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Nearly 1,600 kilometres in 54 days, alone and without assistance. A first accomplishment by an American adventurer, Colin O’Brady, who trekked solo across the icy Antarctica under extreme conditions. The 33-year-old former professional triathlete, covered the last 125 kilometres in a row. After thirty-two hours, without sleep, O’Brady arrived at his destination on Wednesday. He left Union Glacier camp on ...

Leading English Premier League scorers after Sunday’s matches: 13: Aubameyang (Arsenal), Kane (Tottenham), Salah (Liverpool) 10: Hazard (Chelsea) 9: Aguero (Man City), Richarlison (Everton), Sterling (Man City) 8: Anderson (West Ham), Mané (Liverpool), Martial (Man Utd), Mitrovic (Fulham), Murray (Brighton), Sigurdsson (Everton), Wilson (Bournemouth) 7: Ings (Southampton), Lukaku (Man Utd), Pogba (Man Utd), Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), Son Heung-min (Tottenham) 6: ...

MANCHESTER UNITED executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward has been praised for sacking Jose Mourinho recently. Mourinho was shown the door at Old Trafford before Christmas after a disappointing season. The Portuguese was replaced in the dugout by Ole Gunnar Solskjaer with the Manchester United hero winning his first three games. He has done so in some style with United scoring 12 ...

LEEDS UNITED boss Marcelo Bielsa has been mooted as a possible man to take charge at Manchester United by commentator David Preece. Bielsa took the Leeds United job over the summer and has guided them to the top of the Championship table. Manchester United, meanwhile, are struggling and have axed Jose Mourinho as manager after poor form on the pitch ...

MANCHESTER UNITED boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer does NOT want Romelu Lukaku to be a target – unlike predecessor Jose Mourinho. Manchester United star Lukaku was introduced by Solskjaer against Bournemouth on Sunday, returning to the fold having missed wins over Cardiff and Huddersfield. The Belgium international has had his critics this season having failed to impress under Jose Mourinho. Against ...

ANDY GRAY and Richard Keys were left arguing over Jose Mourinho and Manchester United on beIN SPORTS on Sunday night. Gray admitted he thought Mourinho would be a Manchester United great but was scathing in his assessment after the Portuguese was sacked. “This is the club he always wanted to coach, always,” Gray said. **PREDICT FIVE RESULTS AND WIN £25,000 ...

CHELSEA manager Maurizio Sarri has urged Eden Hazard to sort out the ‘problem’ surrounding his future at the club. The Belgian has been continually linked with a move to Real Madrid and has made no secret his desire to one day move to Spain. However, he has also suggested that he might be willing to stay at the club and ...

AARON RAMSEY will leave Arsenal and join Juventus in the summer, it has been claimed. The Wales international is out of contract at the end of the summer and will be free to speak to potential suitors in January. Arsenal were keen on retaining the former Cardiff City man’s services and initially offered him a new contract. But somewhat surprisingly, ...

Ravalomanana challenges results in court Marc Ravalomanana’s campaign team was quick to dismiss the official results, alleging that the electoral commission “facilitated fraud” in favour of Andry Rajoelina. The team said they had asked for the cancellation of the poll result in a filing with the High Constitutional Court, which has nine days to decide whether to confirm the provisional ...

MANCHESTER UNITED have made the right call to name Mike Phelan as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s No 2, according to a club insider. Manchester United parted ways with Jose Mourinho earlier this month, with Ed Woodward opting to pull the plug on the 55-year-old’s Old Trafford career. In the immediate aftermath of that action, it was announced that Solskjaer would be ...