Sesko double but Man United held to 2-2 draw at lowly Burnley

Manchester United's Benjamin Sesko scored twice as his team kicked off the post‑Ruben Amorim era with a familiar sense of frustration in a 2-2 Premier League draw at lowly Burnley on Wednesday, Reuters reported. 

United, with interim manager Darren Fletcher in charge, would have climbed to fourth in the table with a win but slipped to seventh on 32 points after a third consecutive draw. Burnley are 19th, eight points adrift of safety.

United looked headed for victory before Burnley substitute Jaidon Anthony struck the equaliser against the run of play in the 66th minute, capitalising on lackadaisical defending to launch a blistering shot from the edge of the penalty area, according to Reuters. 

 

Arsenal get title boost as Man City and Villa both drop points

Arsenal's Premier League title prospects were enhanced without them even kicking a ball on Wednesday as their closest challengers Manchester City and Aston Villa both dropped points, Reuters reported. 

Erling Haaland scored his 150th goal for City as he put them in front against Brighton and Hove Albion from the penalty spot but Kaoru Mitoma equalised for the visitors on the hour with the game finishing 1-1.

It was the third successive draw for stuttering City who were held by Sunderland on New Year's Day and by Chelsea at the weekend when they also conceded an equaliser, according to Reuters. 

 

 

Inter move clear at the top with 2-0 win at Parma

Inter Milan extended their lead at the top of the Serie A standings with a 2-0 win at Parma on Wednesday, with Federico Dimarco and Marcus Thuram netting the goals to claim all three points in heavy fog at the Stadio Ennio Tardini, Reuters reported. 

Inter moved to 42 points, four ahead of both AC Milan, who host Genoa on Thursday, and Napoli who were held to a 2-2 draw by Hellas Verona earlier on Wednesday. Parma are 15th in the standings on 18 points.

Parma were pinned back into their own half from the off as Inter created early chances, with Francesco Pio Esposito's header failing to trouble Parma keeper Edoardo Corvi, according to Reuters. 

Cambodia extradites alleged scam mastermind to China after arrest

Cambodia says it has extradited to China a billionaire businessman accused of masterminding a vast cryptocurrency scam in which trafficked workers were lured to forced labour camps to defraud victims globally, BBC reported. 

Chen Zhi was among three Chinese nationals arrested on 6 January after a joint investigation into transnational crime lasting several months, Cambodia said.

The US charged the 37-year-old, who was born in south-east China, last October with running internet scams from Cambodia that it said had stolen billions in cryptocurrency, according to BBC.