Former AC Milan and Paris Saint-Germain star George Weah has claimed victory in Liberia s presidential race.
Weah, a league winner in France and Italy, was the first African footballer to win the Ballon d Or when he was crowned in 1995.
The former Liberia striker turned to politics after retiring from football and was beaten in a 2005 election, before returning this year as the Congress for Democratic Change (CDC) candidate, going up against Joseph Boakai, who has served as vice president under Ellen Johnson Sirleaf for the past 12 years since Weah s defeat at the polls.
Celebrating victory, Weah posted on Twitter: It is with deep emotion that I want to thank you, the Liberian people, for honoring me with your vote today. It is a great hope.
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Chelsea produced a dominant display to ensure Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho s return to Stamford Bridge ended in a humbling 4-0 defeat.
Mourinho was back at the Bridge for the first time since being sacked by the club he guided to a third Premier League title in 2014-15, but he had no reason to celebrate as Antonio Conte came out well on top in their first meeting in English football.
The Portuguese s only previous match in the opposition dugout came in March 2010 when he led Inter to a 1-0 victory in the Champions League, but his second trip could not have contrasted more starkly.
Mourinho s team, without captain Wayne Rooney due to injury, were stunned when Pedro rounded David de Gea to score the quickest goal in the Premier League this season after j…
Edinson Cavani is showing Manchester United s younger players how to successfully prolong their careers, according to manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
The 33-year-old joined United on a free transfer on deadline day in October, having left Paris Saint-Germain at the end of the 2019-20 campaign.
Cavani has scored three Premier League goals for United after coming off the bench, claiming two in last weekend s dramatic 3-2 win at Southampton.
The striker, who also set up Bruno Fernandes to score at St Mary s Stadium, is averaging a goal involvement every 32 minutes in the top flight and his cameo last week helped United to a club-record eighth away league win in a row.
He was also the oldest player to make his debut for United (at 33 years, 253 days) sinc…
Mohamed Salah looks set to threaten Ian Rush s Liverpool record for the most goals in a single season after his haul of four against Watford moved him to within 11 of the club icon.
Salah was in inspirational form at Anfield on Saturday, scoring four times and setting up a goal for Roberto Firmino as the Reds won 5-0.
After scoring his second of the day, Salah overtook Fernando Torres record for the most goals netted in a debut season for the Reds, moving on to 34 since his move from Roma.
But he was far from done, adding two more in the final 13 minutes to leave Watford battered and bruised.
4 Mohamed Salah is the first Liverpool player to score four goals in a single Premier League game since Luis Suarez versus Norwich in December 2013. Fab.
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Ilkay Gundogan does not expect Brazil s World Cup semi-final humiliation at the hands of Germany four years ago to have any bearing when the sides meet in Berlin on Tuesday.
Joachim Low s men sensationally thrashed the host nation 7-1 on their way to glory at Brazil 2014.
Manchester City midfielder Gundogan played for Borussia Dortmund at the time and was ruled out of the tournament through injury, leaving him to watch on in shock with the rest of Germany as events unfolded at the Estadio Mineirao.
We were all sitting in disbelief in front of the TV, the 27-year-old recalled at a news conference on Sunday. Such a result is not commonplace for a World Cup semi-final.
The current Brazilian team is not comparable to that of 2014. The 7-1 is no longer an…
Continuing on their eye-catching run since returning from the World Cup break, Manchester United picked up a late 1-0 victory away at Wolves on Saturday lunchtime.
With their sights firmly set on securing a Champions League return this season, it was the red-hot Marcus Rashford who fired Erik ten Hag s men back into the top-four after bagging the winner 14 minutes from the end.
Now winning each of their last three domestic outings since returning from the winter interval, the Red Devils also piled more pressure onto a Wolves side that find themselves at the heart of a relegation scrap.
Although Saturday s hosts might have opened Julen Lopetegui s tenure with a last-gasp 2-1 victory away at Wolves earlier in the week, the Oranges certainly came crashing back down…
Kylian Mbappe appears to have put an end to all the speculation around his future, at least when this summer is concerned. As relayed by , the France international made it perfectly clear he still dreams of winning the Champions League with Paris Saint-Germain.
Mbappe s contract with the Ligue 1 giants has less than a year left to run, but PSG president Nasser Al-Khelaifi has already expressed a firm stance about not selling their most valuable player this summer.
Having won the 2018 World Cup with France, the 22-year-old is determined to add the most prestigious trophy in club football to his collection as well, and he wants to do it wearing a PSG shirt. PSG came very close in 2019-20, losing the final at the hands of Bayern Munich by a single goal, and they reached th…
Premier League clubs have voted to push England s summer transfer window deadline back to September 1 for the 2020-21 season.
In 2017, clubs decided to support the closing of the transfer window the day before the Premier League season began, with many managers previously suggesting the uncertainty that accompanied a later deadline was not beneficial.
This measure was brought in ahead of the 2018-19 season and remained in place at the start of 2019-20, but decriers felt it left Premier League clubs at a major disadvantage to European teams, with the other major UEFA nations not bringing their deadline forward.
At a Premier League shareholders meeting on Thursday, clubs voted in favour of pushing the deadline back again, thereby reducing the risk of teams losing …
Bukayo Saka will miss England’s upcoming internationals with Australia and Italy, the Football Association has confirmed.
The Arsenal attacker was called up to Gareth Southgate’s squad on Thursday, despite concerns over his fitness after being substituted in recent matches at Bournemouth and Lens.
Saka subsequently sat out Arsenal’s 1-0 win over Manchester City on Sunday with a hamstring issue and club boss Mikel Arteta said afterwards the 22-year-old would have to pull out of the England squad.
Saka met up with England’s medical staff at St George’s Park on Monday and it has now been confirmed he will return to Arsenal for further treatment.
An update from the camp, as withdraws after being assessed by England s medical team.
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Speaking to , Leicester City s Youri Tielemans revealed he was open to exploring all the options which present themselves in the near future.
The Belgium international was linked with Liverpool for a while during the summer transfer window, and Real Madrid were later credited with interest as well. According to Fabrizio Romano, many clubs are interested in signing him at the end of this season, when his contract with the Foxes will enter its final year.
The situation would presumably change if the 24-year-old midfielder was to sign a new contract between now and then, but as of yet, there is no such offer on his table.
Tielemans has so far played a total of 113 matches for Brendan Rodgers side since arriving from AS Monaco in 2019, scoring 18 goals and providing…