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The striker may be the all-time leading scorer for the Red Devils and England, but he is no longer a guaranteed starter for club or country Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho has hailed Wayne Rooney’s attitude, but admitted that managing him through the latter years of his time at Old Trafford is “very difficult”. The 31-year-old is already assured of ...

Former world number one Maria Sharapova has signed a deal with the Lawn Tennis Association to play at Birmingham’s Aegon Classic for the next two years. The five-time Grand Slam winner, 30, has been given a wildcard for the event in June having fallen down the world rankings after a 15-month drugs ban. The LTA will not pay the Russian ...

Frimpong Manso has resigned as assistant coach of Asante Kotoko, GHANASoccernet.com can confirm. The club legend left his position his Thursday and has officially written to management. Manso was hired to assistant Godwin Ablordey on the bench for their last four matches to end the first round after Zdravko Lugarusic was sacked. But he ended up leading the team including ...

Manchester United are interested in re-signing £25m-rated Burnley defender Michael Keane. The 24-year-old was sold to the Clarets for £2m in 2015 by then-United manager Louis van Gaal. He made his England debut on 22 March this year and is shortlisted for the Professional Footballers’ Association young player of the year award. Any deal for Keane would allow United to ...

Jurgen Klopp says Bayern would not find things as easy as they do in the Bundesliga if they were a Premier League club. The Liverpool manager remains the last boss to break Bayern’s stranglehold over German football, having guided Borussia Dortmund to consecutive Bundesliga triumphs in 2011 and 2012. Dortmund, Wolfsburg and now RB Leipzig have all fallen short in ...

Despite missing out on a place in the top four of the Premier League, Jose Mourinho has reiterated that the Europa League final will not determine the success or failure of Manchester United’s season. United fell to a 2-1 defeat at Tottenham on Sunday in a result that made qualifying for the next edition of the Champions League via their ...

Despite missing out on a place in the top four of the Premier League, Jose Mourinho has reiterated that the Europa League final will not determine the success or failure of Manchester United’s season. Man Utd to set new PL low United fell to a 2-1 defeat at Tottenham on Sunday in a result that made qualifying for the next ...

James Rodriguez has been left out the Real Madrid squad to face Celta Vigo on Wednesday night (17 May) amid speculation linking the Colombia international with a move to Manchester United. Gareth Bale, Dani Carvajal and Pepe also remain sidelined ahead of a crucial encounter in Los Blancos’ battle with Barcelona for La Liga. Zinedine Zidane’s side have the chance ...

Antoine Griezmann looks ready to stay at Atletico Madrid for another season but revealed that his agent is set to hold talks with the club to discuss his future at the Vicente Calderon. Manchester United, Barcelona and even Real Madrid have been linked with his services in recent months but the France international says that he is very “happy” with ...

A member of the management team of the Black Stars, Ernest Thomson said targets set for Kwesi Appiah are realistic and achievable. The former Al Khartoum manager had been tasked to qualify and win AFCON 2019 in Cameroon and employ his possible best to qualify the team for the 2019 World Cup in Russia and to build a strong national ...