KEVIN DE BRUYNE is poised to resume training with Manchester City in the next few days. The Belgian superstar, 27, is feeling his way back after injuring knee ligaments in training seven weeks ago. De Bruyne has privately targeted the Manchester derby at the Etihad in early November as his possible comeback from injury. And Pep Guardiola is happy with the progress his £54million midfielder is making - as he prepares to step up his comeback. City have coped reasonably well without last season's player of the year - but his return will still be a massive boost. Pep said: "Kevin is making the last steps and he'll be starting training in part in the next days. "Everything is going well." De Bruyne, Benjamin Mendy and Claudio Bravo are the only absentees as City prepare for a key week both at home and in Europe. France star Mendy had been given a rocket from Guardiola for turning up late for treatment on his foot injury. The France international had attended the Anth

Jose Mourinho was hoping not to be the fall guy this week, but the Manchester United boss couldn’t help himself from tripping over at Wembley before England’s Nations League defeat to Spain. Mourinho was strolling into Club Wembley to take his position for the match when he slipped over on the concrete. The Special One dropped to the ground and had a sheepish look on his face as he clambered back up in front of the stunned crowd. Football fans were quick to react to the incident on Twitter, with one comparing Mourinho to former Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger.

Coach of the senior national team of Libya Adel Amrouche says he is confident of his side having a good result against Nigeria when both teams meet on the 10th of October in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations Qualifiers. Nigeria will lock horns in back to back games against Libya in October with Libya currently leading group D of the qualifiers with four points after their 0-0 draw against second place South Africa, a team they lead base on his superior goal difference. Speaking after the game against South, Amrouche said his team who are one point ahead of Nigeria are not scared of facing the Super Eagles and wouldn’t mind playing both games in Nigeria. He further said South Africa, who defeated Nigeria 2-0 in Uyo are better than the Super Eagles as the Nigerian team rely on voodoo to win games, while his team rely on God. “Believe me I prefer to play Nigeria than South Africa because I have the experience to play against them. South Africa is a fantastic team and have fantastic player

The Pride of Benue have emerge winners after the Nigerian topflight season was brought to end at despite with 14 games left to play Lobi Stars have emerged as champions of the 2017-18 Nigeria Professional Football League season with only 14 games left to play. The League Management Company and clubs in a meeting on Friday reached a consensus to end the league season after 24 games due to the worries of meeting the October 15 deadline of the Confederation of African Football for submission of its representatives for club competitions. In a statement, the LMC explained that the congested league fixtures, the Federation Cup and Enyimba’s Caf Confederation Cup campaign before reaching the unanimous agreement, which was consequently ratified by the Nigeria Football Federation. Based on several decisions reached, the Pride of Benue will be the nation’s lone flagbearer in next year’s Caf Champions League, having finished top of the log with 43 points from 24 games. It further disclosed