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Poland are the odd team out in Pot One ahead of the 2018 World Cup draw as the European nation remarkably played the Fifa rankings to get an advantage.

Pogba made a scoring return from a hamstring injury in the Red Devils' 4-1 win over Newcastle United at Old Trafford.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has hailed the commitment of Mesut Ozil and Alexis Sanchez after the duo helped the Gunners to secure an impressive 2-0 victory over Tottenham.

Manchester United are willing to let Luke Shaw go the other way after the defender failed to get the nod back into the first team.

Mauricio Pochettino says Danny Rose needs to build up his fitness after leaving the England international out the Tottenham squad that lost 2-0 to Arsenal.

Federer had a disappointing end to the 2017 campaign, losing the ATP World Tour semi-finals to David Goffin.

Manchester United came from behind to beat Newcastle United with Paul Pogba scoring one and providing another.

Chelsea thrash West Brom at the Hawthorns, Liverpool cruise to victory at home to Southampton and Manchester City put two past Leicester City.

Arsenal fans have been spotted in Zimbabwe holding a 'Wenger Out' sign during protests against Robert Mugabe's presidency.

Federer explained that he would earlier be ecstatic at the prospect of sharing the court with the legends of the game.

Alexis Sanchez and Shkodran Mustafi strike as Arsenal dominate Tottenham in north London derby, securing a 2-0 win.

Rafael Nadal saw off the challenge from Federer and claimed the year-end number one ranking for the fourth time in his career.

Tottenham are yet to compete for a major trophy in years, despite finishing 11 points ahead of Arsenal last season.

Andy Murray won two Grand Slams and two men's singles Olympic gold medals under the stewardship of Ivan Lendl.

The Swiss veteran won seven titles this year, including the Australian Open and a record eighth Wimbledon title, to overtake Pete Sampras' seven championship wins.

Chris Coleman failed to help Wales qualify for the Fifa World Cup in Russia next summer, a year after he helped the Dragons make it to the semi-final of the European championship.

Bale has only made five La Liga appearances for Real this season and has not played for the club since September due to a calf problem.

Joel Matip's chances of featuring against Southampton has suffered a blow after the former Schalke defender's latest thigh injury.

Mustafi was rated as a doubt by Wenger on Thursday, but the defender was seen training with the first-team on Friday ahead of Arsenal's game against Tottenham.

Phil Jones was forced to play England's friendly game against Germany despite carrying an injury which has now ruled him out of United's game against Newcastle.

The former Uber driver, identified as Kate, told the media outlet that Winston "behaved poorly" from the start of the ride.

Manchester United dispatched scouts to watch West Ham teenager Domingos Quina in action for Portugal's Under-19s during their friendly win over Spain this week.

Mikel Merino, Jamaal Lascelles, Christian Atsu and Paul Dummett have all been ruled out of Newcastle's Premier League clash with Manchester United on Saturday.

Allardyce publicly ended his interest in succeeding Ronald Koeman at Goodison Park, a move that shocked Unsworth.

Barcelona wing-back Aleix Vidal is back in Ernesto Valverde's 18-man squad to face Leganes on Saturday.

Leeds boss Thomas Christiansen is not fearing the sack at Elland Road despite winning one of the last seven games.

Antonio Conte has no regrets over allowing Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Tammy Abraham to leave Chelsea on loan this summer, despite their impressive form.

Barcelona boss Ernesto Valverde remains opens over the possibility of bolstering his squad during the January transfer window.

Southampton boss Mauricio Pellegrino recently suggested Van Dijk could be sold in January but Klopp was not interested in discussing the prospect.