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Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag has expressed confidence that £86m winger Antony will rediscover his form and remains the "right" player for the club. United spent several months tracking Antony from early 2022 onwards, before mounting an offensive last summer to sign the Brazilian from Ajax, where he had worked and flourished under Ten Hag. He showed flashes of quality that had made the likes of Liverpool, Manchester City and Chelsea all take an interest in him, notably finding the net in each of his first three Premier League appearances and scoring the goal that saw United knock Barcelona out of the Europa League. But with a couple of minor injuries also seeing his season become a little stop-start, his form had largely tailed off by the time the 2022/23 campaign wrapped. Antony began 2023/24 no better, failing to score or assist a goal in any of his first four Premier League appearances. He was then placed on a temporary leave of absence in September when concer...

The United States has renewed a warning that it would defend the Philippines in case of an armed attack after Chinese ships blocked and collided with two Filipino vessels in the South China Sea MANILA, Philippines -- The United States renewed a warning Monday that it would defend the Philippines in case of an armed attack under a 1951 treaty, after Chinese ships blocked and collided with two Filipino vessels off a contested shoal in the South China Sea. Philippine diplomats summoned a Chinese Embassy official in Manila on Monday for a strongly worded protest following Sunday’s collisions off Second Thomas Shoal. No injuries were reported but the encounters damaged a Philippine coast guard ship and a wooden-hulled supply boat operated by navy personnel, officials said. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. called an emergency meeting with the defense secretary and other top military and security officials to discuss the latest hostilities in the disputed waters. The Philippines and other ne...