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Messi tops wealth league ahead of Ronaldo Kamna posts solo win in the Reuters | London

ionel Messi was denied a Lpotentially money-spin- , Roglic keeps yellow ning move away from Bar - $126 celona this month after a million is Messi’s total contract-dispute but the Ar- earnings this year -- $92 Germany’s Lennard Kamna won stage 16 as Roglic maintains Tour de lead gentine maestro remains the million from his salary world’s richest soccer player. and $34 million in According to a list compiled endorsements by Forbes, Messi’s total earn- 24-year-old ings this year are $126 million • -- $92 million from his salary richest domestic soccer league Kamna won his first and $34 million in en- but only two of its outfield Grand Tour stage dorsements. players feature in the top 10 KNOW WHAT Not surprisingly of the wealth table -- Liver- AP | Paris Cristiano Ronaldo pool’s title-winning striker comes in second al- Mohamed Salah in fifth spot though earnings of ($37 million) and Man- erman rider Lennard Kamna was part of a $117 million chester United’s mid- Kamna won the first Al- group of 15 riders who will soften fielder Paul Pogba Gpine stage of the Tour de broke away from the the blow ($34 million) in France yesterday after pulling peloton early in the for the sixth. Pogba’s clear of a group of breakaway Ju- team mate, keep- riders, and Primoz Roglic kept 164-kilometre trek ven- er David de Gea the race leader yellow jersey. tus ($27 million) is There was no significant Germany’s Lennard Kamna rides during the 14th stage on Egan Bernal went through for- 10th. change in the overall standings another day of hardship at ward, Barcelona’s ahead of Wednesday’s mam- the Col de La Madeleine and Among them, Frenchman the back of the race, getting as will Antoine Griez- moth summit finish in the high the Col de La Loze, the highest Quentin Pacher also tried a solo dropped by the main contenders his status mann was seventh mountains as second-place Ta- point this year at 2,304 meters. escape but his effort was short in the 11.1-kilometer steep climb as the most and Real Madrid’s dej Pogacar remained 40 sec- The last six kilometres (4 miles) lived as he was easily caught and where Kamna built his success. followed soc- Gareth Bale eighth. onds behind Roglic. of the climb are particularly dif- then dropped by Alaphilippe, The remaining 156 Tour de cer player in the Bayern Munich striker The Slovenian pair enjoyed ficult, with very steep sections Carapaz, Reichenbach and France riders were authorized world on social Robert Lewandowski, a quiet day in the pack of main and sharp turns. Kamna. Carapaz, the Giro d’Ita- to start the stage after the UCI media. the only Bundesliga contenders and crossed the fin- The 24-year-old Kamna, who lia champion, made Alaphilippe and race organizers announced Neymar player, in ninth. ish line 16 minutes, 48 seconds rides for the Bora-hansgrohe and Reichenbach crack with that all 785 COVID-19 tests on comes in third Messi reluctant- behind the stage winner, who is team, made his decisive move a couple of biting attacks but Sunday and Monday of riders on the Forbes ly agreed to stay at not a threat in the overall stand- on the penultimate ascent to could not respond when Kamna and staff members of the 22 list ($96 million) Barcelona for an- ings. drop former race leader Julian countered before the summit. teams returned negative, with his Paris other season this Pogacar tested Roglic’s legs Alaphilippe, Richard Carapaz The German was faster than No rider has tested positive St Germain team month, despite on the final ascent but could not and Sebastien Reichenbach, his remaining rival on the flat since the race started on Aug. mate, 21-year-old saying in the wake gain time on his rival. three rivals with a strong ped- sections as he sped toward Vil- 29 in Nice. The latest screening Kylian Mbappe, up Lionel of an 8-2 Champi- Pogacar, a 21-year-old Tour igree. lard-de-Lans to post the biggest around the race’s second rest in fourth spot ($42 Messi ons League defeat rookie, will have another Kamna was part of a group win of his career. day was the fourth since the be- million). by Bayern Munich chance to unsettle Roglic during of 15 riders who broke away After losing more than seven ginning of the Tour, and the last The Premier League that he wanted Wednesday’s Stage 17 — argu- from the peloton early in the minutes in the Jura mountains one before the peloton reaches remains the world’s out. ably the toughest — featuring 164-kilometre (102-mile) trek. Sunday, defending champi- the Champs Elysees on Sunday.

Nani Roma will drive for BRX in the Depay packing his bags Chelsea’s Werner expects to be 2021 Dakar Rally for Barcelona: report fit in time for Liverpool clash AFP | London a good game today, we did well, and I’m happy I won the penal- imo Werner insisted he ty because it was important for Twill be fit to face Liverpool our game.” I don’t care about on Sunday after Chelsea’s new Werner’s pace and astute this. In one week it striker finished their 3-1 win at movement made him a Brighton with an ice pack on handful for will be good. We did his thigh. Brighton’s a good game today, Nani Roma Werner marked his Premier defence even we did well, and I’m TDT | Manama League debut by winning a pen- with the in- happy I won the alty that Jorginho converted jury. penalty because it ahrain Raid Xtreme to put Chelsea ahead, but the One of the was important for B(BRX) has unveiled Nani Germany star took a whack most our game Roma as its first driver join- on his leg as he was tripped by ing the team to take on the Brighton keeper Mat Ryan in TIMO WERNER 2021 Dakar Rally. Spaniard, the incident. Roma, has previously won The 24-year-old prolific strikers in the Bunde- the Dakar Rally both on a Lyon’s Dutch forward Memphis Depay inaction during a match (file photo) close-season sign- sliga in recent years, Werner bike and in a car, and joins ing from Leip- admitted it was a fascinating BRX with a wealth of expe- AFP | Barcelona euros at the end of this sea - zig was able challenge to adapt to the dif- rience that will prove inval- son, and two million euros in to play the ferent demands of the Premier uable as the team prepares utch striker Memphis De- bonuses. entire 90 Timo Werner League. for one of the biggest chal- Dpay is on his way to Bar- Koeman has been on the minutes de- “The game is totally differ- lenges in motorsport. celona from Lyon in a transfer hunt for a striker after tell - spite the knock and was one of ent. There is more space but Roma joins BRX from worth 25 million euros ($29.6 ing Uruguayan Luis Suarez Chelsea’s standout performers. you come out in the second half German manufacturer million), Dutch daily De he wasn’t in his plans for the When he was interviewed and the game was totally differ- team Borgward and has Telegraaf reported yesterday. coming season. after the final whistle with the ent. Brighton gave us a lot of previously competed in the If the deal goes through, the Depay played an important icing on his injury, Werner said problems,” he said. Dakar with Mini. His ex- 26-year-old international will role in Lyon’s progress to the he expected to be fine for the “I played against three mas- tensive experience in the join compatriots Frenkie de Champions League semi-final visit of Premier League cham- sive defenders, you don’t have iconic race has ensured the Jong and coach Ronald Koe- and scored a hat-trick in their pions Liverpool. that in Germany. Happy to be two-time Dakar champion man, who started Depay reg- opening Ligue 1 win of the sea- “The knee of the goalkeeper here and I think it was a good understands the challeng- ularly when he was in charge son over Dijon. hit me directly in the muscle first game for me and the team. es that entering the Dakar of the national team. However, he had announced and it went very hard,” Werner “The second game will Rally poses any team and its “Barcelona hope to confirm that he did not wish to extend told Sky Sports. become harder because it is drivers. With the combined officially the transfer and in- his contract in France and has “The rest of the game it hurt Liverpool. I tried and did my expertise of Roma and BRX, troduce Depay to Camp Nou never hidden his desire to play a lot. I couldn’t do some move- best and got an assist for the and the shared ambition for later in the week,” said De “for a bigger club” than Lyon. ments because the muscle went team. success, BRX continues to Telegraaf. He began his career with very hard, but at the end I’m “We had a lot of players not in signal itself as a contender The transfer amount would PSV Eindhoven before moving happy that we won. the rhythm now but I think we for the Dakar Rally title in be 25 million euros according to Manchester United and, in “I don’t care about this. In will get better and better when 2021 to the daily, plus five million 2017, Lyon. one week it will be good. We did we play more games together.”

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