France Midfielder Rabiot Set to Join Marseille as Free Agent

 Juventus' Adrien Rabiot controls the ball during the Serie A soccer match against Inter Milan at the San Siro Stadium, in Milan, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024. (AP)
Juventus' Adrien Rabiot controls the ball during the Serie A soccer match against Inter Milan at the San Siro Stadium, in Milan, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024. (AP)
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France Midfielder Rabiot Set to Join Marseille as Free Agent

 Juventus' Adrien Rabiot controls the ball during the Serie A soccer match against Inter Milan at the San Siro Stadium, in Milan, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024. (AP)
Juventus' Adrien Rabiot controls the ball during the Serie A soccer match against Inter Milan at the San Siro Stadium, in Milan, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024. (AP)

France midfielder Adrien Rabiot looked set to join Olympique de Marseille as a free agent after the Ligue 1 club said both parties had reached an agreement.

"Olympique de Marseille announce that they have reached an agreement with Adrien Rabiot to sign the French international midfielder," OM said in a statement overnight.

"The player will sign for OM subject to a medical."

Rabiot, 29, left Juventus at the end of last season after his contract expired.

The 2022 World Cup runner-up had joined the Italian side from Marseille's arch rivals Paris St Germain in 2019.



Frech Defeats Gadecki to Capture her 1st Career Title in Guadalajara Open

Magdalena Frech of Poland celebrates winning in the singles final of Guadalajara Open against Australia's Olivia Gadecki, at the Pan American Tennis Center in Guadalajara, Mexico, 15 September 2024. (EPA)
Magdalena Frech of Poland celebrates winning in the singles final of Guadalajara Open against Australia's Olivia Gadecki, at the Pan American Tennis Center in Guadalajara, Mexico, 15 September 2024. (EPA)
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Frech Defeats Gadecki to Capture her 1st Career Title in Guadalajara Open

Magdalena Frech of Poland celebrates winning in the singles final of Guadalajara Open against Australia's Olivia Gadecki, at the Pan American Tennis Center in Guadalajara, Mexico, 15 September 2024. (EPA)
Magdalena Frech of Poland celebrates winning in the singles final of Guadalajara Open against Australia's Olivia Gadecki, at the Pan American Tennis Center in Guadalajara, Mexico, 15 September 2024. (EPA)

Magdalena Frech defeated qualifier Olivia Gadecki 7-6 (5), 6-4 on Sunday to capture her first WTA title at the Guadalajara Open.
Frech became the fourth Polish woman to win a singles title this century joining Magda Linette, Agnieszka Radwanska and current world No.1 Iga Swiatek.
Frech made her first WTA singles final last July at Prague but the Guadalajara Open was her maiden WTA 500 final and first on hard courts.
Gadecki arrived in Mexico with just two career wins over top-100 players but she recorded four this week, including a second-round win over world No. 11 Danielle Collins.
The 22-year-old Australian, who is ranked 152nd, narrowly failed to become the first qualifier to win a singles title at WTA 500 level since 2021, when Liudmila Samsonova won at Berlin.
The tournament was played at the Complejo Panamericano de Tenis, in Guadalajara.