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National soccer team Coach Wedson Nyirenda has named his final 20-member squad that will face South Africa in the first leg of the African Nations Championship (CHAN) to be played in South Africa on August 12, 2017. The team is expected to leave on Thursday via South African Airways. FULL LIST GOALKEEPERS: Chibwe Allan (Power Dynamos), Toaster Nsabata (Zanaco). DEFENDERS: ...

Manchester United’s Jose Mourinho can collect the one European trophy he lacks when his side face Real Madrid in the Uefa Super Cup on Tuesday in his first competitive meeting with the Spanish giants since an acrimonious split in 2013. Mourinho, whose team won the Europa League last season to salvage an otherwise disappointing first campaign under the Portuguese, led ...

Empowered by a close-season transfer splurge of some £200 million, Manchester City are the early favourites to topple Premier League champions Chelsea. Pep Guardiola endured a bruising first season in English football as City failed to challenge for the title, eventually finishing 15 points adrift of Chelsea in third place. The club reacted with a glut of new signings — ...

Arsenal’s failure to qualify for the Champions League will allow them to focus their attention this season on winning the Premier League for the first time since 2004, manager Arsene Wenger has said. The Frenchman noted in May that the two most recent league champions – Chelsea and Leicester City – did not play European football during their title-winning campaigns. ...

Liverpool must come through a tough two-legged play-off tie against Hoffenheim if they are to return to the group stage of the Champions League after a three-year absence, following Friday’s draw. Jurgen Klopp will take his Liverpool team back to his native Germany for the first leg on 15 or 16 August with the return at Anfield a week later. ...

Although they won two major trophies last season, a sixth-placed Premier League finish cannot be heralded as a success for a club of Manchester United’s size and pedigree.With the new season fast approaching, however, there is an air of optimism around Old Trafford with a squad now bearing the resemblance of one on which Jose Mourinho can work his magic. ...

Leicester City on Thursday announced the signing of Nigerian international striker Kelechi Iheanacho from English Premier League rivals Manchester City. Iheanacho, 20, has signed a five-year deal at the King Power Stadium with the transfer fee officially undisclosed. However, the BBC reported the fee to be £25 million. “It’s a great signing for us. Kelechi is an enormously talented player ...

Orlando Pirates have confirmed the return of Milutin Sredejovic as the head coach for his second stint at the club on Thursday. The 47-year old was in charge of Pirates in 2006 and rejoins the club following his resignation as head coach of the Uganda national team whom he led to their first Africa Cup of Nations tournament since 1978. ...

A fire broke out at the World Cup stadium being built in the Russian city of Samara on Thursday, a regional government official said, the second such incident in seven weeks to hit venues under construction for the tournament. The stadium in Samara, a city of 1.1 million located some 850 kilometres southeast of Moscow, will host six matches in ...

La Liga has rejected an attempt by lawyers for Barcelona forward Neymar to pay his buyout clause of 222m euros (£198m). The Brazil international, 25, is set to sign for Paris St-Germain for a world record fee, after telling Barcelona he wanted to leave on Wednesday. Spanish media say La Liga officials believe PSG are violating Uefa’s Financial Fair Play ...