Okay, you know the drill by now… Right. Before we get into the thick of this, let us warn you that what follows may contain Game of Thrones spoilers. **Warning: What follows may contain Game of Thrones spoilers** Got that? Good. Then let us begin. Excitement is building ahead of the final season of Game […]

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Look, Kylian. You’re good. We get it, we really do. Really though, is there any need for this? 100 buts à l’entraînement 💯 Ouais le ridicule ne tue pas 😂🤣 🔴🔵 @PSG_inside pic.twitter.com/YH8AGC5aRH — Kylian Mbappé (@KMbappe) February 16, 2019 Yep, fresh from dishing out another reminder of how ridiculously good he is against Manchester […]

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‘…The challenges, particularly those created by Brexit, have proven to be insurmountable’ Regional British airline Flybmi has filed for administration and cancelled all of its flights with immediate effect, it has been announced. The company, based in the East Midlands, has blamed rises in fuel and carbon costs and uncertainty over Brexit as contributory factors. […]

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City had been held in the first half by the League Two side Manchester City finally edged ahead of Newport County in their FA Cup fifth round tie at Rodney Parade. Despite resting a few of their star players, a strong City side struggled to break down Newport in the opening half of the match […]

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But for Ederson, Newport would have been in front inside 20 minutes against Man City Understandably, Manchester City were seen as strong favourites ahead of their fifth round FA Cup tie against Newport County on Saturday evening. Though the Premier League champions fielded a weakened side against their League Two opponents, their starting XI wasn’t […]

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Wagstaff kept his word after the Dons’ fourth round win over West Ham AFC Wimbledon’s FA Cup dream is over. Despite their fourth round heroics against the Premier League’s West Ham, the struggling League One side lost by a single goal at home to Millwall on Saturday afternoon. Undeniably a disappointing day for all connected […]

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Leaked kit news anyone? Yeah, go on then… Ignore for a minute, if you will, that this is a time of year when we football fans are blessed to have a seemingly never-ending supply of live football on our televisions. Yes, title races and relegation scraps are hotting up, yes, the Champions League is back […]

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44-year-old Josephine Johnson pleaded guilty to throwing the pie A Wolves season ticket holder has been banned from watching matches for three years after she threw a pie at a West Ham supporter last month, hitting them on the head. 44-year-old Josephine Johnson pleaded guilty to throwing the pie into the away section while seated […]

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The Under-23 defender will continue to work with the club’s medical team Manchester United have announced that Max Taylor has ‘responded successfully’ to cancer treatment after recently undergoing chemotherapy. A brief statement released by United on Friday afternoon explained that Taylor, who recently changed his name from Max Dunne, will work with the club’s medical […]

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Icardi’s future is in doubt at the San Siro Mauro Icardi has been stripped of the captaincy at Inter Milan, the club have announced. The striker was made captain at the start of the 2015/16 season by the Serie A giants but Inter released a short statement via a tweet on Wednesday which said that […]

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“My dad’s blocked in and it’s an emergency – could you read this out?” Being a stadium announcer, you’d imagine this sort of thing happens every now and again. Be it a bogus name (a la Bart Simpson prank calling Moe’s Tavern) or, as in this instance, a made up number plate, sometimes people will […]

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March 10, 2009: the day Real Madrid lost 4-0 to Liverpool in a game which turned out to be their last in the Champions League before Cristiano Ronaldo joined the club Nine years and four European Cups later, Real are negotiating their way through their first Champions League campaign since Ronaldo departed for Juventus. Because […]

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When Jadon Sancho made his England debut against Croatia last October, he had to wait ten minutes for his first touch. Replacing Raheem Sterling late on, he was on the pitch in Rijeka for no more than a quarter of an hour in total. And yet, as the match ended 0-0, his brief cameo proved […]

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‘The steward will also remember this match’ With good reason, Paris Saint-Germain fans enjoyed themselves on Tuesday night. Their side started their latest Champions League knock-out stage campaign with a 2-0 victory over Manchester United, putting themselves in a strong position to progress to the quarter finals ahead of the second leg in Paris next […]

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The streak is over Just as Manchester United fans were starting to convince themselves that their side would never lose a single for the rest of time under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, along came Paris Saint-Germain to ruin things. Despite being deprived of some of their biggest stars – Neymar, Edinson Cavani and Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting – […]

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Balotelli seemed to enjoy a miserable night for Manchester United Mario Balotelli isn’t as prolific as he once was. Both in terms of his goalscoring and his use of Twitter. On Tuesday night, however, the Italian striker returned to the social media platform with a couple of tweets about the big Champions League game […]

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Dortmund face Tottenham at Wembley on Wednesday Borussia Dortmund’s flight to London for their Champions League encounter with Tottenham was delayed because Jadon Sancho forgot his passport. According to the BBC, the 18-year-old England international realised he had left it at home when he arrived at the airport, causing the Bundesliga leaders to leave Germany […]

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A European Cup special

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Paris Saint-Germain head to Old Trafford on Tuesday night It’s fair to say Paris Saint-Germain’s preparations for their Champions League meeting with Manchester United could’ve gone better. Neymar, their star man, will miss the game due to a damaged metatarsal. While this in itself is a significant blow for the French champions, they’ve also been […]

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“Don’t use it as an insult. There is nothing wrong with being gay” England captain Joe Root has responded to apparent sledging from Shannon Gabriel by telling the West Indies fast bowler “there is nothing wrong with being gay”. TV footage of Root, who hit an unbeaten century during the third Test in St Lucia, […]

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“It’s beautifully written in capitals. Who wrote it?” Richard Madeley is a national treasure. Let’s make that clear from the very start. With this in mind, it’s understandable that there’s been a great deal of excitement that he’s stepped in for Piers Morgan on Good Morning Britain once again this week. Only last year, his appearances on […]

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The goalkeeper won the World Cup with England in 1966 Former England goalkeeper Gordon Banks has died aged 81, it has been announced. Banks played every game for England during their glorious 1966 World Cup campaign and is also well known for the iconic save he made to deny Pele during a game against Brazil […]

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The former cricketer is one of the show’s new presenters Freddie Flintoff crashed into a market stall during Top Gear filming over the weekend. Along with comedian Paddy McGuiness, it was announced last year that the former England and Lancashire cricketer had replaced Matt LeBlanc as one of the BBC show’s new presenters. Flintoff had been […]

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PSG head to Old Trafford on Tuesday night Paris Saint-Germain appear to have been dealt another significant injury blow ahead of their Champions League last 16 tie against a resurgent Manchester United, with Edinson Cavani now expected to miss the first leg at Old Trafford. With Neymar already ruled out with a foot injury, the […]

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Villa scored three times in the final minutes to rescue a point against Sheffield United Aston Villa came from 3-0 down to salvage a point at home to Sheffield United on Friday night. The Blades would have moved into first – albeit only for a matter of hours – on goal difference had they won […]

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10 teenage players have died in the fire The teenage footballers who died in a fire at the youth team training centre of Flamengo, one of Brazil’s biggest football clubs, have been named. All of the victims were aged between 14 and 16 and had been staying at the Ninho de Urubu training complex in […]

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Judith earned herself £70,000 and a standing ovation from the Chaser As any avid viewers of The Chase will tell you, usually, when a contestant is left to to face the final round on their own, it usually only ends one way. Usually. That wasn’t the case on this occasion, as contestant Judith defeated ‘The […]

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“I don’t want no problems Pep” Social media funnyman Benjamin Mendy (also a professional footballer) appeared to have been in hot water with his manager for a short while on Friday. The World Cup-winning Manchester City full-back has had his fair share of injury trouble since arriving in England from Monaco in 2017, suffering another […]

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The Manchester United legend looks set to take his first managerial job Paul Scholes could reportedly be confirmed as the new manager of Oldham Athletic in the next 24 hours. The former Manchester United and England midfielder is said to have been cleared to take charge of the club after an English Football League meeting […]

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Mariacarmen Echevarria is 83. On a cloudless autumn day, she sits by the side of one of the main pitches at the Lezama training complex, eyes squinting in the bright sunshine. A few yards away, Athletic Club de Bilbao’s first team are nearing the end of their morning session with a game of defence versus attack. […]

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Want. AIK, ladies and gentlemen, have done it again… Hot on the heels of releasing their particularly lovely blackout kit last month, the Swedish champions are set to launch the stunning limited edition 1891 White Edition shirt this very weekend. Made by Nike, the all-white shirt celebrates AIK’s founding year of 1891, which appears in gold in […]

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Neither Sky Sports or BT Sport are showing the game Given the significance that Everton’s meeting with Manchester City on Wednesday night could have on the Premier League title race, many would have been forgiven for simply assuming it would be screened live by Sky or BT. In actual fact, this isn’t the case, with […]

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‘Seriously , they could have at least tried to disguise it’ Liverpool could do with a favour from their city rivals on Wednesday night. Having failed to take full advantage of Manchester City’s slip-up at Newcastle United last week by drawing their games with Leicester and West Ham, Liverpool could lose top spot in the […]

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The incident was captured on a video which has since been widely shared on Twitter West Ham and the Metropolitan Police are investigating video footage in which a supporter can apparently be heard directing Islamophobic abuse towards Mo Salah during Liverpool’s 1-1 draw at the London Stadium on Monday night. The Egyptian international can be […]

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It’s that time again While there’s plenty to be excited about as the business end of the football season nears, this is also the time of year where leaked, poor-quality images of next season’s kits start doing the rounds online… One of the first bits of new kit news comes from Spain where, according to […]

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The Met Police have confirmed the arrest of a man following the trouble between last month’s Millwall vs Everton game A man has been arrested following the widespread disorder which broke out before, during and after the FA Cup game between Millwall and Everton on January 26. A statement from the Met Police confirmed a […]

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The former United skipper has had his say on the club’s managerial position Wayne Rooney has backed Mauricio Pochettino to be the next Manchester United boss – if his former club decide against giving Ole Gunnar Solskjaer the job on a permanent basis. Solskjaer has impressed since replacing Jose Mourinho on an interim basis in […]

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To be honest, the halftime show at Super Bowl LIII was (or should have been) a welcome break By the end of the second quarter in Atlanta only three points had been posted, all of them to the New England Patriots, who took a slender lead over the Los Angeles Rams to the locker rooms. […]

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‘Maroon 5, musical other people’s holiday photos on Facebook’  How bad was the first half of Super Bowl LIII? Well, this bad… These teams are playing like they know whoever wins goes to the White House — Jess Dweck (@TheDweck) February 4, 2019 With just three New England Patriots points on the board in Atlanta […]

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The England manager appeared with the BBC and Sky Sports’ punditry teams in Atlanta Super Bowl night is known for bringing out the biggest of A-list celebs, and Sunday evening in Atlanta was no different, as Gareth Southgate made an appearance at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium for the big one between New England Patriots and Los […]

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The UFC star was one of many famous faces in attendance Conor McGregor knows a thing or two about making headlines, and while he was far from the main attraction in Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Sunday night, he still managed to turn a few heads. With the stars out in force ahead of Super Bowl […]

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Arda Turan is facing four charges and could reportedly serve over a decade of jail time Arda Turan is facing up to 12 years in prison in Turkey for his involvement in events which followed a night club altercation in Istanbul last October, reports have claimed. According to Marca, the Barcelona midfielder, currently on loan at Basaksehir, […]

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In from the cold?

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Allegedly A man has been arrested and charged after appearing to purposely throw ice on the floor before pretending to slip on it. 57-year-old Alexander Goldinsky, from the town of Randolph, New Jersey in the US,  had been subcontracted to work for a company when the incident happened in a staff room. CCTV cameras capture Goldinsky filling up […]

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Having a bad day? Rest assured that things can always be worse. Much, much, much worse… What follows serves as a reminder of this, as one Radio 1 listener was given a toe-curlingly detailed account of his parents’ sex lives, via a dirty poem sent by his mum to his dad. The listener, known as ‘Billy’, […]

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Barba left St Helens for the NRL side at the end of last season Ben Barba, the reigning Super League Man of Steel, has been sacked by New Queensland Cowboys before playing a single game for the club. The decision to terminate his contract was made after an alleged incident in a casino in Townsville. […]

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The much-loved veteran broadcaster will present One Planet, Seven Worlds Sir David Attenborough will front a new BBC nature series which focuses on the environmental forces reshaping our planet. One Planet, Seven Worlds is part of an initiative that the BBC are currently undertaking called Protecting Our Planet, which will see them commission more documentaries that examine the natural […]

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In the end, it was a relatively uneventful transfer window at the Emirates After talk of moves for Ivan Perisic and Yannick Carrasco, the only significant January arrival for Arsenal was that of Denis Suarez. The 25-year-old joined on loan from Barcelona, with the north London club having the option to make the deal a […]

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Daniel James had appeared certain to seal a move to Elland Road Daniel James’ deadline day move from Swansea to Leeds United collapsed in the final minutes of the January transfer window. The 21-year-old had undergone a medical with the Championship leaders on Thursday and was expected to finalise his switch to Marcelo Bielsa’s side […]

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The deal was confirmed 90 minutes after the transfer window closed Lazar Markovic has finally left Liverpool on a free transfer, completing a late move to Fulham on deadline day. The Serbian winger’s move to Craven Cottage was only announced an hour and a half after the window had officially closed to English clubs on Thursday […]

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