Barely 24 hours of resumption of sales of the 2018 FIFA World Cup tickets, a total of 1,318,109 tickets have been ordered. Ticket sales for the world football tournament in Russia resumed on Wednesday exclusively on FIFA website and the excitement sparked by Friday’s final draw brought another wave of worldwide interest. As the random […]
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Manchester United were able to secure top spot qualification for the last 16 of the UEFA Champions League (UCL) as Romelu Lukaku and Marcus Rashford scored to help United defeated CSKA Moscow 2-1. Swiss champions Basel won 2-0 away at Benfica to join them in going through. A contentious goal awarded to Vitinho gave CSKA […]
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The FA Cup Draw for the third round has been made with Liverpool drawn against Premier League and city rivals, Everton. The Jurgen Klopp-led side will face Sam Allardyce’s charges at Anfield. Arsenal, Manchester United and Chelsea have been drawn against Nottingham Forest, Derby County and Norwich City respectively while Manchester City face Premier League […]
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Eden Hazard had a glorious display as Chelsea beat Newcastle United 3-1 at Stamford Bridge, scoring twice and running at defenders at will. Chelsea’s victory, which keeps them third in the Premier League, ought to have been more emphatic but it briefly looked as if they might not collect the three points at all when […]
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The draw for the Russia 2018 World Cup has been concluded and Nigeria has once again been placed in the same group (Group D) with Argentina. Other countries in Group D are Iceland and Croatia. Nigeria first met Argentina at its first ever FIFA World Cup appearance in 1994, losing a tight game that ended […]
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Chelsea boss Antonio Conte has been charged with misconduct by the Football Association after his dismissal in Wednesday’s match with Swansea City. The former Italy head coach was sent off from the dugout by referee Neil Swarbrick in the 43rd minute of the champions’ 1-0 victory at Stamford Bridge. Conte reacted furiously to the decision […]
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Everton have appointed former England manager Sam Allardyce as their new manager on an 18-month contract, the English Premier League club announced Thursday. Allardyce, previously also in charge of Bolton, Newcastle, Sunderland and Crystal Palace, will take charge of the Merseysiders for the first time when they welcome Huddersfield Town for a league match at […]
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Raheem Sterling scored a stunning 96th-minute winner as Man City dramatically edged Southampton 2-1 on Wednesday to preserve their eight-point lead at the Premier League summit. Pep Guardiola’s side looked set to drop points after Oriol Romeu cancelled out Kevin De Bruyne’s opener, only for Sterling to give City a 19th straight win in all […]
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Arsenal midfielder Santi Cazorla has been forced to have another operation on his Achilles, prolonging his long injury nightmare and delaying his return to action. Cazorla has not played for the Gunners since October last year and said earlier this month he almost lost his foot due to a serious infection. Arsene Wenger had expressed […]
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Tottenham Hotspurs went down 2-1 to Leicester City, a result that ensures the North London side continue a winless run in the English Premier League (EPL). They last beat Crystal Palace 1-0 on 5 November. Since then, they lost to Arsenal 2-0 and drew 1-1 with West Brom. In another game, Newcastle held West Brom […]
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