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Manchester United lack "real leaders", according to their former midfielder Paul Scholes. The ex-England veteran has expressed his dismay at United's defeat to Liverpool in the Europa League last-32 first-leg on Thursday. In an interview with Sky Sports' Jamie Carragher in...

Arsene Wenger is hoping to have a full quota of fit centre-backs to choose from against Watford on Sunday afternoon - but the Arsenal boss is wary of strikers Troy Deeney and Odion Ighalo. The Gunners came through their FA...

SAN FRANCISCO, March 11, (THEWILL) – Rafael Benitez has been named the as new manager of Newcastle United on a three-year deal. A statement by Lee Charnley, Managing Director, Newcastle United, declared the club’s happiness over the signing of the...

Former Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez will be Newcastle's preferred choice as manager if they replace Steve McClaren. McClaren is still in charge after talks with managing director Lee Charnley. The 54-year-old, whose side are 19th in the Premier League, has taken...

Former Manchester United goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar is coming out retirement at the age of 45 to play for a Dutch amateur team. Van der Sar answered an SOS after VV Noordwijk - his first senior club - were...

West Ham midfielder Alex Song has been recalled by Cameroon for their 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against South Africa. Song has not played for his national team since Cameroon's poor 2014 World Cup campaign in Brazil where he...

BEVERLY HILLS, March 09, (THEWILL) – Global sportswear brand, Nike, have suspended ties with Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova after she admitted to failing a drug test at the Australian Open. Sharapova is the seventh athlete in a month to...

Manchester United will be able to stay and train at their usual base ahead of Thursday's Europa League game away at Liverpool, after being awarded special dispensation by UEFA. Under current UEFA rules the visiting side in European competitions must...

Paris Saint-Germain striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic would still be able to cope with the pace of the Premier League, according to Ray Wilkins. The 34-year-old, whose side face Chelsea in the second leg of their Champions League last-16 tie on Wednesday,...

Swiss authorities say evidence has been seized in a search at the French Football Federation headquarters for their criminal case against former FIFA president Sepp Blatter. The office of Switzerland's attorney general says the governing body for French soccer consented...