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Aston Villa will appoint ex-Lyon boss Remi Garde as their new manager on Monday – replacing Tim Sherwood. The Frenchman will sign a three-and-a-half-year deal and will watch Monday’s trip to Tottenham from the stands. The 49-year-old inherits a team bottom of the Premier League with just four points from 10 games. Bastia coach Reginald Ray will become Garde’s assistant ...

Zesco United lifted the trophy on Saturday despite losing 4-0 at home to Zanaco, four days after they were confirmed 2015 MTN/Faz Super League champions. The defeat was only the third suffered by Zesco United, all three of them at Levy Mwanawasa Stadium. Zanaco were the better side on the day and their dominance paid off on 15 minutes when ...

Real Madrid and Barcelona surged three points clear at the top of La Liga on Saturday when Real beat promoted Las Palmas 3-1 at home and the champions won 2-0 at Getafe. Cristiano Ronaldo scored his eighth goal of the campaign, between strikes from Isco and Jese, in a comfortable win for a depleted Real at the Bernabeu, though they ...

Philippe Coutinho struck twice as Liverpool won 3-1 at Chelsea on Saturday to ratchet up the pressure yet further on the Premier League champions’ beleaguered manager Jose Mourinho. Ramires put the hosts ahead in the fourth minute at Stamford Bridge, but Coutinho equalised in first-half stoppage time and put Liverpool ahead with a deflected shot in the 74th minute before ...

Jose Mourinho is optimistic that his Chelsea side can turn their season around ahead of the Barclays Premier League champions’ meeting with Liverpool this weekend. The Blues have picked up 13 points from the first 10 matches of their title defence and suffered a midweek penalty shoot-out defeat to Stoke City in the League Cup, a competition they won last ...

Mufulira Wanderers midfielder Jacob Ngulube has dedicated Thursday’s home win over Nchanga Rangers to their fans. Wanderers beat struggling Nchanga Rangers 2-0 at Shinde Stadium in Mufulira to end a three-match win-less streak at home. The nine-time champions had prior to Thursday’s win drawn one and lost two games at Shinde since beating 3rd placed Power Dynamos 1-0 there on ...

Newly-retired Floyd Mayweather hit the streets with hundreds of thousands of dollars – and could even afford to misplace some on his big night out With so much time on his hands, newly-retired Floyd Mayweather just doesn’t know what to do. So after ending his boxing career with a record-equalling 49 wins and no defeats, “Money” as he is known ...

Football House has reopened for business after the Football Association of Zambia and the Zambia Revenue Authority this morning held a successful meeting over the K1million unsettled statutory obligation. ZRA yesterday afternoon sealed off Football House. During a meeting held at Revenue House in Lusaka, FAZ acknowleged the existence of the amount in question and proposed a “Time to Pay” ...

Zanaco coach Mumamba Numba says his team’s emphatic win over demoted National Assembly is a clear statement that they mean business in their battle to finish second. The six-time champions beat bottom-of-the-table Assembly 4-1 to stay second (57 points) and three points ahead of Power Dynamos (54 points) with two games left to play. “I think this win is the ...

Middlesbrough were lucky to win on penalties, Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal said after his side were knocked out of the League Cup by the Championship club on Wednesday. With captain Wayne Rooney, Michael Carrick and Ashley Young all missing from the spot during the 3-1 loss, the Red Devils have now lost each of their last four penalty ...