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Luka Lungu’s record of scoring four goals in a single match in the MTN FAZ Super League was matched by Jesse Were on Saturday, after the Kenyan scored four goals in Zesco United’s 5-0 win over Mufulira Blackpool at Levy Mwanawasa Stadium. Lungu’s record had stood since 12th November, 2011 when Power Dynamos defeated Nkwazi 5-0 at Arthur Davies Stadium, ...

Lacklustre Barcelona beat 10-man Real Betis 2-0 thanks to goals from Ivan Rakitic and Luis Suarez on Saturday to move closer to retaining their La Liga crown. Atletico Madrid substitute Antoine Griezmann fired them to a 1-0 home win over struggling Rayo Vallecano, while Real Madrid’s Gareth Bale scored in a 1-0 victory at Real Sociedad. The results left Barcelona ...

Villarreal’s Adrian Lopez produced a stinging sucker punch in stoppage time to leave Liverpool reeling and move the Spaniards closer to a maiden European final after their Europa League last four first leg clash finished 1-0 on Thursday. Liverpool, who got a taste of their own medicine having scored deep in added time to knock Borussia Dortmund out in the ...

Zesco United coach George Lwandamina is staying very modest despite his side sneaking up into second place on the Faz Super League table. The defending champions beat Napsa Stars 2-0 away in Lusaka on Wednesday to jump from sixth to second on the table on 12 points from four matches with four games in hand. Zesco’s win, that came courtesy ...

Brown Ideye will return to international football with Nigeria after he earned a call from the country’s interim head coach, Salisu Yusuf, for the warm-up games against Mali and Luxembourg. The Olympiakos forward has been frozen out of the Nigeria men’s national team for more than two years. Yusuf explained that the coaching crew took time to decide on the ...

Joe Hart kept Manchester City’s hopes of reaching their first Champions League final alive with two brilliant late saves that ensured their semi-final first leg with Real Madrid finished goalless. With star striker Cristiano Ronaldo missing because of a thigh injury, a cautious Real side offered little goal threat until the closing stages. But in the last 20 minutes, Jese ...

Former Ivory Coast international defender Kolo Toure has said he will stay at Liverpool only if he is able to make a contribution to the team. The 35-year-old will be out of contract at the end of this season but manager Jurgen Klopp has hinted the player figures in his future plans. “It’s great to hear that from a great ...

Leicester City will win the Premier League if they beat Manchester United at Old Trafford on Sunday. Victory at the home of the 20-time English champions would secure the title after Tottenham could only draw 1-1 at home to West Brom on Monday. It leaves Spurs seven points adrift of Leicester with each team only having three games left. Claudio ...

New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady has had a four-game ban restored over allegations footballs were deliberately under-inflated before an NFL play-off game last year. Brady, 38, and the Patriots were sanctioned after a 243-page report into what became known as ‘deflate-gate’. Brady’s ban was overturned in September by a federal judge, who said the NFL’s ruling had “legal deficiencies”. ...

Leicester City forward Riyad Mahrez has won the Professional Footballers’ Association Player of the Year award. Mahrez has scored 17 goals and made 11 assists in 34 league games to take Leicester to the cusp of the title. The award was voted for by the Algeria international’s fellow professionals. Tottenham midfielder Dele Alli, 20, was named PFA Young Player of ...