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Ousmane Dembele: Barcelona Winger out for six months after hamstring surgery   Barcelona winger,Ousmane Dembele has been ruled out for six months after undergoing successful surgery on a hamstring injury.    The 22-year old has not played since November 27 when he came off in tears in the first half of the 3-1 champions League win over former club Borussia Dortmund.     Dembele has been in recovery over the past few weeks but then aggravated the injury last week in training and underwent surgery in Finland on Tuesday.     The club said in a statement: "Dembele has successfully undergone surgery in Turku,Finland where he was operated on by Dr.Lasse Lempainen for a ruptured tendon in his proximal hamstring in his right thigh the Frenchman will be out in action for around six months .      The striker was continuing his recovery from the hamstring injury when he was forced to retire from a training session at the ciutat Esportiva last week.       The injury will  now r

CAF Super Cup: South Africa's Gomes to officiate Zamalek -Esperance clash    South African Soccer League (PSL) referee Victor Gomes will officiate the CAF Super Cup Clash Involving Esperance de Tunis and Zamalek .    The encounter will be played on Friday at the Thani bin jassim stadium in Al Rayyan,Qatar and he will be assisted by another PSL official Zakhele Siwela.    Siwela will be the first assistant referee whilst Lesotho's Souru Phatsoane will serve as the second assistant referee and Maguette Ndiaye of Senegal will be the fourth official.   The Tunisian giants overcame Morocco's Wydad Casablanca in the CAF Champions League final last year while the White knights defeated RS Berkane to lift the CAF Confederation Cup title .       This year's CAF Super Cup will be the 28th edition and it will be staged in Qatar for the second season in a row following a three-year agreement with CAF.

Man Utd consider changing preseason trip to China over fear of coronavirus      MANCHESTER UNITED have postponed talks over their preseason plans because of the coronavirus outbreak,according to reports.     The Red Devils have been approached about returning to China in the summer to play more high profile fixtures following their success last season   United faced Tottenham in Shanghai in July but chiefs want the Red Devils to spend more time in Asia before the start of next campaign.     Talks are on hold following the outbreak which originated in China and has infected more than 40,000 people across the world .         Over 1,000 people have died since the first outbreak in Wuhan and numbers are expected to rise as they struggle to contain the virus.     Many parts of China have been on lockdown with airline companies stopping flights in and out of country.   United could now be forced to play matches in other parts of Asia but they will be eager to arrange plans soone