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Burnley’s 2-1 loss at home to Newcastle left the Clarets down and out and relegated to the Championship After six years of battling against and surprising English football’s elite, Burnley’s spell in the Premier League came to an end on an emotional afternoon at Turf Moor. Burnley would have secured a seventh successive campaign in …

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Mohamed Salah scored his 23rd league goal of the season late on to put Liverpool ahead against Wolves As Mohamed Salah celebrated his late strike to put Liverpool ahead against Wolves on Sunday, just for a moment he appeared to think it was the Premier League title-winning goal. His close-range effort put the Reds 2-1 …

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Pep Guardiola has won 11 major trophies during his managerial career Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has said his side are “legends” after securing their fourth Premier League title in five seasons. City won the league by a point over challengers Liverpool with a stunning 3-2 comeback win against Aston Villa on the final day …

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AC Milan last won the Serie A title under current Juventus Massimilano Allegri AC Milan won their 19th Serie A title but their first for 11 years by beating Sassuolo. Rossoneri fans were initially unhappy at Stefano Pioli’s appointment in 2019 given he had previously managed rivals Inter, but he has snatched the title from …

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That was simply incredible. There are no other words for what I have just seen at Etihad Stadium. After a day of intense drama, and another unbelievable comeback, Manchester City have just won their fourth Premier League title in five seasons, which is an amazing achievement – so why does it feel like they still …

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Gabriel Martinelli stroked home his sixth goal of the season from the spot Arsenal missed out on Champions League qualification for a sixth successive season despite a comfortable win over Everton on the final day. The Gunners needed to defeat Frank Lampard’s side and hope Tottenham would lose at already relegated Norwich, but with Spurs …

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Who is the world’s best striker? Kylian Mbappe has decided to stay at Paris St-Germain in what promises to be a huge few months for some of football’s most prolific strikers. The Frenchman rejected the chance to join compatriot and Ballon d’Or favourite Karim Benzema at Real Madrid, despite heavy speculation he would quit the …

Who is the world's best striker? Mbappe? Benzema? Haaland? Lewandowski? Ronaldo? Kane? Read More »

Lyon have won a record eight Women’s Champions League trophies It is not often a team who have won five of the previous six Women’s Champions League finals are considered underdogs. But Lyon were against Barcelona – and they proved why it was foolish to underestimate them. Barcelona, comfortable winners in 2021, raced to the …

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Barcelona coach Xavi has confirmed they are in talks to sign 33-year-old Bayern Munich and Poland striker Robert Lewandowski. (Goal)external-link Paris St-Germain are preparing one final offer for Paul Pogba but Juventus are confident the France midfielder, 29, will join them on a three-year deal worth close to £10m a season when his Manchester United …

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Kylian Mbappe announced he had agreed a three-year deal to stay at Paris St-Germain before the match Kylian Mbappe celebrated signing a new three-year Paris St-Germain contract in style by scoring a hat-trick in the champions’ final Ligue 1 game of the season. After announcing pre-match he had turned down a move to Real Madrid …

Paris St-Germain 5-0 Metz: Kylian Mbappe hat-trick marks new deal in style Read More »