Four lower league teams reach Copa del Rey last-16
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Thursday, November 30, 2017
'He's really a golden guy' - Pogba backs Patrice Evra following Marseille sacking
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'He's really a golden guy' - Pogba backs Patrice Evra following Marseille sacking
His France teammate is ‘a big brother for everyone, an uncle for everyone’.
Wednesday, November 29, 2017
So who is the world’s best paid football manager?
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So who is the world’s best paid football manager?
With Big Sam Allardyce expected to clear a nice €6m a year as new Everton boss it got us thinking who exactly are the best paid managers in the world.
Watch: Ireland's Robbie Brady scores an absolute screamer for Burnley
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Watch: Ireland's Robbie Brady scores an absolute screamer for Burnley
The Republic of Ireland player sent his shot into the top corner.
FIFA advisers: ‘Danger’ for gay fans at World Cup in Russia
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FIFA advisers: ‘Danger’ for gay fans at World Cup in Russia
MOSCOW — FIFA’s anti-discrimination advisers are warning gay soccer fans going to the 2018 World Cup in Russia that displays of affection could be met with an aggressive response from intolerant locals. Homosexuality was decriminalized in Russia in 1993, but anti-gay sentiment remains strong and intensified after a law was introduced in 2013 prohibiting dissemination […]
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Man City predicted line up vs Southampton
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Man City predicted line up vs Southampton
Manchester City take on Mauricio Pellegrino's Southampton side in the Premier League on Wednesday
Tuesday, November 28, 2017
Kenny Shiels praying former £1m boy John Cofie will resurrect career at Derry City
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Kenny Shiels praying former £1m boy John Cofie will resurrect career at Derry City
Derry City have signed former Manchester United youth player John Cofie.
Sterling hits late goal as Man City sets EPL record; Arsenal 4th
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Sterling hits late goal as Man City sets EPL record; Arsenal 4th
LONDON — Only a third of the way into its Premier League campaign, Manchester City is already making history. Pep Guardiola’s City defeated Huddersfield 2-1 Sunday to equal a club record 11th straight league win. City also moved to 37 points from 13 games — the highest ever points total at this stage of a […]
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Pep Guardiola hints at rotating his Manchester City side for visit of Southampton
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Pep Guardiola hints at rotating his Manchester City side for visit of Southampton
City are facing playing nine games in the month of December in total
Dermot Drummy dead: Former Chelsea coach and Crawley manager dies aged 56
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Dermot Drummy dead: Former Chelsea coach and Crawley manager dies aged 56
Drummy worked as Chelsea's academy boss - winning the 2010 FA Youth Cup - and later as reserve-team manager before taking the role of international head coach in June 2014
Monday, November 27, 2017
Penguins’ Murray leaves game vs. Flyers with lower-body injury
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Penguins’ Murray leaves game vs. Flyers with lower-body injury
Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Matt Murray left Monday’s game against the Philadelphia Flyers after colliding with forward Jakub Voracek.
After the game Penguins head coach Mike Sullivan revealed that Murray suffered a lower-body injury an will be evaluated on Tuesday.
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The incident occurred late in the second period when Voracek came streaking towards the net before falling feet first and making contact between Murray’s open legs.
Murray had to be helped off the ice by teammates and 22-year-old Tristan Jarry came in to take over for the Penguins’ No. 1 net minder. Jarry remained in the net when the teams returned for the third period.
Jarry has four games of NHL experience, three of which occurred this season. He has one win with a 2.57 goals-against average and .918 save percentage.
The Flyers were leading 2-1 at the time of the injury, but the Penguins rallied to win 5-4 in overtime.
Manchester United squad vs Watford revealed
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Manchester United squad vs Watford revealed
Man Utd team news arrives early as Jose Mourinho's squad travelled to Watford for their Premier League fixtures without key players.
Sevilla boss Berizzo to undergo prostate cancer surgery
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Sevilla boss Berizzo to undergo prostate cancer surgery
Sevilla head coach Eduardo Berizzo will undergo surgery on Tuesday after being diagnosed with prostate cancer, the LaLiga club have confirmed.
Berizzo's assistant Ernesto Marcucci, who also worked as his number two at Celta Vigo, will take charge of the first team in his absence.
In a statement, Sevilla said: "The return of the Argentine coach to Sevilla FC bench will depend both on the operation and on the evolution of the post-surgery .
"Sevilla FC is confident that this return will be as soon as possible."
Eduardo Berizzo is to undergo surgery this Tuesday
His return to the dugout will depend on post-operative development. Ernesto Marcucci will take charge of the First Team in his absence
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News of Berizzo's illness came to light in the aftermath of Sevilla's Champions League match against Liverpool last week, where Wissam Ben Yedder's brace and a stoppage-time goal from Guido Pizarro secured a 3-3 draw from 3-0 down.
A similarly stunning comeback followed on Sunday, with Villarreal two goals to the good before Clement Lenglet, Franco Vazquez and Ever Banega sealed a 3-2 triumph that leaves Sevilla fifth in LaLiga.
Marcucci's first game in charge will be against Cartagena in the fourth round of the Copa del Rey on Wednesday, with his side holding a 3-0 advantage from last month's first leg.
Ireland's Joy Neville named World Rugby Referee of the Year
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Ireland's Joy Neville named World Rugby Referee of the Year
Former Irish rugby player Joy Neville has tonight been named the World Rugby Referee of the Year for 2017, writes Steve Neville.
Sunday, November 26, 2017
Teenager becomes the youngest German player to appear in the Bundesliga
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Teenager becomes the youngest German player to appear in the Bundesliga
We’re not going to ask you what you were doing at 16, because we don’t want to hear the answer.
But what we do know is that, unless you are Nuri Sahin, you weren’t playing in the Bundesliga.
But Sahin is no longer the only 16-year-old to appear in Germany’s top flight after Yann Aurel Bisseck started for Cologne against Hertha Berlin.
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At the age of 16 years, 11 months and 18 days Bisseck is technically the youngest German player to feature in a Bundesliga game.
We say technically because Nuri Sahin was younger when he first played for Borussia Dortmund.
However Sahin has since gone on to play for the Turkish national team so, in football terms, Bisseck is now the youngest German.
Bisseck has been starring for Cologne’s Under-19 side and has made two appearances for Germany’s Under-17 side.
Despite an impressive win against Arsenal in the Europa League Cologne are bottom of the Bundesliga with just two points.
What better time to throw a 16-year-old into first-team action than when a side are looking for their first win of the season, having been routinely thrashed?
Gulp.
It's Sunday so here are 10 of our favourite images from the sporting week
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It's Sunday so here are 10 of our favourite images from the sporting week
Here’s how the last seven days looked through the lens.
Icardi scores twice as Inter beats Cagliari to go top of Serie A
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Icardi scores twice as Inter beats Cagliari to go top of Serie A
MILAN — Mauro Icardi scored twice as Inter Milan reinforced its title credentials by winning at Cagliari 3-1 to move to the top of Serie A on Saturday.
Icardi and Marcelo Brozovic scored for Inter before Leonardo Pavoletti set up a nervy final 20 minutes for the visitors.
However, Icardi scored late. The Inter captain moved level with Lazio’s Ciro Immobile at the top of the goal-scoring charts, with 15.
Inter moved a point above Napoli, which visits Udinese on Sunday. Cagliari, which tested Samir Handanovic several times, remained 13th.
"We’ll enjoy a night at the top of the league," Icardi said. "The others should know that we are there, right up with them.
"Not playing in European competition this year allows us to work well during the week and build the basis for doing something important."
Cagliari dominated the opening half hour and Handanovic pulled off good saves, notably denying Pavoletti from point-blank range.
However, Inter took the lead against the run of play in the 29th minute when Antonio Candreva crossed from the right to Ivan Perisic at the far post and he knocked it back for Icardi to tap in.
Inter’s Matias Vecino limped off early in the second half and was replaced by Brozovic, who scored with his first touch, firing home another Candreva cross from the right.
Cagliari reduced the deficit in the 71st. Paolo Farago swung the ball in from the right for Pavoletti to volley home.
Farago, however, was partly at fault for Inter’s third as he failed to clear the ball and Rafael’s punch fell straight to Icardi, who rifled it into the bottom left corner.
GREAT START
Sampdoria followed its surprise victory over Juventus by losing to Bologna 3-0 despite Bologna playing the second half with 10 men.
Samp’s third defeat left it in sixth place, six points above Bologna, which moved up to seventh ahead of the rest of the weekend’s fixtures.
Sampdoria beat Juventus 3-2 in the previous round.
Bologna got off to a great start, taking the lead inside three minutes. Sampdoria goalkeeper Emiliano Viviano could only parry Mattia Destro’s effort and Simone Verdi tucked away the rebound.
Ibrahima Mbaye headed in Verdi’s corner in the 23rd and even the loss of defender Vasilis Torosidis to a second yellow card in first-half stoppage time made little difference.
Bologna withstood Sampdoria’s siege in the second half and added a third on the counterattack in the 73rd as Godfred Donsah ran from inside his own half before rolling the ball across for substitute Orji Okwonkwo, who had been on the pitch for less than four minutes.
OTHER MATCHES
Relegation-threatened Hellas Verona snapped a run of five successive defeats by beating Sassuolo 2-0. Verona played the final 24 minutes with 10 men after Thomas Heurtaux was sent off for two yellow cards.
Verona remained in penultimate place, two points below Sassuolo and a point behind 17th-placed Spal, which lost at Chievo Verona 2-1.
Why didn’t Mo Salah celebrate against Chelsea?
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Why didn’t Mo Salah celebrate against Chelsea?
To celebrate or not to celebrate.
OK, I get it if you have been at a club for a long time, you were loved by the fans and left as a mutual decision and you choose not to celebrate when you score against your old employers.
But if you have been bought on a whim, not given a fair chance to demonstrate your skills and then shipped out, some would argue you owe your current fans a release of passion.
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However, Liverpool’s Mo Salah was most likely showing a sign of respect to the 300 people who lost their lives in a horrific terror attack in Egypt.
Salah is one of the best players in the Premier League this season and continued his great form against Chelsea.
The Egyptian played at Stamford Bridge for a year before he was unceremoniously sent on loan to Fiorentina.
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Coutinho was not on the same wavelengthAP:Associated Press
Fair play to him, he eventually joined Roma and became one of the hottest properties in Serie A.
Liverpool recognised that talent and splashed around £40 million on bringing him back to England.
So when the two met at Anfield this evening and Salah opened the scoring after the ball broke fortuitously in the box, he would have been forgiven for wheeling away in celebration.
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But Salah is a class act.
While some on Twitter claimed it was a sign of respect to Chelsea, we prefer the idea he was respecting those who died in Egypt yesterday.
Good on you, Mo.
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Saturday, November 25, 2017
Messi receives 4th Golden Shoe as Europe’s top scorer
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Messi receives 4th Golden Shoe as Europe’s top scorer
BARCELONA, Spain — Lionel Messi received his fourth Golden Shoe award on Friday (Saturday Manila time) for leading all of Europe’s leagues in scoring last season. It was the fourth time the Barcelona forward has received the honor, drawing him even with Real Madrid rival Cristiano Ronaldo as the award record-holders. Messi scored 37 in […]
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Brazilian legend Ze Roberto has finally hung up his boots aged 43
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Brazilian legend Ze Roberto has finally hung up his boots aged 43
Brazilian legend Ze Roberto has finally hung up his boots for good.
The 43-year-old was a popular figure in the Noughties, winning the Bundesliga four times with Bayern Munich between 2002 and 2009.
The Brazilian also played 84 times for his country between 1992 and 2006, and was part of the squad in the 1998 and 2006 World Cups.
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He has been at Palmeiras since 2015, playing 125 times in the past three years.
He has made a remarkable 846 appearances for eight different clubs in his career, which saw him also lift the Champions League and La Liga for Real Madrid in two seasons at the club between 1996 and 1998.
But it seems age has finally caught up on the midfielder, who turned 43 in July this year.
Enjoy your retirement, Ze!
Liverpool’s defence to be tested against Chelsea this weekend
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Liverpool’s defence to be tested against Chelsea this weekend
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Friday, November 24, 2017
Messi has 'no doubt' about Real Madrid's Champions League chances
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Messi has 'no doubt' about Real Madrid's Champions League chances
Despite the emergence of Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain, Lionel Messi will not ignore titleholders Real Madrid among the biggest threats to challenge Barcelona in the Champions League.
Following two successive scoreless draws away from home, Barca remain top of Group D, three points ahead of Juventus and with passage to the knockout phase already secured.
Although Pep Guardiola's City and French giants PSG are the only two sides to claim five wins from the opening five matches in the group phase, Messi – the recipient of a fourth European Golden Shoe – will not discount Barcelona's eternal rivals.
"City are one of the strongest teams at the moment with PSG," Messi told Marca.
"So far, they have been the two teams that have shown themselves to be favourites, but this is a tough and very long competition.
"I never rule out Madrid because although they are not having the results that everyone expects, I have no doubt that in the end they will be fighting for everything, as they do every year."
The same logic applies to Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich, according to Messi.
"Bayern are another big team that will also be there at the end, but it's true that today City and PSG are the best," the five-time Ballon d'Or winner added.
Although the Champions League might be the ultimate goal, LaLiga leaders Barca have more urgent matters this weekend.
They travel to face Valencia on Sunday, in LaLiga's top-of-the-table clash.
Brazil striker Robinho given nine-year term in Italy for rape
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Brazil striker Robinho given nine-year term in Italy for rape
Former AC Milan and Real Madrid striker Robinho has been sentenced to nine years in prison in Italy after he was convicted of gang rape, according to local media reports Thursday. The alleged incident occurred in January 2013, when the Brazilian was playing for Milan in Serie A. He was found guilty in absentia by […]
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Benjamin Mendy gives Manchester City fans hope of an early return from injury
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Benjamin Mendy gives Manchester City fans hope of an early return from injury
Video footage shows Man City star moving freely as he works his way back to fitness following knee surgery
Thursday, November 23, 2017
Leonardo Bonucci’s season goes from bad to worse after comical own goal
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Leonardo Bonucci’s season goes from bad to worse after comical own goal
When AC Milan convinced Leonardo Bonucci to leave Juventus for the San Siro it appeared to be the best bit of business in Europe.
A commanding, elegant centre-back with the passing ability to put most midfielders to shame.
But it hasn’t worked out.
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Milan are already falling behind in Serie A, with Vincenzo Montella’s side sitting in seventh place, 16 points off leaders Napoli.
The Europa League offered Bonucci something of a distraction as Milan had already qualified for the next round heading into the final group game, against Austria Wien.
But then this happened…
Now Milan’s social media team are being very kind to Bonucci there.
What is should have read is ‘Bonucci steers dribbling shot into the back of his own net via his backside’.
All under control
Back in the nick of time
For my next trick, I shall make the ball disappear
Time to hide
Luckily Boncucci’s team-mates were on hand to help him out.
Six minutes after the Italy international’s own goal Ricardo Rodriguez equalised.
Then nine minutes later Andre Silva put Milan ahead after a deflected free-kick fell kindly into his path.
Not done there, 19-year-old striker Patrick Crutone made it 3-1 heading into half-time, ensuring Bonucci wouldn’t get a bollocking from his manager.
That’s what friends are for.
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Premier League clubs routinely spend millions on players - so why don't they do the same with managers?
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Premier League clubs routinely spend millions on players - so why don't they do the same with managers?
The return on investment for appointing a good manager is huge and far more than clubs are currently willing to part with
Barcelona, Chelsea advance to Champions League last 16
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Barcelona, Chelsea advance to Champions League last 16
Chelsea advanced to the knockout stage of the Champions League with a game to spare after beating 10-man Qarabag 4-0 on Wednesday, securing manager Antonio Conte’s 50th victory in all competitions with the Blues.
Barcelona needed only a point to reach the Round of 16 and the Spanish superpower got exactly that against Juventus. A 0-0 draw at last year’s runner-up was enough to ensure top spot in Group D.
Already through, Paris Saint-Germain conceded the first goal of its European campaign in the first minute – before then unleashing its unstoppable firepower to thrash Celtic 7-1 in Paris.
A goalless draw at Basel would have been enough for Manchester United to top Group A, but the Premier League club slipped to its first group stage loss, going down 1-0 to a goal conceded just a minute from time.
Here is a look at what happened in Wednesday’s games.
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GROUP A
Manchester United was deservedly beaten 1-0 by a spirited Basel, leaving all the qualification places open with one game remaining. Basel defender Michael Lang struck in the 89th minute to earn a win for the Swiss champion.
Still, United leads the standings with 12 points, three clear of both Basel and CSKA Moscow, which earlier won 2-0 at home to last-place Benfica.
In the final round on Dec. 5, Basel plays at last-place Benfica, and United hosts CSKA.
Georgy Shchennikov gave CSKA an early lead, despite an apparent offside. Then an own goal from Jardel ensured that Benfica — which is eliminated — suffered its fifth defeat in five Champions League games.
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GROUP B
Neymar scored twice and set up another goal as Paris Saint-Germain produced its biggest Champions League win to extend its perfect record in the group stage this season.
PSG leads Group B with 15 points, three more than Bayern Munich, which won 2-1 at Anderlecht. Both PSG and Bayern are guaranteed a spot in the knockout phase and will battle for group supremacy on Dec. 5.
Celtic forward Moussa Dembele surprised the hosts with his first minute goal, but PSG responded with four goals in the first half – two from Neymar, one from Edinson Cavani and the other from Kylian Mbappe.
The one-way traffic continued after the break with Cavani scoring again to take his career total with PSG to 151, while Marco Verratti and Dani Alves also found the net.
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GROUP C
Following a humbling 3-0 loss in Rome, Willian led Chelsea’s efforts to get its European campaign back on track, scoring a goal in each half and winning a penalty.
Eden Hazard made it 1-0 from the penalty spot in the 21st minute, calmly sending the goalkeeper the wrong way. Home team captain Rashad F. Sadygov had received a straight red card for tugging back Willian just inside the area as the Chelsea forward ran onto Eden Hazard’s pass.
Hazard then fed Willian with a back-heel pass to make it 2-0 in the 37th.
Qarabag, the first club from Azerbaijan to reach the group stage of the Champions League, had no better luck in the second half. Cesc Fabregas scored from the penalty spot in the 73rd minute and Willian added his second goal, a drive from 20 metres, five minutes from time.
Antoine Griezmann found the net with a stunning overhead kick as Atletico Madrid defeated Roma 2-0 to keep alive its hopes of advancing.
Substitute Kevin Gameiro scored the second to seal Atletico’s first Champions League victory this season.
Atletico has six points, two less than Roma, with one match to play.
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GROUP D
Juventus will have to wait until the final round to try and qualify for the knockout stages. The Italian side remained second in the group but is only a point above Sporting Lisbon, which beat Olympiakos 3-1.
The Italian side — which reached the final in two of the last three seasons — next visits Olympiakos, while Sporting travels to Barcelona.
Barcelona, which rested Lionel Messi until the 56th minute, went closest to breaking the deadlock when Ivan Rakitic hit the post with a free kick.
In Portugal, Bas Dost scored a goal in each half for Sporting Lisbon. Bruno Cesar added the third while Vadis Odjidja scored the consolation goal for Olympiakos.
Wednesday, November 22, 2017
Qarabag’s matchday programme put an interesting spin on several Chelsea players’ names
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Qarabag’s matchday programme put an interesting spin on several Chelsea players’ names
The names of Thibaut Courtois and Gary Cahill in particular were transformed.
