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The Blues boss is delighted to see the English forward being “rewarded” for his hard work “behind the scenes” at the start of the season Tammy Abraham has earned his stripes as Chelsea‘s first-choice forward in “the short-term” and defied his critics in the process, according to Frank Lampard. The 22-year-old spent the 2018-19 season on loan at Aston Villa and played a ...

The World Cup winner has seen his performance and attitude picked apart by a fellow Frenchman who admits that the midfielder wants a new challenge Paul Pogba’s form at Manchester United has been impacted by struggles for fitness and the fact that he knows the Red Devils are not good enough to challenge for major honours, says Arsene Wenger. The World Cup-winning ...

Have you ever met someone new and immediately felt like you could talk to them for hours? That happened the first time I met Aliko Dangote. A couple years ago, he and I ended up going to the same event in New York. A mutual friend suggested that I meet him because he knew we were both super interested in ...

Manchester United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is working on a problem Jose Mourinho and Gareth Southgate believes needs changing. Manchester United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is working to improve Marcus Rashford behind the scenes at Old Trafford, according to reports. Rashford has endured a difficult Premier League campaign so far, scoring three times with two of those coming from the penalty ...

Manchester United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is under pressure and Ed Woodward could act if results worsen. Manchester United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s difficult season went from bad to worse with their drab, dire goalless draw with AZ Alkmaar in the Europa League last night. The Red Devils named a strong team with the likes of Daniel James, Juan Mata, Nemanja ...

Nigeria’s quest to persuade both Tammy Abraham and Fikayo Tomori to switch to Nigeria after both players had played age grade tournaments for England and Canada appears to have ended as the duo were listed in the Three Lions’ squad to face Czech Republic and Bulgaria in the Euro 2020 qualifiers. England Manager, Gareth Southgate, however left out Nigeria-born Dele ...

BBC journalist Hanna Yusuf, whose recent work included an investigation into working conditions at Costa Coffee stores, has died aged 27. The BBC’s Fran Unsworth, director of news, said Hanna was a “talented young journalist who was widely admired” and her death was “terrible news”. Her family said they were “deeply saddened and heartbroken” and hoped her legacy “would serve ...

A mother is always as good as gold in her children’s eyes, but for three new mothers at the IAAF World Athletics Championships Doha 2019, that saying will take on a new meaning after this week. Allyson Felix, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Liu Hong all won gold in their respective events on Monday in the Qatari capital. Felix in the mixed ...

Serge Gnabry scored four second-half goals as Bayern Munich embarrassed Tottenham 7-2 on Tuesday, meaning last season’s Champions League finalists face an uphill task to reach the knockout phase. Spurs started brightly in London and took the lead through the lively Son Heung-min but were pegged back by fine strikes from Joshua Kimmich and Robert Lewandowski, who struck on the ...

Cristiano Ronaldo has hinted he might retire from football “in the next year or two” to become a fully-fledged businessman. He is aiming to move into the business world having launched a number of ventures – including his own line of underwear, denim, footwear, perfumes, a digital agency, restaurants, gyms and hotels – in the last few years. The Portugal ...