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BERLIN -- Promoted Bundesliga side Leipzig signed highly-rated Scotland winger Oliver Burke from Nottingham Forrest on Sunday.Burke agreed a five-year deal to 2021 with the German side.Burke is an outstanding 19-year-old talent with a huge amount of potential that hasnt played for the Scottish first team for nothing. He fits with out philosophy, Leipzig sports director Ralf Rangnick said.Rangnick added that several clubs were interested in signing the midfielder.Kicker magazine reported that Bayern Munich, Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur were interested but Burke was joining Leipzig for a fee of around 12 million euros ($13.4 million).Burke has two appearances for Scotland, making his debut on March 29 against Denmark.Leipzig also signed 21-year-old Brazilian defender Bernardo from Red Bull Salzburg on Sunday. Bernardo can also play in defensive midfield.Also Sunday, Wolfsburg announced that Netherlands striker Bas Dost was leaving to join Sporting Lisbon in Portugal.Dost joined Wolfsburg in 2012 from Dutch side Heerenveen and went on to score 36 goals in 85 league games for the side.German media reported a transfer fee of 10 million euros ($11 million) for the forward.Custom France Soccer Jerseys . I cant pinpoint a date, but I do remember a player from my youth. Brian Downing was with the Chicago White Sox at a time when I listened to every game I possibly could on the radio. That particular season the late great Harry Caray was calling the White Sox games. Samuel Umtiti Jersey . Following a lopsided 5-2 loss against the New Jersey Devils on Wednesday night, Paul MacLean told reporters that "theres a lack of focus, theres a lack of leadership and theres a lack of preparation" with his struggling team. That came on the heels of Bryan Murray taking the unusual step of going into the locker room at the Prudential Center and addressing the players himself. http://www.nationalfrancesoccer.com/kingsley-coman-france-jersey/ . -- Team after team passed on Andre Ellington in the draft. Patrice Evra France Jersey .ca looks back at the stories and moments that made the year memorable. Bacary Sagna France Jersey . Scott Kazmir allowed four hits in seven shutout innings, Michael Brantley hit a two-run homer in a three-run first inning and the Indians maintained their hold on an AL wild-card spot with a 4-1 win over the Houston Astros on Saturday night.TOKYO -- The Japanese government approved a 150 billion yen ($1.5 billion) contract Friday to build a new main stadium for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, a project that has been delayed by more than a year.Officials said the stadium construction would begin in December after an earlier plan was scrapped because of spiraling costs and an unpopular design.The Japan Sport Council, a government-funded organization operating the project, said the stadium was scheduled for completion at the end of November 2019, still five months behind schedule. The delay forced a venue change for the Rugby World Cup that Japan is also hosting in 2019.The cost of an earlier design by the late Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid had risen to 265 billion yen ($2.65 billion), more than twice the initial forecast.The 150 billion ($1.5 billion) contract is just below the 155 billion ($1.55 billion) ceiling set this time for the contractors, a joint venture among Taisei Corp., Azusa Sekkei Co. and the office of Kengo Kuma, an architect who designed the new stadium.Olympic Minister Tamayo Marukawa told reporters she would ensure steady progress of the construction.Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike said she would closely monitor the expensive project that the city is also part-funding.For the burden we have to share, I willl ensure its utilized for the people of Tokyo, and raise my voice when necessary, she said.ddddddddddddA sports ministry panel is discussing how best the stadium can be used after the Tokyo Games.The stadium delay is part of Japans troubled preparations for the Olympics, underscoring a widespread lack of cost-control. The Japanese organizers have also faced a bribery scandal. They are now also bracing for a possible delay in the construction of roads linking the main Olympic venues near a new fish market project, which has been hit by a construction scandal and tainted underground water.The Tokyo metropolitan government is currently reviewing the ballooning cost because of concern about its financial burden and the impact on Tokyo taxpayers.The city-appointed panel of outside experts warned in a report Thursday that the total cost could exceed 3 trillion yen ($30 billion) without a drastic cost-cutting effort, and suggested using existing facilities instead of building new ones that could likely end up as white elephants.---Follow Mari Yamaguchi at https://www.twitter.com/mariyamaguchiFind her work also at: http://bigstory.ap.org/content/mari-yamaguchi ' ' '