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Heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua has revealed the reason behind his uncharacteristic, foul-mouthed Twitter rant directed at Tyson Fury.

Real Madrid are willing to sell Gareth Bale for £85m and have put Manchester United, Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur on alert. The Red Devils have long been admirers of the Welshman.

Senegal allowed Sadio Mane to return to Liverpool after the forward's slight recurrence of his old hamstring injury after his national side's 2-0 win over South Africa.

Danny Welbeck will be available for Arsenal's game against Spurs on Saturday (18 November) following his recovery from a hamstring injury.

Roger Federer holds the record for the most number of Grand Slam titles and number of weeks as the No.1 but has a poor head-to-head record against his longtime rival Rafael Nadal.

Rafael Nadal has withdrawn from the ATP World Tour Finals after his knee injury flared up during his loss to David Goffin on Monday (13 November).

The Italians had qualified for 13 consecutive World Cups but will not appear at Russia 2018 after losing in a play-off defeat to Sweden on Monday (13 November).

Formula 1 will cut the maximum engines per driver from four to three from next season in a bid to reduce costs.

Valencia starlet Ferran Torres was watched by Barcelona scout Pep Serer on Saturday with Real Madrid also linked with a move for the youngster.

Kepa, 23, made his debut for Spain against Costa Rica on Saturday (11 November) and is only concentrating on performing well for club and country.

Darmian remains a regular for Italy and Juventus, Napoli and Roma are reported to be interested in bringing him back to Serie A.

Spanish national team boss Julen Lopetegui has confirmed that Real Madrid star Isco will be fully fit to face Atletico Madrid on Saturday.

Aaron Ramsey is fit for Arsenal's clash with Tottenham on Saturday despite the midfielder withdrawing from the Wales squad ahead of Panama friendly.

Vinagre, 18, is currently on loan at Wolves from Monaco and is catching the eye of Premier League clubs.

Turan, 30, has been completely frozen out of Barcelona's first-team by manager Ernesto Valverde this season.

Valencia may need to put Manchester United target Calos Soler up for sale to balance their books in the summer.

Umaro Embalo's representative has already confirmed to have met both Benfica and Manchester United.

Marko Arnautovic has no plans to leave West Ham United after reports claimed he would be sold to finance David Moyes' January overhaul.

Ajax defender Matthijs de Ligt will not leave before the end of the season according to his agent, quashing hopes Barcelona had to signing the Netherlands teenager.

Vlasic featured regularly under Ronald Koeman but has made just one cameo appearance under interim boss David Unsworth.

Brazilian admits he has had to grow up quickly since moving to Manchester but rejects comparisons with Messi.

Samuel Umtiti was reportedly a transfer target for Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho in the January transfer window.

West Ham want former Watford manager Quique Sanchez Flores to replace David Moyes ahead of next season.

Petrochemicals firm set to add a football club to its cacophonic asset sheet.

Klopp's footballing philosophy is much to bear for his players, but Massey thinks they are now equipped to cope with the strain.

Roger Federer was favourite to become world No1 going into the second-half of the campaign until he suffered a back injury during the Montreal Masters.

The writing is on the wall for Antoine Griezmann as the France and Atletico Madrid positions himself for a summer move, with Manchester United interested.

Brighton and Republic of Ireland defender Shane Duffy will soon be attracting interest from clubs such as Arsenal and Liverpool, according to Richard Dunne.

Sporting CP president insists his relationship with English clubs hasn't been damaged after a summer row with West Ham United over William Carvalho.