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Goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois officially signed a six-year deal with Real Madrid on Thursday, ending his seven-year spell at Chelsea. The Belgium number one, 26, completed his move to the Spanish capital hours after Chelsea confirmed Real midfielder Mateo Kovacic had joined on loan… Goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois officially signed a six-year deal with Real Madrid on Thursday, ending his seven-year spell ...

MANCHESTER UNITED don’t have a chance in competing with Liverpool and Manchester City for the Premier League title due to their summer spending. That’s the claim of Manchester United legend Paul Scholes. Jose Mourinho’s side have acquired three new players during the transfer window – Fred, Diogo Dalot and Lee Grant – while their rivals have splashed the cash. Liverpool ...

MANCHESTER UNITED legend Rio Ferdinand says “carnage” is about to happen on transfer deadline day as the Red Devils aim to sign at least one player before the window closes. Maguire to Manchester Utd is a great move says expert This is a modal window. Manchester United have signed Brazilian midfielder Fred, Portuguese defender Diogo Dalot and goalkeeper Lee Grant ...

HIS STORY IS BREAKING, PLEASE CHECK BACK FOR UPDATES Democratic of Congo’s ruling party on Wednesday named a candidate for long delayed elections due to hold in December this year. Today was the deadline slated by the elections body, CENI, for submission of candidature. The candidate is in the person of Emmanuel Ramazani Shadary, a former minister of interior. His ...

MANCHESTER UNITED boss Jose Mourinho fears the club fail in a bid to raid one of Tottenham, Barcelona or Leicester before the transfer deadline. Manchester United manager Mourinho wants to sign a centre-back with three players on his list of potential reinforcements. The Red Devils are keen on Tottenham’s Toby Alderwiereld, Leicester’s Harry Maguire and Barcelona’s Yerry Mina – but ...

TRANSFER NEWS live updates – follow the latest news ahead of deadline day with Chelsea, Manchester United and Arsenal battling to do late deals. Chelsea have triggered Kepa’s release clause and he will become the most expensive keeper in the world Mateo Kovacic is having a medical ahead of a loan move to Chelsea Thibaut Courtois will complete his move ...

MANCHESTER UNITED are furious with Paul Pogba’s agent Mino Raiola for trying to engineer a move to Barcelona for the World Cup winner. United have rejected out of hand a double player-plus-cash deal for Pogba from the Spanish club. Their offer of £44.6million plus defender Yerry Mina and midfielder Andres Gomes was laughed off by United’s hierarchy – but they ...

Nigerian lawmakers were temporarily blocked from entering parliament in Abuja by armed men, some of whom were masked, reports Reuters news agency. Witnesses told Reuters that the security agents, wearing the black uniform of the Department of State Security, allowed lawmakers to enter an hour or so later, but continued to bar government agents and journalists. Video tweeted from the ...

Chelsea goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois is closing in on a move to Real Madrid in a deal worth around 35 million euros ($41 million), Spanish media reported on Tuesday. “Courtois, decision imminent”, Madrid sports daily Marca ran as its headline, claiming that the record 13-time European champions are “confident of his signing”. “The Courtois soap opera is coming to its end. ...

Apple has become the world’s first public company to be worth $1 trillion. The iPhone maker’s market value reached the figure in late morning trading in New York as its shares rose to a new record high above $207. The stock has been rising since Tuesday when it reported better than expected results for the three months to June. Apple’s ...