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Manchester United have been rejuvenated under new manager Jose Mourinho and are poised to mount a strong challenge for the Premier League title, skipper Wayne Rooney has said. The 30-year-old forward, who secured his fifth league title with the club the last time they won it in 2013, scored eight top flight goals last season as United finished fifth and ...

Zlatan Ibrahimovic netted a superb goal just four minutes into his Manchester United debut and promised that there would be much more to come after they thrashed Turkish side Galatasaray 5-2 in a friendly in Gothenburg on Saturday. The 34-year-old Swede, who arrived at Old Trafford on a free transfer after a trophy-laden four-year spell with Paris St Germain, wasted ...

No deal has been reached between Juventus and Manchester United concerning the touted transfer of French international Paul Pogba, the player’s agent Mino Raiola insisted on Friday. “Journalist = parrots. No deal done between clubs,” Raiola wrote on Twitter. “It’s a game between Italy press and UK press who announce it first and who is worse.” United have reportedly had ...

Lusaka Tigers visit fellow struggles Lusaka Dynamos in a derby clash this Saturday at Sunset Stadium hoping to snap out of a four-match losing run. Tigers have been bleeding points since beating winless Mufulira Blackpool 2-0 on June 11 in Lusaka. Since then, Tigers have suffered three successive away defeats starting with a 2-0 defeat at Kabwe Warriors on June ...

The Football Association of Zambia has suspended the entire under-17 Zambia national soccer team technical bench led by Osward Mutapa following the disqualification of the team from the ongoing COSAFA under-17 tournament in Mauritius for age cheating. FAZ Secretary General Ponga Liwewe has told a media briefing in Lusaka today that the move to suspend the technical bench is to ...

Goalkeeper Petr Cech expects manager Arsene Wenger to bring in the right players necessary to improve Arsenal’s bid to win a first Premier League title since 2004 without wasting money on panic buys. Wenger has made three additions to his squad so far in the close season, bringing in midfielder Granit Xhaka, defender Rob Holding and striker Takuma Asano, and, ...

Fifa secretary-general Fatma Samoura says the years she spent working in war zones for the United Nations have prepared her for her new job. Fifa secretary-general Fatma Samoura says the years she spent working in war zones for the United Nations have prepared her for her new job. The Senegalese, 54, started her role at football’s governing body last month. ...

Arsenal do not have the financial strength to “outgun” Premier League rivals in the transfer market and have to be careful in signing new players, according to the club’s chief executive Ivan Gazidis. Arsenal finished a distant second to champions Leicester City last season and fans have vented frustration at the lack of big-money signings. Over the past few years, ...

Manchester City are in talks with Everton over the possible signing of England defender John Stones. A deal is yet to be agreed but it is thought the two Premier League clubs are not far apart in their valuations. It is thought Everton want £50m for the 22-year-old former Barnsley player, who came close to joining Chelsea last summer. Stones ...

Borussia Dortmund are “totally confident” striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang will remain at the club. Aubameyang, who is contracted with the Bundesliga club until 2020, has been linked with a move to Manchester City. The two clubs play each other in the International Champions Cup in China on Thursday, but the 27-year-old will not feature as he has flown home to be ...