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The Liverpool defender has landed the PFA Player of the Year award, but insists he is giving no thought to being named the best on the planet Virgil van Dijk insists Ballon d’Or success is not “on my mind at all”, with Liverpool’s newly crowned PFA Player of the Year focused solely on Barcelonaand a Champions League clash with Lionel Messi. Having been recognised as the ...

The Frenchman continues to see his form called into question, but he has learned to turn a deaf ear to those quick to pick apart his performances Paul Pogba has responded to his critics, which include outspoken former Manchester United captain Roy Keane, by stating that he is “not paid to speak”. A World Cup winner continues to find his every move ...

The Brazil playmaker has bounced back from an indifferent start to the 2018-19 campaign and has shown some of his best form in the Champions League Philippe Coutinho is now desperate to extend his stay at Barcelona after overcoming a rocky patch of form to show the Liga champions he has the talent to be a star at Camp Nou. The Brazilian ...

The Real Salt Lake defender clashed with the enigmatic striker during a MLS fixture on Sunday, with the Swede taking things a little too far Nedum Onuoha has refused to accept Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s apology after being caught up in a bout of trash talking from the Swedish striker during an MLSfixture between Real Salt Lake and the LA Galaxy. The former Manchester City defender clashed with ...

The defender made his first Premier League appearance for United since February on Sunday but left the field with a medial ligament damage Manchester United defender Eric Bailly has been ruled out of Ivory Coast’s Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) campaign due to medial knee ligament damage, the Premier League club have confirmed. Bailly started a first Premier League game ...

Gunmen have opened fire on a church in northern Burkina Faso, killing at least six people, officials say. The attackers reportedly arrived on seven motorbikes at the end of Sunday’s service and killed the pastor, two of his sons and three other worshippers. It is the first attack on a church since jihadist violence erupted in the West African country ...

Kylian Mbappe was sent off for a shocking tackle as Paris Saint-Germain were stunned by Rennes in Saturday’s French Cup final, losing 6-5 on penalties after a dramatic game finished 2-2 at the end of extra time. PSG substitute Christopher Nkunku blazed his sudden-death spot-kick over the bar in the shootout, sparking scenes of joy among the Rennes fans at ...

Parents in Zimbabwe who cannot afford school fees can offer livestock such as goats or sheep as payment, a government minister has said. The country’s education minister Lazarus Dokora told the pro-government Sunday Mail newspaper that schools will have to show flexibility when it comes to demanding tuition fees from parents, and that they should accept not only livestock, but ...

Sri Lanka has banned face coverings in public, following a spate of suicide attacks on Easter Sunday that killed at least 250 people and injured hundreds. President Maithruipala Sisirsena said he was using an emergency law to impose the restriction from Monday. Any face garment which “hinders identification” will be banned to ensure national security, his office said. The niqab ...

A gunman opened fire at a synagogue in California on Saturday, killing one woman and wounding three other people, police said. A 19-year-old man named as John Earnest was arrested after the attack, in Poway, north of the city of San Diego. The synagogue had been hosting a Passover celebration when the gunman burst in, reports said. Police did not ...