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Argentina captain Lionel Messi has suggested that his side cannot be considered serious candidates to win the 2018 World Cup. Argentina is ranked fifth favourites with most bookmakers to lift the famous trophy in Russia this summer, behind only Brazil, Germany, Spain and France. Lionel Messi was part of the Argentina side that finished runners-up four years ago in Brazil and, after netting a hat-trick in the midweek friendly win against Haiti, the Barcelona superstar is not entirely giving up hope of going one better this time around. “I am very grateful to all the people, we always feel the affection of all, not like other times that we received insults,” he told reporters. “We all go to Russia for the same reason, the World Cup is the dream of us, of the country. “We are not candidates but we are very good, training and improving day by day. We have good players and we are getting stronger to fight as an equal with anyone. “In a World Cup, logic is almost never given....

Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane said Thursday he was leaving the Spanish giants, just days after winning the Champions League for the third year in a row. Zinedine Zidane has quit as Real Madrid manager just days after becoming the first coach to win the Champions League in three consecutive seasons. Zidane, 45, replaced Rafael Benitez in January 2016 and despite his European success has come under pressure for winning only one La Liga title during his two and a half years in charge. He told Real president Florentino Perez he would be leaving on Wednesday before informing captain Sergio Ramos. "I know it is a strange moment for everyone involved," said Zidane. "But it had to be done for everybody. "This team has to continue winning and need a change. After three years they need a new voice, a new way of saying things - possibly another way of working. "That's why I've taken that decision. I love this club, I love the president, he's g...

Three-time champion Serena Williams will make her eagerly-awaited return to Grand Slam tennis on Tuesday with a French Open first-round match against Kristyna Pliskova on Court Philippe Chatrier. The 36-year-old last played a major tournament in a victorious 2017 Australian Open campaign while two months pregnant, before taking time out of the game to give birth to her daughter. Serena has since crashed to 453 in the world as a result, although she was able to use her protected ranking to enter the French Open. The former world number one briefly returned for the American hardcourt season, but suffered early losses to sister Venus and Naomi Osaka in Indian Wells and Miami respectively. A run to the title at Roland Garros so soon into her comeback may be unlikely, but Serena can never be ruled out and victory would draw her level with Margaret Court’s all-time record of 24 Grand Slam singles titles. Should she get through the first couple of rounds, Serena appears to have ...

 Brazil was the first team from CONMEBOL to book their place at Russia 2018. FIFA Ranking: 2 Continent: South America Nickname: Samba Boys  World Cup History: Qualifying Campaigns : 20  First stage appearances : 12 Semi final appearances :11 Finals: 7 Titles: 5 First World Cup : 1930  Last World Cup :2014 Best outing :Champion (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002) Key Player: NEYMAR Neymar is set to make his second appearance at a World Cup. The Paris Saint-Germain star also won the 2015 FIFA Club World Cup title with former club Barcelona. MATCHES: June 17: BRAZIL vs SWITZERLAND June 22: BRAZIL vs COSTA RICA June 27: SERBIA vs BRAZIL

 Mohamed Salah will sit out two months and miss the world cup after a shoulder injury he sustained during Liverpool’s Champions League final defeat to Real Madrid, Saudi Arabian sports administrator Turki Al-Sheikh has said.                    Image of injured salah Salah was substituted with just 30 minutes into the game following a challenge with Madrid captain Sergio Ramos that saw him land awkwardly on his shoulder. Bale came off the bench to score two goals- including a overhead stunner, to seal a third consecutive title for Real after Sadio Mane had earlier on cancelled out Karim Benzema’s opener, thanks to Loris Karius’ clanger. Al-Sheikh who holds a number of administrative roles and was until last week an honorary president of Egyptian club Al-Ahly took to Facebook to react to Salah’s injury. He wrote, “With great sadness, sadly our great Arab star Mohamed Salah was confirmed in his absence [of] two months to ...

Cristiano Ronaldo says he will soon make an announcement about his future after helping Real Madrid win a third successive Champions League title. Real beat Liverpool 3-1 in Kiev on Saturday thanks to a Gareth Bale double and a Karim Benzema strike. Although Ronaldo did not score, he did finish as the competition’s top scorer this season with 15 goals. “In the next few days I’ll give an answer to the fans,” Ronaldo told Bein Sports.  “It was beautiful to be at Real Madrid. The future of any Madrid player is not important; we have just made history.” When asked to clarify why he spoke about being at Real Madrid in the past tense, Ronaldo added: “I don’t have any doubts, it’s not important. “I have to rest now, go and meet up with the Portugal team [before the World Cup] and in the next few weeks. [I’ll make an announcement].”

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