Raphael Varane and Karim Benzema goals guide Real Madrid to win over Espanyol

Real Madrid kept the pressure on Barcelona at the top of LaLiga with a 2-0 victory over Espanyol at the Bernabeu.

Goals from Raphael Varane and Karim Benzema secured Zinedine Zidane’s side a fourth straight league win, despite Ferland Mendy’s late dismissal.

Real’s victory moved them temporarily three points ahead of Barca, who play later on Saturday, with the first El Clasico of the campaign taking place on December 18.

Ballon d’Or 2019 winner ‘leaked’ as Virgil van Dijk battles Lionel Messi

An image circulating on social media is claiming to have ‘leaked’ the results of the 2019 Ballon d’Or.

The photo has Barcelona star Lionel Messi coming out on top ahead of Liverpool ’s defensive rock Virgil van Dijk.

Messi is the current betting favourite and, according to the image, he will best Van Dijk with 446 points to the Dutchman’s 382.

Mo Salah is supposedly going to come in third ahead of five time Ballon d’Or winner Cristiano Ronaldo.

A third Liverpool star rounds out the top five, with Sadio Mane listed as fifth.

The rest of the top ten consists of Reds goalkeeper Alisson Becker, Paris Saint-Germain forward Kylian Mbappe, Dutch duo Frankie de Jong and Matthijs de Ligt and Real Madrid star Eden Hazard.

AC Milan director Massara admits 'waiting' for Ibrahimovic 

AC Milan director Frederic Massara admits they're in contact with LA Galaxy striker Zlatan Ibrahimmovic.

The Swede is also speaking with Bolognoa.

"There is no news on Ibrahimovic, because this is not a negotiation," Massara told Sky Sport Italia.

"He is evaluating his future. He is on the market, but there are no developments."

Before victory over Parma, he added: "We are all aware that Milan represent a glorious history and at times this can feel like a weight on our shoulders, but we are convinced that the team is improving.

"We've got to get into gear, win and improve our position."

Rotherham secure comeback win over Solihull Moors to reach FA Cup third round

Rotherham produced a stunning second-half comeback as they recovered from a three-goal deficit to avoid a huge FA Cup shock and down Solihull Moors 4-3.

Solihull made an electric start and were rewarded in the sixth minute when Jamey Osborne punished lacklustre defending from Rotherham to drive the ball into the top corner from 18 yards.

It was double delight for Solihull just two minutes later as a looped cross fell behind a stagnant Rotherham defence and Alex Gudger timed his run perfectly to strike a volley home.

The Millers were struggling to combat Solihull’s aerial prowess and a clinical counter-attack in the 62nd minute looked to have sealed the game for the Moors as James Ball scored.

Another World Record For Leo Messi

The Barcelona idol continues to reach new heights on the pitch, and his consistent brilliance means he has few equals at the top of world football.

Perhaps it is fitting that Lionel Messi's sixth Ballon d'Or, marking him out as the most successful player in the history of the

Ballon d’Or 2019 winner ‘leaked’ as Virgil van Dijk battles Lionel Messi

An image circulating on social media is claiming to have ‘leaked’ the results of the 2019 Ballon d’Or.

The photo has Barcelona star Lionel Messi coming out on top ahead of Liverpool ’s defensive rock Virgil van Dijk.

Messi is the current betting favourite and, according to the image, he will best Van Dijk with 446 points to the Dutchman’s 382.

Mo Salah is supposedly going to come in third ahead of five time Ballon d’Or winner Cristiano Ronaldo.

A third Liverpool star rounds out the top five, with Sadio Mane listed as fifth.

The rest of the top ten consists of Reds goalkeeper Alisson Becker, Paris Saint-Germain forward Kylian Mbappe, Dutch duo Frankie de Jong and Matthijs de Ligt and Real Madrid star Eden Hazard.

Ernesto Valverde calls on Barcelona to rise above expectation

Barcelona coach Ernesto Valverde wants his side to rise above the constant wave of expectations as they aim to beat Borussia Dortmund and reach the Champions League knockout stages.

The Blaugrana needed a second-half fightback to win 2-1 at bottom club Leganes with a late goal from Arturo Vidal to keep themselves top of LaLiga ahead of Real Madrid.

Kane brace caps comeback as Mourinho’s Tottenham reach knockout stage

Tottenham booked their place in the Champions League knockout stage for a third successive year with a brilliant 4-2 comeback win against Olympiacos in Jose Mourinho’s first home game in charge.

It had looked like the Greek side were about to ruin Mourinho’s big night as they capitalised on a truly woeful opening 30 minutes by Spurs to lead 2-0 after 20 minutes thanks to goals from Youssef El Arabi and Ruben Semedo.

Dele Alli’s reply just before the break proved pivotal as it gave Mourinho’s men a base to produce a fine second-half blitz, with Harry Kane grabbing a brace and Serge Aurier capping a fine performance with the goal of the night.

Chelsea star Willian 'offered to Real Madrid but Zidane turns down transfer' as winger runs down contract

CHELSEA star Willian has been offered to Real Madrid on a free transfer next summer, it has been claimed.

The 31-year-old is in the final year of his current deal at Stamford Bridge and becomes a free agent in July - with Barcelona said to be interested.

But reports have emerged in Spain to suggest someone in the player's camp is hawking him round clubs to see if there would be an interest in signing him.

Website Defensa Central has claimed one such call was made to Real Madrid to enquire if they were open to the Brazilian moving there on a free transfer.

But they report that the proposal was rejected by Zinedine Zidane because the player does not fit into his plans for the future.

Leganes 1-2 Barcelona: Vidal salvages late victory for LaLiga leaders 

Substitute Arturo Vidal rescued Barcelona with a scrappy late goal as the leaders of LaLiga recovered from an early setback to win 2-1 at bottom side Leganes on Saturday.

Barca boss Ernesto Valverde fielded an attacking line-up that included Lionel Messi, Antoine Griezmann, Luis Suarez and Ousmane Dembele in a 4-2-3-1 formation, but it did not look like paying off for large parts.

Leganes have won just once all season but the underdogs took the lead through Youssef En-Nesyri's sublime early strike, before the champions hit back in the second half.

Man Utd eye shock January transfer for Everton star Richarlison as Solskjaer makes signing a striker No 1 priority 

MANCHESTER UNITED have been watching Richarlison as they make signing a new striker their main target for January.

The genuine lack of options in attack has been one of the glaring weaknesses highlighted by Ole Gunnar Solskjaer in the opening few months of the season.

United currently have only Marcus Rashford and Anthony Martial as recognised forwards in the squad, with Mason Greenwood an inexperienced back-up aged just 18.

And the Standard say Everton star Richarlison is one of the players being closely monitored as United prepare to spend money when the transfer window on strengthening their firepower.

It is claimed the Brazilian and Norwegian prodigy Erling Haaland are two players who are being tracked by the United scouts.

Jose Mourinho divulges training ground jibe he's used to motivate Tottenham star Dele Alli

Jose Mourinho divulges training ground jibe he's used to motivate Tottenham star Dele Alli (Image: GETTY)

Jose Mourinho is keen to revitalise Dele Alli's Tottenham form after a poor 18 months.

Jose Mourinho has told Dele Alli he is the poor relation of the Tottenham team at the moment in a bid to spark him back into the form he showed two years ago.

In a remarkable exchange on his first full day at the club, Mourinho called the England international aside to find out why he has been unable to live up to the promise he showed when he first arrived at the club.

A scrappy late strike from Arturo Vidal saw Barcelona come from behind to record a 2-1 LaLiga victory over bottom-of-the-table Leganes.

Youssef En-Nesyri gave the hosts an early lead with a superb effort as Barcelona struggled to create anything of any note.

But they improved after the break and second-half efforts from Luis Suarez and Vidal secured victory and moved them three points clear at the top, although Real Madrid will have the opportunity to move level when they play Real Sociedad later on Saturday.

Lampard: Mourinho not right to say I turned my back on Chelsea to join Man City

Frank Lampard says Jose Mourinho was wrong to say that his Chelsea legacy was tarnished by joining Manchester City in 2014, but he holds no grudge with his former boss.

Mourinho stole the headlines this week when he took over Tottenham - the fiercest rivals of Chelsea, where he goes down as the club's most successful manager.

While with the Stamford Bridge side, the Portuguese claimed he would never join Tottenham, comments that have resurfaced this week following his decision to do just that. And Mourinho's history has come under further scrutiny after he suggested that Lampard's Chelsea "love stories" were over when he netted against the club while playing with City five years ago.

Although he believes Mourinho was in the wrong to make such a statement, Lampard holds no animosity towards the ex-Real Madrid and Manchester United manager.

West Ham 2-3 Tottenham: Son, Lucas and Kane earn Mourinho debut win

Goals from Son Heung-min, Lucas Moura and Harry Kane saw Tottenham win 3-2 at West Ham in Jose Mourinho's debut game at the helm.

Jose Mourinho's first game in charge of Tottenham saw his new team claim a 3-2 Premier League win away to London rivals West Ham.

Mourinho left Christian Eriksen on the bench as a first-half goal and assist from Son Heung-min helped end a run of 12 away Premier League games without a victory for Spurs, despite a late home fightback.

The South Korea star opened the scoring in the 36th minute and then set up Lucas Moura to get Mourinho's men up and running, Harry Kane adding to the scoreline as Spurs climbed to sixth in the table.

Michail Antonio and Angelo Ogbonna netted late consolations but West Ham continue to struggle after a bright start to the season. Manuel Pellegrini's side have now lost six of their past seven Premier League games.

The first goals of the Jose Mourinho era...

Marcelino removed from Valencia photos of Copa del Rey celebrations

Marcelino was cropped out of the team's cup celebrations

Valencia have cropped out former coach Marcelino from a picture of the team celebrating last season's Copa del Rey win over Barcelona.

Los Che are set to return to the Estadio Benito Villamarin on Saturday, where they lifted the cup, to face Real Betis and have published a report about the memories of the final.

However, the main picture of the post was edited, leaving out their former coach, who was part of the photo alongside five Valencia players.

As the club have explained to MARCA, there has were no bad intentions behind their decision to publish the aforementioned picture.

Valencia have made clear that they edited the photo so that no former member of the club nor the Adidas shirt appear in it.

In fact, Los Che are preparing a book, which will include one chapter that corresponds to Marcelino.

Arsenal star Nicolas Pepe calls out Gunners after social media gaffe sees him tagged as Ainsley Maitland-Niles

Nicolas Pepe called out Arsenal after a social media gaffe saw him tagged as Ainsley Maitland-Niles

NICOLAS PEPE called out Arsenal's social media team after they made a gaffe on their Instagram page.

The Gunners put out a picture on social media of Pepe alongside goalkeeper Bernd Leno, with the caption: "Preppin for the weekend."

The only problem was, they tagged in Ainsley Maitland-Niles rather 

 the £72million Ivorian.

Pepe spotted the error and commented: "It's me" with a laughing emoji and one with a hand covering a face.

Arsenal quickly deleted the image, although not before it circulated on social media.

Pepe is expected to play some part against Southampton on Saturday despite arriving back late from international duty.

The winger, who has struggled in his first three months in English football, only got back on Thursday and missed training that day.

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Event West Ham - Tottenham    Selection X2 & Ov 1.5 Date 23/11/2019 13:30

Event Manchester City - Chelsea Selection GG

Date 23/11/2019 18:30

Event Brentford - Reading   Selection Over 1.5

Date 23/11/2019 16:00

Event West Brom - Sheffield Weds  Selection GG

Date 23/11/2019 16:00

Fulham and Kamara have put last season’s controversy in past – Parker

Scott Parker insisted both Fulham and Aboubakar Kamara have put last season’s controversy behind them after the striker scored twice to sink QPR 2-1.

Kamara’s Craven Cottage career looked over in January after a series of bust-ups, one of which saw him arrested, banned from the club and then sent on loan to Turkish side Malatyaspor.

Yet Cottagers boss Parker has reintegrated Kamara into the squad and, with 12-goal top-scorer Aleksandar Mitrovic suspended, turned to the Frenchman to lead the line against Rangers.

Parker was rewarded with a goal in each half as Fulham came from behind to beat their west London rivals and climb up to fourth in the Sky Bet Championship table.

Reason Why Thailand is Buying Russian Helicopters

Beginning in 2011, the Kingdom of Thailand began replacing aging US helicopters not with newer US-built models, but with Russian and Italian systems instead.
This includes Russian Mi-17 medium twin-turbine transport helicopters and several AgustaWestland AW149's and AW139's (for transporting VIPs).

According to a January 2019 article in Jane's 360: