BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Barcelona has reached a deal to sign Borussia Dortmund forward Karim Adeyemi, according to club president Joan Laporta.
Laporta spoke about the transfer on Sunday after arriving in Dallas to watch Tuesday's World Cup semifinal between Spain and France.
The transfer has not been made official yet but Barcelona's president told reporters that the deal was in place. He did not provide financial information or any other detail about the agreement.
The 24-year-old Adeyemi missed preseason fitness checks Sunday at Dortmund, which said the player was involved in transfer talks.
“We’re very excited about Adeyemi,” Laporta said. “We’ve liked him for a while. He’s dangerous and fast.”
Adeyemi played for Germany in World Cup qualifying but did not make it to the final squad for the tournament.
He had an inconsistent season with Dortmund, and last year attracted headlines for complaining after being substituted during a match.
Adeyemi would be the latest addition to Barcelona's attack led by Lamine Yamal. The club also recently signed England forward Anthony Gordon after the departure of Robert Lewandowski.
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FILE - Dortmund's Karim Adeyemi controls the ball during the German Bundesliga soccer match between Borussia Dortmund and FC Heidenheim in Dortmund, Germany, on Feb. 1, 2026. Barcelona has reached a deal to sign Borussia Dortmund forward Karim Adeyemi, according to club president Joan Laporta. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, FILE)
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Authorities on Sunday searched for more bodies from an over loaded ferry that capsized on Lake Kariba in Zimbabwe last week as the death toll in the disaster rose to more than 80 people.
The ferry capsized in strong waves on Tuesday. Police on Sunday said the death toll had risen to 84, from 72 the previous day as more bodies were recovered. Zimbabwe’s disaster management agency has said 77 people were rescued.
Estimates had put the number of passengers as high as 153 on a ferry authorized to carry 90 people, but the latest official figures now suggest the number of passengers could be even higher.
Police in the southern African country said “search efforts are still underway in a bid to recover victims identified as missing.”
The aging ferry was traveling from the town of Kariba to rural and fishing communities in the country’s northwest, where roads are damaged and public transportation is scarce.
Among the dead are 18 children, with the youngest just 1 year old. According to police, 16 of the victims were aged 10 or younger.
Kariba is the world’s largest human-made lake by volume, created by damming the mighty Zambezi River in the late 1950s and early 1960s. It stretches more than 200 kilometers (124 miles) and is up to 40 kilometers (25 miles) wide in places.
Zimbabwe and Zambia share the lake, with their border running through its middle.
A family member reacts after she sees her father's name on the coffin during a memorial service for the victims of a ferry that capsized on Lake Kariba in Kariba, Zimbabwe, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Mkhululi Thobela)
Family members walk past caskets carrying their loved ones during a memorial service for the victims of a ferry that capsized on Lake Kariba in Kariba, Zimbabwe, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Mkhululi Thobela)
Philis Hamandise, center, is embraced through a gate by a colleague at a victim identification center after losing her 9-year-old daughter and 6-year-old nephew in a ferry capsizing on Lake Kariba, in Kariba, Zimbabwe, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Mkhululi Thobela)
