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Al Ahly cruised into the semifinals of the 2018 Caf Champions League after they claimed a 4-0 win over Horoya AC at the Al-Salam Stadium in Cairo on Saturday night. The result in the second leg of the teams’ quarterfinal tie saw the Red Devils advance 4-0 on aggregate and set up a North African derby against Algeria’s ES Setif ...

Anthony Joshua delivered a stunning finish to stop a game Alexander Povetkin and retain his world heavyweight titles at Wembley Stadium. The IBF, WBO and WBA champion, criticised in some quarters for failing to finalise a deal with the division’s other high-profile names, responded emphatically with a seventh-round stoppage of the Russian, who had never been beaten inside the distance. ...

Arsenal lacked belief under Arsene Wenger but will have “a great season” under new manager Unai Emery, says former midfielder Santi Cazorla. Cazorla left the Gunners in the summer to return to Villarreal and is playing again after long-term injury problems. “We needed to believe in ourselves more,” he told Football Focus. “To believe that we were capable of competing ...

Manchester United will be missing five players for Saturday’s Premier League home game against Wolverhampton Wanderers, with Diogo Dalot to be rested, Marcos Rojo and Ander Herrera not fully fit and Nemanja Matic and Marcus Rashford suspended. Dalot, who was signed from Porto in the close season, impressed on his United debut in their 3-0 Champions League win over Switzerland’s ...

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola returns to the touchline for the Premier League champions’ visit to Cardiff City looking for his team to recover from a shock midweek home defeat to Lyon. The City manager, serving a one-match Uefa suspension for being sent to the stands in last season’s quarterfinal defeat to Liverpool, watched in horror from the stands as ...

Tunisia became the outright top-ranked African football nation again when Fifa released the September listings on Thursday. The north Africans shared first place with Senegal last month, but a 2-0 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying win in eSwatini (formerly Swaziland) lifted them one place in the world to 23rd. Senegal dropped one position to second in Africa and 25th in ...

Tottenham Hotspur’s Dele Alli is back in training ahead of Saturday’s Premier League trip to Brighton and Hove Albion but manager Mauricio Pochettino will not risk playing the attacking midfielder unless he is fully fit. Alli missed Tottenham’s last two games due to a hamstring injury sustained over the international break and the team are under pressure after suffering three ...

Harry Kane and Mohamed Salah have the perfect stage to end their unexpected slumps when the superstar strikers go head to head at Wembley on Saturday. Just four months ago, Tottenham striker Kane and Liverpool forward Salah were being hailed as Europe’s most feared marksmen after the pair tore through Premier League defences on a weekly basis. Yet they go ...

Cape Town City will aim to add to Kaizer Chiefs’ woes in the Absa Premiership when the teams meet at Cape Town Stadium on Saturday, 15 September 2018. Kick-off is at 3pm CAT. City come into the game having played to a 2-2 draw away to Free State Stars in their last league outing. The Cape side needed winger Craig ...

La Liga’s plans to play Girona’s fixture with champions Barcelona in Miami moved a step closer after the league’s organising body said on Tuesday they have asked for permission from the Spanish football federation to take the game abroad. “Barcelona, Girona and La Liga have requested the authorisation of the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) to play Girona v Barcelona on ...