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Monday, 8 August 2016

READ THE ARRIVED PAUL POGBA TO MAN UNITED FOR MRDICAL

Manchester - France midfielder Paul Pogba arrived at Manchester United's training base on Monday to complete his record-breaking return to the club from Juventus, an AFP photographer reported.

 Acording to realiable source pogba was driven into United's Aon Training Complex in the passenger seat of a red and black Chevrolet car provided by the club, having flown to Manchester from Nice.

He is due to undergo a medical and is expected to be officially confirmed as a
United player on Tuesday or Wednesday. British media reports say United have agreed to pay  Juventus a world-record fee of £89m to sign Pogba, not including agents'
fees. United and Juventus confirmed on Sunday that Pogba, who has been on holiday since Euro 2016, had been granted permission to undergo a medical by the Turin club. Manchester Airport had earlier tweeted a picture of a plane sitting on the runway,
accompanied by the caption: "An important passenger has just touched down at the
airport. Can anyone guess who it might be?" Pogba, 23, left United in 2012 after making
just seven appearances, but returns as one of the world's most famous players after
winning four consecutive Serie A titles in Italy. He will eclipse Gareth Bale as the world's
most expensive player. The Welsh forward cost Real Madrid around 85 million pounds
when he joined from Tottenham Hotspur in 2013. United manager Jose Mourinho hailed
Pogba's arrival following his team's 2-1 win over Leicester City in Sunday's Community Shield at Wembley.
"I don't think Real Madrid were upset when they broke the record with Gareth Bale,
with Cristiano (Ronaldo)," Mourinho said. "When other people break records, I don't think it's a reason to be sad. I think it's a reason to be proud with the dimension of a
club that can do that and can attract players of this dimension." Pogba will become United's fourth close-

season signing after Ivorian centre-back Eric Bailly, Armenian playmaker Henrikh
Mkhitaryan and Swedish striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
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nigeria beat sweden 1-0, move to quarter final

Nigeria have give us joy again in  the  Men's Olympic Football Tournament Rio 2016
after a 1-0 victory over Sweden in Group B thanks to a Sadiq Umar header at the Amazonia Arena in Manaus. he was one indeed. For a large part of the match both sides were playing conservatively but Nigeria certainly looked the most threatening in attack. Fresh from scoring four goals last time out, Oghenekaro Etebo attempted several shots in the half—with his right foot, left foot and with
his head—but he was unable to get the better of Sweden goalkeeper Andreas Linde. Nigeria eventually found the opener six minutes from time, when Stanley Amuzie delivered a pinpoint, curling cross in open play from the left wing that found Umar and the Roma man made no mistake, scoring with a diving header.
The Dream Team continued their dominance in the second half, and just three minutes in,
captain John Obi Mikel took had a well-driven shot from the top of the area saved by Linde. The Swedish goalkeeper had to be alert four minutes later when Etebo dribbled inside the
corner of the penalty box and attempted acurling effort, but once again, Linde saved. Coach Hakan Ericson did use all three of his substitutes—Ken Sema, Muamer Tankovic and
Jacob Une Larsson to try and give his team a new dimension but, in the end, Nigeria's
backline was up to the challenge and held on to all three points.
On Wednesday, Nigeria will close out group play against Colombia in Sao Paulo, while
Sweden have a must-win match ahead against Japan in Salvador if they are going to continue their Rio 2016 journey.
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