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Video Assistant Referee (VAR) technology will be used for the first time at an African tournament at next year’s African Nations Championship (CHAN) in Morocco. Its use was confirmed by the Confederation of African Football’s (Caf) Referees’ Committee at a meeting on 27 November in Cairo, Egypt. The experiment with VAR will start at the quarter-final stage of the tournament ...

CHELSEA manager Antonio Conte showed a touch of class in his press conference this afternoon. Conte was set to speak ahead of Wednesday’s match against Swansea. But before the media put their questions to the Italian he made a point of paying tribute to Dermot Drummy, the club’s academy boss who died this week aged 56. Drummy won the 2010 ...

BARCELONA used Real Madrid documentation to sign Neymar from Santos back in 2013 , according to Guillem Balague. Neymar swapped Santos for Barcelona four years ago after forging a reputation as one of the most promising players in world football. However, the Brazil international nearly ended up moving to Real Madrid instead, with the Spanish club determined to pair him ...

The Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) says Nigeria paraded the youngest players during the qualifiers for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. This was announced on FIFA’s official website on Tuesday by a Switzerland-based independent study Centre International d’Étude du Sport (CIES) in it’s issue number 30 of Observatory Monthly Report. The CIES Football Observatory is a research group founded ...

With just three days to go the Final Draw for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in the Russian capital, the famed Moscow Metro held the unveiling of the last remaining visual icon of the event. For the 2018 issue of the Official Poster, the renowned Russian artist Igor Gurovich chose legendary Soviet goalkeeper Lev Yashin as a central figure of ...

MANCHESTER UNITED star Henrikh Mkhitaryan has not travelled with the squad for tonight’s Premier League game against Watford at Vicarage Road. Manchester United go up against Marco Silva’s in-form Watford aiming to breathe new life into the Premier League title race. The Red Devils currently sit eight points behind Manchester City at the summit with Pep Guardiola’s side cruising to ...

MANCHESTER UNITED star Romelu Lukaku is free to face Manchester City and Arsenal after the FA opted against banning him for a kick on Brighton defender Gaeten Bong. Manchester United star Lukaku was captured kicking Brighton defender Bong during the clubs’ Premier League clash on Saturday. Ashley Young scored the winner for the Red Devils to boost their chances of ...

MANCHESTER UNITED defender Marcos Rojo has revealed Jose Mourinho always stops Zlatan Ibrahimovic kicking him all over the pitch in training. Manchester United have received a welcome boost ahead of the busy festive period with Ibrahimovic and Rojo back in action again. Both players sustained serious knee injuries back in April – but their relationship appears to be all the ...

CHELSEA star Willian does NOT have to leave the Blues to get regular football, according to Sky Sports pundit Shaun Goater. Willian has played all 13 Premier League games for Chelsea this season but has not started a match since the shock 2-1 defeat to Crystal Palace in mid-October. The Brazilian has scored three goals in his last two outings ...

BARCELONA star Lionel Messi’s new contract has made Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo angry, according to reports. Messi signed a new Barcelona contract at the weekend that will see him pocket a salary worth £500,000 per week. That decision has ended months of uncertainty over his future with the 30-year-old previously being tipped to join Manchester City. However, Spanish website ...