Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea has signed a new contract to stay with the club until 2023. De Gea, 28, has made 367 United appearances since Sir Alex Ferguson brought him to the club from Atletico Madrid in an £18.9m deal in June 2011. “Now my future is fixed,…
Callum Wilson scored a brace for Bournemouth as they enjoyed a 3-1 home victory over a defensively fragile Everton side to move into mid-table in the Premier League on Sunday. Wilson nodded the hosts into the lead from a corner in the 23rd minute only for Dominic Calvert-Lewin to level…
On-loan Arsenal forward Henrikh Mkhitaryan scored on his debut as AS Roma beat Sassuolo 4-2 in Serie A. The Armenia international scored his side’s third goal with a low strike after Bryan Cristante‘s header and a volley from Edin Dzeko had put Roma in control. Justin Kluivert‘s composed finish made…
Watford fought back from two goals down at half-time to draw at home to Arsenal in Quique Sanchez Flores‘ first match since being reappointed Hornets manager. Flores’s return following the dismissal of Javi Gracia after four games of the Premier League season seemed to be going flat as Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang…
Tyson Fury has warned Anthony Joshua about losing muscle and changing his style for his rematch against Andy Ruiz Jr. After his shock defeat at Madison Square Garden on June 1, Joshua has the chance to win back his titles as he faces Ruiz in Saudi Arabia on December 7.…
Peru ended Brazil’s 17-match unbeaten run with a 1-0 friendly win in Los Angeles. Luis Abram scored the only goal in the 84th minute, inflicting the first defeat in over a year on the five-time world champions. The introduction of forwards Neymar, Vinicius Junior, Lucas Paqueta and Bruno Henrique at…
Cristiano Ronaldo scored four goals as Portugal rout Lithuania 5-1 in Euro 2020 qualifying. The Juventus forward has now scored 93 international goals, 16 behind Iran legend Ali Daei‘s world record. He scored an early penalty, before Vytautas Andriuskevicius equalised. Ronaldo’s 20-yard shot went in off the head of Lithuania…
Nigeria’s Super Eagles were held to a 2-2 draw by Ukraine in Tuesday’s international friendly fixture. Two second-half goals denied the Super Eagles victory in Dnipro after their impressive display in Tuesday’s friendly fixture. Quick-fire goals from Oleksandr Zinchenko and Roman Yaremchuk cancelled out first-half efforts from Joe Aribo and…
D’Tigers of Nigeria have qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games after beating host nation China 86-73 in their final 2019 FIBA World Cup classification game in Guanzghou on Sunday. Nwora named an unchanged line-up from the side that defeated Ivory Coast in the previous game with Ben Uzoh, Ike…
Rafael Nadal won his 19th Grand Slam title after holding off Russian Daniil Medvedev‘s exhilarating fightback in one of the greatest US Open finals. Spain’s Nadal, 33, won 7-5 6-3 5-7 4-6 6-4 against the fifth seed in New York. Nadal, seeded second, was cruising at two sets and a…
