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Aston Villa signed midfielders Jadon Sancho and Harvey Elliott on loan from Manchester United and Liverpool respectively on Monday as the Midlands club bolstered their squad after a disappointing start to the Premier League season, Reuters reported.

Sancho joined United from Borussia Dortmund in 2021 but spent a spell back on loan at the Bundesliga club before being loaned out to Chelsea last season.

"Sancho has been playing at the highest level of the club game since he was a teenager, particularly impressing for Borussia Dortmund during his time in the Bundesliga," Villa said on their website, according to Reuters.

Alexander Isak's British record 125 million pounds ($169 million) move from Newcastle United to Liverpool on Monday completed an eye-watering summer of English Premier League spending, Reuters reported.

The Swedish striker's move, along with several other big-money deadline day deals such as Newcastle's 55 million pounds swoop for Brentford striker Yoane Wissa meant the cumulative spend for the world's richest soccer league during the transfer window reached three billion pounds for the first time.

Gross spending for the Premier League this season is already the highest ever, exceeding the 2.7 billion pounds spent in the 2022-23 season, and the January window is still to come.

The 20 clubs have spent 650 million pounds more in this window than the previous highest summer spend in 2023, according to Reuters.

Liverpool have signed Swedish striker Alexander Isak from Newcastle United in a British record transfer worth about £130m ($176m). The 25-year-old, who scored 23 Premier League goals last season, is set to join on a six-year contract after completing his medical, Al Jazeera reported.

The deal follows weeks of negotiations, during which Isak pushed for the move by skipping Newcastle training. Newcastle, in turn, moved to replace him by signing German forward Nick Woltemade for a club-record fee of up to £69m ($93m).

Pathum Nissanka scored his seventh one-day international century with 122 from 136 balls as Sri Lanka defeated hosts Zimbabwe by five wickets to clinch the two-game series at the Harare Sports Club on Sunday, Reuters reported.

Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bowl first, restricting Zimbabwe to 277 for seven in their 50 overs. Opener Ben Curran top scored for the hosts with 79 from 95 balls. 

Sri Lanka chased down their target thanks to Nissanka's ton and 71 from 61 balls by captain Charith Asalanka as they completed the win with three deliveries remaining in the innings, according to Reuters.