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Leicester City players will wear shirts with club owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha’s name embroidered on them when they play their first home match since the Thai tycoon was killed in a helicopter crash, the Premier League club said. Vichai was one of five killed in the crash near the King Power Stadium after Leicester’s last home league match on October 27. ...

Cristiano Ronaldo could not hide his frustration that despite scoring his first Champions League goal for Juventus the Italian side ‘gifted’ a dramatic late 2-1 victory to Manchester United. Ronaldo struck with a magnificent first-time volley on 65 minutes to leave Juve on course for the knockout phase, but Juan Mata equalised with an 86th-minute free-kick before Leonardo Bonucci turned ...

Manchester United have been plagued by inconsistency this season and must put together a complete 90-minute performance to get anything from their Champions League game at Juventus later on Wednesday, Ryan Giggs has said. United were comprehensively outplayed in a 1-0 defeat to the Italian champions at Old Trafford last month and while they have beaten Everton and Bournemouth in ...

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho claimed that Juventus are “super favourites” to win this season’s Champions League ahead of their clash in Turin on Wednesday. Three-time winners United are second in Group H after three games on four points – five behind leaders Juventus who are poised to qualify for the last 16. Mourinho said that United would not be ...

Desperate to avoid Champions League elimination at the group stage for the second time in three years, Tottenham face a do-or-die clash against PSV Eindhoven on Tuesday. Mauricio Pochettino’s side are third in Group B after taking just one point from their first three matches. Tottenham’s exit from Europe’s elite club competition would be confirmed if they lose to PSV ...

Bafana Bafana coach Stuart Baxter has announced the squad to face Nigeria in a crucial 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier on Saturday, 17 November 2018 at FNB Stadium. The match kicks off at 3pm. Baxter has had to re-arrange his squad due to injuries to several of his key players – the latest being England-based Kamohelo Mokotjo. Other key ...

Marcus Rashford scored a dramatic injury-time winner as Manchester United came from behind to beat in-form Bournemouth. The England striker snatched all three points for the Red Devils by netting at the second attempt following Paul Pogba’s cross. United had been fortunate to be level at the interval after a lacklustre first-half display. The Cherries had come close three times ...

Gianluigi Buffon believes Paris Saint-Germain are not ready to win the Champions League as he prepares to make his European debut with the club against Napoli and play his first game in Italy since leaving Juventus. The 40-year-old World Cup winner was suspended for PSG’s opening three European games for his behaviour and comments towards the referee during Juventus’ quarterfinal ...

Uefa helped Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester City get around their own Financial Fair Play (FFP) rules, according to a Football Leaks investigation published on Friday. According to the investigation of “more than 70 million documents” analysed “over eight months by 80 journalists” from members of European Investigative Collaborations (EIC), Uefa “knowingly helped the clubs to cover up their own irregularities ...

Leicester manager Claude Puel says the result is “not important” when they play Cardiff on Saturday – their first match since the club’s owner died in a helicopter crash at the weekend. Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha and four others were killed in the crash outside King Power Stadium on Saturday. Puel says it was the Leicester players’ decision to go ahead with ...