Serena Williams overcame her older sister Venus to claim a 23rd Grand Slam title with a 6-4 6-4 victory in the Australian Open final. The 35-year-old became the oldest female Grand Slam champion in history and moved clear of Steffi Graf’s 22 Open-era titles, and just one behind Margaret Court’s all-time record with a straight […]
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Former Manchester City player Denis Suarez produced two wonderful finishes as holders FC Barcelona reached the Copa del Rey semi-finals with a 6-2 aggregate win over Real Sociedad. Leading 1-0 from the first leg, Suarez doubled the lead with a low finish before Lionel Messi’s penalty kick made it 3-0 on aggregate on Thursday. Juanmi […]
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Serena Williams is set to play her sister Venus in the Australian Open final on Saturday. The 22 Grand Slam winner dismissed her Croatian opponent Mirjana Lucic-Baroni 6-2 6-1 to join her sister who had earlier come from a set down to beat fellow American, CoCo Vandeweghe. Both sisters last met in Melbourne in 2003 […]
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The Football Association (FA) has charged Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger with misconduct in the wake of Sunday’s game with Burnley. Wenger was sent to the stands by referee Jon Moss for complaining about the decision to award Burnley a penalty. He had a heated exchange with fourth official Anthony Taylor before walking to stand in […]
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In a weekend that saw Manchester United, Tottenham and City drop points, Chelsea beat Hull in a tough encounter, Arsenal leave it late against Burnley and Southampton cruise past Leicester, we bring you the latest Premier League results here along with the updated table. LATEST FIXTURES AND RESULTS JANUARY 22 Southampton 3 Leicester City 0 Arsenal 2 […]
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Wayne Rooney has become Manchester United’s greatest goalscorer of all time by netting for the 250th time in the 1-1 draw against Stoke City in Saturday’s Premier League encounter. The 31-year-old scored in the 94th minute of the clash at the Britannia Stadium, lashing home a wonderful last-gasp free-kick to tie the scores as United looked destined […]
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The President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Amaju Pinnick, has been appointed by the world football ruling body, FIFA, into its Organising Committee for Competitions. NFF’s spokesman Ademola Olajire disclosed this in a statement in Lagos. “Hitherto, the world body has different committees for organisation of its several competitions, including the FIFA World Cup, […]
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Lyon have agreed a deal to sign Memphis Depay from Manchester United for a fee which could rise to £21.7m, according to Sky sports. It is understood that United will have a buy-back option as well as sell-on clauses inserted into the deal that takes the Netherlands international to the Ligue 1 club. The potential […]
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Former Netherland and Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal has called time on his coaching career, saying he is unlikely to take another job for family reasons. The former Ajax, Barcelona, Bayern Munich and Holland boss said after leaving United that he was interested in coaching again, but that door now seems to have closed. […]
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The game between Manchester United and Liverpool ended in a 1 – 1 draw, with lots of talking points which evidently include the touchline confrontation between the managers of both sides. Jurgen Klopp revealed why he reacted so angrily to Jose Mourinho on the touchline, saying it was because you Portuguese tactician wanted Firmino sent […]
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