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Manchester United will swoop for Sweden striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic on a free transfer as new manager Jose Mourinho’s first marquee signing at Old Trafford, Sky Sports reported on Friday. United’s executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward is finalising a one-year deal with the player’s representatives and the 34-year-old could join before Euro 2016, Sky sources said. Sweden’s first Group E match against ...

Rwanda will be looking to take a step closer to Afcon 2017 qualification when they host Mozambique in a crucial Group H tie on Saturday at Amahoro Stadium in Kigali. The Amavubi stunned Os Mambas in Maputo a year ago with a 1-0 win and will be hoping to replicate that performance and walk away with the all important three ...

Former high-ranking Fifa officials Sepp Blatter, Jerome Valcke and Markus Kattner awarded themselves pay rises and bonuses worth $80m (£55m) over five years, say Fifa lawyers. Football’s governing body revealed the contracts of ex-president Blatter, fired ex-secretary general Valcke and sacked former finance director Kattner one day after a Swiss police raid. Its lawyers said there was evidence that the ...

Andy Murray v Stan Wawrinka Venue: Roland Garros, Paris Dates: 3 June Time: Not before 14:00 BST Coverage: Live radio and text commentary on selected matches on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra, the BBC Sport website and app. Andy Murray believes he can become the first British winner of the French Open since Fred Perry in 1935 as he ...

The Teranga Lions of Senegal will be seeking to cement their place at the AFCON 2017 when they face Burundi in a Group K Day Five clash on Saturday, 4 June 2016 at the Prince Louis Rwagasore Stadium in Bujumbura. With 12 points from the previous four matches, six more than Burundi, a draw will be enough to hand Senegal ...

The Barcelona and Argentina football star, Lionel Messi, who is on trial for alleged tax fraud in Spain, has told a court he had no involvement in the management of his financial affairs. “I was playing football, I knew nothing,” he said. Messi and his father Jorge, who manages his finances, are accused of defrauding Spain of €4.1m (£3.2m; $4.6m). ...

Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema said he was denied the chance to play for France in the Euro 2016 this month because of his Algerian origins. The French Football Federation denied the accusation, but Benzema’s comments, published just nine days before France hosts the tournament, have deepened a row about alleged racism in a national team once seen as a ...

  Murray v Gasquet – French Open quarter-final Venue: Roland Garros, Paris Dates: 22 May to 5 June Coverage: Live radio and text commentary on selected matches on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra, the BBC Sport website and app. Andy Murray will meet Richard Gasquet in the French Open quarter-finals on Wednesday after the weather in France finally relented. ...

West Ham United’s Dimitri Payet scored a sublime 90th-minute winner to earn Euro 2016 hosts France a 3-2 friendly win over Cameroon in Nantes on Monday. Didier Deschamps’ side went ahead after 20 minutes through Paris Saint-Germain midfielder Blaise Matuidi before Vincent Aboubakar levelled. Paul Pogba’s cross allowed Arsenal’s Olivier Giroud to restore France’s lead only for Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting ...

Thousands of Real Madrid fans piled into the streets of the Spanish capital and filled the club’s 80 000 capacity Santiago Bernabeu stadium on Sunday to welcome home their heroes after an historic 11th European Cup win. An open top bus emblazoned with the word “Campeones” (Champions) carried the team, who showed off the trophy to fans, just after sunrise ...