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Brighton Hove Albion will be looking to secure their Premier League survival this weekend as they host Leicester City at the Amex Stadium.
The Seagulls currently sit in 12th position in the table on 34 points and six points clear of the relegation zone so a victory this weekend against the 2015/16 Premier League champions could go an long way in securing top flight football next season.
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It s fair to say, Chris Hughton s Seagulls have grown into life in the Premier League. Brighton look relatively comfortable in the fight against relegation. They are also in positive form too despite a few difficult results in recent weeks. They have lost their last two games but the…
Lionel Messi set a new Champions League record as Barcelona laboured to a fortunate 2-1 victory over Slavia Prague in Group F.
Messi s third-minute goal saw him become the first player to score in the Champions League in 15 consecutive seasons, but it did not pave the way for a convincing performance from Ernesto Valverde s side.
Indeed, Barca relied on a huge slice of luck to retake the lead following Jan Boril s equaliser, with Peter Olayinka deflecting in Luis Suarez s effort from a Messi free-kick.
Though Suarez and Messi subsequently squandered gilt-edged chances to wrap up the points, Olayinka s own goal proved enough to take the wind out of Slavia s sails as Barca moved three points clear at the top of the group.
With the help of some dismal…
Market: Gerard Moreno to score anytime
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Looking to enter the Christmas break with a statement at the Estadio de la Cerámica, Villarreal will host a struggling Alaves on Tuesday night.
Starting with the hosts, while Villarreal might have struggled with their consistency since opening the 2021/22 campaign, the Yellow Submarine have managed to find a much-welcomed boost. Shocking many as they stormed their way to the knockout stage of this year s Champions League with an action-packed 3-2 win away at Serie A outfit Atalanta earlier in the month, Unai Emery s men now find themselves in the midst of a four-match winning run across all formats. Putting in another eye-catching display over the weekend as they stormed their way to a thumping 3-1 win away at …
Celtic s clash with Rangers on January 2 has been postponed by a month after Scottish Premiership clubs voted in favour of bringing forward the mid-season break.
Scotland s first minister Nicola Sturgeon announced on Tuesday that all outdoor events in the country would be limited to 500 spectators for at least three weeks from December 26 amid a rise in coronavirus cases.
That would have meant the first Old Firm derby of 2022 practically being held behind closed doors, but there is hope that restrictions will be eased – or entirely lifted – by the time the Glasgow rivals meet in the rescheduled fixture on February 2.
Scottish Premierships teams will now start their three-week break after the Boxing Day round of fixtures, rather than on January 3, and the leag…
Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson says his side will not be intimidated by Real Madrid heading into Tuesday s Champions League tie.
Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson says his side will not be intimidated by Real Madrid heading into Tuesday s Champions League tie.
Real Madrid travel to Old Trafford for the second leg of the round-of-16 clash in form, having beaten Barcelona in consecutive Clasicos over the last week.
Jose Mourinho s side were in rare form as they defeated Barca 3-1 in last Tuesday s Copa del Rey encounter, while Madrid repeated the dose in a 2-1 victory over their bitter rival in La Liga action last Saturday.
The two results came despite a disappointing La Liga campaign for Madrid and Ferguson believes Mourinho s team may ha…
Montpellier HSC want €15 million for highly-rated Morocco international midfielder Younes Belhanda, but would settle for an offer of €12 million, .
Belhanda, 23, has been linked with a number of European clubs in recent times, including the likes of Arsenal, Bayer Leverkusen, Fenerbahce and Tottenham Hotspur.
In an interview with 10 Sport last week, Nicollin claimed that AC Milan, Aston Villa, Atletico Madrid, FC Internazionale Milano and Galatasaray have all made enquiries for Belhanda.
We d need to get €15 million, but I d settle for 14 or 12, said Nicollin. From France, no, but from England, Germany and the United Arab Emirates, yes.
Belhanda, whose current contract expires in the summer of 2014, tallied 12 goals and three as…
Napoli great Diego Maradona admits he would be open to becoming head coach at the San Paolo in future.
The former Argentina star is a heralded figure among Napoli fans, having inspired the club to two Serie A titles, the Coppa Italia and the UEFA Cup during a seven-year spell between 1984 and 1991.
The 58-year-old, who is still the club s all-time top goalscorer on 115, has not held a head coaching position since leaving Al Wasl in 2012.
But the 1986 World Cup-winner says he would not turn down the chance to coach his old club if the fans desired it.
Would I coach Napoli? If the people wanted it, then yes, he told Amici.
Maradona said in January that he would jump at the chance to take on a role with Napoli if president Aurelio De Laurentiis make…
Arsene Wenger says Laurent Koscielny reminded him of Italian defender Fabio Cannavaro when he first saw him playing for Lorient.
Arsenal were widely perceived to be taking a gamble when they paid £9.7 million to bring the Frenchman to North London in 2010.
But he has proven to be a good acquisition, having made more than 200 appearances for the club in all competitions and impressing again as the Gunners challenge for the Premier League title this season.
I saw him first playing on TV for Lorient and straight away I was struck by his quality, focus, mobility and pace, Wenger said.
He was a bit like Cannavaro.
Not too tall, but very mobile, read the game very well and had great interception qualities.
I was told by a friend of mine who…
There is no arguing with the fact Thomas Muller is one of the funniest guys in world football.
The Bayern Munich and Germany forward would constantly make us laugh with his antics. As he prepares for the World Cup in Russia, Muller took his time to take part in a Brazilian TV show where he discussed the legendary 7-1 win over Brazil and the memories from the 2014 World Cup.
He also claims to be half Brazilian due to the fact his grandfather’s dog loved watching Brazilian TV.
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Tuesday s UEFA Super Cup in Skopje pits two of European football s traditional heavyweights against one another.
Each of Real Madrid s previous competitive meetings with Manchester United have come in the Champions League or European Cup, with many of the stellar names from each club s rich history to the fore.
Money-spinning friendlies in the United States might mark the latest frontier for this decades-long rivalry but it is a fixture where the biggest reputations have been made or enhanced when the stakes are highest.
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Alex Ferguson s final tilt at Champions League glory ended in controversy after a red card for United winger Nani turned the second-leg of a last-16 clash at Old Tr…