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Jose Mourinho has revealed Juan Mata’s contract at Manchester United has been extended for another year. Spain midfielder Mata was in the last six months of the deal he signed when he joined the club from Chelsea in 2014, but United had the option of keeping him for an extra season and have triggered that agreement. The 29-year-old is now ...

Mamelodi Sundowns had a special guest in their training session on Monday morning at the club’s base in Chloorkop – sprint legend Usain Bolt. The Jamaican trained with the Brazilians and imparted his knowledge on how to gain maximum speed with the club’s strikers. Bolt was at home with the 2016 African champions. The two sporting institutions, Bolt and Sundowns, ...

Chelsea captain Gary Cahill has insisted that he and his fellow players have “no idea” about Antonio Conte’s future at the Premier League champions as they prepare to take on Bournemouth on Wednesday. The Italian led the Blues to last season’s league title in his first season in charge, but he has been surrounded by speculation since the summer, with ...

Manchester United will not stand in the way of Zlatan Ibrahimovic if he wants to leave the club, manager Jose Mourinho said on Monday.But the Swedish striker, linked by British media with a move to LA Galaxy, has not mentioned the subject to his manager. “If that is true and Zlatan wants a future in another club in another country, ...

Okechukwu Gabriel scored an extra-time winner as Nigeria sealed their place in the semifinals of the 2018 African Nations Championship (Chan) with a 2-1 win over Angola at the Stade Ibn Batouta in Tangier, Morocco, on Sunday. Vladimir Vá’s second-half goal swung the game in Angola’s favour, but Anthony Okpotu levelled matters in stoppage-time before Gabriel settled matters in the ...

Joel Matip accepts Liverpool must quickly resolve the defensive problems that sparked their FA Cup exit ahead of a Premier League visit to Huddersfield Town on Tuesday. Reds manager Jurgen Klopp acknowledged his side were guilty of making mistakes for each of West Browmich Albion’s goals in the visitors’ 3-2 cup win at Anfield that ended Liverpool’s lengthy unbeaten home ...

Zambia will take aim at Sudan when the teams meet in the second quarterfinal of the 2018 African Nations Championship, set for Saturday at the Stade Marrakech. Kick-off is at 9.30pm CAT. Zambia topped Group B thanks to impressive wins over Uganda and Ivory Coast, before settling for a 1-1 draw with Southern Africans rivals and fellow quarterfinal qualifiers – ...

Jose Mourinho hailed new signing Alexis Sanchez after he delivered a man-of-the-match performance to fire Manchester United into the fifth round of the FA Cup with a 4-0 win against lowly Yeovil Town on Friday. Sanchez was named in the starting line-up just days after he signed for United from Arsenal and was involved in the build-up to the first ...

Zambia and Sudan face off tonight in the quarterfinals of the African Nations Championship (CHAN) at the Grand Stade de Marrakech in Morocco. Both sides know any loss at this stage means taking the next plane home but Wedson Nyirenda and his charges believe they have done enough to stop the Sudanese interest in the tournament. Interestingly both sides have ...

Arsene Wenger insisted Arsenal were at fault if Alexis Sanchez had missed a routine drugs test on the same day as he was completing his transfer to Manchester United. Reports in the British media late on Thursday suggested the Chile forward had contravened the Football Association’s ‘whereabouts’ rule by missing a doping test scheduled for Monday – the same day ...