City could draw this match and still finish in the top four but only if Chelsea lose at home to Wolverhampton Wanderers. They had looked good for a return to the Champions League going into 2020. They were third behind Liverpool and Manchester City but their form has slipped in recent months. A form guide for the past 10 league games has them down in 14th with only 12 points earned.
In the 24th round of the Premier League, Tottenham Hotspurs play against Norwich. Tottenham are at the 8th position while Norwich have been terrible this season as they are at the bottom of the table.
The hosts have been very strong at home this season with 6 wins, 6 draws, and just 1 defeat in their own backyard, while Leyton Orient have already lost 5 times on the road. Port Vale average 1.85 points per home game while Leyton Orient average 1.23 points per away game, with the home side boating a 46% win ratio which is above the league average of 38%.
Teenage snowboarder Chloe Kim won in the action sports category for the second year in a row, and Oksana Masters is the Sportsperson Of The Year With a Disability. German racing driver Sophia Florsch won Comeback of the Year, Sachin Tendulkar's role in leading India to the 2011 Cricket World Cup won the moment prize.
For the 2020 edition, Uefa decided that more is more. Twelve host nations have been selected, with group games spread across four time zones and nearly 4,000 miles. Stick some new tyres on the car or get ready to do some inter-railing. Host cities/stadiums:1. Glasgow (Hampden Park, capacity 51,000). Three group games, one last-16 game. Dublin (Dublin Arena, 51,000). Three group games, one last-16 game.
Champions League: What have we learned from group stage?Jurgen Klopp rejects Champions League expansion claimsThis season's final is on 30 May at the Ataturk Stadium in Istanbul, the ground where Liverpool won the epic 2005 final against AC Milan when they came back from three down to draw 3-3 and win on penalties. The Reds' last-16 draw also takes them back to the stadium in which they won last year's final - Atletico's Wanda Metropolitano.
Neither of those losses, however, were as crushing as that which current Northern Ireland defender Craig Cathcart was on the wrong end of with Watford in the 2019 decider. Manchester City's 6-0 demolition of the Hornets was only the third time a team had scored six goals in an FA Cup final. A product of the Manchester United academy, Cathcart has become a key player for club and country but, with City completing a domestic treble with their win, there was little the now 31-year-old could do to prevent the landslide win.
In his career, starting from his professional debut in the 2002-03 season with Sporting CP, Ronaldo has scored 54 free-kicks for both club and country. His most prolific season came in 2009-10 where he scored six times from free-kicks for Real Madrid. Below are Ronaldo’s free-kicks scored by team. Team Free-kicks scored Sporting CP (2002-03) 0 Manchester United (2003-09) 13 Real Madrid (2009-18) 32 Juventus (2018-present) 0 Portugal (2003-present) 9 Cristiano RonaldoGetty Images From ruthless to impotent: The last decade Since that peak in 2010 Ronaldo has never been able to reach the same heights when it comes to free-kicks.
Read the full story Arsenal plan summer Partey The Telegraph report that Arsenal will try to convince Atletico Madrid midfield Thomas Partey to move to north London this summer. The Ghana international starred for Atleti in their Champions League victory at Anfield on Wednesday evening and Gunners boss Mikel Arteta was impressed with what he saw.
Barclays also sponsor the FA Women's Super League and FA Girls' Football School Partnerships. Norway's other prospect. Erling Braut Haaland’s tally of 26 goals in 18 games for Red Bull Salzburg this season has seen the striker linked with Manchester United, Barcelona and Real Madrid. But the 19-year-old is not the only Norwegian making headlines, with a midfielder back home attracting interest from clubs across Europe.
Goal!Posted at 63' Goal! FC Bayern München 3, SV Werder Bremen 1. Philippe Coutinho (FC Bayern München) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by David Alaba with a through ball. BookingPosted at 62' Marco Friedl (SV Werder Bremen) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
Juste, rarely threatened the visitors. Borussia Dortmund enjoyed an even more dominant afternoon, demolishing Union Berlin 5-0 with two goals from Norwegian sensation Erling Haaland. Jadon Sancho opened their account in the 13th and teenager Haaland added another five minutes later. Dortmund scored twice more after the break with Marco Reus and Axel Witsel before Haaland drilled in his seventh goal in his three games for the Ruhr valley club so far.
They were fifth as recently as early December, but a run of one victory in their past 11 games leaves them looking nervously over their shoulder. Their inability to threaten in the final third has played a significant role in that dramatic drop-off in form. The Eagles have managed just 23 goals in 26 games - the joint worst record in the Premier League alongside Watford. Jordan Ayew - their top scorer with six - averages a goal every 354 minutes, while Wilfried Zaha has only three in the league after scoring 10 last term.
And for the Warm-Up, too. Try as we might, we just couldn’t think of a good set-up for the punchline “Son of a Gunn”. Must be something, but can we find it? No. So we’re just going to drop it without context. Ahem: “Son of a Gunn. There we go. You may now laugh. Payet … Payet! Oh come along now, Dimitri.
Birmingham City recovered from conceding a goal after 40 seconds to win at Ashton Gate and end Bristol City's four-game winning run in the Championship. Jamie Paterson capitalised on Marc Roberts' weak backpass to round goalkeeper Lee Camp and give the hosts a perfect start, but Lee Johnson's side were 2-1 behind by half-time. Scott Hogan's tap-in equaliser for Blues, after Dan Bentley had saved Jeremie Bela's powerful effort, was the first goal that the Robins had conceded in 383 minutes of league action.
Scotland coach Townsend accepts 25% wage deferral Scotland head coach Gregor Townsend will take a 25% wage deferral to help ease the financial burden of the coronavirus pandemic, the Scottish Rugby Union (SRU) said on Tuesday. The head coaches of Edinburgh Rugby and Glasgow Warriors, Scotland's two professional sides, and the SRU's board of directors will also take a 25% deferral, while chief executive Mark Dodson will take a 30% deferral, the SRU added.
Serie A, like football leagues around the world, has been brought to a standstill and there is no indication of when it may be able to start again, although the Italian federation says it wants to finish the season. I notice a great sense of responsibility, all our employees and not just the players have already given up a month's pay," Giulini said in an interview with the Sardinian television station Videolina on Wednesday.
Paper Round's view: £50 million for player of Werner's quality and age is fairly cheap in the current transfer market. Liverpool are right to be wary over the possibility of the player being discontent in his first few months while he adjusts to the 'Liverpool style', but if Werner were to join, he simply has to trust the process.
Posted at 62' Corner, Tottenham Hotspur. Conceded by Jonny Howson. Posted at 62' Attempt blocked. Erik Lamela (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Son Heung-Min. Goal!Posted at 61' Goal! Middlesbrough 1, Tottenham Hotspur 1. Lucas Moura (Tottenham Hotspur) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
Both West Bromwich Albion and Leeds United have not had the best of runs in recent matches and going to this clash they will know just how crucial it is to the promotion race. In terms of form, West Bromwich Albion have been poorer; they have one win in the last five matches and somehow their attack is not firing as before. They have not scored more than a goal in four of their last five matches. They have not won in the last two home matches and this will add to their pressure. Leeds on the other hand, recovered from their own slump with the win over Birmingham but it was not very comfortable, especially in the final minutes. In their last five matches, they have conceded two or more goals in three. Their away form has been positive but their key concern will be in defence, considering this is normally a high scoring affair. Five of the last six matches between these two sides have produced over 3.5 goals and looking at the two sides’ defensive runs, we can bet on this one being another high scoring affair but based on form, we will go with a Leeds win.
Sheffield Wednesday are unbeaten in their last six Championship home games (W4 D4) which makes them a clear test for Cardiff. However, the visitors are at least improving in front of goal on the road. They’ve scored in every trip under Harris, while they’ve found the net in eight of their previous nine away trips at this level.
Hapoel Be'er Sheva will host Bnei Yehuda for the Cup. Both teams are teams of the better league in Israel. I believe, the hosts have better team than their opponent. H. Beer Sheva are more ambitious team in their league. However, the hosts are in not very good shape in the last matches. I think, this will not be an easy task for the hosts. Bnei Yehuda is team of the relegation group. However, the visitors are in better shape in recent times. In previous game Bnei Yehuda is won 5-0 against Hapoel Hadera. I expect, this will be tense match. My pick - Bnei Yehuda to win.
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Backa Topola play away to Radnicki where a balanced match is expected. The first leg in Senta ended with 2: 0 in favor of the then host TSC Backa. It is obvious that this Serbian-Hungarian TSC team is strong. They proved that they are a solid team. They are undefeated at home, while they also play great away from home.
They need six points from their remaining six matches to guarantee safety and will be hoping three come from this clash. However, their ambitions may be dented by the fact that they have lost seven straight matches against City. For Southampton, the return of football has had mixed fortunes; they have registered two wins and a loss.
The midfielder, who had only moved to the position from defence in 2017, scored a goal in the group game against Chile and was named US Soccer Female Player of the Year for the second time. In the NWSL she helped Chicago Red Stars finish second in the division and reach the play-off final, losing to North Carolina Courage. Read Ertz's full profileSam Kerr Media playback is not supported on this device BBC Women's Footballer of the Year 2020: Sam Kerr profile Age: 26 Country: Australia Caps: 76Club: Chelsea Position: ForwardA new arrival at Chelsea this winter, Kerr finished as top scorer in two domestic leagues in 2019.
A smart goal and Spurs have a mountain to climb now. SAVE! After something of a scramble in the box, Dier's clearance is blocked by Schick and looks to be going in - but Lloris claws the ball away from danger. PENALTY APPEAL! Moura breezes past his man on the left and cuts the ball back for Alli, who has a promising chance but can't divert the ball towards the far corner, where it would have been harder to save.
Vorwarts Steyr are having a good season so far and are currently on the 4th place in the league. At home they have been the second strongest team so far with a 5-3-1 record and with only 6 goals conceded they have the best defense at home.
On Saturday, a Brighton defence that conceded at least two goals in four of their last five away games will attempt to beat back the relentless red waves of Liverpool attacks on Merseyside, though Jurgen Klopp's men are virtually impossible to keep off the scoresheet.
The MLS will find itself in a very competitive marketplace with the NHL negotiating a new U. S. NFL rights coming up for auction in 2022. Garber, however, believes the MLS can offer something the other leagues cannot: access to the 18-34 demographic coveted by advertisers. A 2017 Gallup poll MLS uses in promotional material found that its popularity with the 18-34 age group was up 11% while the NFL, NBA and MLB were all down.
PLAYER RATINGS Leganes: Cuellar 6, Rosales 6, Bustinza 6, Siovas 6, Omeruo 6, Silva 6, Oscar 6, Ruben 5, Perez 6, Roque Mesa 6, En Nesyri 7, Braithwaite 6. Tarin 5, Eraso 5, Carrillo 5. Barcelona: Ter Stegen 6, Wague 6, Pique 5, Umtiti 6, Junior Firpo 6, Busquets 6, De Jong 6, Messi 7, Dembele 6, Suarez 6, Griezmann 5.
Cardiff City manager Neil Harris:"It's a real kick in the nuts. In the first 25 minutes we were very good but we have to take our chances when we're on top. In the second half we never really got going. We didn't build any sustained pressure and we made three changes to get some impetus, but by then we were 1-0 down. With the first goal you are thinking it's goal of the season if you're the Fulham lad, but I think it's too easy.
Nottingham Forest owner Marinakis has coronavirus Olympic qualifiers between China and South Korea set for June after coronavirus postponements Cycling, MotoGP, Tennis, Football, Olympic qualifiers - how coronavirus is affecting sport The FIGC confirmed in a statement that Serie A would stop until at least April 3 following a government decree issued on Monday as Italy began an unprecedented, nationwide lockdown imposed to slow Europe’s worst outbreak of coronavirus.
Ljungberg has minimal management experience but he is a club legend and should be able to leverage that into goodwill for some time. He needs to take the opportunity presented to him. NUNO ESPIRITO SANTO Age – 45 Current club – Wolverhampton Wanderers Next Arsenal manager odds – 7/2 Nuno is currently into his third year as Wolves boss, having led them into the Premier League from the Championship and then into the Europa League, where on Thursday evening they made it out of the group stage.
I am sure they will try to soak up pressure and hit us on the break with Lucas Moura, Son (Heung-Min) and Dele Alli. They will allow us to have possession and try to break them down, no doubt that is how Mourinho will play because I think he is very intimidated by Liverpool. The match could still be an awkward trip for the visiting Reds who beat Tottenham in last year's Champions League final and have a near-perfect record of 58 points out of 60 this season to sit 13 points clear at the top.
The two English sides will meet in the semi-final if they win through. City - trying to win the competition for the first time - are joint-favourites with German champions Bayern. Atletico Madrid, who eliminated defending European champions and new Premier League winners Liverpool, will face Germany's RB Leipzig in the quarter-finals. Italian side Atalanta - winners of their past 11 games in all competitions - take on French champions Paris St-Germain, who have not played since 11 March after their domestic season was abandoned.
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Conceded by George Long. Posted at 72' Attempt saved. Hélder Costa (Leeds United) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Mateusz Klich with a headed pass. Posted at 72' Corner, Hull City. Conceded by Tyler Roberts. Posted at 71' Foul by Liam Cooper (Leeds United).
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United do not play between Premier League matches at home to Wolverhampton Wanderers on Feb. Chelsea on Feb. Solskjaer took his squad to Dubai in January last year but confirmed similar plans were shelved in the wake of an American air strike at Baghdad airport this month that killed Iranian general Qassem Soleimani.
The players, directors and staff have shown good leadership and responsibility by doing this voluntarily," the former Liverpool and England captain told the Rangers website. It was a no-brainer and the right thing to do. It was unanimous everyone wanted to do this. It's important in these hard times that no one suffers from any financial hardship.
At the final whistle, with Goodison Park rocking in a manner not seen or heard for a long time, Everton's fans rose to Ferguson as he pumped his fists and bellowed at the Bullens Road Stand, before turning to face the Gwladys Street end to take more acclaim. It is only one game - it may end up only being one game - but it provided a few new lines in the Ferguson legend, and who could blame him as he said: "Whatever happens, nobody can ever take that away from me or the players.
More than two-thirds of the way has passed and La U Universitarios and Santos de Guapiles are sharing the last 2 places on the chart. However, they are not too worried because the Costa Rica league this season has no name to relegate. With home advantage, the La U Universitarios is a little more appreciated is also understandable. But the owner only accept the price, handicap level according to the writer is not satisfactory for La U Universitarios. But do not forget that the performance of La U Universitarios against Santos de Guapiles is not good. La U Universitarios are not bad at home and they have not lost in the last 6/7 round and won 2/3 recent matches.
Getty Images TALKING POINT Solskjaer needs new midfield options. With Paul Pogba and Scott McTominay out of action for the foreseeable future, United need their other central midfielders to step up. Fred has at least been doing something along those lines of late and was partially rested, but none of the three fringe players given a chance today - Mata, Nemanja Matic and Andreas Pereira - took it.
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United have not won a Premier League title since 2013 -- when former manager Alex Ferguson retired -- despite spending nearly one billion pounds ($1. I can't change the ownership of United, no one can," Neville said. I'm struggling to understand why the ownership have persisted in trusting that management team to oversee the building of a Premier League title-winning team since Sir Alex left.
The Argentine, who led Spurs to the Champions League final last season, was sacked by the north London club last month and replaced by Jose Mourinho. In his first comments to journalists since his exit from Spurs, Pochettino said that after spending time with his parents and family in Argentina he is now getting prepared for whatever his next challenge will be.
Nuno Espirito Santo's charges are unbeaten in their last four meetings with United, and before the clubs' 1-1 Premier League draw at Molineux earlier this season, Wolves beat United in successive games on their own patch in March and April.
