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Robert Lewandowski scored five goals in nine minutes after coming on as a substitute for Bayern Munich in their Bundesliga victory against Wolfsburg. Bayern trailed 1-0 at half-time, when Lewandowski came on for Thiago. Six minutes later, the Poland international netted his first goal of the night from close range. Lewandowski added four more in quick succession to record the ...

The Premier League is in danger of losing a fourth Champions League spot in the 2017-18 season if poor European performances continue this season. English teams have not reached the Champions League quarter-finals in two of the past three seasons. New co-efficient rankings,  calculated over a five-year period, show England are third, behind Spain and Germany. Italy are fourth, four ...

Former Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson says he only worked with four players he considered to be world class during his 26 years there. The Scot won two Champions League and 13 Premier League titles at the club. From those successful teams, he says midfielder Paul Scholes and attacking trio Eric Cantona, Cristiano Ronaldo and Ryan Giggs were his ...

Andy Murray is set to miss this year’s World Tour Finals if, as expected, Belgium decide to host the Davis Cup final against Great Britain on clay. The Flanders Expo Arena in Ghent will stage the tie if the Davis Cup Committee gives its approval on Tuesday. The Belgian Federation has two weeks to confirm its choice of surface, but ...

Power Dynamos’ hopes of silverware in 2015 dimmed on Saturday when they were knocked out of the Barclays Cup at the quarterfinal stage by Green Buffaloes in Lusaka. The two-time Barclays Cup champions lost 5-3 on post-match penalties to Buffaloes in a last eight tie played at Nkoloma Stadum after the match had ended scoreless. It was the second successive ...

Nkwazi are through to the semifinals of the 2015 Barclays Cup for the first time after eliminating Mufulira Wanderers on post-match penalties at the quarterfinals. The Police side beat Wanderers 4-3 on spot-kicks after the game had ended 0-0 at Nkoloma Stadium in Lusaka on Saturday. It was the second time heartbreak for Wanderers who also tumbled at the same ...

Kurt Zouma and Eden Hazard scored as Chelsea exploited the dismissals of Gabriel and Santi Cazorla to beat Arsenal 2-0 on Saturday and revive their Premier League title defence. Gabriel was sent off late in the first half after a tussle with the provocative Diego Costa and Zouma, playing in place of Chelsea captain John Terry, put the hosts ahead ...

World Cup winner Mario Goetze plans to raise funds to help Germany’s immigrants amid the on-going crisis by auctioning his playing boots embroidered with the hashtag ‘#refugeeswelcome’. The 23-year-old forward scored Bayern Munich’s third goal while wearing the special boots in Wednesday’s 3-0 win over Olympiakos in their opening Champions League group-stage match. Goetze, whose extra-time goal allowed Germany to ...

Zesco United begin the defence of their Barclays Cup crown on Sunday when they face Kabwe Warriors in the quarterfinals at Nkoloma Stadium in Lusaka. Zesco are gunning for an unprecedented fifth Barclays Cup title while coach George Lwandamina is hoping to set a new record as the only trainer to have won it three successive times. Lwandamina won his ...

West Ham United manager Slaven Bilic has said the disappointing results by Premier League teams in Europe competition this week should not be viewed as a major surprise. Manchester United, Manchester City and Arsenal all slumped to defeats in their opening Champions League fixtures in midweek, while Liverpool were held to a 1-1 draw at Bordeaux in the Europa League. ...