Sunderland lost to Bournemouth at the Stadium of Light on Saturday, bringing an end to their ten years stay in the premier league. Saturday’s result coupled with Hull City’s goalless draw at Southampton means Sunderland are 13 points from safety with four games left. Bournemouth’s Joshua King scored the only goal with just two minutes […]
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Real Madrid kept their La Liga title hope on track with an emphatic 6-2 victory over Deportivo la Coruna, on a day that rivals, Barcelona pumped seven goals behind Osasuna and conceded just a goal. Zinedine Zidane’s side are level on points with Barcelona but have a game in hand and will claim the title […]
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Manchester City midfielder, Yaya Toure, has criticized the standard of officiating in Sunday’s FA Cup semi-final match. The Ivorian said he will prefer to play without a referee in Thursday’s derby with Manchester United in the English Premier League. “I think the referees have to stop this,” said Toure. “I am very disappointed. It is […]
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Sensational Chelsea midfielder, N’Golo Kante emerged the winner of the Professional Footballers’ Association Player of the Year award for 2016-17. It was Tottenham’s Dele Alli who won the young player prize for the second successive year, while Manchester City’s Lucy Bronze won the Women’s Player of the Year award. Kante, 26, beat Eden Hazard, Harry […]
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Lionel Messi scored twice to help Barcelona defeat Real Madrid in the Spanish League match played on Sunday night. Messi’s last goal of the game was his 500th Barcelona goal and that to blew the La Liga title race wide open. Casemeiro put Madrid ahead in the 28th minute before Messi equalised four minutes later. […]
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The King of Clay, Rafael Nadal took 80 minutes to become a record setter in Monte Carlo on Sunday. The World No. 7 beat Albert Ramos-Vilonas 6-1 6-3 to claim a record 10th title in Monte Carlo. His first was in 2005. Sunday’s title means that the Spaniard claimed his 50th clay court win, breaking […]
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Alexis Sanchez struck an extra-time winner as Arsenal came from behind to beat Manchester City 2-1 in their FA Cup semi-final at Wembley. Sergio Aguero had put City ahead with a fine breakaway goal just after the hour having had another strike controversially ruled out — but Nacho Monreal equalised. City twice hit the woodwork […]
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Manchester United cruised to a routine victory at Burnley to move to within a point of fourth-placed Manchester City. United boss Jose Mourinho made eight changes from the Europa League victory over Anderlecht, among them the return of David De Gea in goal and only Wayne Rooney’s second start of 2017. Burnley, meanwhile, replaced the […]
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Chelsea defeated league rivals, Tottenham Hotspur 4-2 to book a place in the finals of the English FA Cup. In the thrilling encounter at Wembley Stadium, Chelsea twice led Spurs but the London neighbours always found a way to keep parity. Willian opened the scoring for Chelsea in the fifth minute with a brilliant free […]
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World number seven, Rafael Nadal, overcame Belgium’s David Goffin in straight sets to reach the final of the Monte Carlo Masters. Nadal fought back from a break down in the first set and went on to win 6-4 in controversial circumstances. The chair umpire, Cedric Mourier, examined the wrong mark and incorrectly called a long […]
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