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Standings for 2018 World Cup South American qualifying after Bolivia lost their appeal to CAS over FIFA sanctions for fielding an ineligible player (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, against, points): Brazil 14 10 3 1 35 10 33 — qualified Colombia 14 7 3 4 18 15 24 Uruguay 14 7 2 5 26 17 23 Chile 14 7 ...

World Cup Africa zone match-day 3 qualifying fixtures this week (times in GMT): Group A Thursday At Conakry Guinea v Libya (1700) Friday At Rades, Tunisia Tunisia v Democratic Republic of Congo (2000) Standings (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, points) DR Congo 2 2 0 0 6 1 6 Tunisia 2 2 0 0 3 0 6 ...

Black Stars camp in Kumasi got off to a bubbling start yesterday as 22 players filed out for training ahead of Friday’s World Cup 2018 qualifier against Congo. 22 players out of the invited 24 players trooped out of their Golden Tulip Hotel camp for Tuesday’s training session at the Baba Yara Stadium. Meanwhile, left back Lumor Agbenyenu, who featured ...

Kylian will start his time with Chelsea as part of their development squad and the midfielder could make his debut in the understudies’ fixture against Sunderland on September 9. “Kylian Hazard has today signed for Chelsea from Hungarian side Ujpest, and will join our development squad,” a statement on the club’s website announced. The 22-year-old began his professional career in ...

CHELSEA star Eden Hazard is expecting a late approach from Real Madrid, according to reports in Spain. Real Madrid’s arsenal looks well-stocked with the La Liga giants already having Cristiano Ronaldo, Gareth Bale and Marco Asensio in their ranks. However, Spanish outlet Diario Madridista claims that Hazard is expecting an approach from Zinedine Zidane’s side. The Belgium international has missed ...

Arsenal have turned down a £50m bid from Premier League rivals Manchester City for forward Alexis Sanchez, according to a report by BBC. The BBC said should City’s offer be more tempting, they might sell if City would also trade Raheem Sterling along with the transaction. It is not clear yet whether a deal could be struck before Thursday’s transfer ...

MANCHESTER UNITED transfer news is heating up ahead of Thursday’s 11pm deadline – stay with us for all the latest. MANCHESTER UNITED TRANSFER NEWS: All the latest on Gareth Bale, Ivan Perisic and more… Wednesday August 30 United offered Sanchez 09:00: Manchester United have reportedly been offered the chance to sign Arsenal forward Alexis Sanchez. Sanchez has just a year ...

LIVERPOOL are lining up a £60million bid for Monaco’s Thomas Lemar after sealing a club-record deal to sign Naby Keita next summer. But the Merseyside club insist the late activity before the transfer window closes on Thursday is not linked to the future of Barcelona target Philippe Coutinho, who they say is staying at Anfield regardless of who they buy. ...

Cameroon Football legend, Roger Milla has alleged that the recent take over of his country’s football federation by FIFA was a ploy by the world soccer ruling body to disorganize Cameroon football. FIFA last week set up a committee to run the Cameroon Football Federation after elections into the board were stalemated. “I believe that the International Federation of Football ...

NEYMAR has reportedly urged Philippe Coutinho to stay at Liverpool and reject a move to Barcelona. The Catalan giants are desperately trying to wrap up a deal for the Brazilian before Thursday’s deadline. Liverpool insist he is not for sale but Barca are confident they can convince the Reds to sell and finally land their top target. Philippe Coutinho is ...