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Ghana moved up three places to 51st position in the latest Coca-Cola FIFA Ranking released on Thursday. The Black Stars had occupied the 54th position in the March rankings, but gained 602 points to tie with Cameroon in 51st position. The Black Stars, despite not playing a friendly game in March, move up to 7th on the continent, behind Tunisia, ...

MANCHESTER UNITED could yet sign Real Madrid star Gareth Bale but only if the Wales international is within their spending limits, according to reports. Bale’s Real Madrid future has taken a turn for the worse after struggling against Juventus in the Champions League last night. As the Serie A giants soared back into the tie, the wing wizard was hooked ...

CRISTIANO RONALDO grabbed the glory in the Champions League last night – and still found the time to console Gianluigi Buffon after Real Madrid’s controversial victory. Buffon was sent off when protesting a very late penalty call in Real’s 3-1 victory over Juventus. Juve had battled back from their 3-0 first-leg deficit and looked set to take the quarter-final into ...

Michael Oliver gave Real Madrid a penalty which saw them edge past Juventus Juve keeper Gianluigi Buffon was then sent off for his reaction to the decision Real converted the spot-kick to knock Juve out of Europe 4-3 on aggregate Juve chief Andrea Agnelli blasted Oliver, claiming he and UEFA were anti-Italian Juventus president Andrea Agnelli blasted Michael Oliver after ...

Manchester United managing director Richard Arnold spoke about development He said there’s not much space to expand to it is complex engineering challenge United are looking into adding extra tier onto the Sir Bobby Charlton stand Arnold added that it would be a ‘multi-season challenge’ leaving them ‘homeless’ Manchester United will be ‘homeless’ if they want to expand Old Trafford ...

At least 240 people have been killed after a military plane crashed in Algeria, media reports say quoting civil defence officials. At least 25 members of Polisario Front, supported by Algeria and seeking independence from Morocco for Western Sahara, are said to be among the dead. The incident happened shortly after the plane took off from Boufarik military airport near ...

VLADIMIR Putin’s envoy has vowed Russia will retaliate if Donald Trump orders a US missile strike on Syria as the ambassador issued a chilling warning that US launch sites will be bombed. Russia’s ambassador to Lebanon said any US missiles fired at Syria would be shot down and the launch sites targeted. Alexander Zasypkin, in the comments broadcast on Tuesday ...

PAUL POGBA is open to a move to PSG on one condition, according to fresh reports from France. Pogba’s future at Manchester United is uncertain after a difficult second season back in England. He has been in and out of the team since January and rumours have suggested he is unhappy. Didier Deschamps spoke out about the situation during the ...

The retrial of the American actor and comedian, Bill Cosby, is due to begin in Pennsylvania on Monday. Mr Cosby, 80, denies drugging and sexually assaulting former basketball player Andrea Constand 14 years ago. The first trial, in June 2017, ended when the jury failed to reach a verdict. The actor, who starred in the 1980s TV series The Cosby ...

ANTHONY JOSHUA has written his name into the Guinness World Records book as he helped to conduct the largest boxercise lesson of all time. Joshua returned to London following his win against Joseph Parker to inspire more members of the public to take up the sport. The world champion attended York Hall to help put on a 30-minute intensive workout ...