By  BBC Sport Manchester United will extend Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s one-year contract by a year, says manager Jose Mourinho. The 35-year-old former Sweden international moved to Old Trafford on a free transfer in the summer, with the option of extending his deal for a second season. He has scored eight goals in 17 games in all competitions this term. Mourinho said: “We are going to execute the option of a second season. After that he can do what he wants.” Ibrahimovic said: “I feel in shape, feel fresh and good. If I feel like I do now, it will be a...

Fifa has started disciplinary proceedings against the Football Association of Wales for incidents including “fans wearing poppies” during a recent World Cup qualifier. It relates to commemorations at Wales’ 1-1 draw with Serbia on 12 November. The Irish Football Association is also under investigation for events prior to Northern Ireland’s 4-0 victory over Azerbaijan on 11 November. Fifa is looking in to several incidents “of the display of poppy symbols”. The FAW said the incidents included “fans in the stands wearing the poppy” and the presence of “a member of the armed forces holding a bunch of poppies at the...

By John Dino Banda The 16th Edition of the Council of Southern Africa Football Association (COSAFA) kicked off yesterday in the Namibia’s capital Windhoek, reports Pan African Radio Entertainment and Sports Journalist John Dino Banda. The tournament that has attracted a lot of fans within the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region, viewed as a soccer talent development platform on which lucrative leagues in Europe can scout talented players. The competition started in 1997, and saw Zambia winning the first edition, has seen  a format in which again only two groups- namely  Group A consisting of Zimbabwe, Swaziland, Madagascar and...