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September 11, 2021 No Responses

Bernardo Silva Keeps Manchester City’s Winning Streak Alive At Leicester

Bernardo Silva maintained Manchester City’s winning streak with a determined 1-0 victory at Leicester. The forward’s first goal of the season gave the visitors a third straight win and revenge for last month’s Community Shield defeat to the Foxes. City...

September 11, 2021 No Responses

Cristiano Ronaldo Scores Twice On His Return To Manchester United

Cristiano Ronaldo announced his return to Manchester United by stealing the show with two goals in a 4-1 win over Newcastle which took Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side top of the table. Twelve years and 124 days after his last Premier...

September 11, 2021 No Responses

Guardiola Welcomes Further Discussions Of Proposed Biennial World Cup

Pep Guardiola believes a World Cup every two years could be good for the game and would welcome a fair debate over the issue. FIFA’s head of global development Arsene Wenger, the former Arsenal manager, has put forward proposals to...

September 10, 2021 No Responses

Dominic McKay Stands Down As Celtic Chief Executive Just Months After Appointment

Dominic McKay has stood down as Celtic chief executive just months after joining the Parkhead club. The former chief operating officer of Scottish Rugby began work at the Glasgow club on April 19th before officially succeeding the outgoing chief executive...

September 8, 2021 No Responses

British Open To Return To Royal Portrush In 2025

The British Open is to return to Royal Portrush in 2025, the R&A has announced. The news marks a quick return for the event to the Co Antrim links following its successful hosting two years ago. As well as having...

September 7, 2021 No Responses

Republic Of Ireland Claim A Point Thanks To Serbian Own Goal

Sergej Milinkovic-Savic was both hero and villain for Serbia as the Republic of Ireland struck late once again to snatch a World Cup qualifying draw. On a night when the visitors, marshalled by Dusan Tadic, were quicker in thought and...

September 6, 2021 No Responses

Ceferin Expresses ‘Grave Concern’ At Fifa’s Plans For Biennial World Cup

Uefa president Aleksander Ceferin has again underlined his opposition to World Cups every two years, saying the tournament’s rarity is its most attractive quality. Fifa is holding a feasibility study into shortening the gap between men’s and women’s Worl...

September 6, 2021 No Responses

Europe In The Driving Seat At Solheim Cup With Two-Point Lead

Europe will take a two-point lead into the final day of the 17th Solheim Cup after withstanding a determined fightback from the United States on day two in Toledo. The home side won three of the morning foursomes to close...

September 5, 2021 No Responses

Bukayo Saka Scores On His Birthday As England Ease Past Andorra

Birthday boy Bukayo Saka scored at the end where he endured penalty shoot-out heartache as England beat Andorra in their first match at Wembley since the Euro 2020 final. The much-changed England responded with a comfortable, if unspectacular, 4-0 victory...

September 5, 2021 No Responses

Shane Ferguson Marks 50th Cap With Winner Against Estonia

Shane Ferguson marked his 50th cap for Northern Ireland with a wonder strike as they edged out Estonia 1-0 in a friendly. For 75 minutes the two sides played out a largely drab affair in Tallinn but second-half substitute Ferguson...

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