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AFCON wrap: Algeria secure qualification
Algeria secured a place at the next Africa Cup of Nations finals with a 1-0 win over Niger that ensured a top-two finish in their qualifying group.


TOP HEADLINES

TRANSFERS
Transfer Talk: Messi's MLS move hinges on all teams paying his salary?
MLS clubs could all chip in to pay Lionel Messi's wages in an effort to bring the PSG talisman to the league. Transfer Talk has the latest.

TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR
FOOTBALL
After Antonio Conte's departure, Daniel Levy's role deserves greater scrutiny
Daniel Levy has appointed 11 full-time managers at Tottenham Hotspur and fired every single one of them. Sooner or later, there will be a 12th.
How is Conte's legacy affected by leaving Spurs?

MARCOTTI'S MUSINGS
Russia are playing soccer again despite FIFA suspension. How? Because of sports, politics connection
International sport -- soccer in particular -- are tools for global politics, which will never change. Russia's soccer crossroads is proof of that.

A LARGER NATIONAL GOAL IN MIND
The Marshall Islands are trying to build a soccer team, but their dreams extend far beyond sport
The Marshall Islands don't have a national soccer team, but they're working on it. The goal? Awareness for a nation that deserves your attention.

RONALDO VS. MESSI
Every game matters for record-breaker Ronaldo to keep Messi at bay
Cristiano Ronaldo's career has always been about squeezing every drop from his natural ability and now he wants every goal he can get for Portugal.
Morocco defeat no disaster for a Brazil team in holding pattern
Brazil may have slumped to their second-ever defeat to an African side but, for a team without a permanent coach, there were positives to be taken.

GERMAN BUNDESLIGA
Could Bayern sacking Nagelsmann be the most expensive coaching mistake in football history?
By firing Julian Nagelsmann now, Bayern Munich are essentially saying they got the hiring wrong. Can they get it right with Tuchel?

THE TOE POKE
Football
Which strikers are out-Haalanding Haaland this season?
Erling Haaland is scoring for fun, but he's not the man with the best goal-per-game rate in Europe's top leagues this season -- or even in England.
Top Headlines
- Sources: Man Utd bids below Glazers' valuation
- Chelsea post £121m loss, blame govt. sanctions
- Museum to sit Messi statue by Pele, Maradona
- Pavard thunderbolt helps France edge Ireland
- Peru players, police clash before Madrid friendly
- Conte departs Tottenham by mutual consent
- Man Utd, Wrexham plan July friendly in San Diego
- FIFA to pay $355m for sending players to WCs
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