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Everton hold the advantage in the Capital One Cup semi-final against Manchester City after Romelu Lukaku’s 19th goal of the season gave them victory at Goodison Park. City looked to have secured a draw with 14 minutes left, when Jesus Navas finished a sweeping counter-attack following brilliant work by Sergio Aguero. That equaliser cancelled out Ramiro Funes Mori’s opener for ...

Hosts Rwanda are in high spirits ahead of their friendly game against Cameroon on January 6 at the newly renovated Umuganda Stadium ahead of Chan 2016 set for January 16-February 7. Amavubi, who have been in residential camp since December 28 in Rubavu, will be looking to fine tune themselves, for the tough task that awaits them when they make ...

Ivory Coast coach Michel Dussuyer has named a strong 23-man squad for Chan 2016 that is set for January 16-February 7 in Rwanda. The Frenchman made a surprise inclusion of second division defender Kouassi Diallo Romuald who features for Abidjan-based side Williamsville Athletic Club. Romuald is the only player who features for a team outside the Ivorian first division. Les ...

Football Association chairman Greg Dyke says “we’ll all shoot ourselves” if England fail to progress from their group at Euro 2016. Roy Hodgson’s side have been drawn alongside Wales, Russia and Slovakia for the tournament in France, which starts on 10 June. “We’ve got to get out of that group,” said Dyke. “If we don’t, that really is bad news ...

Nkana have confirmed that striker Jimmy Ndhlovu has handed in a transfer request to return to Power Dynamos. Ndhlovu spent a successful one-and-half year loan stint at Power before returning to their Kitwe arch-rivals last July. Nkana chief executive officer Ken Mwansa said the club will not stand in the way of Ndhlovu’s decision to leave the club again, this ...

Zinedine Zidane, the new Real Madrid coach, kicked off the first day of his sensational new role with a high-profile training session attended by thousands of applauding fans on Tuesday. The three-time world player of the year faces a tough challenge to drag the Spanish club out of its current crisis and back to the heights of success, and prove ...

Rafael Benitez has been sacked as manager of Real Madrid after just seven months in charge, with club legend Zinedine Zidane replacing him. Spaniard Benitez, 55, was relieved of his duties following a meeting of the club’s board on Monday. Real B team coach Zidane, 43, has been promoted to first-team boss. The Frenchman, a former Real player and World ...

Beleaguered Real Madrid coach Rafael Benitez could be sacked by the Spanish giants as early as Monday evening after just seven months in charge, several Spanish media outlets reported. Sports daily Marca reported Benitez’s sacking will be made official in the coming hours with French legend and the club’s reserve team coach Zinedine Zidane to take over. Madrid twice threw ...

Manchester United’s 2-1 Premier League win over relegation-threatened Swansea City on Saturday has eased the pressure on their “angry” players, manager Louis van Gaal has said. Saturday’s win ended United’s eight-game winless run in all competitions, which has seen them being knocked out of the group stages in the Champions League and slip out of the league’s top-four. “I shall ...

Gary Neville’s Valencia battled to a dramatic La Liga draw with Real Madrid, who ended up with 10 men. The visitors led when Karim Benzema finished off a great move involving Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale but Dani Parejo equalised with a penalty. Real had Mateo Kovacic sent off for a lunging tackle, but looked set for a win when ...