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Steve Mounie is confident Benin will put their goalless draw against Guinea-Bissau behind them and progress to the knockout stages of the Africa Cup of Nations. The Huddersfield striker is expected to lead the line against Cameroon on Tuesday in their final Group F game at the Ismailia Stadium, where a third successive draw will…

Liverpool midfielder Allan Rodrigues de Souza has extended his loan deal at Fluminense until the end of the year. The 22-year-old initially moved to Brazil until the end of the season in February but he will now stay in South America until December 31. Allan joined Liverpool in September 2015 but is yet to make a…

Livingston have loaned striker Jack Hamilton to Queen of the South for the season. The forward, who turned 19 on Sunday, scored twice for Livingston last season before joining Alloa on loan in January. The teenager only made one start for the Wasps but netted a winner at Morton on one of his 14 substitute…

Rangers manager Steven Gerrard is ready to trim his first-team squad following their pre-season training camp. The Gers rounded off a trip to Portugal with a 2-0 training-ground win over Mansfield on Saturday when 30 players were handed action. Gerrard had already left the likes of Graham Dorrans, Eros Grezda, Jordan Rossiter, Jason Holt and…

Bournemouth have submitted amended plans for a new multi-million pound training complex. The club have permission to develop the 57-acre former Canford Magna Golf Club site, which was granted in December 2017. Fresh proposals have now been lodged with Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council. Bournemouth chief executive, Neill Blake, told the club’s website: “Submitting these amended,…

Football Ventures (Whites) Limited has been named as the preferred buyer for Bolton. Wanderers have been searching for a new buyer and saw a takeover bid by former Watford chairman Laurence Bassini collapse in May. Bolton’s joint administrators have now confirmed the preferred buyers for the Sky Bet League One side. Paul Appleton, on behalf…

Lee Cattermole has left Sunderland after a decade with the club. The midfielder, 31, returned to his native north-east from Wigan in 2009 and has since made 261 appearances in all competitions. Seven of his 10 Sunderland goals came in League One last season, while he has racked up 90 yellow and seven red cards…

Kenya came from behind to defeat Tanzania 3-2 in an Africa Cup of Nations thriller and boost their chances of progression. Michael Olunga’s goal 10 minutes from the end finally had Kenya in front, having twice trailed to strikes from Mbwana Samatta and Simon Msuva. Olunga cancelled out the first of those goals and Johanna…

England coach Phil Neville insists he and the team are having the “time of our lives” after reaching the semi-finals of the Women’s World Cup. Norway were swept aside in a comfortable 3-0 victory courtesy of goals from Jill Scott, Ellen White and Lucy Bronze and they could even afford a missed penalty by Nikita…

England advanced to another Women’s World Cup semi-final after beating Norway 3-0 in Le Havre. Jill Scott put Phil Neville’s side ahead with a fine finish in just the third minute at the Stade Oceane, the earliest goal of the tournament so far and the fastest England have scored at any edition. Ellen White, having…