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African All Stars John Mikel Obi and Victor Moses are currently on the radar of Crystal Palace as the club is making efforts to strengthen their squad with the Nigerian duo.

Arsenal FC Goal Keeper, Petr Cech would be retiring from football at the end of the 2018/2019 English Premier League (EPL) football season. Cech who has played professionally for 20 years made the announcement on 15th of January.

Argentine striker Lionel Messi, has been reportedly declared the second player to have scored 400 goals in any of Europe's top five leagues, reaching the milestone in 63 games fewer than Cristiano Ronaldo did, and he has now nearly doubled Alan Shearer's Premier League record of 260 strikes. Messi has an average of 0.92 league goals per game in his illustrious career

Following the sack of  Jose Mourinho, Manchester United has paid their former gaffer £15 million ($19 million) as compensation. According to a source close to Mourinho whose contract was due to run till the end of  2019/20 season, has revealed that the compensation has been paid.

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has declared Egypt host of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations. This was announced after Egypt won the ticket over South Africa, by 16 to 1 vote.

The 17th edition of the AFC Asian Cup which is hosted by The United Arab Emirates will kick off today 5th of January and Finals will be played on 1st of February 2019. The highlight of the tournament will be that of Syria and Palestine which will be played on Sunday 6th of Januaey.