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Arsenal will face Bayern Munich in the Champions League for the third time in four seasons after being drawn against the German club in the group stage. Manchester United will play PSV Eindhoven, with Dutch striker Memphis Depay set to face his old club. Chelsea play Porto, the club Blues boss Jose Mourinho steered to a shock victory in the ...

Celtic exited the Champions League at the play-off stage as Swedish side Malmo claimed a 4-3 aggregate win. Trailing 3-2 from the first leg, Malmo turned the tie in their favour on away goals when Markus Rosenberg scored. The visitors needed a goal to stay in the tournament but saw a Nir Bitton effort disallowed for a foul. Dedryck Boyata’s ...

Liverpool misfit Mario Balotelli said he is ready to resurrect his career as he re-joined AC Milan on a season-long loan deal that has divided fans and pundits in Italy. Balotelli joined Liverpool from Milan in the summer of 2014 but after a dismal season at Anfield the controversial Italian striker has rejoined the seven-time European champions on a season-long ...

Arsenal midfielder Aaron Ramsey has called for video technology to help with crucial decisions after his goal against Liverpool during Monday’s 0-0 draw at the Emirates Stadium was ruled out for offside. Ramsey ran through onto Santi Cazorla’s pass in the first half and slotted home past Liverpool goalkeeper Simon Mignolet, only to realise that assistant referee Simon Bennett had ...

British driver Justin Wilson has died after being struck by flying debris and suffering a serious head injury in Sunday’s Pocono IndyCar 500 race. Wilson was airlifted to hospital from the Pocono Raceway in Pennsylvania after Sage Karam’s car spun and crashed in front of him on lap 179 of 200. Debris from Karam’s car hit ex-Formula 1 driver Wilson, ...

Usain Bolt has described his World Championships 100m final victory over Justin Gatlin as the “hardest race” of his career. The Jamaican, 29, lived up to his billing as the saviour of athletics as he held off the challenge of the two-time drug cheat to win in 9.79 seconds. Pre-race favourite Gatlin had to settle for silver in Beijing. “Coming ...

Usain Bolt produced perhaps his greatest miracle of all as he put a troubled build-up behind him to beat two-time doper and clear favourite Justin Gatlin to retain his world 100m title. The controversial Gatlin came into the final on a 28-race unbeaten run and apparently relishing his role as the sport’s bad guy. But at the same Bird’s Nest ...

Pedro Rodriguez produced a goal and an assist on his debut as Chelsea survived the dismissal of captain John Terry to prevail 3-2 at West Bromwich Albion on Sunday. A £21.2 million signing from Barcelona earlier this week, reportedly snatched from beneath Manchester United’s noses, Pedro scored and set up Diego Costa as Jose Mourinho’s side went 2-0 up. Having ...

Nkana beat Green Eagles 2-0 at home in Kitwe to recover from last weekend’s bashing at the hands of defending champions Zesco United. Saturday’s win came seven days after Nkana were flattened 5-3 away by Zesco who rallied from two-one-down to stun the 12-time champions. Meanwhile, Eagles almost took the lead via a own goal in the second minute when ...

Zesco United stretched their lead at the summit of the Faz Super League table from four to seven points after a 2-0 away win over Red Arrows at Nkoloma Stadium in Lusaka. The win kept Zesco on course to retaining the Super League title with just nine matches left following their Week 21 victory over Arrows. Saturday’s result also saw ...