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MANCHESTER FANS FACING CUP CHAOS

- CONTRIBUTO­RS: Craig Hope, Matt Barlow, Matt Lawton and Tom Farmery

MANCHESTER UNITED and Manchester City fans face travel mayhem after TV times for the FA Cup quarter-finals were announced. United’s tie at Wolves kicks off on Saturday March 16 at 7.55pm while City’s clash at Swansea has a 5.20pm start. Should both matches go to extra time and penalties, fans travelling by rail are likely to have trouble getting home. Saturday March 16: Watford v Crystal Palace (12.15pm, BT Sport); Swansea City v Man City (5.20pm, BT Sport); Wolves v Man Utd (7.55pm, BBC1). Sunday March 17: Millwall v Brighton (2pm, BBC1). NEWCASTLE’S Ki Sung-yueng has revealed he retired from South Korea duty because he is sick of losing his club place. Ki, 30, was a regular before Christmas but was injured in the Asian Cup and lost his spot to Sean Longstaff. Ki said: ‘It’s time to concentrat­e on Newcastle. You’re playing well and have to leave. By the time you come back, someone has your place.’ MANUEL LANZINI and Samir Nasri are set to return for West Ham tomorrow to face Fulham. Lanzini is expected to make the bench after seven months out with a knee injury, while a calf issue has limited Nasri to just three appearance­s since joining last month. Manager Mauricio Pellegrini said: ‘The return of both injects more quality into the squad.’ THE Premier League lost another major figure yesterday as its head of internatio­nal broadcasti­ng, Sunil Kaikini, left to join sports marketing agency Pitch Internatio­nal after eight years at the organisati­on. Kaikini worked on overseas rights deals with former CEO Richard Scudamore, who is yet to be replaced in that role.

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