Yan Diomandé’s goal secured a narrow 1-0 win for Real Madrid against Villarreal, leaving them six points behind La Liga leaders Barcelona, despite Vinícius Júnior being dismissed for pulling an opponent’s hair. Vinícius came off the bench and found the net, but the goal was ruled out before a VAR review showed him tugging Nathan […]
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Israel forward Saied Abu Farchi was dismissed after celebrating his goal in Thursday’s 3-1 Nations League loss to Austria by pretending to fire a weapon with the corner flag. Abu Farchi headed in an equaliser in the 55th minute after Romano Schmid’s penalty had given Austria the advantage before the interval at the Raiffeisen Arena […]
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Cabango failed to make contact with the ball during the 77th-minute incident and instead caught O’Hare, who was making his first appearance following a £6.5m deadline-day transfer from Sheffield United. Swansea manager Vitor Matos declined to discuss the decision after the match, explaining that he does not comment on refereeing calls and that Parkinson was […]
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Kjell Scherpen: Produced an outstanding stop to keep out Dalot and made a vital intervention to prevent Mbeumo from scoring easily. Could do little about the equalising goal. 8 Dara O’Shea: Delivered a strong defensive performance and handled his duties effectively before Fernandes began to dictate proceedings. 6 Issa Diop: Was frequently forced into emergency […]
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The sons of a police officer who died in a road collision on Teesside will serve as mascots and lead Manchester United onto the pitch for Sunday’s Premier League fixture against Ipswich at Old Trafford. PC Matthew Blades, whom United described as a “proud Red”, regularly attended matches at Old Trafford. The club will honour […]
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The defence has been much more consistent this season, with Zak Vyner, Hyam and Callum Doyle—who scored for Wrexham in the defeat by Birmingham—forming the back three in each of the Red Dragons’ first four matches. Parkinson also admitted that transfer speculation might have distracted some members of his squad against Birmingham, especially during the […]
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Bournemouth‘s Alex Scott and Real Betis winger Antony were both dismissed following an altercation in a 2-2 friendly draw in Seville. The incident occurred shortly before the interval when Betis midfielder Nelson Deossa struck the ball at Bafode Diakite after the Bournemouth defender had fouled him. Players from the two teams then became involved in […]
Continue ReadingOn the evening when Spain claimed their maiden World Cup in 2010, Rodrigo Hernández was away at a camp, deep in the Connecticut woods. He had been out canoeing when the national side defeated Germany in the semifinal, disappointed to have missed that match, so for the final he persuaded a supervisor to let him […]
Continue ReadingGianni Infantino appears likely to avoid any repercussions after allegations surfaced that he violated political neutrality rules through his interactions with Donald Trump regarding the Folarin Balogun case. The International Olympic Committee received a formal grievance this week from the human rights group FairSquare concerning Infantino’s actions. This follows Trump’s revelation that he contacted the […]
Continue ReadingAndrew Giuliani, who leads the White House’s World Cup taskforce, has justified Donald Trump’s efforts to pressure Fifa into overturning the suspension of American player Folarin Balogun ahead of Monday’s match against Belgium. The US president suggested that Brazilian official Raphael Claus, who sent off Balogun during the game against Bosnia and Herzegovina, was “a […]
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