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Rafa Benitez couldn’t resist taking a sly dig at his old foe Jose Mourinho after Manchester United secured victory over his Newcastle side. The pair have had a stormy relationship dating back to Mourinho’s first spell as Chelsea manager while Benitez was in charge at Liverpool. They went toe-to-toe again at Old Trafford as the Red Devils came from behind ...

Cristiano Ronaldo says he wants to have seven children and win the same number of Ballons d’Or. The Real Madrid star recently had his fourth child, and is expected to win his fifth Ballon d’Or when the award is announced next month. But the 32-year-old has still come in for recent criticism, as his return of one goal in seven ...

Ghana’s two boxers Frederick Lawson and Duke Micah will be in action on Saturday night at the Resorts World Casino NYC in Queens, New York. Welterweight contender Frederick ‘General Okunka’ Lawson, (25-1, 20 KO’s) will square it off with Colombian Fidel Monterrosa Munoz. Duke “The Baby Faced Terminator’ Micah, (20-0, 18 KO’s) a makes his highly anticipated American debut against ...

MANCHESTER UNITED are reportedly keeping tabs on West Ham’s Domingos Quina. The 17-year-old midfielder was watched by United scouts while scoring for Portugal under-19s against Spain this week. Quina spent three years in the Chelsea academy after moving from Benfica. But he was released last summer and picked up by the Hammers. Arsenal and Paris Saint-Germain are also keeping a ...

JOSE MOURINHO has played down suggestions there is any lingering bad blood between him and Rafa Benitez. The two managers clashed several times when Mourinho was in his first spell as Chelsea boss and Benitez was in charge of Liverpool. Chelsea beat the Merseyside club in the League Cup final of 2005 but Benitez got his revenge by knocking the ...

ZINEDINE ZIDANE says he’s not affected by the dressing room war between Cristiano Ronaldo and Sergio Ramos. Their relationship between the pair has turned sour after Ronaldo slammed the ‘weakening’ of the Real squad following the exits of Alvaro Morata, Pepe and James Rodriguez. Ramos didn’t take kindly to such comments and said: “I don’t agree with him that the ...

Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Paul Pogba return to the Manchester United squad for Saturday’s Premier League game against Newcastle at Old Trafford. Striker Ibrahimovic, 36, is yet to play this season after suffering a cruciate knee ligament injury in April. Midfielder Pogba, 24, has not played since injuring a hamstring against Basel in September. Defender Marcos Rojo is also available and ...

BARCELONA star Lionel Messi has consoled Neymar with his PSG dream beginning to turn sour, according to reports. Neymar made the stunning decision of leaving Barcelona in the summer, tying up a £200million move to PSG. With 11 goals from 12 games so far, the Brazilian looks primed to fire Unai Emery’s side to the Ligue 1 title. However, reports ...

Williams, 36, and new husband Alexis Ohanian, 34, have tied to knot after announcing their engagement in December 2016, sources tell PEOPLE. The ceremony comes just 11 weeks after the couple welcomed their baby girl, Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr., on Sept. 1 — almost two years after they began dating in 2015. Ohanian, the co-founder of Reddit, and Williams, one ...

With Peru completing the line-up of 32 teams for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™, we now know the seeding pots for the Final Draw on 1 December. It was confirmed in September, by the Organising Committee for FIFA Competitions, that all teams will be allocated to (eight-team) pots 1 to 4 based on sporting principles. The October 2017 edition of the FIFA/Coca-Cola ...