Romelu Lukaku scored twice on his Premier League debut for Manchester United as they embarrassed West Ham at Old Trafford on Sunday. Jose Mourinho’s team were a constant threat against a poor Hammers side, offering excitement and encouragement to their supporters on the opening weekend of the new Premier League season. Lukaku, a £75m summer […]
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Neymar is free to make his Paris St-Germain debut at Guingamp on Sunday, after French football authorities finally received clearance following his world-record move from Barcelona. “The cheque has cleared and therefore puts in motion the process of the transfer,” said a Barcelona club source. Neymar’s move to the French giants that smashed the […]
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Brazil displaced Germany from the top of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) rankings released on Thursday. The world champions Germany dropped to second despite winning the Confederations Cup. Argentina is in third and Switzerland, with a 100 per cent record in World Cup qualifiers, are fourth. This is higher than they have been […]
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Real Madrid clinched the UEFA Super Cup with a 2-1 win over Manchester United in Macedonia. Madrid dominated from the start and led when Casemiro – who earlier hit the bar – slid in a half volley. They doubled their lead when Isco calmly slotted in from eight yards after a neat one-two with Gareth […]
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Cristiano Ronaldo has been listed in Real Madrid’s squad to face Manchester United in UEFA Super Cup on Tuesday. It was expected that the 32-year-old would miss the Super Cup clash in Skopje having missed first-team training following an extended leave due to Portugal’s run in the Confederations Cup in Russia this summer. Manchester United […]
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Arsenal capitalised on Alvaro Morata and Thibaut Courtois’ missed penalties to win the Community Shield in a dramatic 4-1 shootout victory over 10-man Chelsea. The season curtain-raiser between Premier League champions Chelsea and FA Cup winners Arsenal finished 1-1 after Sead Kolasinac, two minutes after Pedro was shown a straight red card, cancelled out Victor […]
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Community Shield: Arsenal v Chelsea Arsenal and Chelsea meet again at Wembley on Sunday in English football’s traditional curtain raiser. This year’s match pits the winners of the English Premier League champions and the winners of the FA Cup. A match that involves these two rarely serves up to disappoint. We had recently been treated […]
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Mo Farah launched the World Athletics Championships in scintillating fashion on Friday, with another consummate 10,000 metres triumph that further embellished his claim to being the greatest distance racer in the sport’s annals. With 55,000 of his home fans roaring their support at the London Stadium, the 34-year-old Briton sprinted away with his 10th consecutive […]
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Paris St-Germain (PSG) have completed the signing of Brazil forward, Neymar for a world record fee of 222m euros (£200m) from Barcelona. The deal means that the 25-year-old has now become the most expensive player in the world, smashing the previous record set when Paul Pogba returned to Manchester United from Juventus for £89m in […]
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Leicester City have announced the signing of Kelechi Iheanacho from Manchester City, on Thursday. It is believed that the Nigerian cost Leicester City £25 million. The 20-year-old signed a five-year contract with the Foxes, calling time on his three-year career with City and finally completing a move that had been held up in part over […]
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