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Andrew Cesare Richardson
Andrew Cesare Richardson
Hong Kong
@AndrewCesare
Senior Production Editor, Sport
Andrew Cesare Richardson joined SCMP after working as a writer and editor at ESPN and was later editor-in-chief for 433's app. A former language student, he specialises in covering European sport, predominantly football, and moved to Hong Kong in early 2024.

Everything you need to know as tennis enters the grass court season – which means the greatest players flocking to London to dress in all white and play at the All England Club.

Everything you need to know as the oldest continental tournament in world football kicks off for its 48th edition, 108 years on from its debut campaign.

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A round-up of all the action from day six, which produced our first last-16 entrant and more last-minute drama in which an Albania midfielder went from villain to hero.

Pep Guardiola faces his former academy coach Enzo Maresca, who will be taking charge of his first top-flight match in England, while it’s Arne Slot v Kieran McKenna.

Stanciu’s Romania beat Ukraine 3-0 to earn only their second European Championship victory ever, with the 31-year-old’s fierce strike kicking off proceedings.

Zhang won a silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics but his career has been full of complications which prevented him from competing with the very best in the sport.

Michal Sadilek, who plays for Dutch side FC Twente, recently captained his country in friendly win against Malta but will sit out the European Championship tournament in Germany.

Month-long European tournament taking place mainly in the early hours of the morning for Hongkongers, with France and England starting among the favourites.

Steel Roses took 30th-minute lead in Adelaide but conceded an equaliser in fifth minute of stoppage time. It was still a positive debut in the dugout for their new Australian head coach.

Article on South American champions’ website declared Norwegian’s arrival but is likely to be one of many false leads in the transfer market silly season.

Xabi Alonso’s side had finished their league campaign without losing and have German Cup final at weekend as Atalanta become the first Italian side to win the trophy since Parma in 1999.

Club are newly crowned Serie A champions, but chairman Steven Zhang’s Suning Holdings Group had taken out loan from Oaktree in 2021 to ease financial pressures.

Everything you need to know about the world’s biggest clay-court tennis event where Ronald Garros king Rafael Nadal, who has won tournament 14 times, is likely to be featuring for last time.

Napkin, signed in December 2000, was a promise that the Catalans would bring Messi, who made his Barca debut in 2004 and left in 2021 as the record goal scorer and appearance maker, to club.

Manchester City welcome West Ham, while Arsenal, two points behind, host Everton. It will be the 10th time in the Premier League era the title is decided on the final day, with City involved for a fifth time.

Spurs winning against Pep Guardiola’s side would have done their North London rivals a huge favour in the title race, but football is littered with such conflicts.

Images and clips from Sunday’s meeting show old stadium struggling to deal with heavy downpour, while goalkeeper Andre Onana failed to keep a clean sheet for the 12th time in the last 13 matches.

Arsenal’s 1-0 victory over Manchester United guarantees title race will stay alive until final day of campaign. City are a point behind with a game in hand as we enter the final straight.

The sport’s inclusion in the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles and the potential for it to be included in the National Games of China were also on the agenda.

Yokohama Marinos welcome Al Ain for the first leg of the AFC Champions League final on Saturday, with the two coaches having met 19 years ago in an epic European final.

Ex-Ajax manager started with 30 wins in first 50 league matches, but team has collapsed since then and is on course for the worst finish since the inception of the Premier League in 1992.

Old Trafford skipper’s ambiguous comments led to rumours he could be looking to depart, while changes are expected at Liverpool with manager Jurgen Klopp leaving.