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Jose Mourinho has been speaking in Moscow ahead of Manchester United’s UEFA Champions League clash with CSKA Moscow on Wednesday. The Man United boss has had a positive start to the new season with seven wins from nine games in all competitions as his side are second in the Premier League table only on goal difference. That said, injuries are ...

Jordan Ayew’s growing influence continued with yet another impressive display that was crowned with a goal in the Carabao Cup. The Black Stars striker scored his second goal of the season as Swansea advanced to the next stage at Reading’s expense. Also, Islam Slimani’s superb strike helped Leicester see off a wasteful Liverpool at the King Power Stadium to reach ...

EDEN HAZARD is likely start for Chelsea against Nottingham Forest in the Carabao Cup, according to Pat Nevin. Eden Hazard has spent months in the treatment room after suffering a broken ankle while on international duty with Belgium in June. However, the 26-year-old is now back for the Blues and featured in their Champions League clash with Qarabag and 0-0 ...

Real Madrid striker Cristiano Ronaldo will return to action against Real Betis tomorrow after serving a five-match suspension, as the champions look to keep the pressure on La Liga leaders Barcelona. Ronaldo was sent off during the Spanish Super Cup win over Barcelona on August 13 and banned for five matches after pushing the referee, meaning he is yet to ...

The last has not been heard of Neymar Jr’s acrimonous departure from Barcelona with the club president Josep Maria Bartomeu attacking the Brazilian for a lack of honesty following his world-record move to Paris Saint-Germain. Ligue 1 giants PSG rocked football when they paid Neymar’s €222million release clause in August, leaving Barcelona powerless to his departure as the Parisians smashed ...

Anthony Martial still doesn’t seem to be trusted enough by José Mourinho to actually start a Premier League game. For the moment, though, the situation seems to suit player, club and manager just fine. Martial scored again after coming on as a substitute late in the second half against Everton in United’s 4-0 victory on Sunday that kept it joint ...

ANDER HERRERA has revealed how Manchester United can keep star goalkeeper David de Gea at Old Trafford. De Gea has started the new season in fine form once again recording five clean sheets in six games and is continuously linked with a move to Real Madrid. Herrera has hailed his compatriot as the world’s best and believes silverware is the ...

The Super Eagles of Nigeria defeated Ghana’s Black Stars ‘B’ by 2-0 to progress to the semi-final stage of the WAFU Cup Group A clash. Match Report: Ghana was forced to make an early substitution after skipper Isaac Twum suffered an injury and was replaced by Ahmed Adams in the 6thminute. Nigeria who needed a victory kept the pressure on ...

Kenya will have to wait a little longer to find out if it will host the 2018 African Nations Championships after the latest round of venue inspection ended on Saturday. Kenyan football officials said the final decision will now be taken at the next CAF (African Football Confederation) executive committee meeting in Accra, Ghana on September 23. It is expected ...

ARSENAL and Liverpool are chasing PSG ace Julian Draxler and could make moves in January. The Germany winger is keen to leave the French side after the arrival of Neymar this summer. Draxler has seen his involvement drop with Neymar and Kylian Mbappe arriving at the Parc des Princes for huge fees. And he wants to quit as soon as ...