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Ruben Dias edges Edinson Cavani, Edouard Mendy as Premier League Signing of the Season

Ruben Dias edges Cavani, Mendy as Premier League Signing of the Season
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Manchester City defender Ruben Dias beats Edinson Cavani and Edouard Mendy to be named the Premier League Signing of the Season in the Sports Mole Reader Awards.

Manchester City centre-back Ruben Dias has been named as the Premier League Signing of the Season in the Sports Mole Reader Awards.

The 24-year-old joined City for a fee of around £61m last summer and went on to play an integral role in them regaining the Premier League title.

Dias was named the FWA Football of the Year, while he was also voted the Premier League Defender of the Season by our readers.

The defender has now picked up his second gong in the end-of-season awards, pipping Chelsea's Edouard Mendy and Manchester United's Edinson Cavani to be named Signing of the Season.

Dias ended with 27.5% of the votes, while Mendy and Cavani both picked up 21.3%.

West Ham United loan signing Jesse Lingard finished in fourth with 11.2% of the votes, while Emiliano Martinez caps off the top five with 4.5%.



PREMIER LEAGUE SIGNING OF THE SEASON RESULTS

1. Ruben Dias (Manchester City) - 27.5%
2. Edinson Cavani (Manchester United) - 21.3%
= Edouard Mendy (Chelsea) - 21.3%
4. Jesse Lingard (West Ham United) - 11.2%
5. Emiliano Martinez (Aston Villa) - 4.5%
6. Raphinha (Leeds United) - 3.5%
7. Thiago Silva (Chelsea) - 2.8%
8. Tomas Soucek (West Ham United) - 2.2%
9. Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) - 1.7%
= Callum Wilson (Newcastle United) - 1.7%
11. Vladimir Coufal (West Ham United) - 1.1%
12. Wesley Fofana (Leicester City) - 0.6%

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HOCKEY
· Great Britain's women aim to secure their place on the podium as they face India in the bronze medal match (2.30am)
· Netherlands - silver medallists five years ago - and Argentina battle for the gold medal in the women's final (11am)

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· The women's gold medal will be decided as Australia and USA go head to head (3.30am)

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· Lauren Price will be looking to add to Team GB's success in the ring when she takes on Nouchka Fontijn of Netherlands in the women's middleweight semi-final (6am)

DIVING
· Tom Daley already has one Olympic gold to his name in Tokyo, and he begins his bid for second in the men's 10m platform. Teammate Noah Williams is also involved in the preliminary round (7am)

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· Jason Kenny's reign as sprint king may be over, but Jack Carlin looked strong in his bid to succeed his compatriot. He takes on Harrie Lavreysen in his sprint semi-final (8.10am), with the final taking place later in the day (10.35am)
· The women's madison makes its Olympic debut at the velodrome as Team GB duo Katie Archibald and Laura Kenny look to add another medal to their collections (9.15am)

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· Team GB's Jodie Williams will hope to get on the podium in the women's 400m final, but defending champ Shaunae Miller-Uibo is favourite for gold while Stephenie Ann McPherson should challenge and Allyson Felix is bidding to become the most decorated female track and field athlete of all time (1.35pm)
· Netherlands' Sifan Hassan takes on leg two of her ambitious attempt at a Tokyo treble in a women's 1500m final which also includes Great Britain's Laura Muir and Faith Kipyegon of Kenya (1.50pm)
· A star-studded women's 4x100m relay final will see a Team GB quartet including Dina Asher-Smith look to upset defending champions USA and favourites Jamaica, who boast Elaine Thompson-Herah as she goes for her third gold of the Games (2.30pm)
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