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• West Ham United have agreed a deal to sign Italy striker Gianluca Scamacca from Serie A side Sassuolo for £30 rng
  
  5 million ($36 rng
  
  6m), several British media outlets reported on Saturday rng
  
  Scamacca, 23, netted 16 goals in 36 Serie A matches last season rng
  
  He made his senior debut for Italy in 2021, and has earned seven caps without scoring a goal rng
  
  West Ham have signed Nayef Aguerd, Alphonse Areola and Flynn Downes during the close season rng
  
  David Moyes’s side finished seventh in the Premier League last season and begin the new campaign at home to champions Manchester City on 7 August rng
  
  Earlier in the week the manager reiterated his calls to get more deals over the line, with the Hammers set for another campaign in Europe, in the Europa Conference League rng
  
  RecommendedTyson Fury to sponsor Morecambe rng Football ClubWhat Man City’s willingness to sell to key rivals says about Pep GuardiolaSarina Wiegman: The mastermind behind England’s bid for Euro 2022 glory“We have bids in for players and we’re trying to get them in,” he said after the defeat at Ibrox rng
  
  “Getting them in at the moment is seeming quite difficult but by watching what I’ve seen in the opening games we need to add very quickly to the squad of players we’ve got rng
  
  ”Armando Broja of Chelsea has also been linked with a move, but any completed deal for Scamacca may end that pursuit rng
  
  Additional reporting by Reuters rng
  
  
  
  While Katie Boulter’s Wimbledon run came to a sudden end, another fairytale story continued as Harmony Tan raced into the fourth round at the All England Club rng
  
  A 6-1 6-1 victory, wrapped up in just 51 minutes, was as emphatic as the scoreline suggests as a clinical and consistent Tan demolished her British opponent, whose nervous and hesitant performance marked an unfortunate end to what has been an excellent week at SW19 rng
  
  The fourth round awaits for Tan, who continues to astound in what is her first appearance at the Championships rng
  
  This was a stunning display of clean and nerveless hitting by the 24-year-old from France, who cut Boulter apart with her slice and reeled off 16 winners to the cost of just five unforced errors rng
  
  Her efficiency could not be matched by Boulter rng
  
  The Briton was overwhelmed and could not grasp a hold in what was a one-sided contest rng
  
  Just three places separated the players in the rankings but there was no question that Tan settled to the occasion rng better and looked far superior to her position of 115 in the world rng
  
  Both players had reached an unexpected third round match after siezing the opportunity to shine on Centre Court rng
  
  Boulter progressed past last year’s Wimbledon finalist Karolina Pliskova in three sets, while Tan produced the moment of the tournament so far in defeating the returning Serena Williams in a three-hour thriller rng
  
  Many argued that a return to Centre Court should have been their reward rng
  
  Instead, as Boulter and Tan emerged onto Court No 2 at 11am, there was an element of what was a landmark occasion for Boulter feeling like a first-round opener as Wimbledon woke from its Saturday morning slumber rng
  
  Indeed, any late arrivers would have been caught out as the match finished before midday rng
  
  In an ominous start, Boulter broke a string to face 15-30 on her opening service game and as Tan dipped to nudge a pick-up volley over the net she was met with two break points rng
  
  Tan clipped the net cord for the second time in the game and while Boulter showed hesitancy at the net, Tan broke with a lob inside the baseline that Boulter ducked underneath rng
  
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  Tan has weapons beyond her devious slice and tricky drop shots as she controlled a forehand winner and then arrowed a return on to the baseline to move into a 5-1 lead rng
  
  Tan then flashed three aces in a row to hold and wrap up the opening set in just 27 minutes and the second set would be clinched at an even faster rate rng
  
  Harmony Tan will face either Coco Gauff or Amanda Anisimova in the last 16 rng