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The Belgian forward appears to be unavailable for the Norwegian first match in temporary charge of the Red Devils on Saturday   Romelu Lukaku is set to miss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s first game in charge of Manchester United against Cardiff City on Saturday. The former United striker was asked about the Belgian’s availability at his first press conference and revealed that the former Everton forward ...

In this first press conference as caretaker boss, the Norwegian said he’ll use lessons learned from Sir Alex Ferguson to reinvigorate Paul Pogba & Co. The familiar sunny disposition. The baby-faced appearance, albeit with tinges of grey in the hair these days. Watching Ole Gunnar Solskjaer stroll around Manchester United’s AON Training Complex was almost like being caught in a ...

Arsenal say they have identified an “image” of the spectator who threw a bottle that hit Tottenham Hotspur’s Dele Alli in Spurs’ 2-0 League Cup quarter-final victory over their bitter North London rivals on Wednesday. The England midfielder — who scored a delightful goal to put Spurs 2-0 up — was hit on the head as he took a throw-in ...

The Black Stars of Ghana ended the year on the 51st position on the latest FIFA rankings for December released on Thursday. The four times-African champions have not engaged themselves in any game since November’s rankings and so maintain at 51 globally after gaining 1412 points. Ghana, however, ranked as the sixth-best team on the continent. Senegal are still Africa’s topmost team with ...

Karionbangi Sharks coach William Muluya has named an 18-man squad to face Asante Kotoko on Saturday in the 2018 CAF Confederation Cup first qualifying round return leg clash. Muluya has included striker Sydney Lokale who has made a return injury from injury. The Kenyan side are seeking to knock out the Ghanaian giants after a first leg 0-0 draw last ...

Ghana international Kwadwo Asamoah is set for an early Christmas break after being ruled out of Inter Milan’s clash against Chievo due to suspension. The midfielder picked his fifth caution of the season against his former club Udinese, ruling him out of Inter’s final game of the year. This means Asamoah will have more time than expected to rest, prepare ...

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has been officially announced as Manchester United’s interim manager until the end of the season. In a tweet on its verified Twitter handle, the football club said, Solskjaer would be joined by Mike Phelan as the first-team coach, together with Michael Carrick and Kieran McKenna. In a statement released by the club on, Solskjær scored 126 goals ...

Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba quickly deleted a controversial social media post of him smiling after manager Jose Mourinho was sacked by the club on Tuesday. Mourinho was dismissed on Tuesday after United’s worst start in 28 years left them trailing Premier League leaders Liverpool by 19 points. The volatile Mourinho’s exit was in part triggered by the breakdown of ...

Belgium’s most successful side Anderlecht have sacked coach Hein Vanhaezebrouck after a series of poor results, the club announced on Sunday. The 2-1 defeat at newly-promoted Cercle Brugge this weekend was their third in four league games. They sit in fourth place, nine points behind Genk at the top of the Belgian top flight, are without a win since November ...

Ex-Ghana Black Starlets star David Nii Lante Mills believes he was a better player than French World Cup winner Kylian Mbappe Lotin during their days at Monaco B side four years ago. According to the Ghana international who joined Monaco B side in 2014, believes Mbappe had always wanted to be like him in terms of skills, speed and shooting ...