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Diego Costa's late goal earned Antonio Conte's Chelsea a 2-1 win over West Ham at Stamford Bridge on Monday. The Blues were largely dominant and took the lead shortly after half-time through Eden Hazard's penalty.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic is at the top of his game despite his age and can spearhead Manchester United's trophy drive both at home and in Europe, says Jose Mourinho. United boss Mourinho was thrilled with his team's 3-1 win at Bournemouth on the Premier League's opening weekend, with Juan Mata, Wayne Rooney and Ibrahimovic scoring at the Vitality Stadium.

A man who died after he was shot by police with a Taser gun has been named locally as ex-Aston Villa footballer Dalian Atkinson, according to the Press Association. Officers were called to a home in Meadow Close, Telford in the early hours of Monday morning amid concerns "for the safety of an individual".

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger admits his side were not physically ready to face Liverpool in their Premier League opener. The Gunners lost 4-3 to Liverpool at the Emirates Stadium on Super Sunday, meaning no points from their first league game of the season. Wenger selected a starting XI which was lacking key players Mesut Ozil, Olivier Giroud and Laurent Koscielny, who have been given extra time off after their lengthy Euro 2016 campaigns. Centre back pairing Per Mertesacker and Gabriel Paulista were also missing due to injuries picked up in pre-season, with the young duo of Calum Chambers and new signing Rob Holding forming the centre back partnership against Liverpool.

Paul Pogba has arrived at Manchester United's training ground to undergo his medical ahead of his £89m transfer from Juventus.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic announced his arrival in English football with an 83rd-minute winner as Manchester United edged Leicester City 2-1 at Wembley on Sunday to win the Community Shield. The former Paris Saint-Germain striker had had a quiet game, but he outjumped Wes Morgan to head home Antonio Valencia's cross to earn Jose Mourinho his first piece of silverware as United manager.

Nigeria’s U-23 national team were airlifted last night by an  aircraft in the presidential fleet to bail out the National Sports Commission (NSC) from further disgrace. The presidency had to come to the team’s rescue after the NSC were struggling to sort out the team’s trip. A call from the Vice President, Yemi Osibajo was enough to lift the morale in the team’s Atlanta camp which had been low due to absence of funds.

Former Super Eagles coach Sunday Oliseh, who is on the FIFA technical study group for Rio 2016, has been assigned to analyse Nigeria Olympic team’s matches against Japan and Colombia in Brazil.

Enugu Rangers have appealed to their fans not to give up on them in their quest to put an end to their title drought after their last weekend’s home draw against Lobi Stars in a NPFL Match Day 28 tie in Enugu.

Fifty years after THAT goal at Wembley, West Germany captain Uwe Seeler still insists England's Geoff Hurst's controversial shot never crossed the line in the 1966 World Cup final. Hurst's second goal in the 101st minute of extra time  which put England 3-2 ahead after the match had finished 2-2 over 90 minutes  is arguably the most controversial goal in international football history.

Colombian giants Atletico Nacional won the Copa Libertadores for only the second time in their history on Wednesday after a 1-0 victory over Ecuadoran minnows Independiente del Valle secured a 2-1 aggregate triumph.

Chelsea's Cesc Fabregas was sent off for a reckless lunge at Liverpool new boy Ragnar Klavan, overshadowing a 1-0 friendly win at the Pasadena Rose Bowl on Wednesday. The Premier League giants locked horns in the pre-season International Champions Cup in a match which was more remarkable for its clumsy fouls than free-flowing football.

MAN. UNITED have locked down a world record £105million transfer fee deal with Juventus for midfielder Paul Pogba. Pogba is expected to sign a five-year contract to move back to Old Trafford in the transfer that sees him earning more than Gareth Bale and Christiano Ronaldo as the world’s highest paid footballer. The two clubs who have been in talks with the 23-year-old France star’s agent, Mino Raiaola agreed on the fee after failing with an initial offer of £90m. Respected French newspaper L’Equipe claims all that is left before the move is finalised is for Pogba to agree personal terms.

Watford only accrued nine points from their last 12 Premier League matches of 2015/16, so the first task for new head coach, Walter Mazzarri, will be to improve on the poor form that affected their run-in. This may help the Hornets pinch more points against the division’s leading lights than under Mazzarri’s predecessor, Quique Sanchez Flores.A long time advocate of the 3-5-2 formation, I expect the Italian to get his players super-fit and extremely well drilled in that shape. Had Watford not amassed an average of two points per match against the sides who finished below them, avoiding relegation would have been unlikely.

President of world football governing body, FIFA, Mr Gianni Infantino and the Secretary-General, Ms Fatma Samoura, will arrive in Nigeria on July 24 on a two-day working visit. This is contained in a statement on the website of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) on Monday.

The former Swansea striker's 109th minute goal handed Portugal the Winning, who played for 95 minutes of the game without the injured Cristiano Ronaldo. Cristiano Ronaldo was stretchered off in tears but an extra-time goal by Eder saw Portugal beat hosts France 1-0 in Sunday's Euro 2016 final to win their first major tournament. The victim of a heavy challenge by Dimitri Payet, Ronaldo went off in the first half, but returned to the touchline to see Lille striker Eder settle the game with a low 25-yard strike at Stade de France.

Griezmann, 25, is the tournament’s top scorer and is bidding to deliver success for the home nation in his first major international final. Ronaldo wept teenage tears after Portugal’s 1-0 loss to Greece in the Euro 2004 final and at 31, he knows he may not get a better chance of success with his country. “Euro 2004 was special — I was just 19 and it was my first tournament,” Ronaldo said after scoring a magnificent header in Portugal’s 2-0 semi-final win over Wales. “Now we are in the final again and we hope we will win it. I hope that we’ll be smiling and that it will be tears of joy in the end.”

Pep Guardiola says a soon-to-be-renewed rivalry with Jose Mourinho has helped take his coaching to a new level. The relationship between Barcelona and Real Madrid threatened to plumb new depths in the days when Guardiola managed one and Mourinho the other.

Germany enjoyed almost 70 per cent possession during a frantic first-half in Marseille but it was France who broke the deadlock in injury time at the end of the first period after Patrice Evra's header was adjudged to have hit the arm of Bastian Schweinsteiger. Griezmann made no mistake from the spot (45+2) and the tournament's leading goalscorer was again celebrating in the 72nd minute after he capitalised on mistakes from Joshua Kimmich and Manuel Neuer to score his sixth goal of the competition to send Didier Deschamps' side to the final.

Wales fans danced and partied with pride into the night despite a heartbreaking Euro 2016 semi-final defeat in the nation's biggest football match ever. Some 27,000 impassioned fans who watched the 2-0 loss to Portugal on giant screens in Cardiff's Millennium Stadium on Wednesday swallowed their devastation and streamed out voicing unabashed delight at how far Wales had come.