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African and Commonwealth Games champion, Blessing Okagbare was not in

Mohammed Baba Ganaru has officially taken the reins as head coach of Nigerian champions, Kano Pillars.

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has unleashed a stunning attack on Real Madrid counterpart Rafael Benitez, claiming he "destroyed" his Inter team and even poking fun at his weight.

Luis Enrique insists he is "happy" with Barcelona's pre-season tour despite winning just one of their three games in the United Stets.

Arsenal have signed 16-year-old striker Donyell Malen from Ajax, the Dutch club have announced.

The Athletic Federation of Nigeria has shifted the hosting of the 2015 All Nigeria Athletics Championships to Warri, Delta State after the Cross River State Government failed to host the 69th edition of the event.

Ronaldinho's love affair with Fluminense fans continued as crowds flocked to watch the two-time World Player of the Year's first training session in Rio de Janeiro.

Jose Mourinho has given Eden Hazard an extraordinary vote of confidence with the new season about to get underway by saying that he rates him as one the top three players in the world and better than Cristiano Ronaldo at present.

Real Madrid have been in such red-hot form during pre-season that their star man took a different approach to cool off.

Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal has warned David de Gea that he could end up

Mario Gotze has claimed there is "nothing" in rumours he is considering swapping Bayern Munich for Juventus this summer in a bid to get more game time.

Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has distanced the club from growing speculation linking Christian Benteke with a £32.5 million move to Anfield.

Mathieu Flamini has vowed to keep fighting for his Arsenal place despite losing out to the emergence of Francis Coquelin.

Nigeria have appointed former Super Eagles midfielder and captain Sunday Oliseh as their new coach.

Arsene Wenger has confirmed Alexis Sanchez will miss the FA Community Shield and Arsenal's first game of the Barclays Premier League campaign against West Ham.

+18 Forward Theo Walcott takes part in a resistance running drill at the Singapore American School With a pre-season campaign starting in just a day's time Arsenal's players have been putting the hard yards in to get up to match fitness.

Louis Van Gaal headed off on pre-season tour to America convinced that he has just signed the midfield general Manchester United have been missing.

Asmir Begovic has completed his £8million move to Premier League champions Chelsea after singing a four-year deal at Stamford Bridge. Jose Mourinho had been chasing the Stoke City goalkeeper for a number of weeks ever since it emerged that last season's No 2 Petr Cech would sign for Arsenal. Chelsea and Stoke both confirmed the deal on Twitter on Monday and Begovic will provide competition for Belgian Thibaut Courtois after five years playing regular football for Stoke.

The Arsenal squad have flown out to Singapore with club sponsor and Dubai based airline Emirates, with Petr Cech linking up with many of his team-mates for the first time.

Warri Wolves have ended the mine match unbeaten record of Enyimba after they inflicted a 2-1 defeat to the People's Elepahnt at the Warri City Stadium on Sunday in a NPFL Week 17 tie.

Manchester United have agreed a fee with Southampton for midfielder Morgan Schneiderlin.

Steven Gerrard has been pictured wearing a Los Angeles Galaxy kit for the first time since his summer arrival in the United States.

Former Nigeria senior national team handler Johannes Bonfrere has made a passionate call to the NFF to appoint a foreign coach as next Super Eagles’ coach.

Juventus boss Massimiliano Allegri has signed a one-year extension to his contract and is now tied to the Serie A champions until June 2017.

According to the Chris Green-led disciplinary committee, the actions and inactions of Keshi showed that he could no longer be trusted with the Eagles job.

The man who had the plan is unlikely to be there, but the coach and lover with the restorative touch will be front and centre for this latest duel between two remarkable sisters.

A furious Cristiano Ronaldo stormed out of an interview after being questioned on the future of Real Madrid team-mate Sergio Ramos. Ronaldo's former club Manchester United had a £35million opening bid for the Spain defender rejected last week. Ramos, who was upset at being undervalued by the La Liga giants over a contract stalemate, has told Bernabeu chiefs that he wants his situation resolved by this Friday before Real embark on their tour to Australia and China. Ronaldo was pressed on the issue during an interview with SNTV at the weekend, in which he offered a lukewarm reply. 'I don't know,' he said before reiterating to the broadcaster, 'I don't know.' The Portugal superstar, 30, immediately took off his microphone and headphones as the conversation was brought to an abrupt halt. He did answer a question about former Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard joining LA Galaxy - in which he described as 'fantastic' for American soccer...

Wayne Rooney was among the Manchester United stars returning to the club's AON Training Complex in Carrington on Monday morning to prepare themselves for the new season.

Fenerbahce have announced the signing of Nani from Manchester United.

Torino confirmed they have completed the signing of Joel Obi from Inter Milan for an estimated €2.4 million fee. The 24-year-old has put pen to paper on a deal which is set to see him reside at the Stadio Olimpico under Giampiero Ventura until 2019.

Chelsea have agreed terms with Monaco over the season-long loan of striker Radamel Falcao.

Douglas Costa   has completed his move to   Bayern Munich   after the Bundesliga side agreed a €30 million fee with   Shakhtar Donetsk .

Liverpool have completed the signing of Southampton defender Nathaniel Clyne in a £12million deal. The 24-year-old full back has agreed a five-year contract with the Reds paying £10m up front with a further £2m in add-ons. Clyne is the Reds' sixth signing of the summer, following Manchester City midfielder James Milner, Burnley striker Danny Ings, Hoffenheim forward Roberto Firmino, Bolton goalkeeper Adam Bogdan and Charlton defender Joe Gomez.