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LIONEL MESSI wants to finish his career at Barcelona, according to Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola. Spanish newspaper Marca claim Manchester City owner Sheikh Mansour offered Messi a signing on fee of £80million to go to the Etihad. Guardiola worked with him at Barca and the pair have remained close. But he insists a move to City “was never going ...

Manchester City’s David Silva is a doubt for Sunday’s derby with Manchester United in the Premier League. Manager Pep Guardiola confirmed he had an unspecified complaint during his Champions League press conference game against Ukranian side Shakhtar Donetsk. He said, ” Kevin De Bruyne is suspended tomorrow and Silva has a little problem and I don’t know whether he will ...

ANTHONY JOSHUA has prioritised a unification fight with Joseph Parker next, according to Deontay Wilder. Joshua successfully defended his IBF and WBA world heavyweight titles last month, stopping late replacement Carlos Takam in the 10th round. His promoter Eddie Hearn quickly outlined their plans to unify the division by winning the WBO and WBC belts in 2018 and last month ...

Apple is once again hinting that the world could one day see a foldable iPhone. The U.S. Patent & Trademark Office recently published an Apple patent application for “an electronic device [that] may have a flexible portion that allows [it] to be folded.” The patent was filed in September 2016, shortly before the company was granted a patent for a ...

Atletico Madrid forward Antoine Griezmann has topped the Sky Sports La Liga Power Rankings this week. Griezmann scored an 88th-minute matchwinner during a 2-1 win over Real Sociedad after team-mate Filipe Luis (No 11, up 109 places) levelled Willian Jose’s (No 15, down eight places) opener. Barcelona only managed a 2-2 draw against Celta Vigo after Lionel Messi (No 7, up three places) and ...

elona have been drawn against Celta Vigo in the last 16 of the Copa del Rey, after the draw was made on Tuesday. It’s a repeat of Saturday’s Liga match at Camp Nou, which was a really entertaining game, Barca drawing 2-2 thanks to goals from Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez. It’s arguably the tie of the round, elsewhere Real ...

South Africa’s corruption watchdog has found officials misused millions of dollars during Nelson Mandela’s funeral four years ago. According to the report, 300m rand ($22m; £16m) was redirected from a development fund to help with costs. It had been earmarked for things like “sanitation, the replacement of mud schools and the refurbishment of hospitals,” the report stated. Instead, the authorities ...

NEMANJA MATIC was “immense” for Manchester United against Arsenal and he will be key to their title hopes. Those are the thoughts of BBC Sport pundit Garth Crooks. Matic, who was originally a serious doubt to be fit for the Emirates showdown, marshalled the midfield well as United ran out 3-1 winners on Saturday. United are eight points behind Manchester ...

Liverpool winger Mohamed Salah has been named the PFA Player of the Month for November becoming the first Egyptian in history to win the award. Salah’s impressive form has been on a top level lately and especially in November as he helped the Reds remain unbeaten with three wins and a draw. The Egyptian was able to score seven times ...

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger is refusing to concede defeat in the Premier League title race even though his team are now 15 points adrift of Manchester City in top spot. Mauricio Pochettino has ruled Tottenham out of contention but Wenger is refusing to throw in the towel despite Saturday’s painful 3-1 loss to Manchester United. The Gunners, who last won ...