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Former Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger, 68, is considering a return to Japan to resume his managerial career. (Mail) Juventus have contacted Atletico Madrid about the possibility of signing Uruguayan defender Diego Godin, 32. (Calciomercato) The Italian side’s Swiss right back Stephan Lichtsteiner, 34, is set to join Arsenal on a free transfer as new manager Unai Emery’s first major signing. (London Evening Standard) Manchester United will sign Lazio’s Serbian midfielder Sergej Milinkovic-Savic, 23, in the summer transfer window if they sell 25-year-old Paul Pogba. (RMC Sport via Manchester Evening News) Steve Bruce has urged midfielder Jack Grealish, 22, to stay…

Gareth Bale scored two goals – including a stunning overhead kick – as Real Madrid beat Liverpool to win the Champions League for the third year in a row. A bizarre Loris Karius mistake allowed Karim Benzema to score the opener early in the second half but Liverpool, who lost PFA Player of the Year Mohamed Salah to a shoulder injury in the first half, responded immediately when Sadio Mane stabbed in from close range. However, just three minutes after coming on as a substitute, Bale restored Real’s lead with arguably one the best goals ever seen in a Champions…

The Republic of Ireland has voted overwhelmingly to overturn the abortion ban by 66.4% to 33.6%. A referendum held on Friday resulted in a landslide win for the repeal side. Currently, abortion is only allowed when a woman’s life is at risk, but not in cases of rape, incest or fatal foetal abnormality. The Eighth Amendment, which grants an equal right to life to the mother and unborn, will be replaced. The declaration was made at at Dublin Castle at 18:13 local time. The only constituency to vote against repealing the Eight amendment was Donegal, with 51.9% voting against the…

Fulham have been promoted to the Premier League after beating Aston Villa in the Championship play-off final at Wembley. Captain Tom Cairney was their goalscorer, finishing neatly underneath Villa goalkeeper Sam Johnstone after latching onto Ryan Sessegnon’s pass midway through the first half. A fractious game ended with Fulham down to 10 men after centre-back Denis Odoi was sent off for two bookable offences – both for fouls on Jack Grealish. Villa were furious that Ryan Fredericks escaped a card during a first-half tangle with Grealish, the Fulham right-back landing studs first on Grealish’s leg, while the Villa man was…

Fatma Samoura, the first female secretary general of football’s world governing body says some people do not think a black woman should lead FIFA. Samoura, 55, replaced Jerome Valcke in May 2016 after he was found guilty of misconduct and banned from football-related activity for 12 years. She says the “glass ceiling has been broken” with her appointment. Samoura, who previously worked for the UN, said: “I joined a male-dominated organisation. They are used to me now.” Speaking to the BBC as part of the 100 Women project, she added: “There are people who don’t think that a black woman…

At least 22 people, including three children, have been killed in a bus crash in northern Uganda, police have confirmed. The bus hit a tractor that was driving with no lights at night and then a truck, police spokeswoman Emilian Kayima told the AFP news agency. The accident happened on Friday night in Kiryandongo, about 220km (140 miles) north of the capital Kampala. READ: Osinbajo: Apostle of peace, driver of economic rejuvenation “Evacuation teams are working tirelessly to rescue the injured,” Ms Kayima said. Some local media reports put the death toll higher than 30. Uganda has among the world’s…

By Amaechi Agbo On Tuesday, VP Yemi Osinbajo was in Benue State to attend the burial of the 19 Catholic faithful who were killed on the 24 of April and buried on the Tuesday and also commiserate with the people of Benue State over the wanton killing going on in the state by suspected herdsmen. Prior to Tuesday’s unscheduled visit, the VP has visited the state previously on several occasions to reassure them of the federal government’s efforts in bringing the perpetrators of the dastardly act to justice. On the visits, as it were on Tuesday, the Vice President highlighted…

Quique Setién is one of the coaches to have beat Zinedine Zidane’s Real Madrid this season and he is offering Liverpool some expert advise on how to do same in the Champions League final today This Champions League final is a game that in theory should finish 4-4. It could be very entertaining for the fans, but perhaps not for the coaches. Real Madrid are a team who are a little anarchic. They don’t have a permanent shape: although they will play with four at the back and with Casemiro, Toni Kroos and Luka Modric in the middle, the way…

An aggrieved shareholder of Continental Reinsurance Plc, Mr Maduka Kanma Okafor, has dragged the insurance company and its Managing Director Dr Femi Oyetunji before a Federal High Court in Lagos, alleging that Dr Oyetunji is running the company in a manner that is illegal, oppressive and unfairly prejudicial and discriminatory to him. Joined as co-respondents in the petition filed before the court are five directors of the company. In a petition filed before the court by the law firm of Sonnie Ekwowusi on behalf of Maduka kanma Okafor, the petitioner stated that he is a shareholder of Continental Reinsurance Plc…

Manchester City are willing to offer Real Madrid £70m for 26-year-old Spain midfielder Isco. (Mundo Deportivo – in Spanish) Chelsea striker Michy Batshuayi says he will not decide until after the World Cup whether to return to the Stamford Bridge club. The 24-year-old Belgium international spent the second half of last season on loan at Borussia Dortmund.(Evening Standard) Tottenham will ask Manchester United for 22-year-old France forward Anthony Martial if Belgium defender Toby Alderweireld, 29, moves in the opposite direction. (Sun) Chelsea could offer 25-year-old Spain striker Alvaro Morata to Inter Milan in exchange for Argentina forward Mauro Icardi, 25.…