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CHELSEA boss Antonio Conte says he’s not looking for sympathy from Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger over his squad problems. Conte has been vocal about the need to improve his Chelsea squad and add greater strength in depth. Alvaro Morata, Tiemoue Bakayoko, Antonio Rudiger and Willy Caballero so far but Conte is working with less than 30 players. When asked about ...

SHOCKING new maps have revealed just how dangerous North Korea really is – with even the United Kingdom in danger of a nuclear attack. North Korea has accelerated its controversial missile programme in recent months, carrying out a series of provocative launches. Despite worldwide condemnation, hermit state leader Kim Jong-un has continued to increase the power of his arsenal and ...

ALVARO MORATA says he had doubts about joining Chelsea but a call from Antonio Conte helped to persuade him. Morata joined Chelsea in a club-record £70million deal last month after a proposed move to Manchester United collapsed but the Spaniard’s career with the Blues hasn’t got off to the best start after he missed a penalty in the Community Shield ...

The former Arsenal and Liverpool defender has been handed a coaching role with lesser national teams in his native country The Ivorian Football Federation have confirmed the appointment of Kolo Toure as the assistant coach of Ivory Coast Olympic team and home-based team, Ivory Coast A. The 36-year-old defender who holds a Uefa B coaching license will assist Ibrahim Kamara ...

All eyes will be on Blessing Okagbare-Ighoteguonor tonight when she takes to the long jump pit of the Olympic Stadium in London to battle for one of the three medals on offer at the on-going 16th IAAF World Championships. Silver medalist four years ago at the championships’ 14th edition in Moscow, Russia, the pretty Nigerian will attempt to consolidate on ...

US Defence Secretary James Mattis has said America still hopes to solve the North Korea crisis using diplomacy. After days of fiery rhetoric from both the US and North Korea, Mr Mattis said war would be “catastrophic” and that diplomacy was gaining results. Pyongyang on Thursday announced it was finalising a plan to fire four missiles near the US territory ...

Kenya opposition presidential candidate Raila Odinga has rejected early results indicating a strong lead for his rival, President Uhuru Kenyatta. Mr Odinga told journalists the details were “fake”, because the authorities had failed to present documents verifying the results. Electoral officials say that with 91% of results in Mr Kenyatta is leading with about 54.5%, to Mr Odinga’s 44.6%. Many ...

FLORENTINO PEREZ has told Jose Mourinho that Real Madrid have no intention of selling Gareth Bale. And the Real president has cast doubt whether the Spanish club’s pursuit of Monaco wonder boy Kylian Mbappe will succeed. Mourinho made it clear before last night’s UEFA Super Cup in Macedonia that he would head the queue to bring Bale back to the ...

JOSE MOURINHO suffered a double blow in the Super Cup in Macedonia. Manchester United were beaten by Real Madrid in the UEFA Super cup final before Mourinho admitted it was “game over” in his pursuit of Gareth Bale. Goals from Casemiro and Isco put Real in charge before Romelu Lukaku made amends for an earlier bad miss by pulling a ...

Former Confederation of African Football president Issa Hayatou on Tuesday slammed his successor Ahmad Ahmad over claims that Cameroon is not ready to host the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations. Malagasy Ahmad, who ended Hayatou’s 29-year reign as CAF president last March, had said that the country’s infrastructure “wasn’t ready” to host the 2019 CAN and even suggested he may ...