ATM SPORT

FOOTBALL NEWS:
Nigeria's Odion Ighalo has been shortlisted alongside Andre Ayew of Ghana, Cote d'ivoire's Arouna Kona and Yannick Bolaise from DR Congo for the November African Players awards in the English Premier League.
The Watford striker won last month's award and for the first time in the short span of the awards, the preceding month's winner has appeared on the list for the current month. The winner will be announced later this month.

ATM SPORT NEWS

NAIJA
*Keshi demands $5m compensation
*Okon: I didnt snub Ellis' handshake
*Haruna scores first goal for Anzhi

EUROPE
*'We're tidying up Mourinho's mess!'
*Di Maria deal close, says Blanc
*Blatter deserves a Nobel prize - Putin
*Mourinho: Wenger needs a calculator!
*City put EIGHT past Vietnam
*Pienaar to miss start of season
*Mourinho: Hazard better than Ronaldo
*Pedro part of Barca's history - Bartomeu
*Van Gaal warns De Gea over Romero
*'Man Utd won't sign Ronaldo' - Van Gaal
*'Ramos optimistic over Madrid stay'- Benitez
*Pellegrini: Jovetic had to go
*Terry: Sterling a great deal for Man City
*Juve face early Roma showdown
*Mancini: Inter will challenge for title
*Robben returns to Bayern training
*Pirlo overwhelmed by NYC debut
*Ronaldo: WC qualifying tough for Brazil
*Brazil must learn from defeats – Dunga
*Blatter deserves Nobel Prize - Putin

TRANSFER NEWS
*Montreal Impact sign Drogba
*Schalke reject Juve bid for Draxler
*Stoke sign Afellay
*Shaun Wright-Phillips joins NYRB
*Vangioni on Marseille's list
*Bolasie wants Spurs move
*Chelsea on brink of Telles signing
*Manchester United's hopes of signing Real Madrid
centre-back Sergio Ramos appear to be over with the
29-year-old set to agree a new contract with the
Bernabeu club.
*Barcelona forward Pedro, 27, wants to leave for more first-team football and could join Manchester United for 30m euros (£21.4m) but Barca manager Luis Enrique is against the move
*Tottenham will make a £15m bid for West Brom striker Saido Berahino, 21, this week and are also targeting 26-year-old Crystal Palace winger Yannick Bolasie.
*De Bruyne, though, has said he is keen to join Manchester City and admits he is unsure where his
future lies.
*Newcastle do not want to pay QPR's £15m asking price for striker Charlie Austin but will bid £13.25m for the 26-year-old.
*Former Manchester United defender Gary Neville has tweeted a warning to manager Louis van Gaal not to let winger Angel Di Maria leave without lining up an adequate replacement.

OLYMPIC
US ends Boston 2024 Olympic bid

BASKETBALL (NBA)
*Patient Celtics hoping they're another step closer
*Dellavedova agrees to return to Cavs
*Celtics acquire Z. Dragic, save Heat millions
*A. Davis happy with Pelicans' offseason, Gentry
*G. Dragic won't play for Slovenia at EuroBasket

TENNIS
*Roddick back to play doubles with Fish in Atlanta
*Zeballos tops Russian teen Rublev at Swiss Open
*Tomic grabs second straight Claro Open title