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Fifa is planning to hold a special meeting next month at which two lucrative tournaments could be given the go-ahead. Football’s world governing body is said to have held “promising” consultations in recent weeks with regional confederations, individual football associations and leading clubs over the creation of a revamped Club World Cup and a new ‘Nations League’. The tournaments would ...

ANTONIO CONTE has been rejected by Juventus after offering his services to the club, according to reports in Italy. The Chelsea boss is expected to leave Stamford Bridge at the end of the season after failing to match the heights of his debut campaign. Conte claimed he was homesick late last year, and has done little to disguise the fact ...

ALEXIS SANCHEZ struggled to produce a sample for the Wembley dope testers then explained why Manchester United have had wait to see the best of him. The Chile striker was the last player to emerge from a stadium he must wish he could play in every week. Sanchez had underlined the old sporting maxim that while form is temporary, class ...

Italian club and Champions League semi-finalists Roma announced Monday their new shirt sponsors will be Qatar Airways in a three-year deal, described as the largest the club has ever signed. The deal was made public just a day before one of Roma’s biggest games for decades, the first leg of a Champions League semi-final against Liverpool at Anfield on Tuesday. ...

MANCHESTER UNITED transfer news is coming in thick and fast and Express Sport is on hand to bring you all the very latest from Old Trafford. Manchester United transfer news LIVE updates: All the latest from Old Trafford Monday April 23 Lionel Messi tells Neymar to join Red Devils – claims Lionel Messi has reportedly told Neymar to snub a ...

Administrative manager of Hearts of Oak, Hackman Aidoo, and the club’s spokesperson, Opare Addo, were nearly lynched by some supporters in Kumasi after their 1-1 draw with Bechem United on Sunday. After nine matches played, they have won three, drawn twice and lost four. They lie 10th on the table with 11 points. Before their last game against Bechem United, the fans ...

REAL MADRID president Florentino Perez has played down talk of the club signing David de Gea or Thibaut Courtois this summer. The duo have been linked with a move to the Spanish capital for a number of years, with Los Blancos famously missing out on the former due to a fax machine error in 2015. De Gea’s stunning form at ...

MOHAMED ELNENY could miss the rest of the season despite receiving an injury boost. Elneny was forced in the first half of Arsenal’s 4-1 win over West Brom after landing awkwardly following a challenge with Mark Noble. After the match, Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger expressed his concern that the midfielder could be out for an extended period. “Unfortunately it doesn’t ...

Bayern Munich comes up against one of football’s all-time greats on Wednesday evening, with Jerome Boateng adamant that Bayern “can only stop Cristiano Ronaldo as a team”. Five-time Ballon d’Or Ronaldo has been in rip-roaring form Real in European competition this season, scoring in all ten of the Spanish side’s Champions League games this term, with a total goal tally ...

LIVERPOOL boss Jurgen Klopp has confirmed he plans to talk with Mohamed Salah ahead of the Reds’ Champions League match with Roma. Liverpool star Salah won the PFA Player of the Year award in London last night, pipping Manchester City’s Kevin De Bruyne to the prize. The Egypt international has taken the Premier League by storm this season, bagging a ...