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has stressed that Germany will be wary of matchwinner Cristiano Ronaldo when they face Portugal in the World Cup. Joachim Low's men face the fellow Euro 2012 semi-finalists in their opening game of Group G hoping to gain an advantage ahead of further clashes with Ghana and USA. Reus, who is featuring in his first World Cup this summer, stressed the quality of the Portugal captain and all-time top goalscorer and believes every tie in Brazil will be tough. "Portugal are an extremely strong team, with an outstanding individual player: Cristiano Ronaldo" the Borussia Dortmund attacker said in a new self-interview to mark the launch of PUMA Tricks. "He can decide a match on his own. "USA coach Jurgen Klinsmann has lots of experience and he has built a solid team. As we saw at the World Cup in 2006 [when he coached Germany to the semis], he can take teams far in the tournament. "There won't be an easy opponent."   Reus is in contention to be a

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Updates from Friday, May 23 Two very different versions have emerged regarding the events that led to David Moyes being investigated for an alleged assault on Joshua Gillibrand on Thursday. The Sun featured the story on its front page on Friday, as tweeted by Radio 4's Nick Sutton: The Daily Mail had three reporters—Jaya Narain, Rosie Taylor and James Tozer—collaborate on the story, detailing what one witness claims to have seen on the night in question: Moyes started to head in with his mates but he was being barracked by drinkers outside. He was getting a bit of lip from a couple of blokes and then one guy, who was a bit drunk, said something about him being s*** and having never won anything. Moyes kept his head down and carried on walking towards the door with his friends and everyone thought he was just ignoring the banter. But then stopped, turned on his heels and quickly marched back. Moyes had completely lost it and was bright purple in the face

Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho is in the market for a new center-forward Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho says he is not planning to sign any new players until after the World Cup. The Portuguese has already begun planning for next season after captain John Terry was signed to a new one-year contract but left-back Ashley Cole has revealed his future lies away from Stamford Bridge after eight successful years in west London. Mourinho had already admitted he was in the market for a new center-forward after poor goal returns from Fernando Torres, Samuel Eto'o and Demba Ba. He told Sky Sports News : "Since the market will be open until 31st August, like it is, I think it will be more of the same. "I think people (will) wait for the World Cup, wait for the first reaction of the first team, wait until after something happens. "At Chelsea, the manager is the same, the basic structure of the team is the same, we don't need the season to finish and the results of the se

Mario Balotelli was racially abused yet again, this time by spectators at a training session for the Italian national team. According to the Italian football association (the FIGC), "Some boys surrounding the field made some offensive chants towards Mario Balotelli and one of them pronounced a racial insult." Police reacted quickly and escorted that one person away. The slur can be heard clearly in the video above, but Balotelli stayed focused on his training. The AP reports that the Milan striker said, "Only in Rome and Florence are they that stupid" as he ran by. In the past, the notoriously quick tempered 23-year-old might have reacted to the provocation in a way that would only hurt himself, but instead he let the police handle it and after the training session he even stopped to sign autographs for the fans that supported him. As Italy prepare for the World Cup, this was a better sign for both the team and Balotelli's development than any goal he c

TFF wanatarajia kupeleka mashabiki wa soka toka bongo kwenda Harare, nchini Zimbabwe ili kupa sapoti timu ya taifa kwa ajili ya kupata ushindi. Je, hiyo ni dawa ya kupata ushindi ugenini?

Louis van Gaal joked that Jose Mourinho was jealous of him after the Dutchman was confirmed as the new manager of Manchester United.   United announced on Monday that the vastly experienced ex-Barcelona and Bayer coach will take charge at Old Trafford when his commitments as the Netherlands boss end following this summer's World Cup. Van Gaal said that his close friend Jose Mourinho was the first person who got in touch with him after he finally landed the job at Old Trafford. "Mourinho congratulated me. He was the first one I texted and he was the first one to text me back. He said he was jealous of my list of clubs…especially the great AZ," Van Gaal told Dutch television chat show RTL Late Night. "I didn't call Manchester United, I didn't call Bayern Munich, they've always called me. And I'm proud of that." Mourinho was heavily linked with Manchester United last summer when Sir

Ryan Giggs has announced his retirement as a player at Manchester United after 23 years at the club. The 40-year-old will instead concentrate on his role assistant manager at the club after being confirmed as Louis Van Gaal's number two. "Today is a fantastic day for Manchester United. Louis van Gaal is a great appointment and let me begin by telling you how delighted I am to be working with someone of his calibre. His credentials are second to none and I’m positive the club will thrive under his leadership over the coming years," he said. "I would also like to take this opportunity to announce my retirement from professional football and embark upon a new and exciting chapter in my life, as assistant manager of Manchester United. I am immensely proud, honoured and fortunate to have represented the biggest club in the world 963 times and Wales 64 times. "My dream was always to play for Manchester United,

A day of confusion and farce surrounding Yaya Toure seemingly ended with the player expressing his unhappiness at Manchester City. The influential midfielder first brushed off suggestions from his representative that he could quit City because he felt disrespected and strongly reinforced his commitment to the club. But around an hour later, Toure issued statements in support of Dimitry Seluk, whose most remarkable complaint was that City failed to sufficiently acknowledge the player's birthday. Toure tweeted: "Everything dimitry said is true. He speaks for me. I will give an interview after world cup to explain." Seluk said Toure was "very upset" and there was a "big possibility" he could leave the club this summer because he felt under-appreciated. He said the player found it particularly hurtful that no one from the club wished him a happy birthday when he turned 31 during last week's post-season trip to Abu Dhabi