In theory, Robert Page could name a Euro 2020 lineup comprising players who were born outside Wales, from Adam Davies, the third-choice goalkeeper who was born in Germany, to the Torquay-born Kieffer Moore in attack. After Wales sealed their place in the knockout stages, Uefa posted the customary congratulatory tweet – the word “qualified” plastered across a stock image – but the photo was not of Gareth Bale or Aaron Ramsey but of Moore, a brute force and figurehead who, less than two years on from his debut, it is hard to imagine Wales without.

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Of the Wales players who sealed passage to the last 16 in Italy on Sunday, five were born in England. It is thou…

Hot on the heels of Monday night’s scratchy win over Fulham, Tottenham will attempt to complete their first signing of the January window by bringing in Pedro Porro from Sporting. The Spanish right-back has a release clause of £40m but it is believed his Portuguese employers may be willing to let him go for considerably less if Spurs offer sufficiently enticing inducements in the form of add-ons and bonuses. Talks between the clubs continue.

Antonio Conte is also after Nicolò Zaniolo, the Roma midfielder, who spat the dummy and refused to travel with his teammates for Sunday’s win over Spezia in an attempt to force through a move. “All of us in football know there are two different seasons, one where the transfer market is closed and…

Chelsea’s thirst for transfers does not looked like being quenched. They are, supposedly, interested in Jadon Sancho. Enzo Maresca really likes a certain type of winger, mainly ones who aren’t Raheem Sterling. The Blues have a bloated squad, but the recruitment team have a cunning one in-one out policy now, which could result in some sort of part-exchange involving Sterling heading to Manchester United.

It is not solely wingers that intrigue Chelsea, they are looking for a striker. Napoli’s Victor Osimhen’s hefty price tag and reported £500,000-per-week wage demands are making a deal tricky, so the alternative is Everton’s Dominic Calvert-Lewin, but after scoring six against Wolves on Sunday maybe the sensible thing would be to no…

Welcome to Deadspin’s The Sports Nihilist, where all is for naught and we are but accidental jolts of electrified meat stuck to the surface of a rock in an indifferent universe. Fuck you. Is there anything more pointless than a meeting? It can be your 7 a.m. call every morning, a preshift talk before service, the NFL Draft, an all-team meeting, or a meeting to prep for a future meeting. Every machination of work should be solvable by email, a two-minute phone call, or Slack/Microsoft Teams. The notion that getting together to wait for your turn to talk will somehow help accomplish a goal is one of life’s greatest myths. Extended talking serves no purpose. You don’t need to chat up the server before ordering your chicken fingers, and we don’t need the sports media equivalent of …

Update (5:33 p.m.): The NBA has officially relocated the 2017 NBA All-Star Game away from Charlotte, North Carolina, in response to an anti-LGBT bill the state passed in March. Here is the league’s statement: “The NBA has decided to relocate the 2017 All-Star Game from Charlotte with the hope of rescheduling for 2019. “Since March, when North Carolina enacted HB2 and the issue of legal protections for the LGBT community in Charlotte became prominent, the NBA and the Charlotte Hornets have been working diligently to foster constructive dialogue and try to effect positive change. We have been guided in these discussions by the long-standing core values of our league. These include not only diversity, inclusion, fairness and respect for others but also the willingness to listen and …

The Sundance Film Festival, which gets underway Thursday, is divided into lots of different sections. (For instance, there's the U.S. Dramatic Competition, the World Cinema Dramatic Competition, the U.S. and World Cinema documentary sections, and the Midnight films.) But for most outsiders, there are really two categories of Sundance movies: the ones with tons of indie stars (like The Way Way Back and Ain't Them Bodies Saints) and the ones with relative unknowns (buzzed-about critical hits Computer Chess, This Is Martin Bonner, and Blue Caprice). So picking a list of the must-see Sundance titles is always tough: Do you go with movies that have actors you like, or do you veer toward the really intriguing loglines? I'm gonna skip the highly anticipated Boyhood and Life Itself…

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Georgia looks to keep climbing in the Southeastern Conference standings on Saturday afternoon when it visits Florida in Gainesville, Fla. Coming off a 68-66 victory over LSU on Wednesday, the Bulldogs (14-5, 4-2 SEC) enter the weekend tied with South Carolina and Kentucky for fourth place in the standings. Russel Tchewa grabbed the rebound off Jabri Abdul-Rahim's missed 3-pointer and banked in a shot with 2.8 seconds remaining to give the Bulldogs the points they needed to beat the Tigers. He added a free throw for the final margin. With Wednesday night's win, the Bulldogs avoided their first two-game losing streak in conference play. They were coming off a 105-96 setback at Kentucky over the weekend. "We've responded after every loss the right way," Georgia c…

data-mm-id=”_fxvcgx4qs”>Buddy Hield wants more money. The Sacramento Kings want to give him more money, but not that much. Hield isn't even asking for a max deal. He reportedly just wants an extra $5 million a year over what the Kings have so far offered. With one year left on his rookie deal, this is going to hang over the franchise until it has resolved itself one way or another. It seems insane that the Kings would hesitate to give Hield whatever he wants. He's a 20-point per game scorer and he does the most important thing in the modern NBA – shot 3's – at an elite level. Last season he hit 42.7% of his 651 three-point attempts. He was respectively 7th and 5th in the league in those categories. So he's worth the money. And then there's the fact that the Kin…

data-mm-id=”_nje84b0vq”>The Pelicans have had an exceptionally disappointing season thus far; belittled by injuries left and right and missing their 2019 No. 1 overall pick in Zion Williamson, New Orleans currently sits at 6-22 on the season. There have been bright spots, most notably in the form of Brandon Ingram, but overall the season has not been what they hoped. As such, they appear to be planning on selling at the trade deadline. Marc Stein reported on Tuesday that the Pelicans would be willing to part with All-Star guard Jrue Holiday after making him unavailable all summer in trade discussions. As Stein notes, it would take a hefty price to pry the 29-year-old PG away from New Orleans, but discussions will be had. Here are three teams that are best suited for Holiday's tale…