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Liverpool, Sevilla reach Europa final

Liverpool romped into the Europa League final with a 3-0 win over Villarreal on another magical night at Anfield to tee up a showpiece clash with holders Sevilla who swatted away visitors Shakhtar Donetsk 3-1 on Thursday. Five times European champions Liverpool reached a 12th continental final thanks to an own goal from Bruno Soriano and further strikes from Daniel ...

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Real tame City to reach UCL final

Real Madrid reached their 14th European Cup final and crushed Manchester City’s hopes of a maiden title after Gareth Bale’s deflected effort secured a 1-0 victory in the second leg of their Champions League last four clash in Madrid on Wednesday. Bale’s right-footed shot ricocheted off City midfielder Fernando on its way into the top corner to break the deadlock ...

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Ranieri knew at Xmas that they would win

Leicester City coach Claudio Ranieri said on Tuesday that he believed at Christmas his team would win the Premier League, even as he continued to tell the media his only goal was avoiding relegation. “Now I can say it, I always knew we’d win,” Ranieri told Italian daily Il Fatto Quotidiano the day after Leicester’s triumph. He said he had ...

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Nkana down Dynamos to restore lead

Nkana restored their four-point lead at the summit of the Faz Super League table on Sunday, when they beat Lusaka Dynamos 3-0 at home in Kitwe. The victory saw the early pacesetters continue to keep defending champions Zesco United at arms length on 15 and 19 points respectively. Sunday’s win saw Nkana stay unbeaten in their opening seven games after ...

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Pep under pressure for Atletico return

Bayern Munich’s coach Pep Guardiola knows he needs to prove his critics wrong by overturning a 1-0 first-leg deficit against Atletico Madrid in Tuesday’s crunch home Champions League semifinal. Guardiola and Bayern are bidding to avoid losing a semi-final to a Spanish side for the third year running having lost the first-leg last Wednesday at Atletico after Saul Niguez’s early ...

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Hanover 96 player killed day after relegation

Having been relegated from the Bundesliga the day before, Hanover 96 were on Sunday mourning their midfielder Niklas Feierabend after the 19-year-old was killed in a car crash. The youth team talent was only given a professional contract in February and had not made his debut in Germany’s top flight. “This morning we received the terrible news that our 19-year-old ...

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Man United make Leicester wait

Claudio Ranieri’s Leicester City must wait to complete their fairytale Premier League title quest after being held to a 1-1 draw by Manchester United at Old Trafford on Sunday. The Foxes needed three points to win the league for the first time, but with thousands of fans back in Leicester and millions of new converts around the world watching on ...

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Leicester seek to clinch title

The champagne is at the ready, the Premier League trophy in place but what used to be a routine occurrence at Old Trafford will have a surreal twist on Sunday if Leicester City beat Manchester United there to clinch the title. Leicester’s cast-iron nerve has held firm when many expected them to fade and three points at the home of ...

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