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Tottenham's Erik Lamela is deemed unavailable for Carabao Cup fourth round tie against West Ham despite Mauricio Pochettino hoping that he could make the bench.

Anthony Martial has avoided retrospective punishment for an alleged kick-out at Huddersfield's Tommy Smith during the Premier league defeat.

Unsworth has been appointed as caretaker manager at Goodison Park but has made no secret of his desire to be put in permanent control.

Real Madrid president Florentino Perez has ruled out making a move to sign Tottenham star Harry Kane.

Koeman was relieved of his duties on Monday after overseeing a dreadful start to the new campaign on Merseyside.

Former Manchester United defender Mikael Silvestre believes Arsenal's Mesut Ozil would need to change his attitude in order to succeed at Old Trafford.

Hamilton and Toto Wolff have pinpointed their meeting in the latter's house as one of the key catalysts for Mercedes' strong performance in 2017.

Barcelona have been handed an ultimatum by Yerry Mina's uncle over the proposed signing of the Palmeiras centre-back.

Unsworth will lead the Toffees against Chelsea on Wednesday (25 October) and will also be in control for the games against Leicester City, Watford and Lyon.

Phil Jones picked up an injury in Manchester United's 2-1 defeat to Huddersfield Town. The England international has travelled with the squad to face Swansea on Tuesday.

Manager Arsene Wenger has praised the depth of Arsenal's options in the final third before Carabao Cup fourth round clash against Norwich City.

Spurs trail Manchester City by five points and travel to Old Trafford on Saturday but Kane believes the will challenge for the title.

Barcelona boss has promoted Ortola, Carles Aleñá, Marc Cucurella and Jose Arnaiz from the second team for the first leg of the Copa del Rey last-32 tie against Murcia.

Federer does not believe he has set a trend that sees many a top player taking lengthy injury breaks in order to emulate the Swiss star's successful 2017 campaign.

Former welterweight champion Amir Khan has called on Floyd Mayweather to come out of retirement and face him in his comeback fight.

Everton sacked Ronald Koeman on Monday after a disastrous run of results left the team in the bottom three.

Steve Bruce believes Sam Johnstone will find it difficult to earn regular opportunities at Manchester United due to Jose Mourinho's stellar goalkeeping options.

Jack Wilshere began working on his coaching badges while on loan at Bournemouth last season and has continued his work at Arsenal this season.

Federer is not focused on chasing Nadal's number one ranking going into the final stretch of the season, but is keen on winning the Basel event and the ATP Finals in London.

Some Blues players are reported to be unhappy with manager Antonio Conte's physically demanding training schedule.

Ryan Giggs has been out of management after Louis van Gaal was allowed to leave Manchester United after the end of the 2015/16 season. The Dutchman was replaced by Jose Mourinho.

Shock defeat raises importance of United's Premier League clash with Tottenham at Old Trafford, former England defender says.

Dejan Lovren was blamed for the first two goals which the Reds conceded in the opening 20 minutes of the game.

Manchester United have already registered a 4-0 victory over Swansea City in the Premier League. Jose Mourinho will be looking for another victory over the Swans in the cup clash.

Roger Federer could be set to regain his spot over Novak Djokovic as the top prize earner in tennis, should he win any of the next three events.

Eric Bailly is expected to return to action this week and could get some game time against Swansea to get him ready for United's match against Tottenham on Saturday.

Head coach Daniel Farke will make a late decision on the availability of Nelson Oliveira and Christoph Zimmermann before Norwich's Carabao Cup visit to Arsenal.

Former Australia bowler Mitchell Johnson has warned his side not to underestimate an England team without Ben Stokes in the 2017/18 Ashes, which begins on 23 November.

Cristiano Ronaldo has been named Fifa's best men's player for a second straight year during an award ceremony in London.