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Photo Nigeria striker Ademola Lookman continued his outstanding year with two goals to help his country to a 3-0 home win over neighbors Benin in their opening 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier on Saturday.

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Paris Saint-Germain maintained their 100% winning start to the new season, beating Lille 3-1 at the Stade Pierre-Mauroy to extend their remarkable unbeaten away run in Ligue 1 to 26 matches.

Kylian Mbappe

PSG to Real Madrid - no transfer fee

Although Kylian Mbappe did not cost the Spanish record champions Real a transfer fee, Los Blancos had to dig deep into their pockets to lure the French superstar to Madrid. Mbappe will receive an annual net salary of 15 million euros for the next five years, and the Madridistas also had to fork out a hand money of 150 million euros.

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Kylian Mbappe (25) is off the mark in LaLiga with Real Madrid as his brace allowed the reigning champions to stretch their unbeaten record in the competition to 36 matches following a hard-fought 2-0 win over Real Betis.

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Uruguay striker Luis Suarez (37) announced his international retirement on Monday, ending a 17-year career with his national team as their top scorer with 69 goals.

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Joshua Kimmich (29) will succeed Ilkay Gundogan (33) as Germany's new captain after the Manchester City midfielder retired from international football, the national team's coach Julian Nagelsmann (37) announced on Monday.

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Manchester United Chief Executive Omar Berrada (46) says manager Erik ten Hag (54) has the full backing of the club and is optimistic that the pieces are being put in place for the long-term success of the team domestically and in Europe.

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Juan Izquierdo, a center-back for Uruguay's Club Nacional de Football, passed away on August 27 due to a cardiac arrhythmia-related cardiopulmonary arrest. His team acknowledged this five days after he collapsed on the pitch during a match against Sao Paulo Football Club. His age was 27.