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Manchester City beat Brighton 2-1 on Saturday to return to the Premier League summit on a day when the action on the pitch was overshadowed by the death of England World Cup winner Bobby Charlton. Charlton’s family announced that the former midfielder, who scored 49 international goals, had “passed peacefully in the early hours of…
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Kylian Mbappe scored one goal and made another as a much-changed Paris Saint-Germain eased to a 3-0 win over Patrick Vieira’s Strasbourg in Ligue 1 on Saturday. Mbappe opened the scoring with a 10th-minute penalty and set up Carlos Soler to make it 2-0 just after the half-hour mark at a wet and windy Parc…
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Arsenal staged a stunning fightback from two goals down as Leandro Trossard’s late equaliser rescued a dramatic 2-2 draw at Chelsea on Saturday. Mikel Arteta‘s team were 13 minutes away from their first Premier League defeat this season after Cole Palmer’s early penalty and Mykhailo Mudryk‘s second-half goal put Chelsea in control. But a miscued…
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England World Cup winner and Manchester United great Bobby Charlton, described by the club as a “giant of the game”, has died at the age of 86, it was announced on Saturday. Charlton was a key member of England’s victorious 1966 World Cup team and also enjoyed great success at club level with United, who…
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File photo of Brazilian footballer Neymar© AFP Al-Hilal star striker Neymar will miss out on the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Champions League match against Mumbai City FC. As per Olympic.com, Neymar sustained a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and meniscus in his left knee during Brazil’s FIFA World Cup qualifier game against Uruguay on Tuesday…
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Image for representative use© Twitter The Premier League is aiming to smash its own record domestic television rights deal after making 70 more matches available for broadcast from 2025. Currently, 200 matches per season are sold to broadcasters in the UK with the three-year deal that runs until the 2024/25 season worth a reported 4.8…
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Neymar twisted his knee in a collision with Uruguayan midfielder Nicolas de la Cruz.© AFP Football superstar Neymar has a torn ligament and meniscus in his left knee and will have to undergo surgery after being injured during Brazil’s 2-0 loss to Uruguay, the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) said Wednesday. The 31-year-old, who joined Saudi…
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One week after revealing talks with Australia about bidding to co-host the 2034 World Cup, Indonesian soccer leader Erick Thohir said on Wednesday that his federation now supports Saudi Arabia. Thohir’s change of plan was detailed in a statement on the Indonesian soccer federation website hours before an online meeting of the Asian Football Confederation,…
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Ligue 1 side Nice suspended Algerian international Youcef Atal “until further notice” on Wednesday after he shared a controversial post on social media linked to the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas. Even though he quickly deleted the post and apologised, the club said in a press release that, given the “seriousness”…
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Harry Maguire has criticised supporters who jeered England teammate Jordan Henderson.© AFP Harry Maguire has criticised supporters who jeered Jordan Henderson during international matches at Wembley, saying “proper England fans don’t boo players”. Henderson was booed off the pitch during Friday’s 1-0 friendly win over Australia, admitting it was “disappointing” to be on the receiving…
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