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FORMER Liverpool midfielder David Thompson says it was Everton fans who damaged the Manchester City team bus. City’s coach had at least one window smashed on the journey into Anfield last night and was deemed unusable for the return trip. It meant a replacement had to be found while Pep Guardiola’s team were playing in their 3-0 first-leg defeat. Merseyside ...

MANCHESTER UNITED are confident of sealing a summer swoop for Chelsea ace Willian. Jose Mourinho held talks with Willian’s camp last summer in an attempt to lure him to Old Trafford. He decided to stick around at Stamford Bridge but Manchester United chiefs are positive their second attempt will succeed, according to The Sun. Willian has two-and-a-half years left on ...

JOSE MOURINHO must win the FA Cup with Manchester United this season, according to former star Zlatan Ibrahimovic. The Portuguese coach hasn’t enjoyed the best of seasons at the Red Devils. Despite sitting second in the Premier League, United have conceded defeat to neighbours Manchester City in the title race. And Mourinho’s men were also knocked out of the Champions ...

Struggle icon Winnie Madikizela-Mandela wanted to be buried next to her parents in Mbhongweni Village in Bizana in the Eastern Cape – that is according to Gxaba Madikizela, a close relative of hers. “We thought she would be buried here next to her parents (father Columbus Kokani Madikizela and mother MaRhadebe Mzaidume),” he said. However, the 63-year-old ex-mineworker said the ...

PEP GUARDIOLA urged his Manchester City to “believe” they can turn around their Champions League fortunes despite being battered on and off the pitch at Anfield last night. On a night marred by shameful scenes before the game when the City team coach was bombarded with bottles and missiles, leaving it unfit for the return journey home, Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool ...

Sierra Leone’s opposition candidate, Julius Maada Bio, has rushed to take his presidential oath in a hotel after winning the run-off election. Mr Maada Bio is a former military ruler who briefly ruled the country in 1996. He narrowly beat ruling party candidate Samura Kamara, who has alleged irregularities and says he will challenge the outcome in court. Mr Maada ...

Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will be imprisoned while he appeals his corruption conviction, the country’s Supreme Court has ruled. He is facing 12 years in jail on charges of accepting a bribe but had asked to remain free during his appeal. Lula claims the charges are politically motivated, and designed to prevent him from running for ...

Congolese opposition leader Moise Katumbi held Italian citizenship from October 2000 until January 2017, the Italian town where he was a resident said on Wednesday, jeopardising his hopes of contesting a presidential election later this year. Democratic Republic of Congo’s attorney general said last week he had opened an investigation into allegations about Katumbi’s Italian nationality, first reported by Paris-based ...

Facebook’s chief executive Mark Zuckerberg is to testify before the US House Commerce Committee regarding the firm’s use and protection of user data. Facebook has faced criticism after it emerged it had known for years that Cambridge Analytica had harvested data from about 50 million of its users. He will testify before the committee on Wednesday, 11 April. Committee chairman ...

Snapchat has launched a feature that enables up to 16 people to take part in a live chat together, using either video or just their voices. The app’s members can also start tagging each other by username, using the @ symbol in their posts. The changes will roll out over the coming weeks, the firm said. Snapchat came under fire ...