Wednesday January 16
AUSTRALIA: Central Coast
Mariners avoid equalling the A-
League record of 11 consecutive
defeats by beating Melbourne City
2-1 – their first win in 327 days.
GHANA: Undercover journalist
Ahmed Hussein-Suale, whose
investigations into corruption in
Ghanaian football led to a lifetime
ban for the former head of the
country’s FA, is shot dead in the
capital Accra.
SAUDI ARABIA: Juventus win the
Italian Super Cup for an eighth
time, beating Milan 1-0 in Jeddah
with a goal from Cristiano Ronaldo.
SPAIN: Real Madrid lose 1-0 away
to Leganes in the Spanish Cup but
go through 3-1 on aggregate.
Thursday January 17
KAZAKHSTAN: Bulgarian coach
Stanimir Stoilov leaves his position
in charge of Kazakhstan’s national
team by mutual consent.
SPAIN: Remanded in custody since
May 2017 on accusations of money
laundering relating to television
rights and sponsorship of Brazil’s
national team, the 602 days that
former Barcelona president Sandro
Rosell has spent awaiting trial is
reported to be the longest in
Spanish judicial history for an
alleged economic crime.
Friday January 18
QATAR: Rui Faria, who left
Manchester United in the summer
after 17 years of working as Jose
Mourinho’s assistant, is appointed
coach of reigning Qatar Stars
League champions Al Duhail.
Saturday January 19
FRANCE: Hat-tricks from Kylian
Mbappe and Edinson Cavani
help Paris Saint-Germain beat
Guingamp 9-0 and record their
biggest-ever win at Parc desPrinces. Monaco lose 5-1 at home
to Strasbourg.
WALES: Losing finalists last season,
Cardiff Met win the Welsh League
Cup for the first time, beating
Cambrian & Clydach Vale 2-0
with goals from Adam Roscrow.
Sunday January 20
HOLLAND: PSV concede in
stoppage time to draw 2-2 at
Emmen but Ajax miss the chance
to go top of the table as an injury-
time equaliser sees them held 4-4
at home by Heerenveen.
ITALY: Duvan Zapata becomes the
first Atalanta player to score four
goals in a Serie A game since 1952
as they win 5-0 away at Frosinone.
Monday January 21
ENGLAND: Huddersfield Town
appoint Borussia Dortmund’s
under-23s coach Jan Siewert as
manager. Former England left-back
and free agent Ashley Cole joinsDerby County on a deal until the
end of the season. Fulham striker
Aboubakar Kamara is arrested on
suspicion of actual bodily harm and
criminal damage after a fight at the
club’s training ground.
Tuesday January 22
ENGLAND: Emiliano Sala, who
joined Cardiff City from Nantes on
Friday for a reported club-record
fee of £15m, is confirmed as one
of two people on board a plane
that went missing over the Channel
Islands on Monday.
SAUDI ARABIA: Juan Antonio
Pizzi steps down as coach of Saudi
Arabia following their 1-0 loss to
Japan in the last 16 of the Asian
Cup the previous day.
Wednesday January 23
ENGLAND: David Beckham, who
already owns US club Inter Miami,
is to buy a 10 per cent stake in non-
league Salford City and become a
part-owner alongside former
Manchester United team-mates
Gary and Phil Neville, Ryan Giggs,
Paul Scholes and Nicky Butt.
FRANCE: Italy striker Mario
Balotelli joins Marseille on a deal
until the end of the season after
being released from his contract
with Nice.
ITALY: Genoa’s Krzysztof Piatek
joins Milan for €35m and replaces
on-loan Juventus striker Gonzalo
Higuain, who moves to Chelsea
on a similar deal.
SCOTLAND: Jermain Defoe, who
is on loan from Bournemouth, gets
Rangers’ goal in a 2-1 defeat at
Kilmarnock – the sixth time he hasSaudi success...Juventus
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