Atletico Madrid coach, Diego Simeone has tested positive for COVID-19, the club announced on Saturday. 50-year-old Simeone, is isolated at home and has not presented symptoms. Atletico’s squad and staff returned early from a pre-season trip to Los Angeles de San Rafael just outside Madrid after a test on Thursday came back positive. Further tests […]
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Liverpool began their defence of the Premier League title on Saturday with a hard-fought 4-3 win over newcomers Leeds United in their first game of the 2020/2021 season at Anfield. Jurgen Klopp praised both teams for a “proper spectacle” to launch the new Premier League season. Leeds’ return to the English top-flight under Marcelo Bielsa […]
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Serena Williams overcame an early scare to defeat fellow American Sloane Stephens and move into the last 16 of the US Open on Saturday. Williams, the third seed, lost the first set convincingly before rallying to dominate the next two, triumphing 2-6, 6-2, 6-2 inside a near empty Arthur Ashe Stadium. “It was intense, I […]
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Spanish side, Sevilla have re-signed Croatia midfielder Ivan Rakitic from La Liga rivals Barcelona. Sevilla, the UEFA Europa League champions, said Rakitic had signed a four-year deal. The 32-year-old, who was at Sevilla between January 2011 and June 2014 before joining Bercelona, won 13 trophies at the Nou Camp, including four La Liga titles and […]
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Brazilian football legend, Ronaldinho was released Monday by a Paraguayan judge after five months in detention over a forged passport. Judge Gustavo Amarilla also released Ronaldinho’s brother Roberto de Assis Moreira, who also had been held for a month in jail and another four months under house arrest in a hotel in Paraguay’s capital, Asuncion, […]
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Bayern Munich won the European Cup for the sixth time on Sunday as Kingsley Coman’s goal gave them a 1-0 win over Paris Saint-Germain in an engrossing Champions League final in Lisbon, completing a fantastic season for the German giants and leaving their opponents still searching for the trophy they covet more than anything. It […]
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Serge Gnabry celebrated with his NBA-inspired ‘stir the pot’ gesture after scoring two goals in Wednesday’s Champions League semi-final against Lyon to keep Bayern Munich on course to repeat their 2013 treble after a 3-0 victory. Robert Lewandowski added the third for his 55th goal of the season as Bayern go on to face Paris […]
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Romelu Lukaku and Lautaro Martinez both scored twice as Inter Milan stormed into a first European final in 10 years with a 5-0 thrashing of Shakhtar Donetsk in Dusseldorf. Danilo D’Ambrosio was also on target for Antonio Conte’s men, who will face Sevilla in Friday’s final in Cologne. The Italian giants have endured a lean […]
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Barcelona have sacked Quique Setién as coach of the first team with a new manager set to be announced later. “The new coach will be announced in the coming days as part of a wide-ranging restructuring of the first team,” Barca tweeted on Monday. Setien was only appointed in January but has paid the price […]
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Manchester United were made to pay for their profligacy in front of goal as Sevilla enjoyed another special night in the Europa League by coming from behind to reach Friday’s final with a 2-1 win in Cologne. Bruno Fernandes’s early penalty was cancelled out by Suso’s strike for Sevilla in a fiercely contested first half. […]
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