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KEVIN DE BRUYNE does not view Paul Pogba’s absence from this weekend’s Manchester derby as some sort of “karma”. Pogba joked in a television interview at the weekend that he hoped some Manchester City stars would be injured for the showdown between the Premier League’s top two teams. As it turned out, it is Pogba who will miss the game ...

THE winner of the 2017 Ballon d’Or will be announced on Thursday, but which superstar player are on the shortlist? The prestigious award has been won by the Real Madrid superstar or Barcelona ace Lionel Messi for the past nine years. After winning the FIFA’s ‘The Best’ award last month, Cristiano Ronaldo is favourite to take the crown for a ...

MANCHESTER UNITED will try to sign Arsenal playmaker Mesut Ozil next month, with Jose Mourinho unwilling to wait until the summer. Manchester United have emerged as key players in the transfer battle for Arsenal ace Ozil, with Mourinho keen to add the Germany international to his squad. Mourinho previously managed Ozil at Real Madrid and the two have remained close ...

LIONEL MESSI wants to finish his career at Barcelona, according to Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola. Spanish newspaper Marca claim Manchester City owner Sheikh Mansour offered Messi a signing on fee of £80million to go to the Etihad. Guardiola worked with him at Barca and the pair have remained close. But he insists a move to City “was never going ...

Manchester City’s David Silva is a doubt for Sunday’s derby with Manchester United in the Premier League. Manager Pep Guardiola confirmed he had an unspecified complaint during his Champions League press conference game against Ukranian side Shakhtar Donetsk. He said, ” Kevin De Bruyne is suspended tomorrow and Silva has a little problem and I don’t know whether he will ...

ANTHONY JOSHUA has prioritised a unification fight with Joseph Parker next, according to Deontay Wilder. Joshua successfully defended his IBF and WBA world heavyweight titles last month, stopping late replacement Carlos Takam in the 10th round. His promoter Eddie Hearn quickly outlined their plans to unify the division by winning the WBO and WBC belts in 2018 and last month ...

Atletico Madrid forward Antoine Griezmann has topped the Sky Sports La Liga Power Rankings this week. Griezmann scored an 88th-minute matchwinner during a 2-1 win over Real Sociedad after team-mate Filipe Luis (No 11, up 109 places) levelled Willian Jose’s (No 15, down eight places) opener. Barcelona only managed a 2-2 draw against Celta Vigo after Lionel Messi (No 7, up three places) and ...

elona have been drawn against Celta Vigo in the last 16 of the Copa del Rey, after the draw was made on Tuesday. It’s a repeat of Saturday’s Liga match at Camp Nou, which was a really entertaining game, Barca drawing 2-2 thanks to goals from Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez. It’s arguably the tie of the round, elsewhere Real ...

Medeama SC have signed a kit sponsorship deal with Mayniak ahead of the 2017/18 season. Mayniak, a fast-growing Ghanaian kits manufacturing firm agreed to become the official kit sponsor for the Ghana Premier League side after a fruitful negotiation. Medeama thus becomes the fourth Ghanaian Club to sign a deal with Mayniak after Liberty Professionals, Aduana Stars and Ashanti Gold. ...

The management of Hearts of Oak have settled two months outstanding salaries of GHC 230,000 for the playing body and technical team to pave way for its pre season training which started on Monday. Monday’s training session witnessed only three registered players with the rest coming from the junior side at the Legon Ajax Park. According to an impeccable source, ...