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Former Swiss international Ramon Vega has emerged as a possible challenger to Gianni Infantino for the FIFA Presidency at this year’s election in Paris. The election holds at the 69th FIFA Congress in Paris, France on June 5 this year. Vega, 47-year-old footballer turned financier, who won 23 caps for Switzerland, is reportedly weighing up a bid for the top ...

Real Madrid and Barcelona will go head to head in the semifinals of the Copa del Rey. The two iconic teams were pitched together on Friday in a draw in Spain. The Spanish giants will now face off against each other three times within a month, with both legs of their cup clash before their Liga meeting on March 2. ...

Ghana forward Majeed Waris was inconsolable on Thursday at Nantes training when the search for his former strike partner Emilliano Sala was called off with the player feared dead. Argentine forward, Sala was travelling back from Nantes to Cardiff after bidding farewell to his ex-teammates following his £15m move when his plane went missing. The search has been ongoing for ...

PAUL POGBA would only ‘improve’ at Barcelona, Real Madrid or Manchester City. That is according to Paul’s brother Florentin, who has revealed all about his sibling’s current position at Manchester United. “When my brother leaves Manchester United, there are only three clubs he can go to to improve: City, Real Madrid or Barca,” Florentin told AS. “He’s not going to ...

MO SALAH is back on social media and the reason behind his disappearance has now been revealed. The Liverpool star posted a cryptic tweet this week which read: “2019 Resolution: Time to get in touch, for real.” Salah then deleted his Twitter account before removing Facebook and Instagram shortly after. But the frontman is now back – and it appears ...

Thierry Henry was suspended from his role as coach of struggling Ligue 1 side Monaco on Thursday with the former French international striker expected to be quickly axed. “Henry has been suspended until a definitive decision is made,” Monaco said in a statement, adding assistant coach Franck Passi would oversee training on Friday ahead of their trip to fellow strugglers ...

Paul Pogba has the qualities to be captain of Manchester United, according to caretaker manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, who has overseen a dramatic return to form for the World Cup winner. The France midfielder was told in September by then-manager Jose Mourinho that he would never captain the club again, days after an apparent disagreement over tactics. Mourinho denied at ...

Ghana Premier League outfit Wa All Stars have denied reports of a takeover by former Fulham defender John Paintsil. Rumours emerged in the local media Wednesday that the club had been acquired by the former Ghana international and was set to be relocated from its original base, Wa in the Upper West Region. This comes on the back of a ...

The Confederation of African Football (Caf) has expelled Egypt’s Ismaily from this season’s Champions League. Caf acted after crowd trouble brought an early end to Ismaily’s home game with Tunisia’s Club Africain. The match was called off in stoppage time after parts of the crowd threw water bottles and stones at an assistant referee and Africain players. Club Africain were ...

Manchester City reached the Carabao Cup final after completing a 10-0 aggregate win over League One Burton in their semi-final. The tie was already over after City’s remarkable 9-0 first-leg win but Pep Guardiola still named several first-team stars in a weakened line-up. Sergio Aguero scored the only goal of the night from Riyad Mahrez’s pass after good play from ...