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Manchester City have signed defender Eliaquim Mangala from Porto for a fee understood to be about £32m. The 23-year-old Frenchman came close to joining City in January and was inadvertently pictured in a 'signing' video on the club's website last...

Chelsea came from behind to beat Ferencvaros 2-1 in a pre-season friendly, but lost striker Didier Drogba to injury during the first half. The Ivorian, making his first start since rejoining the club, had treatment on an ankle shortly after...

Manchester United's famed "Class of '92" including Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes and Gary Neville donned their soccer boots for possibly one last time on Thursday and immediately wished they had left them in the loft. The retired trio, along with...

Everton finished fifth last season with a club Premier League record of 72 points that would have earned them a Champions League spot in any other year, yet their prospects of cracking the top four look as slim as...

Nigeria's long quest to defend their Africa Cup of Nations crown will begin in September after the line up for the final phase of qualifiers for Morocco 2015 Africa Cup of Nations was completed last weekend. Rwanda, who over came...

Oscar Pistorius' defence team will sum up it's case this morning as the murder trial of the Paralympian reaches it's closing stages. On Thursday prosecutor Gerrie Nel branded Pistorius "deceitful" and insisted the Paralympian cannot avoid a conviction for murdering...

Angry Bayern Munich manager Pep Guardiola did not shake hands with his opposite number after his star-studded side lost to the MLS All-Star team in a fierce friendly in Portland, Oregon on Wednesday. The Spaniard gave Caleb Porter a one-fingered...

Prosecutor Gerrie Nel has branded Oscar Pistorius "deceitful" and insisted the Paralympian cannot avoid a conviction for murdering his girlfriend, as the state closed its case against him in South Africa on Thursday. Nel said that even if the court...

Derby County are close to securing a season-long loan deal for Real Madrid midfielder Omar Mascarell, BBC Radio Derby reports. Discussions are already at an advanced stage with the Spanish side and the 21-year-old is in England for talks. Mascarell came...

Manchester United's Spanish midfielder Juan Mata says the team have shown during their pre-season tour of the United States that they believe in the new system introduced by Dutch coach Louis van Gaal. United wrapped up their US tour with...