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Paul Pogba, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Marcos Rojo will be in the Manchester United squad for Saturday evening's Premier League home game against Newcastle, Jose Mourinho has confirmed. Ibrahimovic and Rojo have both been out of action since April when limping off with knee ligament damage in the Europa League quarter-final second leg with Anderlecht. Pogba has missed 12 weeks on the sidelines with a hamstring injury he sustained against Basel on September 12. The trio have returned to full training in recent weeks while Rojo featured for the Manchester United...

Mugabe Coup: Zimbabwe's military appeared to be in control of the country Wednesday as generals denied staging a coup but used state television to vow to target "criminals" close to President Robert Mugabe. Mugabe's decades-long grip on power was dramatically weakened as military vehicles blocked roads outside the parliament in Harare and senior soldiers delivered a late-night television address to the nation. "We wish to assure the nation that his excellency the president... and his family are safe and sound and their security is guaranteed," Major General Sibusiso Moyo said,...

In his usual enthusiastic and positive fashion, Patrice Evra has posted a video on his Instagram page vowing to "come back stronger ever" after he was banned, fined and sacked for kicking a fan ahead of Marseille's Europa League tie at Guimaraes earlier this month. The former Manchester United and Juventus left-back was issued a ban from European club competition until June 30, 2018, and a €10,000 fine as a result of the incident. Since his ban only applies to UEFA club competitions, Evra could still play in a domestic league, and...

AFRIMA AWARDS 2017: The 2017 edition of the All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA) held at the EKO Hotel & Suites , Lagos on Sunday amidst much pomp and pageantry. This year's edition witnessed Nigerian musicians and entertainers winning the biggest awards at the event. Wizkid edged past Davido to clinch the Artiste of the Year and Song of the Year and Best West African Artiste awards. Other Nigerian winners at the AFRIMA awards event are; Tiwa Savage, YCee, Wande Coal, 2baba, Adasa Cookey and Orezi. See the full list of...

Former FIFA president, Jose Sepp Blatter has denied allegations leveled against him by US women’s goalkeeper Hope Solo that he had grabbed her backside, describing the claim as “absurd and ridiculous”. The US soccer star made the allegation during an interview with Portuguese newspaper, Expresso. She revealed the former FIFA boss had sexually harassed her during the 2013 Ballon d'Or award ceremony. The 36-year-old goalkeeper claimed Blatter grabbed her butt while she was about to present an award to teammate Abby Wambach at the ceremony. “Sepp Blatter grabbed my ass,...