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Country pulled out of hosting 2015 tournament but has since become central figure within world football ...

Patrick Dorgu's 24th-minute goal gave Manchester United a 1-0 lead they held on to despite Newcastle's constant second-half pressure ...

Minute-by-minute report: Ruben Amorim's side drew their last home game 4-4 against Bournemouth. Join Scott Murray to find out what problems Newcastle can cause them ...

Coventry stretched their lead at the top of the Championship to eight points after a hard-fought 1-0 win over Swansea ...

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Middlesbrough fell eight points behind the leaders Coventry after drawing 0-0 with lowly Blackburn, with Boro's Hayden Hackney lucky to avoid a red card ...

Mohamed Salah scored a first-half penalty as 10-man Egypt defeated South Africa 1-0 in their Africa Cup of Nations Group B clash to become the first team into the knockout stages ...

Football clockwatch: Join Barry Glendenning for updates from the afternoon Boxing Day fixtures in the EFL and at the Africa Cup of Nations ...

'The difference between us and other teams is too small,' said Arne Slot, whose Liverpool team have conceded the second-most league goals from set pieces ...

Diogo Jota's two sons will join the mascots at Anfield when two of the Portuguese's former clubs meet on Saturday ...