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Alexis Sanchez to return in 10 days

Arsenal star, Alexis Sanchez is set to make a return in 10 days according to manager Arsene Wenger.
Sanchez will miss Sunday’s Premier League opener against West Ham after he returned to training later than his Arsenal’s teammates following his involvement in this summer’s Copa America tournament.
“He came back in surprisingly good shape,” Wenger said about his attacking star who scored 16 Premier League goals in his debut season with Arsenal.

“Sunday [against West Ham] will certainly come too early, but in 10 days he should be OK.”

With Sanchez set to be available for Arsenal’s home game against Liverpool on Aug. 24 at the latest, Wenger could soon have all of his top names to select from after the updated status of Wilshere’s injury offered a boost to the injury-prone midfielder who has started just 48 Premier League games over the last four seasons.

Wenger also played down Wilshere’s injury and disclosed he should be back in action soon.
“Jack is down, but the good news yesterday helped him to cope with it,” he added.
“You can never get used that [injuries]. When you want to play football, you ever get used to your body letting you down.

“The positive thing in this injury is it is not a recurrence of one of his former injuries. As well, the positive news with Jack is the history doesn’t play a part when he comes back. He plays with the same confidence and desire as before, but of course it’s difficult.
“We have all been at that age where he wakes up in the morning and wants to wants to play football and it is mentally difficult to wake up and not be able to do that, it’s difficult.”
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Alvaro Morata ruled out for a month

Serie A champions, Juventus have been hit with another injury blow as Alvaro Morata has been sidelined for a month owing calf injury. The Spain international had been set to start Saturday’s Supercoppa Italiana clash with Lazio in China but tore a calf muscle in training on Tuesday.
Consequently, Morata will now miss Juve’s Serie A opener against Udinese on August 23, as well as the trip to the Stadio Olimpico the following weekend to take on Scudetto rivals Roma.
“Alvaro Morata will be sidelined for up to 30 days after suffering a torn soleus muscle in his left calf,” read a statement released on Juve’s official website.
“Having departed the work-out early, the striker underwent tests today in Shanghai to reveal the full extent of the damage.”
The news of Morata’s injury is coming days after new signing, Sami Khedira was also sidelined for two months after picking up an hamstring injury.
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Edin Dzeko a step closer to completing Roma move

Manchester city striker Edin Dzeko has moved a step closer to joining Italian club, Roma as he has flown to Italy to finalise things. Sources revealed that both clubs have agreed a fee for the switch and it is now subject to a medical and personal agreement.
City boss Manuel Pellegrini admitted during the club’s preseason tour of Australia that Dzeko could leave the club this summer. If Dzeko agrees personal terms and passes his medical he will become is the second City player to move to Serie A this summer after Stevan Jovetic joined Inter Milan on loan earlier this week.
Totti said last month he hopes Roma sign City striker Dzeko while Miralem Pjanic said his Bosnia and Herzegovina teammate “would come running” if given the opportunity to join the Giallorossi.
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Wins over Arsenal are not special – Mourinho

Chelsea manager, Jose Mourinho said in an interview that victories over Arsenal does not make him extremely happy or special. The manager made the statement ahead of their community shield clash tomorrow at the Wembley. When asked if he takes pride in his record against Wenger, Mourinho replied: “No. It doesn’t matter, Arsenal, the manager, whoever.
“I think [the Community Shield is] in between. It’s more than a friendly, like with Barcelona and PSG [friendlies], but it’s less than a league game. Different motivation. Who knows?” he said when questioned on Wenger’s ability to win. “I’ve never made a special thing about wins over Arsenal. I don’t explode with happiness when I beat them, and I won’t make drama when I lose.”

Mourinho and Wenger have a long-standing rivalry, with the Frenchman yet to beat his counterpart in 13 attempts, while the Blues manager described the 65-year-old as a “specialist in failure” 18 months ago.
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Super Falcons, Dream travel for qualifiers

The Super Falcons and Nigeria U-23 team will leave the country on Thursday (today) to Bata, Equatorial Guinea and Pointe Noire, Congo respectively for their all-important  second leg encounters of their 2016 Rio Olympic qualifying fixtures.

Both teams are treading on slippery ground (having failed to win convincingly at home) as they face their opponents away on Sunday, August 2, after the Falcons played a 1-1 draw with Equatorial Guinea in Abuja, and the U-23 team managed a 2-1 win over Congo’s Red Devils in Port Harcourt.
According the Nigeria Football Federation official website, the Falcons are expected to arrive in Malabo at about 3A0 on Friday aboard CEIBA Airline, and then proceed to mainland Bata by 7am. They are scheduled to have their final training at the Stadium Nkoatoma de Bata on Saturday, ahead of Sunday’s clash.

The U-23 team, led by coach, Samson Siasia, would fly aboard Ethiopia Airline to Pointe Noire, and are expected to arrive just after noon.
FIFA has appointed Marximina Luzia Bernardo from Angola as referee for the Equatorial Guinea Nigeria match in Bata, with fellow Angolans Luisa Massanga Luhaco, Bimbi Francisco Jeremias and Tania Marisa Duarte as first assistant, second assistant, third assistant and fourth official respectively.
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Mexico wins the gold cup

Mexico won a record seventh Gold Cup with a dominant win against first-time finalists Jamaica.
Jamaica were the first Caribbean team in the final, but were unable to produce an upset as El Tri won their third title from the last four cups. Andres Guardado volleyed the opener in front of almost 70,000 at Philadelphia’s Lincoln Financial Field.
Jesus Corona and Oribe Peralta added goals before Darren Mattocks’s late consolation.
“We’re very happy,” Mexico manager Miguel Herrera said. “We dominated the ball. We got the rhythm we wanted and controlled the play. It’s a great satisfaction for all of us.”

The Gold Cup is the continental tournament for teams in North and Central America and the Caribbean.
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Arsenal win the Emirates cup

Theo Walcott’s goal ensured Arsenal’s triumph over Wolfsburg and won Arsenal the Emirates cup for the first time in five years. Having hammered Lyon 6-0 24 hours earlier, Arsenal were favourites to win their own friendly competition.
Saturday’s man of the match Mesut Ozil was the only player retained against the Bundesliga runners-up as Arsene Wenger rotated his starting line-up ahead of next
weekend’s Community Shield meeting with Chelsea.
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Sergio Romero joins Manchester United

English side, Manchester United have announced the signing of Argentine goalkeeper Sergio Romero. Romero was signed on a free transfer after having left Sampdoria earlier this summer.
The Argentina international goalkeeper has signed a three year contract with the option of a fourth season.
Romero is 28years old and has previously played under Van Gaal at AZ Alkamaar between 2007 – 2009. Van Gaal has expressed his delight to have Romero in the squad while also indicating that he could replace De Gea. 
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Friendly between Nigeria and Rwanda postponed

The friendly match scheduled to take place between Nigeria U23 and Rwanda U23 on Saturday did not hold and has now been postponed to a yet-to-be announced date. According to an official of the Rwanda Football federation, Bonnie Mugabe, the postponement is as a result of the challenges faced by Nigeria players in their bid to travel to the country.
The match is part of Rwanda’s preparation for the upcoming 2016 African Nations Championshipsscheduled for January 16 –  February 7, 2016 in Kigali.
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World Cup qualifying draw: Spain land Italy in group stages

The draw for the preliminary stages of the 2018 World Cup has been taken and some interesting fixtures have expectedly stemmed out. France landed Netherlands while Spain have been placed in the same group with Italy. England also find themselves in the same group with Scotland.
Germany will start defending their World Cup title in a six-team UEFA pool where the Czech Republic seems the biggest barrier to advancing as group winners.
Perhaps the toughest European group puts the Netherlands with France and Sweden, whose star forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic has perhaps his last chance to play again on football’s biggest stage.
Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal got a more favourable draw with Switzerland their highest-ranked rival.
Opening the draw, FIFA paired four continents whose teams take part in two-leg playoffs in November 2017 that will complete the World Cup lineup. A CONCACAF team will face an Asian team, and Oceania’s best will play a South American team.
A total of 141 of FIFA’s 209 member federations were involved in the draw, including top-ranked Argentina, joint  No. 207-ranked Djibouti and Cook Islands, plus South Sudan on their World Cup debut.
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