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Two days after North Korea flew a missile over Japan, the United States and South Korea staged their own show of force with state-of-the-art stealth fighters Thursday. Four US F-35B fighter jets joined two US B-1B bombers and four South Korean F-15 fighter jets in the joint US-South Korean flyover of the Korean Peninsula, an official with the South Korean air force told CNN. The exercise was designed to "strongly counter North Korea's repeated ballistic missile tests and development of nuclear weapons," the official said. In a statement, the air force said the US bombers flew out of Guam and four stealth fighter jets from a US Marine Corps base in Japan. They conducted a mock bombing drill, which simulated a surgical strike of key enemy facilities, over the Pilsung Range in the eastern province of Gangwon. In a statement, US Pacific Command said the flyover was a "direct response to North Korea's intermediate range ballistic missile launch." "...

Swansea have completed the loan signing of Bayern Munich's Renato Sanches. The midfielder has joined City for the season in a move which reunites him with former Bayern coach Paul Clement, now in charge in south Wales. Sanches cost Bayern £27.5m in the wake of Portugal's victory at Euro 2016, where he was named young player of the tournament. But the 20-year-old has started just six Bundesliga games and was made available for loan earlier this summer. Swansea announced the news in a tweet showing Sanches in conversation with his Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo.

Manchester City have launched a second bid for Arsenal forward Alexis Sanchez. Early indications were that they believe they have done good business in selling Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain to Liverpool for a fee understood to be £35m while in the last year of his contract. Arsenal have wanted to keep Sanchez all summer and Arsene Wenger has insisted he is not for sale. But Sky Sports' Spanish Football expert believes they are in talks to sign Thomas Lemar from Monaco and are confident of completing a deal. Sanchez is in the last year of his contract and has so far failed to agree new terms But Wenger said earlier this month that he hoped the former Barcelona man would extend his contract. Sanchez is currently in with Chile national squad ahead of their World Cup Qualifiers and Sky Sports News understands that City officials are in the country in preparation to complete any potential deal.

 Hazard’s younger brother, Kylian Hazard signs for Chelsea FC on August 29, 2017 Kylian Hazard, the younger brother of Chelsea FC star player, Eden Hazard, has signed for the same club. This was announced by the club via its Twitter handle.  Kylian Hazard, who joins up with our development squad,” it stated The 22-year-old, a younger brother of Eden, is an attacking midfielder who started his professional career in his native Belgium, first with White Star Brussels and then Zulte-Waregem. He joined Ujpest in the summer of 2015 and played 42 times for them. Kylian is the third of his siblings to move to Stamford Bridge, with Thorgan Hazard having spent three years on Chelsea’s books before joining Borussia Monchengladbach in 2015. He joined Ujpest from Zulte Waregem in 2015 but a knee injury saw him miss the majority of the 2016-17 season. He joins the Chelsea development squad who are home to Sunderland on Saturday 9 September.

Arturo Vidal has denied any involvement in an incident that required police intervention at a casino in Chile, but acknowledged he had been at the venue earlier in the evening. The Bayern Munich midfielder is on international duty in Chile and is reported to have been at a party with friends and family, which went on until the early hours of Tuesday. Vidal initially denied being at the establishment at all, claiming that the media were attempting to tarnish his image. However, addressing a news conference. Vidal admitted he had been in attendance but left well before the incident took place. "A lot of untrue information was published. First, it is true that I went to the casino, I was there with my friends," he said. "I went to have dinner and remained there a while, then I left and went home. Then, in the morning I heard the news that the police went to the casino, and that the press included me in that incident. "That is something that makes me feel ...

Eden Hazard could be included in Belgium's line-up for Thursday's World Cup qualifier against Gibraltar even though he has yet to play this season, said coach Roberto Martinez on Tuesday. The Chelsea midfielder was a surprise selection for the Group H qualifiers against Gibraltar this week and Greece next Tuesday after surgery on his ankle, injured on international duty in June. His club manager, Antonio Conte, last week criticised the call-up as "a mistake" but Hazard trained with the Belgian squad on Tuesday in Tubeke and afterwards Martinez told reporters he was considering fielding the 26-year-old on Thursday. "He's got two training sessions in his legs now and there has been no adverse reaction to the injury. We are evaluating the situation further on Wednesday and we'll make a decision on Thursday. "Eden says he is feeling good but we must take into account the fact he has not played for a while. "The match against Gibraltar see...

Arsenal striker Olivier Giroud has admitted that he ashamed of the humiliating defeat his side suffered at Liverpool and has called for immediate change. The striker has been linked with a move back to France this summer, with Lyon and Marseille keen to end his misery at the Emirates. But despite being limited to cameo roles this season, including a 28-minute run-out in Sunday’s 4-0 loss to Liverpool, Giroud committed his future to Wenger’s under-fire team. And speaking on French radio RMC, he believes change must now come at the club before they can compete for the title again.