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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 ...

MANCHESTER UNITED manager Jose Mourinho has reportedly failed in an attempt to convince Real Madrid prodigy Miguel Gutierrez to move to Old Trafford. Manchester United seem to have spent much of the summer chasing after Real Madrid’s best players. Back in July, talk was rife that Cristiano Ronaldo could be about to make a sensational return to the Red Devils ...

Arsenal stepped up their preparations in training Thursday as they get ready to take on Leicester City in their Premier League curtain raiser against Leicester City tonight. The Gunners are without the injured Alexis Sanchez for the game at the Emirates Stadium, but looked in good spirits ahead of the night fixture. Sanchez may be out of the game, but ...

Ghana head coach Kwesi Appiah joined his assistant Maxwell Konadu the handler of the home-based Black Stars in the Burkina Faso capital of Ouagadougou on Thursday evening, ahead of the side’s clash with the Local Stallions in the 2018 CHAN qualifier. The team had left Ghana on Wednesday evening for Burkina Faso without Kwesi Appiah who, according to sources, was ...

MANCHESTER UNITED are looking to add to their squad with the end of the transfer window less than a month away. Express Sport brings you latest updates from Old Trafford. MANCHESTER UNITED TRANSFER NEWS LIVE UPDATES: All the latest on Gareth Bale, Serge Aurier, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and more… Thursday August 10 Darmian: I never gave up on United dream 09:20: ...

The Nigerian delegation to the  London  2017 World Athletics Championships were  allegedly thrown into confusion   on Wednesday  after the British High Commission  denied Abike Egbeniyi an entry visa to the United Kingdom. United States-based Egbeniyi, who  qualified for the women’s 400m at the national trials in Abuja with a time of 52.10secs, is expected to miss out on  the 4x400m ...

The Western Union Company and Liverpool FC Wednesday announced a multi-year partnership that will see Western Union, a leader in global payment and money transfer services, become an Official Principal Partner and the Official Money Transfer Partner of Liverpool FC. They will also become the club’s first-ever official shirt sleeve sponsor – with the Western Union logo appearing on it. ...

Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho was seen giving a supporter his European Super Cup runners-up medal after his side’s 2-1 defeat to Real Madrid. Manchester United saw their hopes of winning a fourth trophy under Mourinho dashed by a superb Real Madrid side in Skopje. The Red Devils may have shelled out over £100million on new recruits Romelu Lukaku, Nemanja ...

FLORENTINO PEREZ has told Jose Mourinho that Real Madrid have no intention of selling Gareth Bale. And the Real president has cast doubt whether the Spanish club’s pursuit of Monaco wonder boy Kylian Mbappe will succeed. Mourinho made it clear before last night’s UEFA Super Cup in Macedonia that he would head the queue to bring Bale back to the ...