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Football: Steven Gerrard Loved Everything About Arsenal’s Win Over Slavia Prague
Slavia Prague knocked Rangers out of the tournament at the last-16 stage, with the second leg of that tie marred by an incident where Ondrej Kudela directed a racial insult at Glen Kamara. Kudela, who insisted he swore at a Rangers player but denied using racist language, was given a 10-match…
Read More »Ole Gunnar Solskjaer Says Europa League Succes Can Be A Drive For More Silverware
Marcus Rashford’s strike and a late Bruno Fernandes penalty in Granada last week put the Red Devils in control of their quarter-final tie against the European debutants. Although Manchester United followed that up with another 2-0 win on Thursday, when Edinson Cavani’s early volley and a late Jesus Vallejo own…
Read More »Mikel Arteta Says Arsenal Players Had Right Reason To Take A Knee Before Slavia Prague Game
As the Arsenal Captain, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, missing after contracting malaria, Alexandre Lacazette wore the captain’s armband on Thursday night, and before kick-off the France striker took a knee in front of the entire Slavia line-up in a stand against racism, with his team doing the same behind him. Although Slavia…
Read More »Football: Paul Pogba Says Jose Mourinho Went Against Man United Players, Solskjaer Is Different
Paul Pogba, who was Mourinho’s world-record marquee signing following his 2016 appointment at Old Trafford, was instrumental as the Portuguese guided United to League Cup and Europa League glory in 2017 in his first season in charge. But Mourinho’s relationship with some of his players deteriorated after a trophy-less second…
Read More »Arsenal Qualifies For Europa League Semi-Finals In Style With 4-0 Second Leg Win
The visitors, Arsenal, had arrived in the Czech capital knowing they had to score to have a chance of qualifying against a Slavia team who had not lost at the Eden Arena for 18 months, but they had an early ‘goal’ ruled out by the Video Assistant Referee for the…
Read More »Football: Edinson Cavani Scores To Secure An Europa-League Semi-Final Spot For Manchester United
Goals from Marcus Rashford and Bruno Fernandes secured a 2-0 first-leg triumph at Estadio Los Carmenes last week, and Manchester United assumed control of the tie once more within six minutes at Old Trafford. The Uruguan striker Cavani, had underlined his predatory instincts during the 3-1 success at Tottenham, and…
Read More »Football: Ashley Williams Says Wales Manager Situation Is A Mess That Needs To Be Cleared Up Before Euros
The Wales boss Ryan Giggs, missed the last two camps in November and March after being arrested on suspicion of assault and has had his bail extended until May 1. Although Giggs denies the allegations. Robert Page has however, taken caretaker charge in Giggs’ absence and Wales have won four…
Read More »Football: Jose Mourinho Says Tottenham’s Dropped Points From Winning Positions Is Down To Quality
Tottenham Hotspurs led Manchester United 1-0 at half-time on Sunday before falling to a 3-1 home defeat, leaving Mourinho‘s side seventh in the Premier League table and six points behind West Ham in fourth. Only Brighton (20) have dropped more points than Spurs (18) from winning positions in the league…
Read More »Liverpool Set To Remember Hillsborough Victim On 32nd Anniversary Of Stadium Disaster
Men, women and children were killed in the fatal crush on the Leppings Lane terrace at the FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest at Sheffield Wednesday’s ground far back on April 15, 1989. Liverpool will mark the occasion privately, with players and staff observing a minute’s silence. Floral…
Read More »Football: Players Unions Warns Permanent Concussion Substitutes Risk Health & Safety
The two organizations have written a joint letter to the International Football Association Board (IFAB), which governs the laws of the game, calling for temporary concussion substitutes to be introduced to the trial from June onwards. Although In recent months, there have been concerns about the number of former players…
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