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GABON coach Jose Antonio Camacho backed-up Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s claim that the nation’s World Cup hopes were dashed by dodgy orange juice. Team and staff had stomach problems after drinking the juice ahead of Saturday’s 3-0 defeat by Morocco. ‘I also was affected,’ Camacho said.

EX-Middlesbrough and Barcelona midfielder Fabio Rochemback has been fined after being caught up in a raid on a cockfighting ring in Brazil. Rochemback, 35, and more than 100 others were punished after a police operation in Rio Grande do Sul saw 89 roosters, a shotgun and approximately £75,000 in cash seized. In 2011, police found fighting roosters at Rochemback’s Soledade farm.

CHARLY MUSONDA has risked riling Chelsea after appearing to vent his frustration at a lack of opportunities at the club. Musonda, 20, wrote on Instagram alongside an image of a black screen: ‘You sacrifice, you work hard, harder, you give more than what’s expected, and often more than you can, because you love what you do and clearly more than you should. ‘And what do you get back? Literally nothing… done.’