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Late Aguero Header Keeps Man City’s Carabao Cup Hopes Alive Sergio Aguero’s extra time header gave Man City all 3 points as they came from behind to defeat ‘brave’ Bristol City in the semi-final first leg of the Carabao Cup. The Championship side were excellent, especially in the first half, and led from Bobby Reid’s […]
Burnley Sign Tottenham Winger, Nkoudou On Loan Burnley have signed Tottenham winger, Georges-Kelvin Nkoudou on loan for the rest of the season. The 22-year-old former Nantes and Marseille player joined Spurs for £9.4m in August 2016 after chairman, Daniel Levy negotiated a reduced fee. Nkoudou has made six appearances this season, the latest as a […]
Gabriel Jesus to Travel to Barcelona For Treatment Manchester City forward, Gabriel Jesus will travel to Barcelona this week to have further treatment on his knee injury. The Brazil striker will be assessed by Dr Ramon Cugat, the specialist who helped Ikay Gundogan return to full fitness from knee ligament damage and is overseeing Benjamin […]
Saudi Arabia women to be allowed into stadiums for first time Friday Women in Saudi Arabia will this month for the first time be allowed to enter sports stadiums to watch football matches between local teams. “The first match that women will be allowed to watch will be Al Ahli versus Al Batin on Friday […]
Liverpool will Miss Coutinho – Gerrard Ex-England and Liverpool skipper, Stephen Gerrard has accepted that Liverppol will miss “wonderful footballer” Phillipe Coutinho after the Brazilian officially completed his dream move to Barcelona earlier this week. Gerrard, who played with Coutinho in his conclusive playing time at Anfield, believes it will be difficult to replace the […]
VAR Debuts in English Football The Video Assistant Referee (VAR) made its debut in England, in the FA Cup game between Brighton & Crystal Palace. Just as it seemed much the match was set to finish without using the VAR, Glen Murray’s late winner caused enough doubts for the officials to take another look from […]
Study says Harry Kane is 3rd Most Valuable Player in the World CIES Football Observatory claims Harry Kane is worth 194.6 million euros (£172.65m), behind only Paris St-Germain forward Neymar and Barcelona’s Lionel Messi. The England forward, 24, scored 56 goals for club and country last year, making him the top scorer in Europe. CIES’s […]
Man United to Face Yeovil in FA Cup 4th Round 12-time FA champions, Manchester United will face Yeovil Town – the lowest ranked team in the draw, in the 4th round of the FA cup. 7-time winners, Liverpool will also host West Brown. The FA Cup 4th round will be played over the weekend of […]
Real Madrid Dealt Blow in Title Race after Celta Draw Maxi Gomez scored an 82nd-minute equaliser for Celta Vigo to extend Real Madrid’s winless away run in La Liga to four matches in a 2-2 draw at Balaidos. Defeat at Girona and goalless stalemates at Atletico Madrid and Athletic Bilbao plunged Madrid into worrying run […]
Messi Equals 39-year Muller Record with 365th Barcelona Liga goal Lionel Messi has equalled Gerd Muller’s long-standing scoring record with his 365th Liga goal for Barcelona. Messi has played a one-two with chief partner in crime Jordi Alba and finished with a volley to put his side 1-0 up on the way to a convincing […]
