MAURICIO Pochettino admitted struggling Chelsea need to “grow up” after their troubled season hit a new low with a 1-0 defeat against Aston Villa on Sunday. Pochettino’s side have won just once in six league games under Pochettino after Ollie Watkins’ second-half goal sealed the points for Villa at Stamford …
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FORMER Manchester United attacking midfielder, Jesse Lingard, has moved to the Saudi Pro League club, Al-Ettifaq, after reaching a one-month training agreement with the club. This means that the 30-year-old out-of-favour England international, who is currently without a club, will remain in the Middle East until the end of October. Since …
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Manchester United winger, Antony, seems to be in for more woes as the driver of his ex-girlfriend revealed that the Brazilian footballer was a nosing boyfriend. The chauffeur to Gabriela Cavallin, Antony’s ex-girlfriend, claimed that when the footballer and Gabriela were still dating, the Manchester United winger used to demand …
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BAYERN Munich piled more misery on struggling Manchester United with a 4-3 home win in the Champions League on Wednesday. United travelled to Germany after a poor run of form and amid a raft of off-field issues and were offered little respite by a Bayern side who have now won …
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ARSENAL made a dream return to the Champions League as Bukayo Saka and Leandro Trossard inspired a 4-0 demolition of PSV Eindhoven on Wednesday. Back in Europe’s elite club competition for the first time in six years, Arsenal swept aside the overwhelmed Dutch league leaders to prove they can cope …
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THE Confederation of African Football (CAF) has listed 85 referees for a preparatory course ahead of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON. No Nigerian referees made the shortlist released by CAF yesterday. The list include centre referees, assistant referees, video assistant referees (VAR), technical instructors, physical trainers, VAR technicians and IT …
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LUIS Rubiales has confirmed he is resigning as the president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation [RFEF]. This comes amid the ongoing investigations against him following his unsolicited kiss on Spain forward Jenni Hermoso. Earlier this week, Hermoso filed a criminal complaint, which led to prosecutors filing a case with …
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GERMANY have sacked coach Hansi Flick just nine months from hosting Euro 2024 after Saturday’s humiliating 4-1 defeat by Japan, the German FA (DFB) announced on Sunday. Flick became the first and only Germany head coach to be sacked since the position was created in 1926. Sporting director Rudi Voeller, …
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COCO Gauff won the U.S. Open women’s final, becoming the latest Black American woman to leave a history-making mark on the most sacred grounds of U.S. tennis. Gauff bested Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus on Saturday 6-2 in the final set. Gauff’s upset win at Arthur Ashe Stadium in Flushing Meadows, …
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SEAN Strickland defeated Isreal Adeanya to become the new UFC middleweight champion of the world with all judges scoring the fight in his favour at the Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney, Australia. A first-round knock down by the American was the highlight of the fight that went the whole five …
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