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They all have one thing in common: they are heading to the FIFA World Cup™. Now, ahead of Friday’s Final Draw, 32 players – each key men in the teams heading to Russia – have taken time to congratulate each other. From Russia star Fyodor Smolov to Jefferson Farfan, who booked the last World Cup spot with Peru, the players – speaking in ...

Jay-Z has admitted cheating on Beyonce for the first time in an interview about his life. He told The New York Times Style Magazine that he’d built up walls due to issues from his childhood, which led to him shutting down and infidelity. “The hardest thing is seeing pain on someone’s face that you caused, and then have to deal ...

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho admitted he feared his side were about to surrender what appeared to be an impregnable lead at Vicarage Road as Watford produced a storming second half fightback to rattle their illustrious opponent. United appeared to be cruising to victory as they stormed into a 3-0 lead with two goals from Ashley Young and a fine ...

REAL MADRID have joined the race for David Luiz’s signature after the Chelsea defender’s fall out with manager Antonio Conte – and the Spanish giants could be ready to make a January move. Real manager Zinedine Zidane has admitted that his club could be in the market for players during the January window and Luiz, who is also interesting Manchester ...

THERESA May is set to get tough with the EU next week and reject their demands for her to commit to a final divorce bill figure and lump sum payment. The Daily Express has learnt that senior Government figures have privately briefed key Brexit groups that the Prime Minister will insist that they move on to trade talks before any ...

Moscow – President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday announced a string of reforms aimed at boosting birth rates in Russia as the population continues its long-term decline following a period of improvement. “Today… Russia’s demographic situation is once again deteriorating,” Putin said at a meeting on child policy in Moscow. “This tendency was predictable and is linked to the consequences of ...

Philadelhphia – The father and grandmother of a 3-year-old girl who shot herself in the leg in Philadelphia have been charged. Authorities said on Monday that Barbara McGill and Terrance Williams have been charged with endangering the welfare of a child and reckless endangerment. The 64-year-old grandmother also was charged with tampering with evidence because police say she attempted to ...

CHELSEA manager Antonio Conte showed a touch of class in his press conference this afternoon. Conte was set to speak ahead of Wednesday’s match against Swansea. But before the media put their questions to the Italian he made a point of paying tribute to Dermot Drummy, the club’s academy boss who died this week aged 56. Drummy won the 2010 ...

BARCELONA used Real Madrid documentation to sign Neymar from Santos back in 2013 , according to Guillem Balague. Neymar swapped Santos for Barcelona four years ago after forging a reputation as one of the most promising players in world football. However, the Brazil international nearly ended up moving to Real Madrid instead, with the Spanish club determined to pair him ...

The Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) says Nigeria paraded the youngest players during the qualifiers for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. This was announced on FIFA’s official website on Tuesday by a Switzerland-based independent study Centre International d’Étude du Sport (CIES) in it’s issue number 30 of Observatory Monthly Report. The CIES Football Observatory is a research group founded ...