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Football

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Neymar reaches milestone but PSG held ahead of Man Utd showdown

Neymar scored his 50th league goal for Paris Saint-Germain but warned the Ligue 1 leaders needed to improve quickly as they prepared for a crunch European clash with Manchester United by drawing 2-2 with Bordeaux on Saturday. The world's most...

Unbeaten Leverkusen held by Hertha in stalemate

Bayer Leverkusen missed the chance to go second in the Bundesliga with a 0-0 draw at home to Hertha Berlin on Sunday, while Hoffenheim's winless run was extended to seven league games after being held by Mainz. In-form Jamaica winger...

Zidane calls for Madrid consistency

Real Madrid head coach Zinedine Zidane says an alarming lack of consistency from his players is responsible for their poor results in the Liga Santander this season.The reigning champions lost 2-1 at home to Alaves on Saturday, their third...

Serie A wrap: Inter Milan steamroll Sassuolo

Sassuolo missed the chance to go top of Serie A on Saturday as they lost 0-3 to Inter Milan at Stadio Mapei - Citta del Tricolore.Inter started like a house on fire and quickly put their noses in front...

Liga Santander wrap: Alaves shock Real Madrid

Real Madrid lost the chance to close the gap on the leaders, Real Soceidad to three points as they suffered a shock 1-2 defeat to Deportivo Alaves on Saturday.Lucas Vasquez handled the ball in the penalty area and referee...

Ligue 1 wrap: PSG drop points again

PSG failed to win for the second time in as many Ligue 1 matches on Saturday as they drew 2-2 with Bordeaux at Parc des Princes.Timothee Pembele inadvertently headed past his goalkeeper following an excellently-delivered corner kick to give...

Premier League wrap, Liverpool frustrated, City cruise

Champions Liverpool were left fuming at a late VAR call in their 1-1 draw with Brighton and Hove Albion at the AMEX Stadium.Diogo Jota continued his exceptional run for Liverpool giving the Reds the lead on the hour.It was...

Diaraf overcome Pillars in Dakar

 Senegalese club, ASC Diaraf came from a goal down to defeat Nigerian club, Kano Pillars in the CAF Confederation Cup on Saturday.Pillars scored first through David Ebuka in the 12th minute but the hosts battled back gamely and were...

Bundesliga wrap, Saturday: Leaders Bayern rally to tame Stuttgart

FC Bayern Munich retained top spot in the Bundesliga after recording a come from behind 3-1 victory over VfB Stuttgart at the Mercedes-Benz Arena on Saturday.Stuttgart took a shock lead inside the opening minutes as Tanguy Coulibaly got on...

Unexploded bombs found at Roma’s training ground

Two unexploded bombs were found at the training ground of Italian club, AS Roma on Saturday.This caused an unexpected interruption at Trigoria (training) culminating in the army removing 20 unexploded WWII bombs.Il Messaggero newspaper reported that the bombs were...
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