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CHELSEA assistant coach Marco Ianni has been charged with improper conduct following the Manchester United bust-up, the Football Association has announced. While Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho has been formally reminded of his responsibilities and both clubs have received similar reminders about the behaviour expected of their staff and players whilst in the technical area. The governing body said in ...

MANCHESTER UNITED manager Jose Mourinho will launch an investigation after his team was LEAKED before Saturday’s game with Chelsea. Manchester United drew 2-2 at Stamford Bridge to deny Mourinho a first win back at his former club. The Blues left if late to level things up as Ross Barkley netted in the fifth minute of stoppage time. But it appears ...

JOSE MOURINHO has hit out at questions set to him in Manchester United’s pre-match press conference today. Manchester United host Juventus at Old Trafford on Tuesday in a crunch Champions League game. The match takes place in the shadow of a number of controversies that loom over United. Paul Pogba continues to labour under Portuguese manager Mourinho, while only two ...

Reigning African Footballer of the Year Mohamed Salah got back on the goal trail at the weekend, scoring the English Premier League winner for Liverpool at Huddersfield. After bagging 44 goals for the Reds in all 2017/2018 competitions, the Egyptian has found defences far harder to breach this season, netting just four times so far. Algerian Riyad Mahrez, who Salah ...

Gerard Pique acknowledged the absence of Lionel Messi will be a blow but insisted Barcelona can cope without their superstar captain. Messi will miss three weeks with a fractured arm after suffering the injury in Barca’s 4-2 win over Sevilla in Saturday’s top-of-the-table La Liga clash. After setting up Barca team-mate Philippe Coutinho and scoring himself, five-time Ballon d’Or winner ...

Qatar could accommodate thousands more football fans on cruise ships during the 2022 World Cup than previously estimated, leading organisers in the emirate have revealed. An official with the country’s largest hotel owner, Katara Hospitality, confirmed on Sunday that up to 20,000 rooms on ships would be made available to supporters in four years’ time. That is a marked increase ...

Hosts Ghana have drawn Algeria, Mali, and Cameroon in Group A for 2018 Total Women’s Africa Cup of Nations next month. Defending champions Nigeria were pitted against South Africa, Kenya and Zambia in Group B. The Black Queens will be seeking to win the continental showpiece for the first time after coming close on three occasions in 1998, 2002 and ...

Ghana midfielder Emmanuel Boateng was in action for Levante as they beat giants Real Madrid 2-1 at the Bernabeu on Saturday, ensuring the Spanish giants set a club-record goal drought with their fourth defeat in five games. Boateng came on as a substitute in the 79th minute to replace Roger and to ensure the score stayed intact at the final ...

MAURIZIO SARRI has declared he was happy with his side’s performance against Manchester United, after Ross Barkley’s last-gasp equaliser saved Chelsea from their first defeat of the season, but was disappointed with the final half an hour from his side. Chelsea topped the table after the draw against United, and are one of just three teams still unbeaten after nine ...

MARCO IANNI was at the centre of a spat with Jose Mourinho at the end of Chelsea’s draw with Manchester United. But who is he? Jose Mourinho was fuming on the Chelsea touchline after seeing his Manchester United side surrender a 2-1 lead late on today. Ross Barkley popped up with the equaliser to spark wild celebrations on the Chelsea ...