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[ad_1] Turkish teenager Arda Guler’s strike helped Real Madrid close in on the Spanish title with a 1-0 win at Real Sociedad on Friday (Apr 26), moving 14 points clear at the top of La Liga. After last weekend’s Clasico win over second-place Barcelona it appears a formality for Madrid to take the title back […]

[ad_1] LONDON: Leicester City earned promotion back to the Premier League on Friday (Apr 26) after nearest rivals Leeds United were beaten 4-0 by Queens Park Rangers, ensuring the Championship leaders will finish in the top two in the standings. The result left second-placed Leeds’s chances of automatic promotion from the second-tier Championship hanging by […]

[ad_1] LONDON : Leeds United manager Daniel Farke was left dumbfounded by his side’s 4-0 drubbing by Queens Park Rangers on Friday, a result that left Leeds’s automatic promotion hopes in tatters and saw Leicester promoted to the Premier League. “It’s difficult to find an explanation for the first 20 minutes,” Farke told a press […]

[ad_1] Argentina midfielder Exequiel Palacios wants Lionel Messi to be an eternal part of the national team and cannot bear the thought of playing for his country without the inspirational forward. Palacios, 25, who won the Copa America with his country in 2021 and the World Cup in 2022, admitted he found it hard to […]

[ad_1] CAIRO : Defending champions Al Ahly of Egypt will take on perennial rivals Esperance of Tunisia in this year’s African Champions League final after winning their semi-finals on Friday. Al Ahly, who have won five of the last seven editions and a record 11 in total, overcame TP Mazembe of the Democratic Republic of […]

[ad_1] Feyenoord and Liverpool have reached a verbal agreement regarding the appointment of Arne Slot as coach of the Premier League club, Dutch media reported on Friday. Slot said on Thursday that he wanted to succeed German Juergen Klopp as Liverpool manager. Feyenoord and Liverpool have held positive discussions and only the final details need […]

[ad_1] Manchester City forward Khadija Shaw will miss the remainder of the season with a foot injury, the Women’s Super League club said on Friday. League leaders City’s title hopes were dealt a massive blow with the news, as Shaw is top scorer in the WSL this campaign with 21 goals, and after sustaining the […]

[ad_1] ATHENS : Paris 2024 Olympics organisers on Friday received the Games’ flame in a handover ceremony in Athens ahead of a 68-day torch relay that will end with the opening ceremony on July 26. The flame arrived at the central Athens’ Panathenaic stadium, site of the first modern Olympics in 1896, after an 11-day […]

[ad_1] ALCUDIA, Spain : Retired Dutch cycling great Annemiek van Vleuten will be back in the saddle on Saturday in one of Europe’s biggest Gran Fondos – a recreational long distance ride – but do not expect any trademark solo attacks. The 41-year-old will join more than 8,000 amateurs in the Mallorca 312 – a […]

[ad_1] LONDON : Premier League chief executive Richard Masters believes the congested fixture schedule may have reached a tipping point due to the steady increase of regional and international games on the calendar. FIFA expanded the World Cup and introduced a new 32-team version of the Club World Cup that will debut in the U.S. […]