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Italy immediately took the initiative and midfielder Jorginho curled a shot against the bar in the first minute. Lorenzo Insigne dinked the ball on to the roof of the net from Alessandro Florenzi’s pass and the Napoli forward also struck the woodwork on the half-hour after Federico Chiesa sent him clear. Jorginho then forced Wojciech Szczesny to make a difficult ...

MANCHESTER UNITED fans have taken aim at Paul Pogba for his training ground antics with France. Pogba is currently on international duty with France and, following their 2-2 draw with Iceland last week, the World Cup winners are preparing to face Germany tomorrow (7.45pm). And during a break in their latest training session, Pogba was seen showing off with the ...

A man convicted of involvement in the deadliest bomb attack in Somalia’s history has been executed on the first anniversary of the blast. Hassan Adan Isak drove one of the vehicles involved in the attack on the capital, Mogadishu, a court ruled. Nearly 600 people were killed when a truck filled with explosives was detonated at one of the busiest ...

MANCHESTER UNITED are confident of sealing a club-record deal for Sergej Milinkovic-Savic because Jose Mourinho is friends with his agent, according to reports. The Lazio star is represented by fellow Serb and former Chelsea striker Mateja Kezman, who was one of Mourinho’s first signings when he became Blues manager in 2013. Mourinho saw an £80million deal for the 23-year-old midfielder ...

Could Jose Mourinho and Eden Hazard be set for a surprise reunion at Real Madrid, in light of the player’s comments this week? Chelsea midfielder Hazard told Belgian newspaper HLN that his one regret in football was being unable to work with Mourinho following his sacking from Chelsea three years ago, and that he is the one manager he would ...

At least 16 people were killed in a double suicide attack on a restaurant and coffee shop in Baidoa town in southwest Somalia. According to Muktar Adan, a police official in the provincial capital Baidoa, the number of confirmed deaths from the two explosions is 16 and about 20 other people have been injured, some seriously. Nine people were killed ...

A French prosecutor has recommended dropping charges against eight senior Rwandan officials, including the defence minister, who were being investigated over the death of president Juvenal Habyarimana in 1994, a judicial source told Reuters. The probe, opened in France in 1998 following demands by relatives of the French crew who died when Habyarimana’s plane was downed, has led to major ...

Nineteen people, including children, were killed when a truck carrying migrants crashed in the western Turkish province of Izmir on Sunday (October 14), private Demiroren news agency reported. The mangled wreckage of the open top truck lay toppled over in a canal, some 20 meters below a highway from which it apparently fell after crashing through a barrier, video and ...

he United States is seeking ‘regime change’ in Iran, President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday (October 14) in a speech broadcast on state TV. The United States is using psychological and economic warfare and questioning the legitimacy of the Islamic Republic to pursue regime change in Iran, Rouhani said in a speech commemorating the beginning of the academic year at ...

LIVERPOOL star Mohamed Salah has endured a tough start to the 2018/19 campaign – but one stat looks encouraging for the Egyptian hero. Mohamed Salah is struggling to match the high standard he set during the 2017/18 season, but there is still cause for optimism. The Liverpool ace bagged 31 Premier League goals last season as he set the top ...