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Novak Djokovic celebrated his elevation to world number one by reaching a new personal landmark to reach the Paris Masters quarter-finals on Thursday. The Serb won his last 16 tie with Damir Dzumhur after the Bosnian was forced to retire trailing 6-1, 2-1 at Bercy. For second seed Djokovic it meant he extended his sequence of consecutive winning sets to ...

Serie A champions Juventus have officially severed the contract of chief executive Giuseppe Marotta after eight years with the Turin giants. The club announced the “termination of the employment contracts” of Marotta, 61, and chief financial officer director Aldo Mazzia, 62. Marotta will receive 361,775 euros ($409,000) in compensation, with Mazzia getting 278,000 euros, as well as 309,000 euros as ...

TRANSFER NEWS LIVE – Express Sport is on hand to bring you all the latest rumours and gossip coming out of the Premier League and more. Transfer news LIVE | Express Sport is on hand to bring you all the latest rumours and gossip Thursday 1 November Manchester United have requested Juventus star Alex Sandro in any potential swap deal ...

TOTTENHAM fans may not be impressed with Mauricio Pochettino’s comments on Arsenal boss Unai Emery. The pair will go head to head twice in December after being drawn against them in the Carabao Cup quarter-finals. They meet in the Premier League on December 2 before the cup match on December 17. But the managers could be set for an unusual ...

A US missionary has been killed in Cameroon about two weeks after moving there with his wife and eight children. Charles Wesco was in a car with his wife, son, another missionary and a driver on their way to a market in the city of Bamenda when he was shot. He was caught in cross-fire between the security forces and ...

Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein has been accused of sexually assaulting a 16-year-old Polish model in New York, legal documents show. The alleged victim claims that the film producer forced her to grope him and subjected her to years of harassment and abuse. She said she agreed to meet Mr Weinstein for a lunch in 2002 while trying to boost her ...

The helicopter crash which killed Leicester City owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha and four other people probably began with a “major failure of the tail rotor”, a senior air investigator said on Wednesday, Metro reports. Tony Cable, a former senior investigator at the Air Accident Investigations Branch, assessed poignant footage of the chopper as it descended from the skies at the King ...

Staff at Google offices around the world are set to stage an unprecedented series of walkouts in protest at the company’s treatment of women. The employees will demand several key changes in how sexual misconduct allegations are dealt with at the firm, including a call to end forced arbitration – a move which would make it possible for victims to ...

Ghana skipper Asamoah Gyan scored his first goal of the season as Kayserispor walloped Pazarspor 6-1 in the Turkish Cup on Wednesday. Ghana’s all-time top scorer was making his first start of the campaign and also provided two assists. Gyan’s countryman Bernard Mensah was also on target for Kayserispor, before his goal on the hour mark, the Ghana international provided ...

A Spanish magistrate leading an investigation into alleged irregularities in Neymar’s move to Barcelona in 2013 said on Wednesday the Brazilian superstar could face up to six years in prison, AFP reports. “The term imposed, in principle, could be between four and six years,” said a decree issued by judge Jose Maria Vazquez Honrubia, a copy of which was seen ...