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Premier League: Manchester United Sink Everton To Boost Top Four Bid | Football News
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Premier League: Manchester United Sink Everton To Boost Top Four Bid | Football News

[ad_1] Manchester United kept alive their faint hopes of finishing in the Premier League's top four with a 2-0 win against Everton, while Arsenal prepared for their chance to seize top spot later on Saturday. United stars Bruno Fernandes and Marcus Rashford sealed the points with first half penalties at Old Trafford. Erik ten Hag's team are now eight points adrift of fourth placed Aston Villa and three behind fifth placed Tottenham in the race to qualify for next season's Champions League. Everton sit four points above the relegation zone as their winless league run extended to 11 games.Back-to-back defeats to Fulham and Manchester City had put a huge dent in United's top four ambitions.With Villa and Tottenham facing off on Sunday, they made the most of Everton's mistakes to close on th...
Liverpool, Manchester City Face Defining Moment In Title Race | Football News
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Liverpool, Manchester City Face Defining Moment In Title Race | Football News

[ad_1] Liverpool host Manchester City in a defining moment in the Premier League title race as Jurgen Klopp and Pep Guardiola conclude their top-flight rivalry on Sunday. Free-scoring Arsenal can go top for at least a day when they host Brentford, while Aston Villa face Tottenham in a vital showdown in the battle for a top-four finish. AFP Sport looks at three talking points ahead of the weekend's action:One more sleepless night for GuardiolaManchester City boss Pep Guardiola faces one last sleepless night as he wrestles with the problems posed by his great rival Jurgen Klopp.Klopp's bombshell revelation that he will quit as Liverpool manager at the end of this season has given extra gravitas to Sunday's crucial clash with City at Anfield.Although Guardiola has won five of the last six P...
Anwar Ali, Jeakson Singh Return As Igor Stimac Names 35 Probables For FIFA World Cup Qualifiers Against Afghanistan | Football News
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Anwar Ali, Jeakson Singh Return As Igor Stimac Names 35 Probables For FIFA World Cup Qualifiers Against Afghanistan | Football News

[ad_1] Central defender Anwar Ali and defensive midfielder Jeakson Singh, who were left out of India's Asian Cup squad due to injuries, were on Thursday named among 35 probables for the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying round 2 matches against Afghanistan later this month. India play the away match against Afghanistan on March 21 in Abha, Saudi Arabia, while their home game will be held in Guwahati on March 26. Home matches of Afghanistan are being held outside the war-torn country.Mohun Bagan Super Giants player, Ali was out of action for a considerable period of time last year due to an ankle injury that also saw him miss the Asian Cup in January this year. He also suffered a minute injury in an ISL match early last month.Jeakson underwent a left shoulder surgery in November last year.Bot...
Barcelona Lose Frenkie De Jong, Pedri Before Champions League Match vs Napoli | Football News
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Barcelona Lose Frenkie De Jong, Pedri Before Champions League Match vs Napoli | Football News

[ad_1] Barcelona's Frenkie De Jong is carried off the pitch after getting injured during La Liga match.© AFPBarcelona midfielders Pedri and Frenkie de Jong are expected to miss the Champions League clash against Napoli after the Spanish club confirmed Monday injuries picked up in Liga action at the weekend. Dutch international De Jong suffered a right ankle sprain with Spaniard Pedri picking up a new injury to his right hamstring in Sunday's goalless draw at Athletic Bilbao. Barca did not specify the duration of the pair's absence, but they could be out for more than a month and miss the Champions League last 16 second leg clash against Napoli next week.The five-time European champions will host the current Italian champions on March 12 with the tie finely poised after a 1-1 draw in the ...
Phil Foden Double Inspires Manchester City To 3-1 Derby Win Over Manchester United | Football News
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Phil Foden Double Inspires Manchester City To 3-1 Derby Win Over Manchester United | Football News

[ad_1] Phil Foden scored twice as Manchester City came from behind to beat Manchester United 3-1 on Sunday and close to within one point of Premier League leaders Liverpool. Erling Haaland also struck in stoppage time to leave the title race perfectly poised ahead of City's trip to Liverpool next weekend. Marcus Rashford's wonder strike had fired United into a shock lead at the Etihad. Haaland was then guilty of a miss that will go down in Premier League folklore when he fired over with an open goal just before half-time.Foden ensured City did not slip up in the title race as he blasted into the top corner to level and produced a composed finish 10 minutes from time.Haaland then rolled in his sixth goal in four Premier League derbies against United to atone for his earlier miss.An 11th l...
Liverpool Strike Late To Beat Forest, Spurs Fight Back To Close On Top Four | Football News
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Liverpool Strike Late To Beat Forest, Spurs Fight Back To Close On Top Four | Football News

[ad_1] Darwin Nunez headed in a 99th-minute winner as injury-hit Liverpool moved four points clear at the top of the Premier League with a 1-0 win at Nottingham Forest, while Tottenham came from behind late on to beat Crystal Palace on Saturday. Liverpool's resources have been stretched to the limit by injuries in recent weeks as they attempt to win a quadruple in Jurgen Klopp's final season. The Reds were again without a host of star names including Mohamed Salah, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Alisson Becker and Diogo Jota.But there was some light at the end of the tunnel with Nunez and Dominik Szoboszlai making their returns as second-half substitutes.The Uruguayan made the telling impact with virtually the last touch of the game, rising to flick home Alexis Mac Allister's cross and secure L...
Paul Pogba’s Career In Jeopardy As ‘Shocked’ Star Handed Four-Year Doping Ban | Football News
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Paul Pogba’s Career In Jeopardy As ‘Shocked’ Star Handed Four-Year Doping Ban | Football News

[ad_1] France star Paul Pogba said he was "shocked and heartbroken" after being given a four-year ban from football by Italy's anti-doping tribunal following a positive test for testosterone last August, his club Juventus said on Thursday. A spokesman for the club told AFP it had been notified of the decision against the 30-year-old World Cup winner, who had been provisionally suspended in September. "We received notification from the tribunal this morning," the spokesman said. Italy's anti-doping body did not immediately respond when contacted by AFP.Pogba announced he would appeal the ruling, which risks bringing a premature end to his career."I am sad, shocked and heartbroken that everything I have built in my professional playing career has been taken away from me," he posted on Inst...
Paul Pogba, FIFA World Cup Winner, Handed Four-Year Doping Ban: Report | Football News
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Paul Pogba, FIFA World Cup Winner, Handed Four-Year Doping Ban: Report | Football News

[ad_1] File photo of Paul Pogba.© AFPItaly's anti-doping tribunal handed a four-year ban Thursday to France midfielder Paul Pogba after he tested positive for testosterone last year, according to his club, Juventus. A spokesman for the club told AFP it had been notified of the decision against the 30-year-old World Cup winner.More to follow...(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)Topics mentioned in this article [ad_2] Source link
Liverpool Win League Cup As Virgil Van Dijk Strikes Late To Sink Chelsea | Football News
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Liverpool Win League Cup As Virgil Van Dijk Strikes Late To Sink Chelsea | Football News

[ad_1] Liverpool won the League Cup in dramatic fashion as Virgil van Dijk's header late in extra-time sealed a 1-0 win against Chelsea at Wembley on Sunday. Jurgen Klopp's injury-hit side finished a gruelling clash with a host of raw youngsters on the pitch, but it was their experienced captain who clinched the club's 10th League Cup triumph. Van Dijk earlier had a goal controversially disallowed by VAR, but the Dutch defender pounced to nod home with just two minutes left. It was Liverpool's first trophy following Klopp's bombshell announcement that he will step down at the end of this...
Harry Maguire Slams ‘Naive’ Manchester United After Shock Fulham Defeat | Football News
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Harry Maguire Slams ‘Naive’ Manchester United After Shock Fulham Defeat | Football News

[ad_1] Harry Maguire admitted "naive" Manchester United paid the price for being too attacking in the final minutes of their shock 2-1 defeat against Fulham on Saturday. Erik ten Hag's side suffered a major blow to their hopes of a top four finish in the Premier League as Alex Iwobi snatched Fulham's winner seven minutes into stoppage-time. United defender Maguire looked to have rescued a point when his close-range finish in the 89th minute cancelled out Calvin Bassey's 65th minute opener. But United were caught throwing players forward in search of all three points as Iwobi capped a coun...