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BARCELONA have announced they have done a £36.3million deal to sign former Tottenham midfielder Paulinho. The Brazil international, 29, is set for a medical on Thursday and will make the move from Chinese Super League side Guangzhou Evergrande. A club statement released this morning read: “FC Barcelona and Guangzhou Evergrande have reached an agreement for the transfer of the player ...

PHILIPPE COUTINHO sparked fears from fans after his cardboard cut-out in the Liverpool club shop in the city centre was taken down at the weekend. But fans worried it was a sign their star man is off to Barcelona have some cause for celebration. All the figures in the club shop are being removed to prepare for Liverpool’s new autumn ...

Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo has been suspended for five matches after pushing the referee following his red card in Sunday’s Clasico. The Portuguese forward reacted angrily to being shown a red card during the second half of a 3-1 victory for Zinedine Zidane’s side over Barcelona in the first leg of the Spanish Super Cup. Ronaldo had joined the ...

Cristiano Ronaldo has been handed a five-game ban after he pushed the referee following his sending off in Sunday night’s clash against Barcelona at the Nou Camp. Ronaldo came off the bench to score a stunning goal that eased Real Madrid towards a 3-1 win against their great rivals in the first leg of their Spanish Super Cup clash, yet ...

Accra Hearts of Oak defender, Vincent Atinga has been invited to join the Black Stars ‘B’ squad by the technical handlers ahead of the team’s second leg Championship of African Nations (CHAN) qualifier against Burkina Faso at the Baba Yara Stadium come Sunday. The dependable defender will be joined by Kotoko’s defender Ahmed Adams and Elmina Sharks’ midfielder Emmanuel Ampiah. ...

CRISTIANO RONALDO made all of the headlines in Real Madrid’s Spanish Super Cup win over Barcelona last night. Real Madrid recorded a 3-1 victory in the first leg at the Nou Camp as Ronaldo scored and then got sent off. The Portuguese superstar only came on as a substitute on 58 minutes for Karim Benzema but scored a brilliant individual ...

Germany’s Alexander Zverev became just the third man to beat Roger Federer this year as the 20-year-old German won his fifth title of 2017 in Montreal. Zverev, ranked eighth, won 6-3 6-4 at the Rogers Cup to claim his second Masters 1000 title and extend his winning run to 10 matches. Federer, 36, lost for just the third time in ...

CHELSEA will be without Spanish forward Pedro for their opening defence of their title tomorrow against Burnley at Stamford Bridge. The forward injured an ankle in the Community Shield clash with Arsenal at Wembley and has not recovered. But the good news for manager Antonio Conte, who will also be without the suspended Victor Moses, is that new signings Alvaro ...

Brazil have returned to the top of the FIFA rankings, ending Germany’s one-month reign at the summit. Brazil 13/2 to win the World Cup The reigning World Cup champions, who had moved into first place in July after winning the Confederations Cup, dropped into second for the August rankings, despite the fact that neither they nor Brazil played no games ...

LIVERPOOL fans have gone into meltdown on Twitter as Philippe Coutinho has informed the club he wants to leave. Coutinho has been chased by Barcelona this summer with the Catalans offering a whopping £90million for his signature. Liverpool were adamant their star man would not be leaving the club and owners FSG released a statement today saying no amount of ...