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Manchester United have splashed out on three players this summer – Romelu Lukaku, Victor Lindelof and Nemanja Matic – in order to strengthen key areas of the squad. Mourinho is thought to be on the lookout for one more player who can play out wide to provide healthy competition to his current crop of players. But his pursuit of Inter ...

German side Schalke 04 are awaiting a comprehensive medical report on the injury updates of Baba Abdul Rahman to sign the left full back. Rahman, 23, got injured on International duty at the Africa Cup of Nations in January and has since not fully recovered. The Ghanaian was loaned out to Schalke from Chelsea last season. The Ghana international is ...

FULHAM have snapped up Liverpool forward Sheyi Ojo on a season-long loan. The 20-year-old could make his Cottagers debut in their Championship clash against Sheffield Wednesday on Saturday. Fulham chairman Tony Khan told the club’s official website: “I’m delighted to welcome Sheyi Ojo to the Fulham Football Club. “I’ve seen first hand what a tremendous work ethic Sheyi has both ...

The world’s most expensive footballer deserves the best protection and Brazilian superstar Neymar has turned to UFC star Nordine Taleb to be his new personal bodyguard. The 25-year-old, who shocked the football world when he left Barcelona for Paris Saint-Germain earlier this month, scored on his debut for the club last weekend at Guingamp and is aware that his high-profile ...

JOSE MOURINHO will land Manchester United the title in his second season at Old Trafford. That is the view of pundit and West Brom first-team coach Gerry Francis, who says Romelu Lukaku will have a big say on the destination of the trophy. Lukaku joined Manchester United from Everton for an initial £75million in July and scored two goals on ...

Real Madrid expect today the final word by the Spanish Football Federation on the appeal lodged by the club on the five match ban on star player, Cristiano Ronaldo. Coach Zinedine Zidane gave the hint Tuesday during a preview of the second leg of the SuperCup between the club and Barcelona at the Santiago Bernabeu on Wednesday night. Ronaldo and ...

Three female suicide bombers have carried out an attack that has killed at least 27 people in north-eastern Nigeria, officials say. Dozens were injured when the women blew themselves up outside a refugee camp near Maiduguri in Borno state – a stronghold of the Islamist militant group Boko Haram. There has been an upsurge in violence in the city in ...

Tweet The President of Zambia, Edgar Lungu has announced that testing for HIV is now compulsory in that country. According to Mr. Lungu, testing, counselling and treatment for HIV which used to be voluntary, are now a must for every citizen as the country struggles to address the high prevalence rate in Zambia. Zambia’s National HIV Council revealed that the ...

At least 600 people are still missing following a mudslide and flooding that devastated parts of Sierra Leone’s capital, Freetown, a spokesman for the president has told the BBC. President Ernest Bai Koroma earlier pleaded for “urgent support”, saying entire communities had been wiped out. Nearly 400 people are confirmed dead after a mudslide in the Regent area and floods ...

HOFFENHEIM boss Julian Nagelsmann wasn’t impressed with Jurgen Klopp’s comments following their Champions League play-off clash last night. crucial away goals. Klopp was pleased with his side’s performance and believed his game plan of letting them play in the spaces as Hoffenheim were not dangerous was effective. But Nagelsmann saw it differently with the German outfit enjoying 63 per cent ...