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Manchester United prepared up for their massive 'Red Monday' showdown with arch-rivals Liverpool by stretching in their hotel car park. It may be one of the most glamorous and famous duels in world football, but United were taking a no-frills...

Guillem Balague runs through the talking points in La Liga, including the latest on Cristiano Ronaldo's contract situation at Real Madrid. Atletico Madrid continued their fine form with a 7-1 victory against Granada at the Vicente Calderon, while Barcelona saw...

Barcelona striker Neymar has agreed a new contract which keeps him at the Nou Camp until the summer of 2021. The Catalan club has fixed his buy-out clause at £181m for the first year of his new contract, £200m for...

Premier League players would still suffer "significant abuse" if they chose to reveal they are gay, Football Association chairman Greg Clarke has warned. Clarke was answering Commons Select Committee questions at the government's governance of football inquiry. "I'm cautious of encouraging...

Due diligence was carried out on Sam Allardyce before his appointment as England manager, says Football Association chairman Greg Clarke. Allardyce, 61, left his role in September after 67 days in charge following a newspaper investigation claiming he offered advice...

Eight men were found guilty on Monday of waging what prosecutors called an "utterly abhorrent" campaign of sexual violence and intimidation against young girls in the Rotherham area of northern England 13 years ago. The defendants faced charges including rape,...

An attack by Islamist militants on a high-security prison in Niger holding about 100 jihadists has been foiled, government spokesman Marou Amadou says. Fighting at Koutoukale, 50km (31 miles) north-west of the capital, Niamey, was reported at dawn. Mr Amadou told...

The house where Adolf Hitler was born is set to be demolished to stop it becoming a focal point for neo-Nazis. The future of the former guesthouse has been widely debated in Austria, where opinion was torn between tearing it...

NatWest bank has frozen the accounts of Russia's state-run broadcaster RT, its editor-in-chief says. Margarita Simonyan tweeted: "They've closed our accounts in Britain. All our accounts. 'The decision is not subject to review.' Praise be to freedom of speech!" An MP...

Russia has announced a "humanitarian pause" in its bombing of the Syrian city of Aleppo. Moscow said it would halt operations in Aleppo on Thursday 20 October for an eight-hour span between 08:00 (05:00 GMT) and 16:00. The Russian defence ministry...