Africa’s superpowers assemble for Cup of Nations knockout stages
Cameroon and hosts Morocco could soon be joined by Nigeria and Egypt at the business end of the tournament For a decade or more, a familiar theme of Cups of Nations has been how...
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Premier League: 10 talking points from the weekend’s football
Nuno lets a golden opportunity slip, Viktor Gyökeres does everything but score and Benjamin Sesko struggles again Calum McFarlane’s unexpected battle with Pep Guardiola brought back memories of the 2021 League Cup final, when...
Liam Rosenior arrives in London to discuss taking over as Chelsea manager
Strasbourg manager, 41, to have talks on Monday He could be in place before Wednesday’s game at Fulham Chelsea are closing in on the appointment of Liam Rosenior after the Strasbourg manager flew to...
Brahim Díaz fires winner as Afcon hosts Morocco survive scare against Tanzania
Last 16: Morocco 1-0 Tanzania (Brahim 64’) South Africa or Cameroon await in quarter-finals Brahim Díaz scored his fourth goal for Morocco at the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations to put the hosts into...
Enzo Fernández stuns Manchester City with last-gasp equaliser for managerless Chelsea
It would have been easy for Pep Guardiola and Manchester City to think that this was a good time to face Chelsea. The London club had crashed in December, their Premier League form awful...
Angry Amorim tells Manchester United: ‘I’m here to be manager, not coach’
Amorim casts doubt on long-term future at club Outburst came after Cunha earned draw at Leeds Ruben Amorim has insisted he is Manchester United’s manager, not just the coach, and said that he may...
Igor Thiago hat-trick punishes sorry Everton as Brentford overtake them in table
Brentford’s previously dismal away form defies comprehension on this evidence. Keith Andrews’s team had the good fortune to encounter Everton’s worst performance of the season, admittedly, but with the rampant Igor Thiago capping a...
Guimarães and Thiaw fire Newcastle to victory as Palace’s winless run goes on
Eddie Howe describes January as “season defining” for his side and Newcastle’s manager looked suitably delighted to kick it off by collecting three points as Crystal Palace’s winless run continued. Yet snapshots of a...
Reed’s rocket rescues Fulham point and denies Liverpool in thrilling finish
Perhaps they underestimated Harrison Reed. Certainly there was little reaction when the ball came back to the Fulham substitute with 96 minutes gone at Craven Cottage. Liverpool simply stood off Reed, almost daring the...
Manchester City v Chelsea: Premier League – live
Updates from 5.30pm (GMT) kick-off at the Etihad Clockwatch: Fulham v Liverpool, Afcon and more Antoine Semenyo, it seems likely, will soon join Manchester City from Bournemouth for a fee of £65m. Given how...