Sport world international : 2016-05-08

Saturday, 14 May 2016

Galliani: Ibrahimovic too expensive for Serie A

The Sweden international's wage demands will prove a stumbling block for a potential return to the San Siro, the Rossoneri chief has admitted

Didier Drogba scores for Impact, leaves with injury

The star striker put his side up early, but his status is unknown after an injury.

Scott Quigg is waiting for a new opponent after Shingo Wake pulled out, but will not be defending his WBA super-bantamweight title against British rival Kid Galahad. You are there to be shot at when you're at the top. Everyone keeps telling us we have ...

Legendary Arsenal winger Rachel Yankey won't play in this weekend's SSE Women's FA Cup Final - but that doesn't mean she's impartial, she tells Carrie Dunn.

Chelsea have reportedly asked the Premier League if John Terry can lead the team out against Leicester City on Sunday despite being suspended.

Championship play-off semi-final, first leg, iPro Stadium – Derby County 0 Hull City 3 (Hernandez 30, Shackell 40 (og), Robertson 90).

Championship leader Nico Rosberg set the pace in final Formula 1 practice for the Spanish Grand Prix, but Ferrari remained hot on Mercedes' heels ahead of qualifying.

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Carlo Ancelotti says he would have become Manchester United manager in 2013 if he had not already been approached by Real Madrid.

Join us for live coverage of Granada against Barcelona, which could see Luis Enrique’s men crowned champions of Spain.

Join us for live coverage as Deportivo La Coruna take on Real Madrid, with Zinedine Zidane’s side hoping to snatch the title from rivals Barcelona.

Manchester United have put together a three-man transfer shortlist of Antoine Griezmann, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Romelu Lukaku, while Louis van Gaal is staying at Old Trafford and Marcus Rashford is set to join Jermain Defoe in England's training squad. It’s the top stories from Saturday’s papers...

Amidst controversy surrounding Sushil Kumar and Narsingh Yadav, Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) has decided to send bollywood actor Salman Khan to Rio Olympics.

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In Saturday's news, Chelsea get one over their captain in the PR battle and Lewis Hamilton struggles to keep up with Nico Rosberg. Elsewhere, Rory McIlroy rues a poor finish after a stunning round at Sawgrass, Andre Greipel sprints to a stage win on the Giro, and Rob Gronkowski wonders how he can top last year's birthday bash.

Eleven Premier League players in Belgium's Euro 2016 squad

Belgium coach Marc Wilmots has named a strong 24-man squad for Euro 2016, which is heavy on Premier League representation.

Our team of writers name their squads for the European Championships, which kicks off in France next month.

Borussia Dortmund have announced the signing of 18-year-old Ousmane Dembele from Ligue 1 club, Stade Rennes.

France coach Didier Deschamps has named his 23-man squad and eight reserves for next month's European football Championship in France.

Injury scare! Osimhen pulls shoulder in test game

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Youngster, Victor Osimhen is now a major injury concern for Nigeria ahead of an U-20 AFCON qualifier in Burundi after he pulled a serious shoulder injury in a test game against the country’s Olympic team on Thursday.

Jason Day lived up to his status as the world's number one golfer as he charged into an early two-shot lead with a record-tying nine-under-par 63 in Thursday's opening round of the Players Championship at Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida.

Kevin Durant scored 37 points as the Oklahoma City Thunder eliminated the San Antonio Spurs with a 113-99 victory on Thursday in Game 6 of their Western Conference semi-final series at the Chesapeake Energy Arena.

Rafael Benitez could be persuaded to stay at Newcastle United next season despite the club's relegation.

Sebastian Vettel says comments from Sergio Marchionne about Ferrari are a positive rather than increasing pressure on the team.

Marchionne challenged Ferrari to be the team to beat from the opening race of 2016, and told Italian media after the Russian Grand Prix that he is hurt by the gap to Mercedes. While Vettel would not be drawn on specific comments from the Ferrari president, he says the focus on the team's performance is a positive sign.

"I think it is great that our president cares," Vettel said. "He is really in tune with the team, he wants to help us where he can and of course he is upset and disappointed when things happen that are out of your hands, you are not finishing the race or you are not finishing where we could have finished. So I see more the positives rather than the pressure.

"I think it is good to have him behind us. I speak to him and the team speaks to him, so this makes me quite confident. Bit by bit things are going the right way. We set the target to win this year, we haven’t achieved that yet so you have a fair point if you want to criticise us but the guys are behind us."

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Asked what Marchionne has told him, Vettel said it is simply a case of both expressing their desire to return to winning ways as quickly as possible,

"It is not secret, we want to bring Ferrari back to the top sooner rather than later. As I said before, the races we have had could have been better but they were not. We can keep talking about the races we have had, it doesn’t change anything but it is smarter investing our time in the races we have ahead of us.

"There are no big secrets, everyone in the team, including him is wanting to make progress. I think we are working dissimilarly to other teams, we are pushing hard and he is a big part of the team. Sure, he lets us know where he wants the team to be, but equally we have the same motivation here."

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Russian sportsmen named in doping scandal deny claims

Russian skier Alexander Legkov and bobsledder Alexander Zubkov, named in doping allegations by the former head of Russia's drug testing laboratory, have rejected the claims as "nonsense and slanderous", Russia's Match TV reported on Friday.

Luis Suarez insists “pride is the biggest motivation”, not the ‘bonuses’ that have overshadowed the build-up to Barcelona’s trip to Granada on Saturday.

Allegations by a former head of Russia's drug testing laboratory that dozens of Russian athletes used doping when they competed at the 2014 Sochi Olympics are "slander by a turncoat" and are absolutely groundless, the Kremlin said on Friday.

Carlo Ancelotti has slapped a price tag on Mario Gotze, Morata could exit Juventus while Everton target Ronald Koeman. It's Friday's Paper Round.

Jonathan Wilson wonders when - and indeed if - Manchester United are going to fire Louis van Gaal.

For Manchester United, Tuesday’s defeat at West Ham felt emblematic.

Benzema in contention for Champions League final

Karim Benzema is returning to full fitness at just the right time for Real Madrid, who will play Atletico Madrid in the Champions League final on May 28.

Snooker’s celebrated Shoot Out tournament will be a world ranking event for the first time in the coming season.

Robin van Perise Luis Nani Fenerbahce STSL 02292016

The former Manchester United stars could be on the move again and may be the latest big-names to make the move to Asia and join the Chinese Super League.

Unhappy Oscar determined to earn Chelsea stay

Oscar admits he has endured a "very difficult" season at Chelsea but is desperate to stay and work under Antonio Conte next season.

King Felipe VI of Spain will not attend the Europa League final between Sevilla and Liverpool, much to president Jose Castro's frustration.

Sevilla president Jose Castro has criticized the King of Spain for not showing his support for the Liga side and attending the Europa League final.

Ronaldo scores 200th goal at the Bernabeu

The capital club's all-time leading scorer hit his latest milestone in the 3-2 win over Valencia, keeping Zinedine Zidane's men in contention for the Liga title.

"60 Minutes" interviews the couple who revealed their country's state-sponsored system of doping and learns damning new details about the 2014 Winter Games

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Mario Gutierrez guides Nyquist to victory at Churchill Downs.(Photo: Jamie Rhodes, USA TODAY Sports)

Barcelona 5-0 Espanyol: Catalans one step closer to retaining La Liga

Lionel Messi opened the scoring and Luis Suarez, Rafinha and Neymar added to the visitors' woes with goals of their own as Luis Enrique's men look to assure the crown

Manchester City 2-2 Arsenal: Sanchez opens door for United in Champions League race

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Manchester United can go fourth on Tuesday after Manchester City was held to an entertaining 2-2 Premier League draw by Arsenal

Manchester United can go fourth on Tuesday after Manchester City was held to an entertaining 2-2 Premier League draw by Arsenal.

Real Madrid 3-2 Valencia: Ronaldo double sees Blancos beat stubborn Che

The star forward bagged a brace and Karim Benzema score the crucial third to ensure La Liga's title race goes to the final day

Kompany out for four months, reveals Belgium physio

The veteran defender will miss the start of Pep Guardiola's reign at Manchester City due to his latest injury setback.

A dramatic final day of the Dutch season ended with PSV defending the title, as Bryan Smeets' equalizer ended the challenge of Frank de Boer's side.

Ajax was held to a shock 1-1 draw at second-bottom De Graafschap on a dramatic final day of the Eredivisie season, handing rival PSV a second consecutive league title.

For the fifth year in a row, the Scottish Premiership is heading to Celtic after it beat Aberdeen in Glasgow.

Six years after the club was formed, RB Leipzig has won promotion to the Bundesliga thanks to a 2-0 win over Karlsruher.

thanks to a 2-0 win over Karlsruher.

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