Month: December 2023

Dec 29, 2023, 01:26 PM ET Jack Grealish‘s home was burgled when Manchester City were playing away at Everton earlier this week but fortunately none of his family members were harmed, his coach Pep Guardiola said on Friday. British media reported Grealish’s home in Cheshire was targeted by burglars on Wednesday when his fiancée and
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Dec 29, 2023, 01:33 PM ET The Turkish Super Cup final between Galatasaray and Fenerbahce scheduled to be played in Saudi Arabia’s capital Riyadh on Friday has been cancelled amid a row between the clubs and Saudi authorities, Turkish broadcaster NTV said. There was no immediate official confirmation of the cancellation, which was reported by
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Tom Chambers Dec 29, 2023, 08:30 AM ET Open Extended Reactions LONDON — Mauricio Pochettino has said that it is important that Chelsea put their difficult 2023 behind them and show “consistency” by achieving a positive result against Luton Town on Saturday. If Chelsea were to lose against Luton it would be their 24th loss
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Reuters Dec 28, 2023, 08:26 PM ET Email Print Open Extended Reactions Ivory Coast‘s Galatasaray winger Wilfried Zaha has not been called up by coach Jean-Louis Gasset in the country’s 27-man African Cup of Nations squad which was named on Thursday. The 31-year-old, who moved to the Turkish Super Lig from Crystal Palace in the
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Dec 28, 2023, 08:43 PM ET British members of parliament are calling for the creation of a new criminal offence for unlawfully entering a soccer match, plus better collaboration between United Kingdom and overseas police to improve safety at sports event at home and abroad. The Culture, Media and Sport Committee report “Safety at major
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Arsenal spurned the opportunity to retake first place in the Premier League as they lost 2-0 to fellow Londoners West Ham United at the Emirates on Thursday. West Ham only had three efforts on target but Tomas Soucek gave them a halftime lead before former Arsenal defender Konstantinos Mavropanos extended the advantage after the break.
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Open Extended Reactions Mikel Arteta rued a lack of technology as Arsenal were embroiled in another VAR controversy during Thursday’s 2-0 home defeat to West Ham United, but said his team had plenty of chances to score goals and win. Tomás Soucek opened the scoring on 13 minutes, but the goal survived a lengthy check
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Tottenham Hotspur‘s top-four ambitions suffered a blow as they lost 4-2 at Brighton & Hove Albion in the Premier League on Thursday with only a late rally saving them from their heaviest defeat since Ange Postecoglou became manager. Victory would have put injury-hit Spurs above Manchester City into fourth spot but they were mauled on
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Rob Dawson Dec 28, 2023, 01:42 PM ET Open Extended Reactions André Onana is in talks with the Cameroon FA in an attempt to delay his release for the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), a source has told ESPN. The Manchester United goalkeeper has been named in the Cameroon squad ahead of the tournament, which
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Dec 28, 2023, 10:19 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Cameroon coach Rigobert Song included Manchester United goalkeeper André Onana but dropped Bayern Munich striker Eric-Maxime Choupo-Moting when he named his squad for next month’s Africa Cup of Nations on Thursday. Onana, 27, had walked out on Cameroon after a row with Song at last year’s
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Dec 28, 2023, 09:17 AM ET Previously classified documents have revealed that former UK prime minister Tony Blair was keen on an idea to relocate a Premier League team to Belfast, Northern Ireland in the late 1990s. Wimbledon FC were in need of a new stadium after the Taylor report into the Hillsborough disaster recommended
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Manchester City climbed back into the Premier League’s top four as second-half goals by Phil Foden, Julian Alvarez and Bernardo Silva sealed a comeback 3-1 victory at Everton on Wednesday. Pep Guardiola’s newly-crowned FIFA World Club champions had lost ground in the title race after a run of only one win in six league games,
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