Ten man Barcelona were crushed 3-4 Sunday afternoon at the Camp Nou with Real Betis handing them their second La Liga defeat of the season. Returning star Lionel Messi scored a brace, to record his 14th goal of the season, but his efforts were not enough as the visitors capitalised on Barcelona’s leaking defence to […]
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Leicester City players and fans paid a fond tribute to Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha on Saturday before the team were held to a 0-0 draw in the English Premier League (EPL) by Burnley. It was Leicester’s first home game since the club owner’s death in a helicopter crash, and it was naturally a day of high emotion […]
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Arsenal and Chelsea were among seven teams to reach the UEFA Europa League knockout stage on Thursday, while last year’s runners-up Olympique de Marseille were eliminated at the group phase. The two English Premier League teams were joined by Eintracht Frankfurt, Lazio, Bayer Leverkusen, FC Zurich and Dinamo Zagreb in the last 32. But there […]
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Anthony Martial scored his fifth Premier League goal of the season as Manchester United went level on points with Bournemouth after beating the Cherries 2-1 at the Vitality Stadium on Saturday. Bournemouth had taken the lead thanks to Callum Wilson’s sixth goal of a prolific campaign. Later in the day, Liverpool went top after maintaining […]
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Denmark striker Nicklas Bendtner was sentenced to 50 days in prison after being convicted of assaulting a taxi driver on Friday. Having missed the summer’s World Cup with injury, 30-year-old Bendtner now faces an uphill task to regain his place in the national team after being suspended by the Danish Football Association. CCTV footage appeared […]
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Real Madrid have given their coach Julen Lopetegui the boot, less than five months after he was hired to replace Zinedine Zidane. He will be replaced by Santiago Solaris, who coaches Madrid’s junior team. The firing of the former Spanish coach was speculated ahead of the meeting today of Madrid C.F. board of directors, in […]
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Julen Lopetegui needed to win at Camp Nou on Sunday to save his job but will almost certainly face the chop as Madrid were played off the park It was a humiliation, by the end. Even though, for a brief period in this enthralling Clasico, it looked like Real Madrid might turn things around, it […]
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Liverpool returned to the top of the Premier League with a 4-1 victory over Cardiff at Anfield on Saturday. Mohamed Salah made it two in two as he opened the scoring in the first period, while Sadio Mane (2) and Xherdan Shaqiri made the points safe either side of Callum Paterson’s strike. Elsewhere, struggling Fulham […]
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The Europa League match day 3 served up some interesting matches on Thursday night with goals flying in everywhere, typical of an European footballing night. Chelsea have all but sealed passage to the next round with a comfortable 3:1 win over Bate Borisov and academy graduate Ruben Loftus-Cheek hitting a hat-trick. Loftus-Cheek has mostly been seen […]
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The fine form shown by the Super Eagles in the last round of internationals has earned Nigeria an improved position on the FIFA rankings as they are now up to 44th on the list of best footballing Nations. In the ranking table published on the website of the world football governing body on Thursday, Nigeria […]
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