A goalless draw was no good for Cape Verde and Zambia, who are both out of the Africa Cup of Nations.

Cape Verde and Zambia crashed out of the Africa Cup of Nations following a goalless draw in their final Group B game at Nuevo Estadio de Ebebiyín on Monday.

A victory would have been enough for either nation to progress to the quarter-finals, but they lacked the quality to reach the last eight and Democratic Republic of Congo and Tunisia progressed following their 1-1 draw.

Cape Verde went into the game in second place, but bow out after drawing all three games, with Democratic Republic of Congo leapfrogging them on goals scored.

Zambia, the 2012 AFCON winners, entered the game knowing they had to win to have any chance of going through.

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Carlos Tevez the highest-paid footballer in the world?

I don’t expect things would go down differently for Argentine striker Carlos Tevez, who is the last in line of big-names to be linked with a move to the same club.

Former West Ham, Manchester United, Manchester City and Juventus forward is an emotional football player, but it seems that I have mistaken Tevez for a football romantic which he obviously is not.

During his European escapades, Carlos Tevez was never too shy to talk about his boyhood club Boca Juniors. The 32-year-old Argentina international started his career at the Argentina heavyweights but failed to lift the title during his three years at the club, from 2001 to 2004.

Having helped Juventus to consecutive Serie A titles, Carlos Tevez finally…

Paul Pogba gave an impassioned response to his critics after helping France into the World Cup final.

Pogba put in his latest assured display of a quietly impressive tournament at Russia 2018 as Samuel Umtiti s header downed Belgium 1-0 in St Petersburg on Tuesday.

The 25-year-old was the world s most expensive player when he rejoined Manchester United from Juventus in 2016 but his performances at Old Trafford have often polarised opinion.

As the biggest game of his decorated career awaits, Pogba is willing to take the barbs in his stride so long as his desire to compete and love for the game is not up for debate.

I don t want to prove nothing to nobody, he said. I came from I wouldn t exactly say nothing [but] obviously I had no trophies.

I cou…

Aston Villa boss Unai Emery insists he wants to keep hold of “very important” Jacob Ramsey amid speculation over the midfielder’s future.

It has been reported that Villa need to sell before strengthening their squad due to the Premier League’s profit and sustainability rules.

Ramsey, 22, who has been linked with Newcastle, Tottenham and Bayern Munich, is currently recovering from a hamstring injury and remains doubtful for Tuesday night’s home league game against Eddie Howe’s Magpies.

Unai Emery joined the media this afternoon ahead of our return to action tomorrow.

It’s a very exciting match, [we want] to feel comfortable on the pitch and transmit our full energy to the supporters.

— Aston Villa (@AVFCOfficial)

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Out of contention already?

I predicted that Liverpool would win the Premier League this season. I was pretty confident that they would learn from some of their mistakes last season and build on what was their best season in the league for ages. I thought they would go on to do well.

Defeat

They still might, of course, although Sunday’s defeat at Chelsea was their third defeat already in the first eight games. Apparently you have to go back to 1967 to find a team who won the top division after losing three of their first eight.

Whilst I am beginning to lose faith in my prediction Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez has told the BBC that his team are very much still in it despite already being six points behind the leaders.

It is too earl…

Kevin De Bruyne is enjoying his flourishing on-field relationship with Raheem Sterling ahead of Manchester City s Champions League Group D meeting with Sevilla.

De Bruyne and Sterling were City s two marquee close-season signings, with the Belgium international s purchase from Wolfsburg quickly surpassing what was a club-record outlay when the England forward swapped Anfield for the Etihad Stadium.

Four goals in his first six senior starts for City has quickly established De Bruyne as a favourite with the club s supporters, while Sterling struck a maiden senior hat-trick in the 5-1 win over AFC Bournemouth on Saturday.

Striker Wilfried Bony helped himself to a brace, with Sterling playing behind him and De Bruyne supplying the ammunition from a wide-left attackin…

Verdict: Draw

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Southampton host Leicester City at St Mary s on January 22nd in what should be an exciting game. Southampton are favourites for the game, but reigning Premier League Champions, Leicester City, can once again upset the odds. Leicester are priced at 4/1 with William Hill, while Southampton can be got at odds of 17/20 with the same firm. There is little between the sides in terms of placings in the Premier League with Southampton currently 13th and their opponents in 15th.

Southampton

Southampton are strong favourites coming into the game considering Leicester City have failed to win an away game so far this season. However, they are currently in poor form having lost last weekend to Burnley they are now on a 4-game los…

Sunderland boss Tony Mowbray is keen not to underestimate Luton as the two teams prepare to meet in the Championship play-off semi-final.

Helped by Blackburn’s victory against Millwall, the Black Cats sneaked into sixth place in the table while the Hatters finished third.

Both sides have recent play-off experience, with Sunderland promoted into the second tier with a win against Wycombe in last year’s League One play-offs.

However, Luton missed out on the chance to earn Premier League promotion after being beaten in last season’s semi-finals by Huddersfield, but Mowbray insisted the Hatters will be aiming to “put that right”.

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— Sunderland AFC (@SunderlandAFC)

He said: “(Luton) had (a play-off run) l…

Hertha Berlin winger Jean-Paul Boetius will undergo surgery on Friday after tests revealed the Dutchman has a testicular tumour.

The 28-year-old, capped once by the Netherlands, is a former Feyenoord and Basel player who joined Hertha in August after a four-year spell with Mainz.

His club said in a statement: Jean-Paul Boetius has been diagnosed with a testicular tumour following the results of a urological test on Wednesday, and will be out for the foreseeable future. The 28-year-old will undergo an operation on Friday.

Jean-Paul Boëtius had a urological test on Wednesday, where a testicular tumour was discovered. We will inform you further once we have more information. Our thoughts are with you, Djanga!

— Hertha Berlin (@HerthaBSC_EN)

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Everton have completed the signing of Aiden McGeady from Spartak Moscow for an undisclosed fee, .

The 27 year old, who has been linked with a move to the Merseyside club for some time was expected to join in the summer when his contract was due to expire, but has joined immediately and could make his debut against West Bromwich Albion next Monday evening.

The Republic of Ireland international was introduced to the Goodison Park faithful ahead of the Toffee’s 2-0 win over Norwich City on Saturday afternoon, a result which has kept them in touch with the top four in the division.

In his three-and-a-half years in Russia, McGeady made ninety-three appearances in all competitions, scoring thirteen goals and securing a second place finish in the Premier League i…