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Barcelona are said to be monitoring Tottenham Hotspur star Dele Alli ahead of making a future move to lure him to the Nou Camp.

Should Catalonia become independent, Barcelona could end up playing outside La Liga and join another league instead.

Annabel Croft believes Rafael Nadal's decision to let his body recover has paid dividends as the world number one won his sixth title of the year after his recent China Open win.

Mesut Ozil and Alexis Sanchez have been heavily linked with a move out of the club.

WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder believes Anthony Joshua should fight in America in order to become a global name in boxing.

Andrea Pirlo will take time to consider his next career move amid fresh speculation linking him with a move to join Antonio Conte's backroom team at Chelsea.

Lewis Hamilton has sympathised with Sebastian Vettel after Ferrari reliability problems all but ended his title challenge.

Neymar's representatives have written to Uefa urging the governing body to expel the Catalan giants out of Europe's premier club competition.

Rafael Nadal won his sixth title of 2017 beating Nick Kyrgios in the final of the China Open and now has one more trophy than Roger Federer in 2017.

Ben Stokes will not travel with England to Australia for the Ashes – for now – as he awaits clearance from a police investigation into the incident that saw him involved in a brawl.

Eric Cantona and Peter Schmeichel won nine league titles and five FA Cups amongst themselves with Manchester United. The latter also won the Champions League with the Red Devils.

Tammy Abraham impressed for Bristol City last season and signed a new five-year deal at Chelsea before joining Swansea City on a season-long loan deal in the summer.

Shkodran Mustafi is likely to miss a big chunk of games for Arsenal after suffering suspected torn ligaments during Germany's win over Azerbaijan.

US vice president Mike Pence walks out of NFL game between San Francisco 49ers and the Indianapolis Colts after players take to their knee during anthem.

Barcelona are now carefully monitoring Anthony Martial's situation at Manchester United and may consider a move later down the line, reports in Spain claim.

Harry Winks impressed on his debut for England after a penalty from Harry Kane sealed a dull 1-0 win in the final World Cup qualifying match.

Reports in Spain suggest PSG will try to sign Philippe Coutinho from Liverpool and wreck Barcelona's hopes of completing a deal for the Brazilian in January.

Jack Wilshere is into the final year of his contract at Arsenal and Arsene Wenger suggests he must prove his fitness between now and December if he wants to have a future there.

Leon Goretzka's contract at Schalke expires next summer and their club captain admits the midfielder is sure to leave with Barcelona and Bayern Munich interested.

Reports have suggested that former Bayern Munich manager Carlo Ancelotti is interested in succeeding Wenger.

Manchester United midfielder Marouane Fellaini will miss Saturday's trip to Liverpool after Belgium confirmed he has suffered damage to his medial ligament.

The WBA (Super), IBF, and IBO heavyweight champion believes that despite comparisons, there are key differences between him and Mike Tyson.

Reds legend Phil Thompson says Jurgen Klopp must strengthen his defence and bring in a top quality striker.

Andy Murray's ex-coach Miles Maclagan believes it will take quite a while for the next generation to emulate the success of Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic.

Red Devils defender Matteo Darmian ranks teammate De Gea ahead of Juventus and Italy legend Gianluigi Buffon.

Tony Ferguson is ready for a unification bout as he targets fight with lightweight champion Conor McGregor following his UFC 216 win over Kevin Lee.

Fellaini scored two goals against Crystal Palace last weekend.

Hamilton now holds a 59-point lead over Vettel in the race for the championship after clinching another victory in the Japanese Grand Prix.

Chelsea midfielder N'Golo Kante has suffered a muscle injury on international duty with France.