Month: March 2021

3:53 PM ET Harry Kane and Son Heung-Min have been crucial for Tottenham this season. Photo by Andy Rain/PA Images via Getty Images Tottenham forwards Harry Kane and Son Heung-Min have broken a 25-year record for most goal combinations in a single season in the Premier League. Son set up Kane for Spurs fourth goal of
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5:15 PM ET There was a moment in first-half stoppage time when this threatened to become the latest case of history repeating itself for Tottenham. Christian Benteke equalised at the end of a 45-minute period Spurs had initially dominated but then grown a touch comfortable in, losing the intensity which enabled them to establish an
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3:02 PM ET Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer hailed the performances of Anthony Martial and Luke Shaw after his team’s impressive 2-0 win at Manchester City in Sunday’s derby. France forward Martial has struggled for large parts of this season and dropped down the pecking order behind Edinson Cavani, but with the Uruguayan ruled
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2:52 PM ET MANCHESTER, England — In this wildest of Premier League seasons, another unexpected twist. Manchester United’s 2-0 derby win extended their record unbeaten away in the Premier League ended Manchester City’s winning streak, but Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s players will rue the 11-point gap that remains between themselves and Pep Guardiola’s league leaders. A
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7:38 AM ET Bayern Munich head coach Hansi Flick has refused to rule out a move for Borussia Dortmund striker Erling Haaland in the future and said “a lot is possible.” Haaland, 20, scored a quickfire double against Bayern on Saturday before the Bundesliga champions turned things around to secure a 4-2 win in the
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8:53 AM ET Steven Gerrard celebrates with Rangers fans from inside the club dressing room. Photo by Jane Barlow/PA Images via Getty Images Rangers have won the Scottish Premier League for the first time in 10 years after Celtic failed to beat Dundee United on Sunday. The draw means that Celtic are unable to become the
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10:19 PM ET Former Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson said he feared losing his memory and voice after suffering a brain haemorrhage in 2018. The 79-year-old, widely regarded as one of the greatest managers of all time, needed emergency surgery and spent several days in intensive care at Salford Royal Hospital in greater Manchester.
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5:30 PM ET Aramide Oladipo Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has said that the club cannot afford to solely focus on winning the Champions League by giving up in the Premier League. Klopp’s side find themselves in sixth position in the league and four points adrift of fourth-placed Chelsea after losing 1-0 to Thomas Tuchel’s team
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12:41 AM ET Swansea City‘s on-loan forward Paul Arriola has apologised for a number of “offensive” and “discriminatory” comments that he posted on social media nearly a decade ago. The messages were posted in 2012 but recently resurfaced on Twitter, prompting an apology from the 26-year-old United States international, who is on loan from Major
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12:18 PM ET CONMEBOL has suspended March World Cup qualifiers after several top European clubs announced they would not release their South American players due to COVID-19 transmission fears over travel. “The CONMEBOL Council decided to suspend the double date of the Qualifiers for Qatar 2022 scheduled for March,” a statement from CONMEBOL said on
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4:54 PM ET Barcelona beat Osasuna to move two points off the La Liga lead. Juan Manuel Serrano Arce/Getty Images Barcelona moved closer to La Liga leaders Atletico Madrid with a 2-0 victory at Osasuna on Saturday. Jordi Alba scored in the 30th minute and Ilaix Moriba added another late to provide all the goals second-placed
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5:30 PM ET Aramide Oladipo Jurgen Klopp has warned his Liverpool squad that any player who only wants to play Champions League football is free to leave. Liverpool’s hopes of finishing in the top four were dented after a 1-0 defeat to Chelsea on Thursday — the result meant the club have lost five successive
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9:21 AM ET Arsenal lost further ground in their bid to qualify for the Champions League with an eventful 1-1 draw against Burnley in the Premier League on Saturday. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang put Mikel Arteta’s men in front on five minutes but Chris Wood equalised before half time following an awful mistake by Granit Xhaka. Arsenal
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