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Football : Mohamed Salah, l’idole des Égyptiens
Élu Ballon d’Or africain 2018 lors des CAF Awards, le footballeur Égyptien Mohamed Salah est aussi la nouvelle icone de son pays.Ses buts avec Liverpool, son influence dans le jeu de la sélection nationale égyptienne, son…
Kenyan runner hit by car during marathon
Kenyan athlete Joseph Kiprono was knocked down by a car Sunday as he was leading a half-marathon in Colombia in which another competitor collapsed and died, the organizers said. Kiprono is a previous winner of the event. He…
Swede star happy to make Toronto his 500th goal victim
Swedish striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic made history on Saturday, scoring his 500th career goal in stunning fashion, but it wasn't enough to lift the Los Angeles Galaxy to a win over Toronto FC. The 36-year-old Ibrahimovic has…
Saido Berahino: Stoke City striker scores on Burundi debut
After ending his 913-day wait for a goal, Stoke City striker Saido Berahino just cannot stop scoring.Eleven days on from lifting the two-and-a-half-year burden from his shoulders, the former England Under-21 international…
Zidane fuels Man Utd talk with coaching return revelation
The Frenchman has been out of work since leaving Real Madrid, but he is being mooted as a replacement for Jose Mourinho and plans to be back "soon" Zinedine Zidane has fuelled speculation that he could be being lined up to…
Norbert Owona: How Samuel Eto’o helped Cameroon’s ex-captain
Cameroon's ex-football captain Norbert Owona, who has been homeless for two years, has thanked Samuel Eto'o Fils for promising him a new house.He told the BBC the ex-Barcelona and Chelsea striker had recently visited him on…
Kenya welcomes opening of drug-testing lab
Athletics Kenya on Monday welcomed the establishment in Nairobi of a World Anti-Doping Agency-approved blood testing laboratory for East Africa declaring it a big step in their anti-doping fight. The laboratory, due to open…
Three things that have gone wrong for Manchester United
Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho suffered the heaviest home defeat of his coaching career as Tottenham Hotspur won 3-0 at Old Trafford on Monday to spiral an early-season crisis for the Red Devils. Mourinho is at the…
Man Utd: Jose Mourinho gets board’s backing, club not considering Zinedine Zidane
Manager Jose Mourinho retains the full backing of Manchester United's board despite Sunday's 3-2 Premier League defeat at Brighton.The result and performance has attracted widespread criticism. Mourinho is the favourite to…
Track legend Bolt arrives in Australia on football quest
Usain Bolt says he's deadly serious about becoming a professional footballer and plans to show the world what he's capable of after arriving in Australia Saturday for a trial stint with an A-League club. The superstar…
José Mourinho: I’ve never been so happy with Pogba as I am now
José Mourinho has claimed to be enjoying his strongest ever working relationship with Paul Pogba, with the Manchester United manager praising the France midfielder for his application since returning from the World…
Ronaldo takes just 8 minutes to score for Juventus
Cristiano Ronaldo, one of the greatest goalscorers in the history of football, has found the back of the net for the first time since his monumental move from Real Madrid to Juventus, and it took him just eight minutes.As…
Kepa Arrizabalaga: Chelsea sign Athletic Bilbao goalkeeper in world record deal
Chelsea have signed Kepa Arrizabalaga from Athletic Bilbao for £71m - the highest fee ever paid for a goalkeeper, and a club record transfer.Kepa, 23, arrives at Stamford Bridge after a release clause in his contract was…
‘Africa real’ World Cup winners, says Venezuela’s Maduro
Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro believes Africa and not France are the true winners of the 2018 World Cup in Russia. France beat Croatia 4-2 in Sunday's final in Moscow, but with a team featuring number players of…
World Cup 2018: Divisive Neymar ‘charms Brazil, but annoys whole world’
The headline read: 'Neymar has charmed Brazil, but annoyed the whole world'. That was how Brazilian newspaper Globo put it, capturing some of the mood around a man who once again combined the sublime and ridiculous…
Feed the GOAT and he will score! Ronaldo leaving all the greats in his wake
Cristiano Ronaldo's goalscoring is without modern or historical precedent; against Morocco he broke another record. It's futile to deny his brilliance Lionel Messi took part in a memorable pre-World Cup photoshoot which…
Brazil 2-0 Croatia
Neymar scored a brilliant goal on his return from injury as Brazil began their World Cup preparations with a win over Croatia at Anfield.The Paris St-Germain star, 26, smashed a shot in off the bar after a…
Nemanja Matic: Man Utd ‘can fight for Premier League & Champions League with right signings’
Manchester United can "fight for the title and the Champions League" with the right signings this summer, says midfielder Nemanja Matic.United lost the FA Cup final 1-0 to Chelsea on Saturday and finished second in the…
Manchester City’s record breaking season by the numbers
Premier League champions Manchester City set another record landmark by becoming the first side in top flight English football to reach 100 points with victory at Southampton on Sunday. Here, AFP Sports looks at a series of…
Madrid keen to sign Neymar to replace aging Cristiano
Former Barcelona star Neymar is desperate to seal a return to LaLiga after failing to settle into life in France and Real Madrid could offer him a sensational route back.Madrid-based publication AS claim Real Madrid…
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