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Manchester United will be without James Wilson, Ashley Young and Paddy McNair for Wednesday’s Champions League clash at CSKA Moscow as they seek to build on victory over VfL Wolfsburg in their previous Group B fixture. A 20-man United squad jetted out to the Russian capital on Tuesday after a final training session at their Carrington base in which neither ...

Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure has expressed his disgust at those who are quick to criticise his performances and admits to being hurt by what he feels is a lack of recognition. The Ivory Coast captain also claimed that winning trophies and earning a lot of money have not made him any happier as he feels sickened by “lots of ...

World football’s governing body Fifa has confirmed it will hold the election for its next president at a special congress on 26 February. The election will determine who will succeed Sepp Blatter, who has been president since 1998. Blatter, 79, and vice-president Michel Platini, 60, have both been suspended for 90 days amid corruption allegations, which both men deny. Platini ...

Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon is expected to be available for Wednesday’s Champions League fixture at home to Borussia Monchengladbach after declining to have a scan on his injured calf. Buffon had ben expected to undergo tests on Monday after suffering the injury during Juve’s scoreless draw away to Inter Milan on Sunday. But reports said the Italy ‘keeper would not ...

George Lwandamina says he will not rush teenage striker Conlyde Luchanga following the players’ dream Zambia debut on Saturday. The 18-year-old Lusaka Dynamos striker came on in the 73rd minute to replace Festus Mbewe during Zambia’s 3-0 home win over Mozambique in a 2016 Chan qualifier at Levy Mwanawasa Stadium in Ndola and found the back of the net a ...

Zambia striker Emmanuel Mayuka is expected to be out of action for at least five weeks due to injury. Mayuka tore his right hamstring in Metz’s 1-1 away draw against 11th placed Brest in a French Ligue 2 match on October 3. “José Riga will be without Emmanuel Mayuka’s services for quite a long time, between four and six weeks ...

Zambia left it until late to silence a plucky Mozambique 3-0 at home in Ndola to move one step closer to reaching their first Caf African Nations Championship (Chan) finals in seven years. Winston Kalengo, teenage striker Conlyde Luchanga and Spencer Sautu all scored in the final quarter of the second half to put Zambia one foot closer to their ...

Real Madrid will have to overcome an injury to leading scorer Karim Benzema as the spluttering capital club return to domestic duty on Saturday when they host struggling Levante. Rafael Benitez’s side have slipped to second, one point behind surprise leaders Villarreal, following successive draws against Malaga and city rivals Atletico. Real remain one of two unbeaten sides, alongside Celta ...

Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini wants the rules to be changed so that players unfit to play for their club need not report for international duty. He told a news conference on Friday that he was upset this week when Belgium ignored City’s request not to use their captain Vincent Kompany, who had not played since the middle of last ...

Fifa president Sepp Blatter says he had a “gentleman’s agreement” with Michel Platini over the £1.35m payment he made to his Uefa counterpart in 2011. Blatter, 79, faces a criminal investigation over the payment, made nine years after Platini, 60, carried out consultation work for the Swiss. Both men deny any wrongdoing. “It was a contract I had with Michel ...