Here are the latest stories for Wednesday.

ENGLAND: - Sam Allardyce said he was a victim of "entrapment" after leaving his position as England boss following an undercover sting operation and added that he is uncertain whether he will return to management.

- Allardyce's behaviour has made England the laughing stock of world football, according to former Three Lions captains Alan Shearer and Rio Ferdinand.

REAL MADRID: Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane said he felt "screwed" after his team...

Football kits seem to go through an evolution every year, but we admit we've never seen one that glows in the dark before.

Barcelona are set to wear their third kit in the Champions League match against Borussia Monchengladbach on Wednesday and it's green.

In fact, in the words of the club's press release about the jersey: "When worn for night games this vibrant kit will glow and naturally highlight the players underneath the floodlights."

This is Barça's third kit for the 2016/17 season.
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As Spain celebrated its 2010 World Cup win, goalkeeper Pepe Reina placed a Barcelona shirt on Cesc Fabregas and proclaimed him the future of the Catalan club. It had become a question of when, not if the midfielder would be freed by Arsenal and allowed to return to his home on the Costa Brava in northeastern Catalunya. Unsurprisingly, one year later, he was presented on the Camp Nou pitch, the future of the club becoming its present, too.

Six years on, a similar campaign is underway to bring another...

Barcelona and Argentina forward Lionel Messi's lookalike has turned up in Amsterdam -- in a painting in the Rijksmuseum.

Visitors to the museum have noticed an uncanny resemblance between the 29-year-old footballer and a self portrait by the Dutch artist Adriaen Van der Werff.

Van der Werff, who was born close to Rotterdam over 350 years ago in 1659, is a recognised painter, sculptor and architect.

Among his body of work is a self portrait which he painted in 1699 when he was 40 years old -- 11...

Despite spending the last few days lamenting an injury to Lionel Messi, it turns out Barcelona can survive without their Argentine talisman. Neymar led the way with a brace as they turned over Sporting Gijon 5-0 at El Molinon on Saturday, with Luis Suarez, Rafinha and Arda Turan also on target.

There will be tougher tests, of course, such as Borussia Monchengladbach in the Champions League on Wednesday, but Barca don't need to panic too much about a missing Messi.

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Barcelona were paid a special visit on Friday, when movie star Arnold Schwarzenegger stopped by the team's Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper training facility.

Fantastic to kick off the @arnoldsports Europe by meeting a true champion, @neymarjr! Great to see you my friend!

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Sep 23, 2016 at 7:48am PDT

The Austrian action hero and former California governor got chummy with Neymar, spent time with Sergio Busquets and Javier Mascherano,...