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The former Fulham midfielder, 36, was accused by a former teammate of trying to influence a Swedish league game. Dickson Etuhu Dickson Etuhu has been cleared of match-fixing claims by a Swedish court on Thursday. The former Premier League player was charged with trying to influence a match between IFK Gothenburg and his former club Stockholm’s AIK by the goalkeeper of his team Kenny Stamatopoulos. Upon Stamatopoulos informing the club about the alleged approach, the game, scheduled to hold May 18, 2017, was postponed. However, after hearing testaments from both players, the Stockholm district court ruled in favour of the Nigeria midfielder, stating that there was not enough evidence to be convinced of Stamatopoulos’ claim. In its judgement, the court said: “To discuss a crime only in general terms is typically not punishable,” Etuhu played in England featuring for Manchester City, Preston North End, Norwich, Sunderland, Fulham and Blackburn Rovers before a switch to Sweden. He...

Liverpool defender Joe Gomez could be out for six weeks after fracturing his left leg during Wednesday’s victory over Burnley. The 21-year-old England international was taken off after 23 minutes following a challenge with Clarets captain Ben Mee. Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp complained about Burnley’s tackling during the 3-1 Premier League win at Turf Moor. Burnley boss Sean Dyche said it was a “fantastic tackle” by Mee. A Liverpool statement on Thursday said “initial indications” were that Gomez would be out for up to six weeks, “though this is dependent on how his treatment and rehabilitation programmes progress”. Gomez has played in 13 of Liverpool’s 15 league games this season. He made his England debut last year and has won six caps, but missed this year’s World Cup in Russia because of an ankle injury.

Arsenal manager, Unai Emery has said that Mesut Ozil remains an injury doubt ahead of this weekend’s Premier League clash with Huddersfield Town. Ozil was ruled out of the north London derby with a back problem and also missed Wednesday’s 2-2 draw again Manchester United. However, a number of pundits have advised Emery to sell the midfielder, adding that Arsenal look stronger without Ozil after the Gunners beat Tottenham 4-2 and drew 2-2 with the Red Devils. The Former Paris Saint-Germain boss says Ozil is still working with the Club’s medical team, with a decision about his availability for the weekend yet to be made. “He had backache and now he is working with the physio and we are looking at when he can play with us,” Metro UK quoted Emery as saying on Thursday. “Tomorrow we will decide whether he can play on Saturday.”

Real Madrid have reportedly agreed personal terms with Chelsea forward, Eden Hazard. The 28-year-old Belgian attacker’s contract runs out at Stamford Bridge in 2020, and Chelsea are ready to sell him if they cannot tie him down to a new deal. They want around €170million should they sell him, with Real reluctant to meet that figure, though they could send Mateo Kovacic to Chelsea permanently. Hazard is one of the best players in the world, and the going rate for players of that quality seems to be around €170million – look at Philippe Coutinho and Kylian Mbappe, for example. Whether it represents the most judicious use of money is another matter, but Real Madrid rarely seem interested in looking towards younger players to save cash. However, Chelsea will not let Hazard go easily. The Premier League club value the attacking midfielder at around 170m euros, a fee that Madrid – who are thought to be eyeing a part-exchange deal involving Mateo Kovacic – would not be willing to shell ...

Liverpool’s Egyptian midfielder Mohamed Salah. / AFP PHOTO / Adrian DENNIS / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. Leading Sports TV network, Supersport has picked Liverpool and Egyptian star, Mohamed Salah, as 2018 Player of the Month for November. Salah who has shrugged off his sluggish start this season is back to his signature show stopping playmanship. Salah helped Liverpool secure a 3-0 away win over Watford, which kept them in touch with Premier League pacesetters Manchester City. The 26-year-old opened the scoring at Vicarage Road to pave the way for an emphatic Reds victory, which also featured goals from Trent Alexander-Arnold and Roberto Firmino. The Egyptian was thrown under the bus by critics for a solid but unspectacular start to the 2018/19 season. However, things have been looking up for him since the middle of October. The winger has scored eight goals and provided two assists for club and country and also managed to become the fastest player to ever reach the 50-goal mark...

Manchester United's defensive injury crisis could significantly ease in time for the visit of Arsenal on Wednesday night after Antonio Valencia, Chris Smalling, Eric Bailly and  Matteo Darmian  were included in the provisional squad. Club captain Valencia came off with a muscle injury in last week's  Champions League  victory over Young Boys and did not travel to Southampton at the weekend. Smalling and Bailly did journey to the south coast but were omitted from the  squad  with a foot and back injury respectively. The trio could face late fitness tests. Darmian also failed to make the Southampton trip and was unavailable for the Young Boys tie but is in contention to return to the matchday squad against the Gunners on Wednesday evening. The quartet all checked in at the Hilton Garden Inn at  Old Trafford  cricket ground on Tuesday evening but there was no sign of Luke Shaw or Phil Jones. Although Shaw often rendezvouses with the s...