Football

United manager Jose Mourinho has made Pogba his top transfer target as he bids to make a big impact in his first season at Old Trafford and a record-breaking £100 million ($130 million, 119 million euros) deal looks to have moved closer on Wednesday.

The Premier League has launched a bid to eradicate bad behavior which it believes is preventing the world's richest soccer competition from becoming universally popular.

The 23-year-old, who joined Arsenal in May, captained Borussia Moenchengladbach to fourth place last season and also helped Switzerland reach the last 16 of the Euro 2016.

Belgium sacked national team coach Marc Wilmots after the "intended goals had not been reached," the Royal Belgian Football Association, or URBSFA has announced.

Barcelona have signed centre back Samuel Umtiti from Olympique Lyon for 25 million euros ($27.75 million), the La Liga winners said on Tuesday.

Ricardo Quaresma's eye-catching teardrop tattoo may be coated with real tears come the final whistle of the Euro 2016 final on Sunday but it could do wonders for the burgeoning body art business.

Wales manager Chris Coleman heaped praise on his players for a historic run to the Euro 2016 semi-finals after they bowed out 2-0 to Portugal on Wednesday.

"It's the players who have to write this page because for the moment it's blank. We're facing the best team in the world, but the lads have to believe and we want the fans to believe in us too."

Some suggested one was exhausted after a gruelling season and the other might be overrated but France's Antoine Griezmann and Paul Pogba have started to prove the critics wrong.

Olivier Giroud scored two goals and set up another as the Euro 2016 hosts France thrashed Iceland 5-2 on Sunday to set up a semi-final clash against world champions Germany.

Armenian international Henrikh Mkhitaryan became Jose Mourinho's third signing of the close season for Manchester United on Saturday, the midfielder's German club Borussia Dortmund announced.

Wales qualified for their first ever major tournament semi-final in their debut at the European Championship by coming from behind to beat Belgium 3-1.

Injuries and a suspension forced Belgium coach Marc Wilmots to start Friday's quarter-final with Jason Denayer at centre back and the inexperienced 21-year-old had the sort of horror night that is likely to haunt him for the rest of his career.

Iceland's joint coach Lars Lagerback dismissed suggestions on Friday that his team were just a well-oiled defensive unit, pointing out that by playing two strikers his side had more potency than some other nations.

The 24-year-old Brazilian forward posted on his social media accounts that he was 'very happy to keep living this dream.'

In the ISL, he represented the Kolkata franchise in 2015 where his two late goals, coming in as a substitute against Kerala Blasters stood out the most.