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The Premier League transfer window is open, with clubs in the English top flight set to flex their financial muscles. Here’s a look at where the major teams will look to strengthen in January. Liverpool (1st, 45 pts) Liverpool’s rebuild is ahead of schedule after the club signed four new midfielders in the summer transfer…
Shock Spanish title challengers Girona snatched a remarkable 4-3 victory over Atletico Madrid to keep pace with Real Madrid at the top of La Liga on Wednesday. After Los Blancos edged Real Mallorca 1-0 thanks to Antonio Rudiger‘s goal, Ivan Martin’s stoppage time strike ensured the Catalan minnows matched Carlo Ancelotti’s side on 48 points from…
Mohamed Salah scored twice as Liverpool stretched Newcastle’s miserable run with a 4-2 victory at Anfield to open up a three-point lead at the top of the Premier League on Monday. Jurgen Klopp’s team should have run out even more convincing winners as Martin Dubravka saved Salah’s first-half penalty among 10 stops. But Salah made amends…
Leicester consolidated their position on top of the Championship with a 2-0 win at Cardiff, while their promotion rivals Ipswich were held to a 0-0 draw by struggling QPR on Friday. Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall and James Justin were on target for the Foxes in their 20th victory from 25 league games this term. Leicester are firm…
Manchester City will have enjoyed the festive fixtures, with slip-ups from their Premier League title rivals leaving them within touching distance of the top. The newly crowned Club World Cup winners came out on top against a battling Everton and witnessed defeats for Arsenal, Aston Villa and Tottenham in the latest round of games, with…
Liverpool climbed to the top of the Premier League as Darwin Nunez ended his goal drought to inspire a 2-0 win against Burnley, while Rasmus Hojlund broke his own barren run to cap Manchester United’s thrilling fightback to beat Aston Villa 3-2 on Tuesday. Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool took an early lead through Nunez at Turf Moor and…
PELE “would have been sad” at the state of the current Brazilian national team, his son Edinho has told AFP in an interview days before the first anniversary of his death on Friday. Brazil have struggled in qualifying for the 2026 World Cup and presently occupy sixth place in the South American table, the last…
INEOS chairman Jim Ratcliffe has agreed a deal to buy a 25 percent stake in Manchester United for about £1.25 billion ($1.6 billion) and will take control of the Premier League club’s football operations, it was announced on Sunday. The British billionaire, 71, will also provide $300 million for future investment in the club’s Old…
Aston Villa missed the chance to go top of the Premier League, with manager Unai Emery proclaiming VAR was “too much” after Nicolo Zaniolo’s late goal salvaged a 1-1 draw at home to struggling Sheffield United on Friday. The visitors kicked off bottom of the table, with Birmingham club Villa having won their last 15…
Barcelona ground out an unconvincing 3-2 home win against basement club Almeria on Wednesday thanks to a late Sergi Roberto goal, moving them up to third in La Liga. Xavi Hernandez’s side ended 2023 with a win thanks to Sergi Roberto‘s double and a first-half goal from Raphinha. Twice the 20th-placed visitors pegged back the Catalan giants courtesy of goals…