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Former welterweight champion Amir Khan has called on Floyd Mayweather to come out of retirement and face him in his comeback fight.

Everton sacked Ronald Koeman on Monday after a disastrous run of results left the team in the bottom three.

Steve Bruce believes Sam Johnstone will find it difficult to earn regular opportunities at Manchester United due to Jose Mourinho's stellar goalkeeping options.

Jack Wilshere began working on his coaching badges while on loan at Bournemouth last season and has continued his work at Arsenal this season.

Federer is not focused on chasing Nadal's number one ranking going into the final stretch of the season, but is keen on winning the Basel event and the ATP Finals in London.

Some Blues players are reported to be unhappy with manager Antonio Conte's physically demanding training schedule.

Ryan Giggs has been out of management after Louis van Gaal was allowed to leave Manchester United after the end of the 2015/16 season. The Dutchman was replaced by Jose Mourinho.

Shock defeat raises importance of United's Premier League clash with Tottenham at Old Trafford, former England defender says.

Dejan Lovren was blamed for the first two goals which the Reds conceded in the opening 20 minutes of the game.

Manchester United have already registered a 4-0 victory over Swansea City in the Premier League. Jose Mourinho will be looking for another victory over the Swans in the cup clash.

Roger Federer could be set to regain his spot over Novak Djokovic as the top prize earner in tennis, should he win any of the next three events.

Eric Bailly is expected to return to action this week and could get some game time against Swansea to get him ready for United's match against Tottenham on Saturday.

Head coach Daniel Farke will make a late decision on the availability of Nelson Oliveira and Christoph Zimmermann before Norwich's Carabao Cup visit to Arsenal.

Former Australia bowler Mitchell Johnson has warned his side not to underestimate an England team without Ben Stokes in the 2017/18 Ashes, which begins on 23 November.

Cristiano Ronaldo has been named Fifa's best men's player for a second straight year during an award ceremony in London.

Swansea City will be without striker Wilfried Bony and Bayern Munich loanee Renato Sanches for Tuesday's Carabao Cup fourth round meeting with Manchester United.

Valverde dodges question of Coutinho's potential arrival during the January transfer window as the Barcelona boss addressed the media before the Copa del Rey trip to Murcia.

Officer worker, who previously said nothing sexual happened between her and married footballer, claims it was a friend who made the lewd claims on Twitter.

Mark Hughes says Stoke are not in crisis despite home defeat to Bournemouth and is confident his side will turn things around.

Mikel Merino will soon be courted by the likes of Barcelona and Real Madrid, according to Newcastle goalkeeper Rob Elliot.

Graham Stuart says Everton have failed to find ways to replace Romelu Lukaku's goals. The Belgium international left the Toffees to join Manchester United.

Zinedine Zidane has snubbed Barcelona star Lionel Messi by hailing Cristiano Ronaldo as "the best player of his generation by some way"

Wingers Charly Musonda Jr and Kenedy are both set to feature for Chelsea during Wednesday night's Carabao Cup fourth round clash against managerless Everton.

Thomas Christiansen is set to resist shuffling his pack for the trip to Leicester city despite Leeds' hectic upcoming schedule.

Barcelona technical secretary Robert Fernandez was at Wembley to watch Philippe Coutinho during Liverpool's 4-1 defeat to Tottenham.

Manchester United striker Marcus Rashford and Manchester City counterpart Gabriel Jesus finished third and fourth respectively in the 2017 Golden Boy race.

Arsenal face losing Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil for free and do not want Wilshere to run down his contract.

Everton have announced the departure of under-fire boss Ronald Koeman following a 5-2 defeat to Arsenal that left them in the Premier League relegation zone.

Mauricio Pochettino says his side have finally overcome the 'Wembley hoodoo' after winning their last two games at the national stadium.