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The Africa Cup of Nations will be contested by 24 teams when the next tournament takes place in 2019, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has announced. Caf’s Executive Committee rubber-stamped the proposal on Thursday at a meeting in the Moroccan capital Rabat. Africa’s flagship sporting event has featured 16 teams since 1996. A decision on whether the finals will ...

Les Rouges et Blancs have released a statement declaring no permission has been given to rivals to speak to the France international. Monaco have threatened to report “important” clubs to FIFA over Kylian Mbappe approaches. The France international has been linked with big-money moves to the likes of Real Madrid, Manchester City and Arsenal. “AS MONACO regretfully notice that important ...

The 24-year-old was persuaded by his Spanish national team colleague in addition to boss Antonio Conte. Alvaro Morata has revealed Cesar Azpilicueta convinced him to join Chelsea as the Real Madrid striker closes in on a £67m move. The Blues missed out on Romelu Lukaku to Manchester United but have moved quickly to land a replacement for Diego Costa, who ...

A Saudi prince has been arrested on the orders of Saudi King Salman bin Abdelaziz after videos were circulated on social media which appeared to show the prince beating several people. According to the state-run Al-Ikhbariya TV’s Twitter account @alekhbariyatv, the arrest order for Prince Saud bin Abdulaziz bin Musaed bin Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud was issued to deter any ...

Fresh off winning his second Champions League, Alvaro Morata will depart Real Madrid again. Despite scoring 15 goals in La Liga, the second-most in Madrid’s squad last season as they snatched the title away from Barcelona for first time in five years, Morata played just 1,341 minutes, which is shocking for a player of his enormous quality. The Spaniard needs ...

The African Nations Cup finals are set to be expanded to 24 teams and moved to dates in June and July but will continue to be held every two years after recommendations on the tournament at a symposium in Morocco on Wednesday. The decision must still be ratified by the Confederation of African Football’s executive committee, but that could come ...

IVAN PERISIC will play more minutes than any of his team-mates on Inter Milan’s pre-season tour of the Far East – despite Manchester United’s interest in the winger. Inter insist they do not want to sell Perisic as United push for a summer deal. The Croatia international has gone on Inter’s trip to China and Singapore. He missed Inter’s friendly ...

The Blues are on the lookout for a new striker with Diego Costa set to leave the club this summer Chelsea have confirmed they have agreed a deal with Real Madrid for striker Alvaro Morata. The Blues have been on the lookout for a new striker with Diego Costa set to leave the club this summer. Romelu Lukaku was heavily ...

Three Kenyan men – who stripped, robbed and attacked a woman in a bus, in an incident that was recorded and widely shared on social media three years ago – have been sentenced to death by a magistrate in the capital, Nairobi. The death sentence was imposed after the three were convicted of robbery with violence. A further sentence of ...

Pep Guardiola is close to completing a move for the Brazilian international who will sign a five-year contract. Manchester City are set to sign Real Madrid defender Danilo for £26.5m with the Brazil international agreeing a five-year deal. Pep Guardiola has been a busy man in the transfer market this summer and made Kyle Walker the most expensive defender in ...