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Phillies' Jesús Luzardo throws first bullpen as he works his way back for postseason

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“I could be the bat boy,” Luzardo said. “Whatever they ask of me, I’ll do. I just want to win.”

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Man Utd borrow another £90m to take debt to more than £1.1bn

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Manchester United have borrowed another £90m since 30 June – and confirmed they spent £191.7m on new players this summer.

United bought Andrey Santos from Chelsea on 13 July, Youri Tielemans from Aston Villa on 14 July and Carlos Baleba from Brighton on 25 August.

The fees the club stated they spent on the trio at the time the transfers were announced added up to £153m, and it is not clear where the additional sum has been spent.

The club have been approached for comment.

Confirmation of the additional borrowing of £90m was included in a more detailed filing to the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday, following Wednesday’s release of their 2025-26 accounts to 30 June, and showed their overall debt was still more than £1bn despite major cost-cutting measures implemented by Sir Jim Ratcliffe since he became minority owner in 2024.

United confirmed it made three further drawdowns from its revolving credit limit, on 29 and 31 July and 28 August, totalling £120m. It then paid back £30m on 21 September.

It takes United’s overall debt to £1.15bn, made up of the historic debt, which now stands at £578m, the £200m outstanding on its revolving credit facility, and £375m in outstanding transfer fees.

That is a £72m reduction on the £447m they stated was owed in transfer fees in the 2024-25 accounts. However, it remains a large sum, with £104.8m due in between one and two years and £51.9m in between two and five years – with the remainder due in the next 12 months.

The club say payments for their most recent transfers “are due within the next five years”.

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Bob Pettit: NBA’s first MVP recipient and 11-time All-Star dies aged 93

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Bob Pettit, the first man to receive the NBA’s MVP (most valuable player) award, has died aged 93.

Pettit won the award twice, in its first year in 1955-56 and again in 1958-59, when he topped the scoring charts in both seasons.

He was also named an NBA All-Star in all 11 of his seasons and was the first player to reach 20,000 points.

Having starred for Louisiana State University, Pettit was signed by Milwaukee Hawks in the draft in 1954.

The team then moved to St Louis, and Pettit stayed with them for the rest of his career which included winning the NBA title in 1958 with victory over the Boston Celtics.

He reached two more finals with the Hawks in 1960 and 1961, and retired in 1965 with a career average of 26.4 points and 16.2 rebounds per game.

The Basketball Hall of Fame confirmed Pettit’s death, describing him as “a true giant of the game”.

No cause of death was given.

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Scottie Scheffler, Sam Burns put U.S. ahead at Presidents Cup

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Scheffler and Burns got their first point together in team competition.

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