Manchester, United Kingdom | AFP | Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has laughed off a suggestion his coaching is “better than sex”. The comment was reportedly made by Paris Saint-Germain defender Dani Alves, who is currently promoting a documentary about his time at Barcelona playing under Guardiola. Before Sunday’s Premier …
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London, United Kingdom | AFP | Chelsea midfielder Ross Barkley is braced for a hostile reception when his old club Everton visit Stamford Bridge on Sunday. Barkley left Everton to join Chelsea in January after 13 years at Goodison Park and this weekend faces the Toffees for the first time …
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London, United Kingdom | AFP | Lucas Torreira has been at Arsenal just a matter of months but the tough-tackling midfielder already looks like the kind of player the club has been missing for years. The Uruguay international will make only his seventh Premier League start when Wolves visit the …
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Liverpool, United Kingdom | AFP | As Jurgen Klopp tries to maintain Liverpool’s challenge for the Premier League title, the need to sort out his midfield is becoming an increasingly pressing issue. A home match against bottom club Fulham on Sunday may just offer the opportunity to start to put …
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Manchester, United Kingdom | AFP | Manchester United turned to Jose Mourinho as the antidote to their “noisy neighbours” Manchester City finally achieving their long-held goal of hiring Pep Guardiola as manager in 2016. Reunited in England’s northwest after two confrontational years on either side of the Barcelona-Real Madrid rivalry, …
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Tunis, Tunisia | AFP | Factfile for 2018 CAF Champions League winners Esperance of Tunisia: Captain: Khalil Chemmam Coach: Moine Chaabani (TUN) Winning team: Moez Ben Cherifia; Sameh Derbali, Chemmam, Mohamed Yakoubi, Ayman Ben Mohamed; Fousseny Coulibaly (CIV), Ghilane Chalal; Anice Badri, Saad Bguir, Youcef Belaili (ALG); Taha Yassine Khenessi …
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London, United Kingdom | AFP | Raheem Sterling has committed his long-term future to Manchester City after signing a three-year contract extension with the Premier League champions on Friday. Sterling had been in negotiations with City for several months and the England winger has finally agreed the bumper new deal …
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Day 1 #WCL3 ➡ Uganda ?? 167/5 36.2 Denmark ??165 Uganda wins by 5 wickets ➡ Oman ?? 166/5 42.5 Kenya ?? 164 Oman wins by 5 wickets SATURDAY Uganda vs USA Oman vs Singapore Kampala, Uganda | LOUIS JADWONG | Eighty-eight runs from Arnold Otwani spurred Uganda to a much sought after winning start to …
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Paris, France | AFP | Teenage sensation Kylian Mbappe told AFP on Thursday that Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi remain football’s greatest players but that his own World Cup heroics could help crown him the 2018 Ballon d’Or winner. Mbappe, 19, inspired France to World Cup victory in Russia with …
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London, United Kingdom | AFP | Gareth Southgate defended the decision to honour Wayne Rooney by fielding England’s top international goalscorer in a friendly against the USA at Wembley next week. The Football Association announced on Sunday that Rooney would be awarded his 120th cap as a tribute to his …
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