Cristiano Ronaldo became the top scorer in men’s European Championship history as Portugal beat Hungary in front of more than 60,000 fans in Budapest. Ronaldo converted an 87th-minute penalty for his 10th goal in the competition, overtaking France’s Michel Platini on nine goals. His 11th came only a few minutes later when he took the […]
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Chelsea won the Champions League for the second time with a fully deserved victory over Manchester City in an all-Premier League confrontation in Porto. Thomas Tuchel got the better of his Manchester City counterpart Pep Guardiola for the third time since succeeding sacked Frank Lampard in January to bring European club football’s biggest prize back […]
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Nigeria and Barcelona’s Asisat Oshoala has been left lost for words after becoming becoming the first African winner of the European Women’s Champions League. The Four-time African Women’s Footballer of the Year starred as a second-half substitute as Barcelona Femenino blew Chelsea away 4-0 to win their first Women’s Champions League title in the Swedish […]
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Tyson Fury says his world heavyweight title showdown with Anthony Joshua will take place in Saudi Arabia on 14 August. The all-British bout has been billed as one of the biggest in heavyweight boxing for decades and the winner will become undisputed champion. Joshua, 31, holds the WBA, WBO and IBF belts, while Fury, 32, […]
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Kobe Bryant has been posthumously inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. The five-time NBA champion died, aged 41, in a helicopter crash in January 2020 alongside his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven others. He was presented at the ceremony in Connecticut by NBA great Michael Jordan and his widow, Vanessa, accepted his […]
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Fulham were relegated from the Premier League after a defeat by Burnley that saw the Clarets secure their top-flight status for another season. For the first time in the Premier League era all the relegation places have been confirmed with three games to go, with the Cottagers joining Sheffield United and West Bromwich Albion as […]
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Liverpool midfielder Thiago Alcantara says Jurgen Klopp’s men will keep “fighting for a small miracle” to make the Champions League places after scoring his first goal for the club in the win against Southampton. It is a victory that puts pressure on fourth-placed Leicester City, who lost 4-2 to Newcastle United on Friday. Klopp’s men […]
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Manchester City will be crowned Premier League champions if they beat Chelsea at Etihad Stadium on Saturday. The teams will also meet in the Champions League final later this month, though Pep Guardiola says his sole focus is securing the title. “There is not one thought about the final of the Champions League because we […]
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Nigerian striker Kelechi Iheanacho, who plays for Premier League football side Leicester City, has been responsible for the phrase “for the Igbo culture” trending in the West African nation. He used the tag line when he retweeted a photo of his football shirt – showing his name, which has tonal marks below the first and […]
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Nigeria international, Kelechi Iheanacho’s goal was not enough to save Leicester City from a 4-2 defeat in the hands of Crystal Palace on Friday evening. Joe Willock put Crystal Palace ahead with a cool finish after pouncing on an error from Foxes defender Caglar Soyuncu. Paul Dummett doubled the Magpies’ lead, rising above Wesley Fofana […]
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