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A fellow Brazilian at Parc des Princes is convinced that a superstar forward generating talk of interest from afar will still be in France next season Dani Alves would “bet the Eiffel Tower” that Neymar remains at Paris Saint-Germain, with there no substance to talk of potential returns to Spain at either Real Madrid or Barcelona. Speculation regarding a switch to La Liga has bubbled away ever since ...

The Brazilian defender has committed to a new contract at Stamford Bridge after proving his worth to a coach who originally questioned his value David Luiz has penned a new contract to commit his immediate future to Chelsea, but the Brazilian has revealed that Maurizio Sarri told him he was free to leave in his first week as Blues boss. An ...

The US justice department has filed 17 new charges against Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange, who is facing extradition from the UK. The latest charges accuse him of receiving and unlawfully publishing the names of classified sources. He was previously charged last month with one count of conspiring with ex-intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning to gain access to the Pentagon network. Assange ...

Uganda’s capital Kampala has passed a law to ban giving money or food to children living on the streets. Kampala’s Lord Mayor, Erias Lukwago, said the law aimed to curb the commercial and sexual exploitation of children. According to government estimates, as many as 15,000 children live on the streets in Kampala, aged from seven up to the age of ...

The former Chelsea boss is expecting the Europa League to be a farewell outing for the Belgian, with a switch to Spain very much on the cards Jose Mourinho expects the Europa League final to be Eden Hazard’s “last match in blue” before he departs Chelsea and links up with Real Madrid. Speculation around the Belgian forward has been building for some time. He has ...

Theresa May has said she will quit as Conservative leader on 7 June, paving the way for a contest to decide a new prime minister. In an emotional statement in Downing St, she said she had “done my best” to honour the 2016 EU referendum result. It would remain a matter of “deep regret” that she had been unable to ...

A massive overhaul upon Florentino Perez’s return to the Liga giants made the winger expendable at the club but he found an eager suitor in Bayern Arjen Robben says politics at Real Madrid, and not just Cristiano Ronaldo’s arrival, forced him to suffer a “difficult” exit from the club, but added his subsequent move to Bayern Munich was the best decision of his career. The ...

Asamoah Gyan has made a u-turn on his decision to retire from the senior national team. His decision follows a conversation between him and President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Tuesday after he announced on Monday that he had recused himself from the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations and subsequently retired from the Black Stars. The development, according to what ...

Petr Cech will return to Chelsea this summer in a new sporting director role at the club, Sky Sports News has learnt. The 36-year-old Arsenal goalkeeper announced he will retire from playing after next Wednesday’s Europa League final in Azerbaijan against his former – and future – employers at Stamford Bridge. Chelsea have been without a technical director since Michael ...

The former Manchester City owner is looking to get back into football and is eyeing a potential bid for Crystal Palace Former Manchester City owner Thaksin Shinawatra holds the aim of taking a controlling stake in Premier League outfit Crystal Palace. The 69-year-old was once the Prime Minister of Thailand, during which time he sought to buy both Fulham and ...