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ARSENE WENGER has revealed negotiations with Mesut Ozil are on-going. Ozil is out of contract in the summer and is expected to leave the club. Manchester United and Barcelona have been linked with moves in January and next summer. It emerged today that Arsenal were set to try and negotiate a deal one final time as they look to try ...

The suspect being held after an attempted terror attack at New York City’s main bus terminal has said it was in retaliation for US attacks on so-called Islamic State, US media say. Akayed Ullah, a 27-year-old Bangladeshi immigrant, was injured when a “low-tech explosive device” went off at the Port Authority terminal in Manhattan. Police say Mr Ullah chose the ...

MANCHESTER UNITED and Manchester City could be in hot water with the Football Association following the tunnel bust-up at Old Trafford yesterday. The Football Association have launched an investigation into the incident by writing to both clubs for their observations on the fracas that followed City’s 2-1 win. Up to 20 players and coaching staff were alleged to have been ...

Jose Mourinho was not a happy man after Manchester United’s 2-1 loss to Manchester City on Sunday. One glance at his postgame comments tells us so. “They are protected by luck,” he said of his victorious opponents. He called their goals “disgraceful.” But before any of those words came out of his mouth, according to several reports Sunday night, Mourinho confronted City players at ...

‘I’m going to take advantage of Facebook’s option to take leave in parts,’ said the Facebook CEO, whose second daughter was born in August of this year Mark Zuckerberg is taking parental leave for the month of December, the Facebook CEO announced Saturday. Zuckerberg previously took a month-long leave immediately after the August 2017 birth of his second daughter, August. ...

Russia has been banned from competing at next year’s Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang by the International Olympic Committee. But Russian athletes who can prove they are clean would be allowed to compete in South Korea under a neutral flag. It follows an investigation into allegations of state-sponsored doping at the 2014 Games hosted by Russia in Sochi. “This should draw ...

MANCHESTER UNITED boss Jose Mourinho ordered Antonio Valencia, Romelu Lukaku and Ander Herrera to head straight to the dressing room ahead of Sunday’s showdown with Manchester City. Manchester United geared up for their crunch Premier League clash with a 2-1 Champions League win over CSKA Moscow at Old Trafford last night. Moscow took a surprise lead early on but the ...

KEVIN DE BRUYNE does not view Paul Pogba’s absence from this weekend’s Manchester derby as some sort of “karma”. Pogba joked in a television interview at the weekend that he hoped some Manchester City stars would be injured for the showdown between the Premier League’s top two teams. As it turned out, it is Pogba who will miss the game ...

THE winner of the 2017 Ballon d’Or will be announced on Thursday, but which superstar player are on the shortlist? The prestigious award has been won by the Real Madrid superstar or Barcelona ace Lionel Messi for the past nine years. After winning the FIFA’s ‘The Best’ award last month, Cristiano Ronaldo is favourite to take the crown for a ...

MANCHESTER UNITED will try to sign Arsenal playmaker Mesut Ozil next month, with Jose Mourinho unwilling to wait until the summer. Manchester United have emerged as key players in the transfer battle for Arsenal ace Ozil, with Mourinho keen to add the Germany international to his squad. Mourinho previously managed Ozil at Real Madrid and the two have remained close ...