(Reuters) – Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero has been involved in a road accident in the Netherlands and will be assessed by club doctors when he returns on Friday, the Premier League side has said. “Sergio Aguero will be assessed by Club doctors today after being involved in a road accident on Thursday,” City said […]
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(Reuters) – Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp has dismissed criticism for his team’s recent form, saying that the Merseyside club have identified their weak points and are working on solving them. Liverpool have won only one of their six fixtures in September across all competitions, a narrow 3-2 league win over Leicester City last Saturday. Their […]
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(Reuters) – Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba is facing a long spell on the sidelines due to a hamstring injury, manager Jose Mourinho said on Friday. Pogba suffered the injury in United’s 3-0 Champions League win over Basel this month. “He’s injured, he cannot play tomorrow and it’s not an injury that I can have […]
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LIBREVILLE (Reuters) – Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang will return to Gabon’s squad for their World Cup qualifier against Morocco in just over a week after missing their last two matches, he said on Friday. The Borussia Dortmund marksman was a surprise absentee as Gabon lost 3-0 at home to Ivory Coast on Sept. 2 but then three […]
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By Abhishek Takle SEPANG, Malaysia (Reuters) – Sebastian Vettel went fastest ahead of team mate Kimi Raikkonen as Ferrari set the pace on the opening day of Malaysian Formula One Grand Prix practice on Friday. Vettel’s time of one minute 31.261, the fastest ever around the 5.5-kilometre Sepang track, was set in the second 90-minute […]
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By Abhishek Takle SEPANG, Malaysia (Reuters) – Sebastian Vettel went fastest ahead of team mate Kimi Raikkonen as Ferrari set the pace on the opening day of Malaysian Formula One Grand Prix practice on Friday. Vettel’s time of one minute 31.261, the fastest ever around the 5.5-kilometre Sepang track, was set in the second 90-minute […]
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(Reuters) – Crystal Palace striker Christian Benteke has been ruled out for at least six weeks due to a knee ligament damage, manager Roy Hodgson said on Friday. Winger Wilfried Zaha has not recovered from his knee injury in time to visit Manchester United in the Premier League on Saturday, while Chelsea loanee Ruben Loftus-Cheek […]
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By Simon Cambers LONDON (Reuters) – Next year’s U.S. Open is set to allow coaching during matches but the man who guides Serena Williams has vowed to keep quiet for fear of making the 23-times grand slam champion too relianton him in high-pressure situations. Patrick Mouratoglou, who began coaching the American in 2012, went on […]
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POTCHEFSTROOM, South Africa (Reuters) – Dean Elgar posted his highest test score and Hashim Amla scored a 27th century as South Africa continued to put Bangladesh’s bowlers to the sword and reached lunch at 411 for one at lunch on the second day of the first test on Friday. Elgar, who was 128 not out […]
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BLOEMFONTEIN (Reuters) – South Africa have been working hard on improving their line-out for Saturday’s Rugby Championship test against Australia, captain Eben Etzebeth said on Friday. The imposing lock admitted the Springbok set-pieces had been shambolic in their record 57-0 drubbing by New Zealand last time out. “There definitely were line-out issues and it didn’t […]
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By Mark Gleeson (Reuters) – Arsenal led a list of nine clubs who grabbed a second win in as many games in the Europa League group phase as France striker Olivier Giroud scored his 100th goal for the club in a 4-2 win at BATE Borisov on Thursday. AC Milan, Braga, Dynamo Kiev, Lazio, Nice, […]
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By Elvira Pollina MILAN (Reuters) – The Chinese owner of former European soccer champions AC Milan is looking for one or more investors to share the financial burden, less than six months after buying the loss-making Italian club, two sources said on Friday. Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi finalised the sale of AC Milan […]
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