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Manchester United team returned to action for the first time in 24 days, with a friendly against La Liga side Cadiz CF in Spain at the Estadio Nuevo Mirandilla. United fell two goals behind early on but Anthony Martial's  panenka penalty and Kobbie Mainoo's finish midway in the second hakf  brought matters back level, the latter just two minutes into a second half which featured an entirely different outfield XI to the one which had started the game. Manager Erik Ten Haag made use of his entire squad which featured alot of youngsters who were given a couple of minutes. Notable players search as Aaron Wan Bissaka was selected for the first time in months.Teden Mengi and Brandon Williams were  also selected for the Manchester club. Late goals from Cadiz's  Ruben Sobrino and Tomas Alarcon  settled the game for the hosts. Manchester united next play Real Betis in a friendly match.

Photo: AFP England put in a dominant display to convincingly beat Senegal 3-0 at Al Bayt Stadium and secure their place in the FIFA World Cup (FWC) quarter-finals, in a victory which also maintained their unbeaten record against African nations in football’s biggest tournament. Gareth Southgate and Aliou Cissé will have expected their respective sides to play with a lionheart, although they each had an early scare each as Boulaye Dia nearly broke through before Bukayo Saka came close to stealing the ball from Abdou Diallo in his own box.  It was Senegal who had the best opening of the first half-hour as Dia’s shot was blocked by Stones before the ball fell to Ismaïla Sarr, who fired over from close range as Jordan Pickford fell at his feet. Dia then forced Pickford into the game’s first big save with a strike that skipped off the turf. Having survived those concerning moments, England showed the quality to go ahead as a slick move culminated in Jude Bellingham sliding the b

  Matt Gazzaniga vs Marcos Alonso .  Tottenham goalkeeper, Paulo Gazzaniga clearly misses the ball and jumps into Marcos Alonso very hard, no contact with the ball and inside the area. Anthony Taylor at first gave the free kick to Tottenham. It was VAR that overturned the decision.   Mateo Kovacic Red Card.   For the 1st time in 120 Years of FA Cup’s history, a referee has took charge of 2 finals.  Kovacic wrongly given a second yellow card after touching the ball and not touching the opponent. In fact. The Arsenal player stands on Kovacic’s foot. Chelsea vs Manchester United.   Clear foul by Fernandes on Willian, on the edge of the box. However the Manchester-born referee books Willian for diving this costs Chelsea an important win Chelsea against Southampton.  Cesc Fabregas fouled in the box. Anthony Taylor gives a yellow card for diving. After the match he apologies to Mourinho. This cost Chelsea a win. Tottenham vs Chelsea Son clearly kicks Rudiger on the stomach.Anthon

Chelsea have finally nailed the signature of Brighton defender Marc Cucurrela.This comes after a week of speculations surrounding his move to Stamford Bridge This comes after Brighton Holve Albion denied any agreement in the week from multiple sources that Marc had signed for Chelsea. In a club statement in the afternoon of 5th August Chelsesa announced in its social media pages. With a video of Cucurrela affirmed that he has joined Chelsea and hes eager to play at Stamford bridge. Chelsea were in rush against time so that he is registered by one pm UK time.Cucurella is now in contention to play Chelsea's first game on Sunday. CLUB STATEMENT: MARC CUCURELLA.  Following reports from numerous media outlets this week, we can confirm an agreement has been reached with Brighton and Hove Albion for the signing of Marc Cucurella. Cucurrela joins Chelsea on a total record fee £55 million plus £7 on ad ons.

Cameroon players holding Marc Vivien Foé picture during an international match On 26 June 2003 , Cameroon played Colombia in the semi-final of the Confederations Cup at the Gerland Stadium in Lyon. The “Lions Indomptables” were on the verge of victory when midfielder Marc-Vivien Foé collapsed on the pitch. Former Cameroonian international football star Roger Milla looks back over that sad day. We were nearing the end of the game and leading one goal to zero. Cameroon was about to reach the final of the Confederations Cup, so there was great excitement. There were less than 20 minutes left in the game against Colombia. Since I was part of the delegation, I was obviously there, sitting in the stands. I was sitting next to a Cameroonian minister who had also made the trip, whose name I have forgotten. These are distant and painful memories. Talking about them brings tears to my eyes. When I saw Marc-Vivien Foé fall, I immediately thought that he had simply been injured. He

Photo courtesy Janny Sikazwe, the referee at the centre of the Africa Cup of Nations controversy, was taken to hospital after suffering from heatstroke and dehydration during the game between Tunisia and Mali. Essam Abdel-Fatah, who is the head of referees at AFCON, confirmed to Egyptian media that Sikazwe had suffered from heatstroke and ‘severe dehydration’ during the match and was subsequently taken to hospital in Limbe, Cameroon. "It caused him to lose time in the 80th minute, and he ended the match in the 85th minute. He returned after directions from the assistant staff and then returned to finish the match in the 89th minute. When the crisis occurred and the objections and control were lost in the match, the fourth referee was the one who was going to complete the match [instead of Sikazwe], but one of the two teams refused,"  Abdel-Fatah told MBC members of Tunisia's coaching staff complain to Zambian referee Janny Sikazwe after the final w