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CHELSEA are ready to throw a spanner in the works to disrupt Manchester United’s transfer plans by making a late bid for Arsenal star Alexis Sanchez. The Gunners are cashing in on the 29-year-old this month to avoid losing him for free at the end of the season. United are still confident they can pip their rivals to Sanchez’s signature ...

Ghana defender Daniel Opare has expressed his joy over Augsburg 1-0 victory against SV Hamburg in the German Bundesliga on Saturday. The marauding right-back, who is a subject of massive transfer speculations in Europe in the winter transfer window, saw 90 minutes of action and was sold in defence for Augsburg. Opare delighted by his performance and the victory posted ...

TRANSFER NEWS is coming thick and fast as clubs look to do business in the January window. Express Sport brings you all the latest gossip and rumours from around the world. Transfer news live updates: All the latest gossip and rumours regarding Europe’s top clubs Monday January 15 Giggs gives Sanchez verdict 15.35: Manchester United would be extremely lucky if ...

FIFA has taken note of the motivated arbitral award of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) confirming the lifetime ban imposed by FIFA’s Disciplinary and Appeal Committees on Ghanaian match official Joseph Odartei Lamptey.  FIFA’s judicial bodies had banned Mr Lamptey for life for breaching art. 69 par 1 (unlawfully influencing match results) of the FIFA Disciplinary Code during ...

MANCHESTER UNITED boss Jose Mourinho will reportedly only consider signing Cristiano Ronaldo if Zlatan Ibrahimovic leaves the club. Manchester United are being linked with Ronaldo amid reports the 32-year-old is determined to swap Real Madrid for an emotional Old Trafford return. The Portugal international is said to be seething at Los Blancos president Florentino Perez for going back on his ...

Carlo Ancelotti has agreed a deal to replace Arsene Wenger as Arsenal manager, according to reports in Italy. Wenger will still have one year remaining on his contract at the end of the season but the 68-year-old could reconsider his position if the Gunners end up without a trophy this term. Several managers have been linked with succeeding Wenger, including ...

Ryan Giggs is set to be confirmed as the new Wales manager on a four-year contract. The former Manchester United player will be formally presented as Chris Coleman’s replacement at a press conference in Cardiff on Monday after the 44-year-old emerged as the Football Association of Wales’s preferred choice ahead of Osian Roberts, Craig Bellamy and Mark Bowen. The FAW interviewed ...

With 150 days left until the start of the biggest single-sport event in the world, the demand for 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™ tickets keeps increasing – both from domestic and international football fans. 3,141,163 tickets have been requested since 5 December, with the current sales window lasting until 12:00 (Moscow time) on 31 January. Fans from all around the ...

Isaac Dogboe’s years of hard work and ambition of winning a world title may have been achieved in a grand style a few days ago, but the excitement about winning the WBO Interim Super Bantamweight crown and an opportunity to face the WBO champion, Jessie Magdaleno, later this year to unify the titles, appear to have been dampened by huge ...

Aduana Coach Yusif Abubakar has slammed the officials for his side’s 2-0 loss to Kotoko in the final Group A match in the ongoing G8 tournament. Two unanswered goals from Eric Donkor and Kwame Banahene ensured that Kotoko progressed to the semis of the competition as group winners and sent Aduana crashing out. In his post match reflection, Coach Abubakar ...