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Diego Costa thrust himself back into the headlines with an 89th-minute winner as Chelsea edged West Ham United 2-1 in Antonio Conte’s first Premier League game as manager on Monday. Eden Hazard, symbol of Chelsea’s slump from champions to a 10th-place finish last season, opened the scoring at Stamford Bridge with a penalty early in the second half, before James ...

Emad Moteab’s late strike earned Al Ahly a 2-2 draw with Zesco United in a CAF Champions League, Group A game played at the Borg El Arab Stadium in Alexandria on Friday night. As a result Zesco from Zambia moved to the top of Group A standings, while Egyptian giants Ahly moved to position three. The visitors made their intentions ...

Soccer agent Mino Raiola, who brokered the deal that saw Paul Pogba return to Manchester United for a world-record fee on Tuesday, may be loved by the players he represents, but he is not exactly held in high esteem by the clubs who employ them. “I distrusted him from the moment I met him,” former United manager Alex Ferguson said ...

Ghana will see its first ever female judo athlete compete at an Olympic Games on Tuesday. Yet more remarkable is that Szandra Szogedi is in fact a former gymnastics champion from Hungary, writes Chris Matthews. The 27-year-old, who first competed for the West African nation only five years ago, will take to the judo mat in the 63kg category in ...

France midfielder Paul Pogba arrived in Manchester on Monday to complete his record-breaking transfer to Manchester United from Juventus, British media reported. Sky Sports News said the 23-year-old had flown to Manchester from Nice in a private jet and would undergo a medical at United’s Aon Training Complex. Manchester Airport posted a picture on Twitter of a plane sitting on ...

Barcelona forward Neymar was unable to help Brazil make a winning start to the Rio 2016 Olympic Games as the hosts were held to a goalless draw by 10-man South Africa in Brasilia on Thursday. Elsewhere, South Korea thumped Fiji 8-0 – scoring three times in 90 seconds during the second half. Nigeria, who arrived in Brazil just six hours ...

Russia will have 271 athletes eligible to compete at the Rio Games, says the International Olympic Committee (IOC). This is more than two-thirds of their original entry list of 389 athletes, despite the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) recommending a blanket ban after a doping scandal. Russia’s Olympic Committee president Alexander Zhukov said his country will have “the cleanest team” at ...

Manchester City have signed 19-year-old Brazilian winger Gabriel Jesus from Palmeiras for £27m plus add-ons. Jesus has agreed a five-year deal but will stay with Palmeiras until the end of the Brazilian season in December. City regard the player as the best young talent in South America and fought off interest from Barcelona. Jesus was voted the best newcomer in ...

Nkana striker Ronald Kampamba says he is not feeling any pressure of returning home on loan after a two-year stint abroad. Kampamba rejoined Nkana in July on a twelve month loan just a year and a half after signing on with Egyptian club Wadi Degla before spending the 2015/2016 season on loan at Belgium club Lierse. The Zambia striker and ...

Chelsea manager Antonio Conte is uncertain about the future of Diego Costa, as Spanish media reports have linked the striker with a possible return to Atletico Madrid. The 27-year-old, who joined the London club from Atletico in 2014, did not feature in Chelsea’s 3-2 defeat by Real Madrid in a pre-season friendly on Saturday due to a back injury. The ...