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The Blues’ depth is enviable but it will take great squad management to stop one of their greatest strengths from becoming a weakness Chelsea are blessed with luxuries that others simply do not possess. In Tuesday night’s 2-1 win at Rennes, manager Frank Lampard was able to bring on two World Cup winners, in Olivier Giroud and N’Golo Kante, former ...

The 33-year-old spent six months at Camp Nou in 2018-19 and saw first hand how good the Argentine can be Kevin-Prince Boateng has said that he found Lionel Messi to be so good during his stint at Barcelona, that he thought about hanging up his boots entirely. Boateng joined the Catalan outfit in a surprise loan move from Sassuolo in ...

Antonie Griezmann has admitted that his decision to reject a transfer to Barcelona in 2018 upset Lionel Messi. Griezmann eventually joined Barca in 2019, but the previous year he teased the prospect of making the move to Catalunya – only to remain at Atletico Madrid. Messi spoke positively about Griezmann joining the club in 2018, and the Frenchman has admitted ...

Donald Trump has accepted a formal US transition should begin for President-elect Joe Biden to take office. The president said the federal agency overseeing the handover must “do what needs to be done”, even as he vowed to keep contesting his election defeat. The General Services Administration (GSA) said it was acknowledging Mr Biden as the “apparent winner”. It came ...

Donald Trump says he has fired a top election official who contradicted the US president’s claims of voter fraud. President Trump said he “terminated” Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (Cisa) chief Chris Krebs for his “highly inaccurate” remarks on vote integrity. Mr Trump has refused to concede the US election, and has made unsubstantiated claims of “massive” voter fraud. Election ...

Joe Biden has warned “people may die” if his incoming presidential administration continues to be impeded by Donald Trump. Speaking in Delaware, the president-elect said co-ordination was needed to tackle the coronavirus outbreak. He called President Trump’s refusal to acknowledge he lost the vote, despite calls to do so from both sides, “totally irresponsible”. “This is not a game,” former ...

US singer Taylor Swift has confirmed a report that music mogul Scooter Braun has sold the rights to her first six albums. US entertainment magazine Variety first reported on Monday that Braun had sold the rights – known as masters – to an investment fund. It said the deal is thought to be worth more than $300 million (£227m). Writing ...

Kenya’s doctors’ union has given the government the statutory 21-day notice of a strike after it said that 10 of its members have died from coronavirus. Four doctors died last week alone, all in a 24-hour period, although it is unclear if they had contact with coronavirus patients. The doctors accuse the government of exposing them to Covid-19. The union’s ...

Eswatini Prime Minister Ambrose Dlamini has tested positive for Covid-19. The prime minister on Sunday said he was self-isolating at home adding that he was asymptomatic and was feeling well. All the prime minister’s close contacts have been tested and are isolating. The country on Sunday tested 384 samples out of which two were found to be positive, according to ...

US President Donald Trump has accused Democrats of voting “shenanigans” as the result from Tuesday’s White House election hangs in the balance. His Democratic challenger Joe Biden earlier appealed for calm as the nail-biting count drags on in five states. While clinging to wafer-thin leads in Nevada and Arizona, Mr Biden has been chewing into the Republican president’s edge in ...