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Ivorian defender Serge Aurier has agreed to a five-year deal to join Manchester United from Paris Saint-Germain (PSG), according to reports. Although Jose Mourinho’s club is yet to agree on a fee with PSG, Goal says Aurier has completed personal terms with United and will be at Old Trafford stadium until 2022. The 24-year-old will provide more options for Mourinho ...

The scheduled training of Black Stars B on Thursday at Comet Park was frustrated by Burkinabe FA when the Stallions of Burkina Faso also decided to train at the venue at the same time. The Stars arrived at the Comet Park at 3.45pm only to be denied access on the grounds that the hosts were training on the facility. The ...

JOSE MOURINHO has revealed Manchester United are in talks with Zlatan Ibrahimovic over a return. The striker is sidelined with a knee injury he suffered while playing for United in April. The 35-year-old was released at the end of the season, but a new contract is being discussed. And a comeback in January for the second half of the campaign ...

CHELSEA boss Antonio Conte says he’s not looking for sympathy from Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger over his squad problems. Conte has been vocal about the need to improve his Chelsea squad and add greater strength in depth. Alvaro Morata, Tiemoue Bakayoko, Antonio Rudiger and Willy Caballero so far but Conte is working with less than 30 players. When asked about ...

Ex-Ghana international Richard Kingson has said he decided to be a goalkeeper’s trainer just to prove his critics wrong. Speaking to Starr Sports, the former Birmingham City goalie said his initial plan was to venture into farming and becoming a goalkeeper’s trainer was never part of his plans. “This thing that I am doing was not part of my plans, ...

The Senegalese Professional Football League (LSFP) handed a seven-year ban to US Ouakam following the crowd trouble which left eight people dead during the League Cup final against Stade de Mbour last month. The LSFP’s disciplinary committee said it holds US Ouakam “exclusively responsible” for the tragedy at the Stade Demba Diop on 15 July. US Ouakam were further punished ...

ALVARO MORATA says he had doubts about joining Chelsea but a call from Antonio Conte helped to persuade him. Morata joined Chelsea in a club-record £70million deal last month after a proposed move to Manchester United collapsed but the Spaniard’s career with the Blues hasn’t got off to the best start after he missed a penalty in the Community Shield ...

The former Arsenal and Liverpool defender has been handed a coaching role with lesser national teams in his native country The Ivorian Football Federation have confirmed the appointment of Kolo Toure as the assistant coach of Ivory Coast Olympic team and home-based team, Ivory Coast A. The 36-year-old defender who holds a Uefa B coaching license will assist Ibrahim Kamara ...

The club have rejected two bids from Barcelona for the Brazilian, the latest of which came in at £90.3million. They turned it down within 35 minutes and are adamant the player is going nowhere. The statement read: “We wish to offer clarity as regards our position on a possible transfer of Philippe Coutinho. “The club’s definitive stance is that no ...

All eyes will be on Blessing Okagbare-Ighoteguonor tonight when she takes to the long jump pit of the Olympic Stadium in London to battle for one of the three medals on offer at the on-going 16th IAAF World Championships. Silver medalist four years ago at the championships’ 14th edition in Moscow, Russia, the pretty Nigerian will attempt to consolidate on ...