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Johan Cruyff, one of soccer's greatest players and most influential coaches, has been diagnosed with lung cancer, according to reports. ||| Madrid - Johan Cruyff, one of soccer's greatest players and most influential coaches, has been diagnosed with lung cancer, according to reports in Spanish media on Thursday. Cruyff's foundation could not immediately confirm the reports of his illness but said they were planning to publish a news release later on Thursday. Cruyff had been diagnosed with the illness this week at a clinic in Barcelona and was having tests to determine the seriousness of his condition, according to the reports, which did not identify the source of the information. The 68-year-old, who won the Ballon d'Or three times, helped Ajax win three European Cups in a row in the early 1970s before joining Barcelona and leading the Catalan club to their first La Liga title in nearly 15 years in 1974. After stints at other clubs including Los Angeles Aztecs, Washington Diplomats...

Everton boss wary of Arsenal

Everton manager Roberto Martinez does not expect Arsenal to be hampered by a Champions League “hangover” when his side travel to the Emirates. ||| Everton manager Roberto Martinez does not expect Arsenal to be hampered by a Champions League “hangover” when his side travel to the Emirates in the Premier League on Saturday. Everton, humiliated 3-0 at home by Manchester United last weekend, face an Arsenal side that have won five of their last six league games and sit second in the table, two points adrift of leaders Manchester City. Martinez acknowledged that his side, who are ninth on 13 points, typically struggle against the London club, who beat German champions Bayern Munich in the Champions league on Tuesday. “I wouldn't say a team as experienced as Arsenal will suffer a hangover,” Martinez told reporters. “When you play two games in a week, you hope it will allow us to be fresh but I don't expect it to have a negative effect on Arsenal. “They have a big enough squad to find...

Schneiderlin lauds Martial’s maturity

Morgan Schneiderlin says Manchester United team-mate Anthony Martial showed impressive maturity to pick himself up from conceding a first-half penalty against CSKA Moscow. ||| Manchester United's teenage forward Anthony Martial showed impressive maturity to pick himself up from conceding a first-half penalty against CSKA Moscow on Wednesday before going on to score the equaliser, said Morgan Schneiderlin. United started the Champions League game well but fell behind on 15 minutes after Martial was correctly adjudged to have hand-balled in the penalty area. Roman Eremnko's spot-kick was palmed onto the post by David de Gea but Seydou Doumbia was on hand to put CSKA ahead. Martial, who joined United for a reported 36 million pounds ($55.70 million) on the final day of the transfer window and has scored five times in nine appearances, did not let the penalty decision get to him and equalised in the second half. “He didn't let his head down because that can happen to anyone,” said...

De Bruyne is ‘perfect’ signing

Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini branded Kevin De Bruyne the "perfect" signing. ||| Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini branded Kevin De Bruyne the “perfect” signing after the Belgian forward's 91st-minute goal snatched a 2-1 Champions League victory over Sevilla. With Wednesday's Group D game at the Etihad Stadium poised at 1-1, Pellegrini rejigged his attack by moving De Bruyne up front and the change paid off when the 24-year-old fired home left-footed from Yaya Toure's pass. It was De Bruyne's first Champions League goal since his club-record £55 million ($84.8 million, 74.8 million euros) transfer from Wolfsburg and it had the effect of lifting City three points clear of Sevilla and to within a point of leaders Juventus at the group's halfway point. “We bought Kevin because we thought he was a very creative player and he has goals in him,” Pellegrini told his post-match press conference. “This team always tries to play attractive and offensive football and...

Lewandowski keen to end Cech duck

Robert Lewandowski is more determined than ever to get a goal when Bayern Munich face Arsenal in their return Champions League game. ||| London - Robert Lewandowski is more determined than ever to get a goal when Bayern Munich face Arsenal in their return Champions League game because he has never scored against their keeper Petr Cech. The 33-year-old Czech international, who denied Lewandowski with two outstanding saves in the second half of Arsenal's 2-0 win over Bayern in a pulsating Group F match on Tuesday, has thwarted Lewandowski on four occasions - three times in internationals and again at Arsenal. “I have never yet managed to score a goal against him,” Poland striker Lewandowski, who had scored 22 goals in his last 16 matches for club and country, told Reuters. “Not a single goal. And that is despite facing him when Poland have played the Czech Republic at international level as well. It is one of those quirks you get in football. “He is an absolutely excellent goalkeeper....

De Bruyne seals points for City

Kevin De Bruyne scored a minute into stoppage time to give Manchester City a 2-1 win over Sevilla in their Champions League Group D clash. ||| Manchester, England - Manchester City left it late to win a second successive Champions League game, with Kevin De Bruyne scoring a minute into stoppage time to give them a 2-1 win over Sevilla at the Etihad Stadium in Group D on Wednesday. Last month Sergio Aguero's penalty in the 90th minute gave them a 2-1 win at Borussia Moenchengladbach and the two wins, following a home defeat by Juventus in their opening game, have boosted their chances of reaching the last 16. De Bruyne's goal came even later than Aguero's with the Belgian's neatly-executed left-foot angled shot coming after 91 minutes to give City victory when it looked as though Sevilla were about to leave with a deserved point. De Bruyne has had a huge impact since arriving for 55 million pounds ($84.78 million) from VfL Wolfsburg at the end of August and he played a defining...

Martial goes from villain to hero

Anthony Martial went from villain to hero as his second-half equaliser earned Manchester United a deserved point in a 1-1 draw against CSKA Moscow. ||| Moscow - Anthony Martial went from villain to hero as his second-half equaliser earned Manchester United a deserved point in a 1-1 draw against CSKA Moscow in Champions League Group B on Wednesday. The French teenager conceded a first-half penalty but popped up with a fine header to keep United two points behind group leaders VfL Wolfsburg, level with CSKA and a point ahead of PSV Eindhoven. “In the first half we could not play in a higher tempo because it was too slow in my opinion and that's what I said at half time that we had to improve,” United manager Louis van Gaal told reporters. The visitors started well but fell behind after 15 minutes after Martial was correctly adjudged to have hand-balled in the penalty area. Roman Eremnko's spot-kick was brilliantly palmed on to the post by David de Gea, but the ball rebounded into...

Klate returns to haunt Pirates

A soft Daine Klate goal gave Wits a 1-0 midweek victory at Orlando Pirates and top place in the Absa Premiership table. ||| A soft Daine Klate goal gave Wits a 1-0 midweek victory at Orlando Pirates and top place in the Absa Premiership table. The former Pirates winger floated a free kick into the heart of the goalmouth after 14 minutes and Equatorial Guinea goalkeeper Felipe Ovono failed to hold the ball, which crept into the net. Ovono, outstanding for his country when they hosted and finished fourth at the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations, earlier saved a penalty from Namibian Henrico Botes at Orlando Stadium in Soweto. Wits were reduced to 10 men during a dramatic opening half when a studs-up tackle by captain and centre-back Thulani Hlatshwayo led to a straight red card. Hlatshwayo got a tongue lashing from Wits assistant coach and 1996 Cup of Nations-winning goalkeeper Andre Arendse for a foul that led to Sifiso Myeni being stretchered off. But the club with the equal second...

Klopp slams FA over Rossiter

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp accused England's Football Association of treating Jordan Rossiter “like a horse”. ||| Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp accused England's Football Association of treating Jordan Rossiter “like a horse” on Wednesday after the midfielder returned from England Under-19 duty with a hamstring injury. “These young players are our future. If we handle them like horses, we get horses,” Klopp told a press conference ahead of his side's Europa League home game against Rubin Kazan on Thursday. “Rossiter is a special story. I never heard of an 18-year-old playing three games in five days. That is the problem why he is injured and I don't think he will be ready until the next international break. “I don't know who I have to talk to about this, but I will find a way because it is not OK. On my first day I didn't want to have a call with someone with the FA, but for sure this is not OK.” Rossiter is the latest member of Liverpool's squad to succumb to injury, complicating...

Pirates looking to outsmart ‘Clever Boys’

Eric Tinkler and Orlando Pirates get the opportunity to appease their hard-nosed fans when they host Bidvest Wits at Orlando Stadium. ||| Having finally got that winning feeling domestically by accounting for the University of Pretoria in the Telkom Knockout last Friday, Orlando Pirates get the opportunity to show that they’re not all about continental football. The Buccaneers, having had a great run that has seen them qualify for the Caf Confederation Cup final, have stuttered in the domestic league. A single win from five matches sees them positioned in the lower half of the 16-team table and, while pleased with their team’s showing on the continent, The Ghost would love to see that form transferred to the home front. Eric Tinkler and his team get the opportunity to appease their hard-nosed fans when they host Bidvest Wits at Orlando Stadium tonight. The clash is one of six matches taking place today, with a top-of-the-table encounter that sees Platinum Stars away to Mpumalanga...

United will settle for a draw in Moscow

Manchester United would settle for a point away to CSKA Moscow in their Champions League Group B clash, according to manager Louis van Gaal. ||| Moscow - Manchester United would settle for a point away to CSKA Moscow in their Champions League Group B clash on Wednesday, according to manager Louis van Gaal. United, back in Europe's top club competition after a year's absence have three points from their opening two games, recovering after losing their opener at PSV Eindhoven to beat German club Wolfsburg at Old Trafford. “I said before the away match against PSV Eindhoven, one point is good. Three points is better but one point is good,” Dutchman Van Gaal told a news conference. Considering United went on to lose to PSV, putting them immediately under pressure, Van Gaal will hope those words do not come back to bite him. The squad arrived late on Tuesday after leaving it until the last minute to fly to the Russian capital - scene of their 2008 triumph in the final against Chelsea. It...

Neuer admits to making a mistake

Goalkeeper Manuel Neuer put his hand up for the mistake which sparked Bayern Munich's 2-0 defeat at Arsenal. ||| Germany's goalkeeper Manuel Neuer put his hand up for the mistake which sparked Bayern Munich's 2-0 defeat at Arsenal which breathed life back into the Gunners' Champions League hopes. Olivier Giroud came off the bench to score Arsenal's opener on Tuesday after Neuer made a hash of dealing with a free-kick with 13 minutes left at the Emirates Stadium. There had been a slight suspicion of handball for the goal, but the Gunners' Germany midfielder Mesut Ozil then added the killer second with virtually the last kick. Despite being on the back foot for long periods, Arsene Wenger's side gratefully accepted Neuer's gift after consecutive Group F defeats had left them on the verge of elimination. “Unfortunately, I made an error so Arsenal took the lead,” admitted Neuer, “I don't care whether it was a handball by Giroud or not, I know I made the mistake. But life goes on. “We...

Sterling’s agent’s cheap shot at Rodgers

Raheem Sterling should still be a Liverpool player, according to his agent Aidy Ward. ||| Raheem Sterling should still be a Liverpool player and it would have been a ‘dream come true’ for him to work under Jurgen Klopp, according to his agent Aidy Ward. In an exclusive interview with MailOnline, Ward revealed how the relationship between former Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers and Sterling broke down before the winger’s £49million move to Manchester City last summer. Ward also accused Rodgers of ‘underhandedness’, adding: ‘I have no issue with anyone but Brendan Rodgers. He had a massive job with massive funds. How did he do? Good coach, but as a manager I didn’t like certain things about how he dealt with Raheem. ‘Fifty per cent of the players would probably tell you Brendan is not a good manager, but he is a good coach. ‘Raheem could have stayed, he should be at Liverpool. In December I said we’ll sign a contract if there is a buy-out clause, which are now common. They said...

Wenger chuffed after Bayern win

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger was delighted that his team reproduced their recent outstanding Premier League form against German champions Bayern Munich. ||| London - Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger was delighted that his team reproduced their recent outstanding Premier League form to revive their faltering European fortunes with a 2-0 win over Bayern Munich on Tuesday. The London club have climbed to second behind Manchester City in the Premier League but were struggling in Champions League Group F after losing their opening two matches to Dinamo Zagreb and Olympiakos Piraeus. For long periods it looked as if they were either going to lose, or at best draw against Bayern, but a 77th-minute header from substitute Olivier Giroud and a stoppage-time second from Germany international Mesut Ozil gave them an unexpected but hugely important victory. “The team focus and the dynamic was there in the preparation and we have had that for a while now,” said Wenger. “I said that in the press...

Arrows add to SuperSport’s woes

Golden Arrows continued their impressive start to the season with an away win over SuperSport United at the Lucas Moripe Stadium. ||| Pretoria - Golden Arrows continued their impressive start to the season with a 2-1 away win over SuperSport United at the Lucas Moripe Stadium on Tuesday night. Two first-half goals by Trevor Mathiane and Kuda Mahachi saw Arrows record their third win of the campaign. Kingston Nkhatha's second-half strike for the home side wasn't enough to save SuperSport from slumping to their fourth defeat of the season. The home team made a bright start to the match when they had two chances in the first minute of the clash. Winger Thuso Phala's shot was deflected wide, while defender Clayton Daniels's effort from the resulting corner missed the goal to the right. Arrows have been playing some top football after gaining promotion to the top flight at the end of last season. They play without fear, and when they get forward, they do so in numbers. Striker Mabhuti...