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CHELSEA will face a bid from Real Madrid for Eden Hazard in January, according to reports in Spain. Los Blancos struggled in La Liga at the start of the campaign and binned Julen Lopetegui after a shocking run of form. Santiago Solari took charge on a permanent basis after an impressive stint as caretaker boss. However, the wheels came off ...

Cristiano Ronaldo is in hot form and gunning for revenge going into Tuesday’s Champions League clash against Valencia after seeing red against the Spaniards in the away leg, with Juventus needing a draw in Turin to book their ticket to the knockout rounds of the European competition. “Happy to have helped the team on another important win,” the 33-year-old wrote ...

Chadian president Idris Deby Itno arrived in Israel on Sunday for an official state visit. It is the first time a Chadian leader has made the trip since ties between the two were severed in the early 1970s. Reports indicate that top of the agenda was issues of security as Israel continues to help the country in the fight against ...

The United States announced a closure of its embassy in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC. The embassy in a statement on Sunday, November 25; said the move follows “reports of threats against US government facilities.” A translation of the notice titled: “Notice to the public:” read in part: We are closely following reports of threats against ...

Sunday’s rescheduled Copa Libertadores final second leg between Boca Juniors and River Plate has been postponed. Violence had forced the match between the bitter Argentine rivals to first be delayed on Saturday. The Boca Juniors team bus was attacked by River Plate fans on its way to the game at River’s Estadio Monumental. The game was rearranged for Sunday at ...

Robert Mugabe, the 94-year-old former president of Zimbabwe, is no longer able to walk because of ill health and age. The announcement was made by his successor, President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who said on Saturday that the former leader has been receiving treatment in Singapore for the past two months. “He is now old. Of course, he now is unable to ...

The Swiss city of Zurich is finally set to get a purpose-built football stadium after voters gave the green light to the project in a local referendum on Sunday. The Zurich city government said that 54 percent of voters were in favour of building an 18,000-capacity stadium. It will be built on the site of the old Hardturm ground which ...

Ukraine’s parliament is to decide whether to bring in martial law as anger over the capture of three of its naval vessels by Russia spilled into the streets overnight. Protesters gathered outside the Russian embassy in the capital Kiev and an embassy car was set on fire. The incident in waters off the Crimean Peninsula marks a major escalation of ...

A court in Milan is considering charges of corruption against Eni and Shell in a controversial oil deal that led to Nigeria losing an estimated $6bn. The campaign group Global Witness has calculated the OPL 245 deal in 2011 deprived Nigeria of double its annual education and healthcare budget. Eni and Shell are accused of knowing the money they paid ...

Chelsea midfielder N’Golo Kante has signed a new five-year contract at Stamford Bridge, the Premier League club announced on Friday. The France international, signed from Leicester in the summer of 2016, has been ever-present in the league for Maurizio Sarri’s side this season. Chelsea are third in the table, four points behind leaders Manchester City. “N’Golo Kante has today extended ...