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Manchester United progressed to the FA Cup semi-finals after defeating Premier League rivals Fulham at Old Trafford on Sunday evening.

Manchester United are reportedly monitoring Celta Vigo midfielder Gabri Veiga with a view to signing the 20-year-old in the summer transfer window.

Manchester United star Amad has been recalled to the Ivory Coast squad ahead of the upcoming international break later this month.

Manchester United forward Amad Diallo will not be fit enough to return for Sunderland during the midweek showdown with Sheffield United on Wednesday night, but the Black Cats are hoping he will feature in their following Championship game with Luton Town on Saturday afternoon.

Manchester United takeover talk continues to abound after the club's 0-0 Premier League draw with Southampton.

Manchester United are reportedly currently first in line to bid for Juventus striker Dusan Vlahovic, should they want him.

CBS Studios has teamed with Damon Wayans Jr to create a Baltimore-set version of its African drama MTV Shuga for streaming sister company Paramount+ and is co-producing shows in Australia and on the France-Spain border.

Eric Bailly has revealed that Anthony Martial and Marcus Rashford were the two players who 'blew him away' during his time at Manchester United.

The plight of pregnant women living on the streets, relying on sex work and eating from bins as asylum seekers in Greece has been highlighted by Manchester-based volunteers, including former Coronation Street star Julie Hesmondhalgh.

Manchester United forward Amad played for Sunderland U21s on Monday night because he was in need of minutes.

In his 200 games for Manchester United, Victor Lindelof has played at centre-back with eight different partners, but in a period of turmoil and turnover in that position he has been the great survivor.

Sunderland manager Tony Mowbray is urging Manchester United loanee Amad to become more selfish inside the penalty area, insisting that his end product is the only thing holding back his development.

Eric Bailly says the Marseille president’s knowledge of his playing career convinced him further that a move to France was right.

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent   Eight years after delivering his Oscar-nominated film “Timbuktu,” Abderrahmane Sissako is set to make his anticipated directorial comeback with “The Perfumed Hill.” Gaumont is representing in international markets and will introduce it to buyers at at Toronto. The French studio will also distribute the film in France, while Cohen Media Group will release it in the U.S. Re-teaming Sissako with his “Timbuktu” co-writer Kessen Tall, “The Perfumed Hill” is a romance drama set between China’s tea hills, the Ivory Coast and Cape Verde. It stars Nina Melo (“Girlhood”), Han Chang (“Little Big Women”) and Ke-Xi Wu (“Nina Wu”).

Eric Bailly has claimed Manchester United have favoured picking English players in the starting XI during his time at the club.

Sunderland manager Tony Mowbray has challenged Manchester United youngster Amad to 'bring it' every time he steps onto the pitch for his loan side this season.

Manchester United fans are questioning whether letting Eric Bailly go would be a wise decision.

Marseille are in discussions to sign Manchester United defender Eric Bailly.

Jose Mourinho is reportedly interested in bringing Manchester United defender Eric Bailly to AS Roma.

AS Roma are said to be keen to sign Eric Bailly - and some Manchester United fans are not happy about the prospect.

Amad has poked fun at Eric Bailly's challenge on Emi Buendia in United's 2-2 draw against Aston Villa in Perth with a WWE reference.

Manchester United have reportedly assured Frenkie de Jong of a main promise upon his transfer.

Some Manchester United players have reported at their Carrington training complex for pre-season medicals.

Eric Bailly and Axel Tuanzebe will reportedly be let go by Manchester United.

Manchester United prospect Amad has furiously denied reports that claimed he does not want to play for the Ivory Coast national team and has refused call-ups.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentMK2 Films has locked major territory deals on Leonor Serraille’s drama “Mother and Son” which world premiered in competition at the Cannes Film Festival and garnered strong reviews. “Mother and Son” charts the lives of a young African woman, Rose, and two of her four children, Jean and Ernest, who come to France from the Ivory Coast in the 1980s with high ideals.

Here’s a fun bit of symmetry: Of the four French titles competing for this year’s Palme d’Or, the first to screen was “Brother and Sister” and the last was “Mother and Son.” (Presumably daughters and grandparents will get their due next year.) Of the two, “Mother and Son” director Léonor Serraille bests her colleague Arnaud Desplechin in the family-saga sweepstakes, delivering a decade-spanning immigration drama that plays on the most intimate of registers.The film closed out the Cannes competition on Friday, providing it an auspicious berth. This year’s jury will go into deliberations with actress Annabelle Lengronne fresh in mind; should the actress win, she won’t have far to travel.She isn’t entirely the lead, as the triptych follows a Franco-Ivorian family in chapters dedicated to each member.

Guy Lodge Film CriticNobody who has lived their entire life in one country can fully understand the strange, intimate disruption of emigrating as a family. For a time, parents and children are united and equal in disorientation, the adults’ authority on hold as all parties mutually wander and fumble their way through new cultures, geographies and social circles — a shared rite of passage, cutting through separating decades.

When his mother spoke, Ernest remembers, everything sounded important. “I cling to her light,” he tells us in voiceover, an adult remembering how that felt. The Ernest he is recalling is just a little boy (Milan Doucansi), snuggled against Rose (Annabelle Lengronne, a wonderfully vivid presence), with his grave and clever older brother Jean (Sidy Fofana) sitting opposite on a train taking them from Cote d’Ivoire to a new French life.