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Pep Guardiola has agreed a three-year contract to become Manchester City manager in the summer. The 45-year-old, currently in charge at Bayern Munich, will replace Manuel Pellegrini, who will leave on 30 June. A statement from City said Chilean Pellegrini, 62, was “fully supportive” of the announcement being made. The club said negotiations with former Barcelona coach Guardiola had been ...

Arsene Wenger is confident Alex Iwobi can flourish at Arsenal after the 19-year-old repaid his manager’s faith in him by impressing on his third start for the club in Saturday’s 2-1 FA Cup fourth round victory over Burnley. The attacking midfielder, nephew of seven-time Nigerian footballer of the year Jay-Jay Okocha, rounded out a solid display by laying on key ...

Guinea progressed to the semi-finals of the African Nations Championship by beating Zambia on penalties in their quarter-final. There were chances in the 90 minutes and in extra-time but the match in the Rwandan town of Rubavu ended goalless. Abdoulaziz Keita proved to be the hero for Guinea as he saved a spot kick before stepping up to score the ...

World number one Novak Djokovic beat Andy Murray in straight sets to win his sixth Australian Open title and condemn the Briton to a fifth final defeat. The Serb, 28, won 6-1 7-5 7-6 (7-3) to claim his sixth Melbourne title, tying the record of Australia’s Roy Emerson. Djokovic also draws level with tennis greats Bjorn Borg and Rod Laver ...

Manchester United relieved the pressure on manager Louis van Gaal by beating Derby in the FA Cup fourth round. Van Gaal dismissed claims he offered to resign after losing to Southampton on Saturday, and his team were more positive against the Championship side. Wayne Rooney curled in from 20 yards to put United ahead before George Thorne cut through their ...

Australian Open Venue: Melbourne Park Dates: 18-31 January Coverage: Live radio commentary on the men’s and women’s finals from 08:30 GMT on Saturday and Sunday, plus live text commentary on the BBC Sport website. Highlights: Watch on BBC Two, online and BBC Sport app from 13:00 on Saturday and 14:00 on Sunday. Britain’s Andy Murray reached his fifth Australian Open ...

South Africa’s Daniel Bennett will be in charge of the highly anticipated and tough quarterfinal encounter between hosts Rwanda and the RD Congo on Saturday in the Chan Orange 2016 Rwanda tournament. The match will take place at the Amahoro Stadium in Kigali. Bennett will have his countryman Mothibidi Stevens Khumalo running the line in the same clash. Kickoff is ...

The Amahoro Stadium in Kigali Rwanda will be home to a beehive of activities on Saturday leading with the big clash pitting hosts Rwanda Amavubi who face off with DR Congo in the penultimate quarter final match that will see the winner run away to the semi final Rwanda have had a perfect run winning two matches and finishing top ...

George Lwandamina says Zambia’s lackluster performance in their final Group D match against Mali on Wednesday was down to lack of motivation. Zambia came into the match with their quarterfinal qualification already secured with a game in hand on maximum six points from their opening two Group D matches. Mali pummeled Zambia for 90 minutes but Chipolopolo kept their shape ...

Mali fought tooth and nail to earn a deserved 0-0 draw against already qualified Zambia Chipolopolo in a tough match played at the Regional Stadium in Kigali in a Group D game on Wednesday evening. Mali came into the game needing a draw which paved way for them to go through to the quarterfinals where they join the Chipolopolo who ...