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DIMITAR BERBATOV has told former club Manchester United to sign at least one centre-back in the January transfer window. United boss Jose Mourinho is understood to be keen on bringing in a new central defender and was left disappointed when the club failed to get him one in the summer. He has been linked with a move for Toby Alderweireld ...

MANCHESTER UNITED executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward has given the green light to a pre-season plan that will likely leave Jose Mourinho fuming. Mourinho is aware of the importance of filling the club’s worldwide commitments with sponsors – not that he is a fan of it. He has got his wish for the last two years when Manchester United flew into ...

TRANSFER NEWS LIVE – All the latest rumours and gossip from the Premier League. Arsenal boss Unai Emery told to spend Gunners hero Ray Parlour says Unai Emery should sign a centre-half in the January transfer window. He said: “I’m sure they’ll be positions he wants to. For me centre-half he could probably strengthen. Eric Bailly transfer battle PSG have ...

World sport powerbroker Sheikh Ahmad al-Fahad al-Sabah said he was “temporarily” stepping aside from his International Olympic Committee duties on Monday after the Kuwaiti was charged with forgery in Switzerland. The Kuwaiti, one of the most influential figures in the international sport, said he “strenuously denies any wrongdoing”, calling the allegations “maliciously motivated by political factions within Kuwait”. Sheikh Ahmad ...

President Nana-Akufo Addo has congratulated the three National teams that recorded victories over the weekend. The Maidens made it to the next round of the FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup after beating Finland 3-1. Black Queens on other hand defeated their Algerian counterparts in the opening match of the Women’s Cup of Nations tournament on Saturday with the Black Stars ...

Collated Africa Cup of Nations matchday 5 qualifying results on Sunday: Group A At Antananarivo Madagascar 1 (Andriamatsinoro 76) Sudan 3 (Idris 2, Adam 69, Muzamil 85) Played Saturday At Bata, Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea 0 Senegal 1 (Meseguer 52-og) Standings (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, points) Senegal 5 4 1 0 10 2 13 – qualified ...

Former champions Zambia were eliminated from the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying competition after a 1-0 away loss to Mozambique in Group K Sunday. Albania-based Reginaldo Faife kept Mozambican hopes alive of a top-two finish and a place at the finals in Cameroon by scoring the only goal after 63 minutes in Maputo. Guinea-Bissau and Namibia have eight points ...

Manchester City have signed budding English-born Ghanaian teenager Darko Gyabi from Millwall. According to English Tabloid the Sun, Wolves and Arsenal were also interested in signing the 14-year-old midfielder but he chose City as he is impressed with their all-round attacking game. The English champions are paying an initial £300,000 as signing on fee but it could rise up to ...

Kenya’s Football Federation (FKF) has failed in its bid to be reinstated to the 2018 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (2018 AWCON) after losing its appeal at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). Kenya had filed an appeal to CAS after they were excluded from Ghana 2018 following a successful appeal by Equatorial Guinea. On October 18, Equatorial Guinea ...

Former France international Franck Ribery on Thursday issued a public apology to French television pundit Patrick Guillou, who he reportedly insulted and assaulted following Bayern Munich’s away defeat to Borussia Dortmund at the weekend. “I had a meeting with Patrick Guillou yesterday in Munich,” Ribery said in a video posted on Bayern’s website in German. “We spoke for a long ...