Daily sports news for 02 January 2020

We're into an Olympic year, with Tokyo preparing to host the Games for a second time, and I can't help but feel sorry they won't be held rather closer to home...

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Lucas Silva joins Gremio four months after Real Madrid exit

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Thursday, 02/01/2020

Salah and Mané start Liverpool's 2020 with 2-0 win

Benfica beat Europe's elite for Dortmund's Julian Weigl

Alisson wins 2019 Samba d'Or ahead of Neymar, Firmino...

"The problem with Jovic is Jovic"

The Adama Traoré transformation

Lyon respond to Moussa Dembélé links with Chelsea

Pulisic sees Chelsea adding Sancho and Zaha as positive

The making of AS' Olympic front cover

Varane: "I've seen players that can't cope with the pressure"

Chambers' knee surgery may force Arsenal into transfer market

Ibrahimovic touches down in Milan

Messi 2010-2019: 522 goals in 521 games

He's behind you!

Barcelona's 2020 plan: central defender, refreshed attacking line

"I'm 100 per cent here"

Ibrahimovic delighted to be returning "home" with Milan

Dani Olmo: Barcelona have made a formal offer

Seven Real Madrid players with a point to prove in 2020

Man Utd "looking at one or two" January signings, says Solskjaer

Tokyo 2020: Nadal, Gasol, Valverde...

Lucas Silva joins Gremio four months after Real Madrid exit

Zidane's four-trophy challenge