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July 13, 2020 No Responses

Manchester City’s Two Year Champions League Ban Lifted By CAS

Manchester City’s two-season European ban has been lifted by the Court of Arbitration for Sport. UEFA’s club financial control body (CFCB) sanctioned City in February for what it said was a breach of its Financial Fair Play (FFP) and club...

July 12, 2020 No Responses

Leicester Implode As Bournemouth Shock Champions League Contenders

Dominic Solanke ended his Premier League goal drought with a timely brace as Bournemouth boosted their slim survival hopes by fighting back in astonishing fashion to shock Champions League-chasing Leicester. Solanke, without a goal in 38 previous top-flight ap...

July 12, 2020 No Responses

Alderweireld Scores Late To Claim Victory For Spurs In The North London Derby

Tottenham revived their European hopes by claiming bragging rights with a late 2-1 north London derby win over Arsenal. Spurs had to beat the Gunners to keep themselves in the race for Europa League qualification and Toby Alderweireld’s 81st-minute winner...

July 11, 2020 No Responses

Tributes Pour In For Former Ireland Football Manager Jack Charlton

Tributes have been paid to former Republic of Ireland football manager Jack Charlton, who has died at the age of 85. He had been diagnosed with lymphoma in the last year and was also battling dementia. Taoiseach Micheál Martin expressed...

July 10, 2020 No Responses

Manchester United Could Meet Wolves In Europe League Semi-Finals

Manchester United and Wolves could potentially meet in an all-English Europa League semi-final. With continental football resuming in August after the coronavirus suspension, the draw for next month’s eight-team mini-tournament in Germany was made on Friday....

July 10, 2020 No Responses

Manchester City Face Tough Route To Champions League Final

Manchester City will face Lyon or Juventus in the Champions League quarter-finals if they overcome Real Madrid as Pep Guardiola’s men were given a tough-looking path to the final. Play has been suspended since March due to the coronavirus pandemic,...

July 9, 2020 No Responses

Manchester United Boost Champions League Hopes With Victory At Aston Villa

Manchester United maintained their Champions League charge after a VAR blunder sparked a 3-0 win at Aston Villa. Bruno Fernandes’ contentious penalty – after he appeared to tread on Ezri Konsa – gave the visitors the platform for victory at...

July 9, 2020 No Responses

VAR Center Stage In Scoreless Draw Between Spurs And Bournemouth

Tottenham will again have complaints with VAR after they were denied a clear penalty in a 0-0 draw at Bournemouth which does nothing for either side’s ambitions this season. After seeing a Lucas Moura goal ruled out by VAR official...

July 9, 2020 No Responses

Tiger Woods To Return To Action In Next Week’s Memorial Tournament

Tiger Woods will return to competitive action at the Memorial Tournament next week. The 15-time major champion has not played a PGA Tour event since finishing 68th at the Genesis Invitational in mid-February. “I am looking forward to playing at...

July 8, 2020 No Responses

Salah Scores Twice As Liverpool Defeat Battling Seagulls

Mohamed Salah scored twice as Liverpool boosted their hopes of breaking the Premier League points record by battling to a 3-1 success against Brighton. Jurgen Klopp’s runaway champions looked like making light work of lowly Albion after Salah and recalled...

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