hierarchy have set out to address what has gone wrong with the help of thorough analysis as the club look to bounce back following a bruising campaign.

Howe has been viewed as part of the diagnosis and solution going into an important summer window on Tyneside.

The 48-year-old, who was appointed in November 2021, said on Friday he had faced “difficult questions” as he gave a presentation to the owners and the board.

Only Wolves, Burnley and West Ham have suffered more defeats than Newcastle‘s 16 in the Premier League this season, and there has been a recognition across the board that has not been good enough.

However, Howe – who ended Newcastle‘s 70-year wait for a major domestic trophy by winning the Carabao Cup last season, and qualified for the Champions League in 2025 and 2023 – has also felt the support of those above him this week.

Other key topics included the sale of star player Alexander Isak to Liverpool and the club’s difficulty in replacing a forward who scored 27 goals last season after failing with bids for Hugo Ekitike and Joao Pedro, among others.

Despite the difficulties, Newcastle are five points from a European place, reached the EFL Cup semi-finals and got to the knockout stage of the Champions League for the first time.

The head coach has been involved in recruitment plans with sporting director Ross Wilson, as Newcastle widen their network and make smarter use of data, and the club’s preparations for pre-season.

Howe said he had to “retain the confidence” he would still be at the club next season, before his side returned to winning ways against Brighton on Saturday to end a run of five straight defeats.

“When you don’t win football matches, there’s a pressure that builds,” he said after the 3-1 victory at St James’ Park.

“Now, how everyone experiences that is different. For me, I want to do a good job for people.

“I don’t want to disappoint people. I don’t want to let the supporters down. I don’t want to let the players down. I certainly don’t want to let the owners down.

“So all those things you are carrying with yourself if you’re not delivering enough success.”

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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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