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GREATER MANCHESTER POLICE have hit back at Jose Mourinho after the Manchester United boss complained about the lack of an escort to Old Trafford. Manchester United arrived at the stadium for last night’s Champions League group stage match with Valencia just 45 minutes before the scheduled 8pm kick-off. But the players only began their warm-up at around 7.40pm. It meant ...

MANCHESTER UNITED captain Antonio Valencia has liked an Instagram post criticising Jose Mourinho and calling for him to be sacked as manager. The Red Devils drew 0-0 with Valencia in the Champions League group stages last night to continue their winless streak. United have not won any of their last matches, crashing out of the Carabao Cup and suffering further ...

Shipments of West African oil to Asia are set to hit a two-month high in October as Chinese refineries scramble for alternatives to Iranian crude before U.S. sanctions take effect on Nov. 4. Loadings for Asia will rise to 2.52 million barrels per day (bpd) in October, equivalent to 75 percent of total output from Angola, Nigeria, Republic of Congo, ...

MANCHESTER UNITED were linked with a summer move for Sergej Milinkovic-Savic and the Lazio ace’s agent has now revealed why a switch did not materialise for the midfielder. Milinkovic-Savic has forged a reputation as one of Serie A’s top talents thanks to his performances under Simone Inzaghi at the Stadio Olimpico. And during the most recent transfer window he was ...

JOSE MOURINHO has fired shots at his own players and Manchester United executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward following the Red Devils’ draw with Valencia. The Red Devils were once again uninspiring under Mourinho, with Valencia holding United to a 0-0 draw at Old Trafford. Manchester United struggled to dominate against the Spanish side, much to the frustration of the Old Trafford ...

Deontay Wilder branded Anthony Joshua a “coward” live on television, talkSPORT reports. Appearing on Good Morning Britain alongside Tyson Fury to promote his December 1 fight, the American was asked about the possibility of meeting British heavyweight Joshua in the ring. Wilder, the WBC king, believes the Joshua camp don’t really want the fight. “Hey Joshua, me and Fury are ...

The number of people known to have died in Indonesia in Friday’s earthquake and tsunami has risen to more than 1,200, the country’s disaster response agency says. The death toll jumped on Tuesday from a previous confirmed figure of 844. The 7.5-magnitude quake struck just off the central island of Sulawesi, setting off a tsunami that engulfed the coastal city ...

Eritrea’s representative at the just ended 73rd United Nations General Assembly, UNGA, dedicated the entire address of the country to making a forthright demand for Security Council sanctions to be lifted. Foreign Minister Osman Mohammed Saleh dedicated the three-fourths of his speech to bemoaning injustices that his country has and continues to suffer demanding that the 2009, 2011 sanctions be ...

A huge consignment of charcoal originating from Somalia has arrived at the Iraqi port of Umm Qasr, a Somali official at the United Nations told the VOA’s Somali service on Monday. The VOA quotes Abukar Osman as saying the country regretted how over two hundred thousand bags of charcoal had left the country. “Somalia urges Iraq to investigate shipment, halt giving clearance to ...

MANCHESTER UNITED boss Jose Mourinho gave a tetchy response to a question about Ed Woodward at his press conference this afternoon. Mourinho was asked when he had last spoke to the Manchester United executive vice-chairman at a press conference this afternoon. But Mourinho refused to reveal when amid mounting fears that he could be sacked this week. “That is a ...