Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho suggested he needs bigger investment from the club if he his to be able to produce the kind of team that will challenge Manchester City for titles. After two second-half goals from Jesse Lingard gave United a point from a 2-2 draw at home to Burnley Mourinho was asked about the fading title challenge.

Substitute Islam Mohareb scored against his former club to give Ahly a 2-1 home victory Smouha as the Red Devils closed to within two points of Egyptian Premier League leaders Ismaily on Wednesday. Playmaker Abdallah El-Said converted a penalty three minutes before the break to put Ahly in front but substitute Banou Diawara drew Smouha level with a brilliant header early in the second half.

Stoke City players must fight together to improve results for the stuttering Premier League club, striker Mame Diouf has said ahead of Saturday s crunch match against fellow strugglers West Bromwich Albion. Stoke have won just two and lost seven of their 11 league games since the start of October and sit one point above the relegation zone in 17th position and on a three-game losing streak.

A depleted Ahly side will be looking bounce back from two disappointing results when they face Alexandria-based club Smouha in the Egyptian Premier League on Wednesday. The Red Devils, who are eyeing a third consecutive league title, made a superb start to the season after chalking up eight wins in their first nine matches before a sudden slump in form saw them fail to win for two straight games.

Borussia Dortmund s Gabonese striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is likely to miss the DFP Cup last of 16 clash against Bayern Munich due to a muscle injury. The 28-year-old was on target in Dortmund s 2-1 win over Hoffenheim in a Bundesliga game on Saturday but sustained his injury in a training session on Monday.

Egypt and Liverpool winger Mohamed Salah is on the final shortlist for the 2017 African Player of the Year award, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) announced on Monday. The 25-year-old, Salah, who is the first Egyptian in EPL history to win the Player of the Month award, is close to securing the African Player of the Year title this season after his superb performance with the Egypt national team and English Premier League side Liverpool.

English Premier League club West Bromwich Alibon (WBA) have revised the one-year loan deal of their Egyptian Ahmed Hegazi to five-year deal ending in 2022, using an option in the player s loan deal with his home team Ahly. "The Club decided to activate the option it retained on the World Cup-bound 26-year-old following his loan signing from Ahly in July," reads a statement in the United Kingdom s club published Monday.

Egypt and Liverpool winger Mohamed Salah is on the final shortlist for the 2017 African Player of the Year award, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) announced on Monday. The 25-year-old, Salah, who is the first Egyptian in EPL history to win the Player of the Month award, is close to securing the African Player of the Year title this season after his superb performance with the Egypt national team and English Premier League side Liverpool.

Egypt winger Mohamed Salah continued his prolific goal-scoring run, finding the net following a fine individual effort to help Liverpool crush Bournemouth 4-0 in the Premier League on Sunday. The 25-year-old made it 3-0 one minute before the break when he side-stepped defensive duo Charlie Daniels and Nathan Ake in the area, cut inside and placed a trademark left-foot shot into the bottom corner from close range.

Ismaily and Zamalek will be hoping to capitalize on a rare defeat by defending champions Ahly when they face off in the Egyptian Premier League on Thursday. The early form of Ahly suggested that they are well equipped to win a third consecutive league title, having won eight out of their first nine games.

Serge Aurier s first goal for Tottenham Hotspur and a late effort by Son Heung-min sealed a 2-0 win for the hosts over Brighton and Hove Albion to restore their place in the top four of the Premier League on Wednesday. Aurier s 40th-minute cross completely deceived Brighton goalie Mat Ryan and the ball drifted into net to break the deadlock on a largely frustrating evening for the hosts who struggled to break down the visitors.

Egyptian popular club Zamalek have been drawn to play directly in the round of the 32 of the 2018 African Confederation Cup against the winners of Zimamoto of Zanzibar and Wolaitta Dicha of Ethiopia, hosting the second leg at home. Zamalek, who finished third in the Egyptian league last season, were given a bye into the round of 32 of Africa s secondary club competition, given their high rank in the continent.

Cairo giants Ahly have reached an agreement with Spanish side Atletico Madrid to play a friendly at Alexandria s Borg El-Arab Stadium on 30 December under the slogan "Peace against Terrorism." Ahly are seeking to stress the role of sports institutions in supporting the country while it faces various challenges, the Reds said on their official website on Monday.

Real Madrid s Marcelo insists drawing level with arch-rivals Barcelona on three Club World Cup titles is not his team s motivation as they bid to defend the trophy in the United Arab Emirates. Champions League winners Real face UAE s league winners Al Jazira on Wednesday in the semi-finals before a potential final against Brazil s Gremio or Mexico s Pachuca on Saturday.

Jurgen Klopp admitted on Tuesday that he got caught up in the heat of the moment after Liverpool conceded a late penalty to draw at home with Everton. The Liverpool boss is known for his animated reactions but his behaviour came under extra scrutiny after a tetchy television interview minutes after Everton secured a 1-1 draw at Anfield on Sunday with a spot-kick he felt should not have been given.

Barcelona ground out a 2-0 victory over Villarreal on Sunday to go five points clear at the top of La Liga, continuing their excellent start to the season. On paper it has been business as usual for a Barcelona side accustomed to success, but Ernesto Valverde s team play a very different style of football to that of his predecessor Luis Enrique.

Holders Real Madrid will have to overcome a sizeable obstacle when the Champions League resumes in February after Monday s draw pitted the 12-times winners against Paris St Germain. Bidding for a hat-trick of titles in Europe s elite club competition, Real paid a heavy price for not winning their group as they were drawn with the big-spending Parisians who were tipped as many people s favourites ahead of the draw in Nyon.

Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane admitted injuries will force him into patching up a makeshift defence for Saturday s visit of Sevilla after Raphael Varane joined an increasing list of absentees. The French international limped off holding his left leg as Madrid edged out Borussia Dortmund 3-2 in a Champions League thriller on Wednesday.

Argentina captain Lionel Messi believes they need to improve if they are to stand a chance of winning next year s World Cup in Russia. Argentina, who reached the final in 2014, struggled during qualification for Russia, going through three coaches before securing their place at the tournament thanks to a Messi hat-trick in a 3-1 win away to Ecuador in the final qualifier.

Premier League champions Chelsea are not intimidated by the prospect of facing Europe s biggest teams in the knockout stages of the Champions League, manager Antonio Conte has said. Chelsea finished second in Group C behind Italy s AS Roma after Tuesday s 1-1 draw with Atletico Madrid and could face Barcelona, Paris St Germain, Besiktas or potential Group E winners Sevilla, in the last 16.

Uruguay coach Oscar Tabarez said he does not expect an easy match against Egypt when both teams meet at the 2018 World Cup group stage opener as he heaped praise on the defensive strategy of his Argentinean counterpart Hector Cuper. "There are no easy matches especially at the World Cup, so I don t know why the people are celebrating the formation of our group as if we scored a goal in a match," Tabarez told Uruguayan TV Channel TNU on Wednesday.