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MANCHESTER UNITED have rejected a bid from Arsenal for Anthony Martial, according to reports. Manchester United have enjoyed a stunning start to the new season, with Martial showing significant signs of improvement from last term. Under Louis van Gaal, the France international took English football by storm, scoring 17 goals in his first season at the club. But, after Jose ...

DAVID DE GEA is the best goalkeeper in the world. That is according to his Manchester United team-mate Matteo Darmian. De Gea has conceded just two Premier League goals this season pulling off a number of fine saves and his heroics have vindicated United’s refusal to sell him to Real Madrid despite considering interest. United boss Jose Mourinho has spoken ...

Ghana’s FIFA U-17 World Cup got off to a triumphant start as Ibrahim Sadiq’s first half strike earned a 1-0 win over Group A rivals Colombia. The Right to Dream Academy winger put on a match-winning performance as he converted from close range to secure full spoils for Paa Kwesi Fabian’s charges. A fine counter-attack saw Black Starlets captain Eric ...

JOSE MOURINHO has put himself on course for another club-versus-country clash with England coach Gareth Southgate, this time over striker Marcus Rashford. The Old Trafford manager does not want Manchester United starlet Rashford to be used in both of England’s final World Cup qualifiers this week. England face Slovenia at Wembley tomorrow at Wembley before travelling to Lithuania for their ...

The Black Stars will hold their first training session today ahead of their crucial 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Uganda. The four-time Africa champions will launch its first training on Tuesday in the capital city of Kenya, Nairobi. Coach Kwesi Appiah initially invited a 26-man squad for the much-anticipated qualifier against the Cranes of Uganda as well as the ...

Chelsea striker Alvaro Morata could be out for more than a month after injuring his hamstring during Saturday’s defeat by Manchester City. The 24-year-old, who joined Chelsea for a club record £60m from Real Madrid, is the club’s top scorer with seven goals. Spanish team doctors diagnosed the grade two myofascial injury and he will miss this week’s World Cup ...

MAROUANE FELLAINI is demanding big bucks to stay at Manchester United. The midfielder is out of contract in the summer and Manchester United fear they will have to hand him a big pay rise to get him to stay, according to the Sun. Initial talks over a new contract have started and the 29-year-old is keen to stay, but wants ...

Does Tiger Woods have a new lady in his life? Over the weekend, the golfer attended the Presidents Cup tournament with Erica Herman. Woods, 41, and Herman, 33, were photographed looking quite cozy walking around Liberty National Golf Club in Jersey City, New Jersey, on multiple days of the event. Herman was announced as the general manager of Woods’s restaurant, ...

MANCHESTER UNITED star Marcus Rashford has claimed he can take a free-kick just like Cristiano Ronaldo. Cristiano Ronaldo is famed for his free-kick ability and has developed an iconic style that is known throughout the football world. Many players have since developed similar approaches such as his Real Madrid team-mate Gareth Bale and Chelsea’s David Luiz. However, Manchester United ace ...

Legendary Ghanaian boxer, Azumah Nelson has been presented with the World Boxing Council (WBC) Champion Award at the 55th WBC Convention currently ongoing in Baku, Azerbaijan. Nelson, widely considered the greatest African boxer of all time, was for the second time since his retirement honoured by the WBC sanctioning body. He held the WBC featherweight title once and the WBC ...