Liverpool roared back from a rare Anfield deficit to move nine points clear at the top of the Premier League as Roberto Firmino’s hat-trick inspired a 5-1 thrashing of Arsenal on Saturday. Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane were also on target as Liverpool’s front three all scored in the same league game for the first […]
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Former Arsenal chairman Peter Hill-Wood has died at the age of 82. Hill-Wood, who became the chairman of the club in 1982 after joining its board in 1962, presided over the appointments of George Graham and Arsene Wenger as managers. They went on to win five league titles, five FA Cups, the League Cup and […]
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Arsenal manager Unai Emery has been charged with improper conduct by the English Football Association after kicking a water bottle into the crowd during the 1-1 Premier League draw at Brighton on Boxing Day. A Football Association spokesman said Thursday: “Arsenal manager Unai Emery has been charged following the game against Brighton yesterday (26 December […]
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Manchester City’s bid to retain the Premier League title suffered a major blow as the champions crashed to a shock 2-1 defeat at Leicester on Wednesday. Just days after their surprise home loss to Crystal Palace, Pep Guardiola’s side took the lead through Bernardo Silva’s early goal. But Marc Albrighton equalised for Leicester and Ricardo […]
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Arsenal midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan will be out of action for at least six weeks because of a foot injury, the Premier League side revealed on their website on Tuesday. Mkhitaryan fractured the metatarsal in his right foot in last Wednesday’s Carabao Cup defeat by Tottenham and was replaced at half-time. He missed the win against […]
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English Premier League clubs, Tottenham and Arsenal were fined by the Football Association on Thursday. The sanction was over their failure to control their players during this month’s north London derby at The Emirates. “Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur have been fined 45,000 pounds and 50,000 pounds respectively. “This was after both clubs admitted an FA […]
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Tottenham will face Chelsea in the semi-finals of the Carabao Cup, while holders Manchester City have been drawn against League One Burton. Tottenham defeated Arsenal in the north London derby on Wednesday, while five-time winners Chelsea defeated Bournemouth. Pep Guardiola’s City saw off Leicester in a penalty shoot-out on Tuesday, with Burton into the last four of […]
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Real Madrid will meet Al Ain in the Club World Cup final on 22 December, after thrashing Asian qualifiers Kashima Antlers 3-1 at the Zayed Sport City Stadium in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates. Madrid qualified with a hat trick by Gareth Bale, who scored the first goal just before the break. On resumption, […]
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Lionel Messi collected a record fifth Golden Shoe award on Tuesday for finishing last season as the top goalscorer in Europe. The striker scored 34 goals in 68 games for Barcelona, putting him ahead of Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah and Tottenham’s Harry Kane. Cristiano Ronaldo, who has won the award four times, hit 26 goals in […]
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On Tueday, Jose Mourinho’s increasingly tempestuous reign at Manchester United came to an end when the club sacked him after just two-and-a-half years in charge. The 55-year-old’s unhappiness at the club manifested itself even before the season started. Here AFP Sport picks out five quotes that chart the decline in relations between Mourinho, the club […]
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