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The complete draw for the 2018/19 UEFA Europa League group stage, made in Monaco on Friday: Group A: Bayer Leverkusen (GER), Ludogorets (BUL), FC Zurich (SUI), Larnaca (CYP) Group B: Red Bull Salzburg (AUT), Celtic (SCO), RB Leipzig (GER), Rosenborg (NOR) Group C: Zenit St Petersburg (RUS), FC Copenhagen (DEN), Bordeaux (FRA), Slavia Prague (CZE) Group D: Anderlecht (BEL), Fenerbahce ...

UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin said on Friday it is unlikely to use the Video Assistant Referees (VARs) in the current Champions League matches, even in the final. He however said that the technology will be used from next season. The European soccer’s governing body has resisted implementation of the VAR system, which allows key incidents to be reviewed with the ...

MANCHESTER UNITED have offered a new five-year deal to Anthony Martial – despite Jose Mourinho being eager to sell the Frenchman this summer. United want to keep Martial at Old Trafford going forward following a pre-season of speculation regarding the 22-year-old’s future. Mourinho was angered when Martial’s agent, Philippe Lamboley, revealed the forward was keen to move having been ommitted ...

MANCHESTER UNITED legend Ryan Giggs has ruled out a sensational return to Old Trafford as Jose Mourinho’s successor. Manchester United legend Giggs has emerged as a shock potential replacement for Mourinho amid the current crisis at Old Trafford. All is not well with the Red Devils at present. Defeats to Brighton and Tottenham have seen them slip behind Manchester City ...

JOSE MOURINHO’S job as Manchester United manager is not under threat – for now. Mourinho has been told by executive vice chairman Ed Woodward that the club still believe he is the man to turn round their fortunes. And he has also been told he will be backed there if he wants to strengthen his squad in the January transfer ...

ARSENAL boss Unai Emery has backed striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang to start hitting the back of the net this season. The Gabon forward is yet to score for the Gunners this season and has missed a host of guilt-edged chances in recent games. Aubameyang fired over from close range during the first-half against Chelsea, and looks a far-cry from his former ...

HUGO LLORIS has been charged with drink driving after failing a breathalyser test in the early hours of Friday morning. The Tottenham goalkeeper was pulled over by police at 2:30am on Friday morning. The France World Cup winner then failed a breathalyser test before being taken to Charing Cross police station. Lloris, 31, spent around seven hours in custody before ...

CELTIC could be set to lose striker Moussa Dembele before the end of the summer transfer window. The Frenchman is yet to feature for the club in the Scottish Premiership this season. However, Dembele has been performing well in Europe, netting twice as Celtic beat Alashkert in a Champions League qualifying round earlier this summer. The Hoops will demand around ...

JOSE MOURINHO is ready to swing the axe in a major reshuffle to get Manchester United’s season back on track. Mourinho has been lifted by the return to fitness of a number of his regulars, including Nemanja Matic, Ander Herrera, Antonio Valencia and Alexis Sanchez, who all are set to face Tottenham on Monday. Jesse Lingard, who came on at ...

WBO Super Bantamweight champion, Isaac Dogboe, on Wednesday had a workout session at the Michael Carbajal’s 9th Street Gym in Phoenix, Arizona ahead of his August 25 bout with Japanese opponent contender, Hidenori Otake. The bout is Dogboe’s first title challenge since he won the belt back in April after defeating the then-champion, Jesse Magdelano. The workout session formed part ...