Football: Ole Gunnar Solskjaer insists Paul Pogba's a big part of his plans at Manchester UnitedLONDON • Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has played down rumours of Paul Pogba leaving for Real Madrid and reiterated that the France midfielder remains "a big, big part" of his plans.Pogba, who last week described...

Beating Manchester City not impossible: Mauricio PochettinoLONDON • After surviving an early Sergio Aguero VAR penalty and top scorer Harry Kane's injury to beat Manchester City 1-0, Mauricio Pochettino challenged "spirited" Tottenham to finish the job in their Champions League quarter-final.South Korea forward Son Heung-min...

Football: Retired Lions defender Baihakki Khaizan salutes Kadir Yahaya and Raddy Avramovic for 'saving his career'SINGAPORE - Most of his National Football Academy Under-17 team-mates were promoted to form the first batch of Young Lions in 2003, but Baihakki Khaizan was left out because he had not played much of the previous...

Salah retains African football awardDAKAR • Egypt striker Mohamed Salah was named the African Footballer of the Year for the second straight year at the Confederation of African Football's (CAF) awards ceremony in Dakar on Tuesday.The 26-year-old Liverpool star finished first in a vote by technical directors and head...

Football: Faris Ramli latest national footballer to experience an overseas move that goes awrySINGAPORE - A winger with a nose for goals, Singapore international Faris Ramli smelled a rat when he signed a one-year deal with Malaysian Premier League (MPL) club Perlis, worth more than US$100,000 (S$136,000), last month.He...