These guys had a major part to play in that. And I wish, for some reason, [Leicester City midfielder] Hamza Choudhury might hear me talking and make the decision to play for Grenada to make the Cinderella story continue. He's eligible to represent us. Joseph watches as many Shrewsbury games as he can access back home in Grenada, and the presence of three of the nation's star players has made the Shropshire side a good-news story in the local media.
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It is the eighth club to be owned by the company. Zlatan's home vandalised by Malmo fans Malmo fans have not taken the news that former player Zlatan Ibrahimovic was taken a stake in rival club Hammarby. The entrance to a building owned by the 38-year-old Ibrahimovic was vandalised, police said on Thursday, and Swedish media showed pictures of a gate sprayed with the word "Judas".
Partick Thistle will host reigning champions Celtic in what is their most difficult game of the season so far. The Jags made it to the 4th round of this competition after beating Penicuik Athletic 1-0 back in November. The new year hasn't been too good for the Glasgow club either, as they've picked up a draw and a heavy 4-1 defeat to Dundee United.
He did feature in the 1987 Uefa Super Cup final and was an unused substitute in the 1988 Cup Winners' Cup final, but his spell in Amsterdam was one of unfulfilled promise. I'm lucky I did what I did'His time at the top of the game was over at just 23. He played on, but not at the same level. There were spells in England, Australia and South Africa before Dick finished his career with Alloa in 1997 aged 32.
His 23 goals were pivotal in Sheffield United going up last term. Ross McCormack (2004-) Cardiff, Leeds, Fulham, Aston Villa, Nottingham Forest. Team of the season (2013-14, 2015-16)McCormack's goal record saw Fulham spend £11m on him in 2014 and Aston Villa pay £12m for his services two years later - both while in the second tier. Made the team of the season twice, including in 2013-14 when he scored 28 league goals.
I thought United would beat Liverpool last weekend but with Marcus Rashford injured they did not really have much chance. As far as this tie goes, they are going to win on Sunday as well. MONDAYBournemouth v Arsenal (20:00 GMT)Premier League (18th)vPremier League (10th)Who did they beat?3R: Luton (C) H3R: Leeds (C) HAfter losing 10 of their previous 12 league games, Bournemouth were back at it to beat Brighton on Tuesday.
However, the dressing room is 'breathing easier' now that Mourinho has a job elsewhere. Mourinho has been linked with a return to the dugout at Real MadridGetty Images 14. Tottenham's players are due to have their first training session with new boss Jose Mourinho this afternoon, having been given the morning off to allow the Portuguese boss to meet all the key personnel at the club.
Ivan Cavaleiro (Fulham) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Anthony Knockaert. Posted at 68' Attempt missed. Ivan Cavaleiro (Fulham) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Bobby De Cordova-Reid. Posted at 67' Corner, Fulham. Conceded by Toni Leistner. Posted at 66' Anthony Knockaert (Fulham) hits the right post with a left footed shot from the centre of the box.
I spoke to a member of staff at West Ham after the game and he said they played brilliantly and worked hard, but trying to get them to play at that level and work ethic for the rest of the season is going to be really difficult. Why West Ham cannot afford to lose survival battle Media playback is not supported on this device Newcastle 2-2 West Ham: David Moyes admits need to defend better Key stat: West Ham are on a run of 13 Premier League matches without a clean sheet - only Bournemouth (16) are on a longer current run without a shutout.
MODRIC SPARKLES ONCE AGAIN TO LEAVE ODEGAARD IN SHADE Real Sociedad's game at Real Madrid offered Martin Odegaard a chance to make a triumphant return to the Bernabeu after reinventing himself on loan at the Basque side, having had a sour spell at Madrid when he signed for them aged 16. But the upstart Norwegian was upstaged by another blond midfielder as Luka Modric propelled Madrid to a 3-1 win and served up a reminder of why he broke Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi's decade-long grip on the Ballon d'Or last year.
Former Manchester United and Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo arriving for trainingA number of players wore face masks while driving into the training ground, including Argentine forward Paulo Dybala and Colombian midfielder Juan Cuadrado. Paulo Dybala was one of several players who arrived wearing a face mask Bosnia international and Juventus midfielder Miralem Pjanic arrives for trainingSpanish La Liga clubs also returned to training earlier this month, and have been allowed to move into larger training groups this week.
Posted at 87' Attempt missed. Alex Hunt (Sheffield Wednesday) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. BookingPosted at 86' Bright Samuel (Queens Park Rangers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Posted at 86' Morgan Fox (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick on the right wing.
The last time Boro went 10 games without a win outside the top flight was in January-March 1985, and Woodgate's side welcome bottom club Barnsley to the Riverside on Wednesday it what could be a pivotal match. Middlesbrough head coach Jonathan Woodgate:"We're disappointed. As long as we had 11 players on the pitch we were absolutely sensational. Then Marvin gets sent off. It's a lack of discipline.
Ashley's opinion of her is not so complimentary having labelled previous talks with her in 2018 a "waste of time". That has not put her off, though, and this time her firm PCP Capital Partners has the financial backing of Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF) which, before the coronavirus outbreak, had targeted accruing $400bn (£313. The 47-year-old, who is reported to be worth £115m, has an interesting past.
Wolves, meanwhile, ought to have gone ahead on nine minutes when Raul Jimenez diddled Brandon Williams inside the box, only to dribble a weak shot too close to Sergio Romero. Then, just a minute later, Pedro Neto had the ball in the net after Jimenez capitalised on a signature careless pass from Fred, but the goal was ruled out when VAR showed that it had struck the Mexican's hand on its way across the box.
Forest Green was on a play-off place for promotion for most of this season but lately they are awful, they have 3 losses and one draw in their last 4 league games and have dropped just outside the play-off places for promotion at this moment but their defense is really worrying their fans as they are not only conceding goals away from home but for example at home los 4-1 to Carlisle or a 2-1 loss to Salford lately in the league.
Further, none of Palace’s “matchday casual” staff will be left “disadvantaged financially” if games have to be cancelled or played behind closed doors. Interestingly, Parish goes on to say that “we are not anticipating this to be the case”, which suggests a certain official optimism as to the season getting done.
Subs: Lo Celso 7, Moura 7, Aurier 6. Match highlights: 9' - Cleared off the line! Rodriguez gets on the end of a back-post corner but sees his effort blocked and then Spurs somehow survive the ensuing goalmouth scramble. GOAL! It's been coming. Dier headed McNeil's cross to the edge of the box where Rodriguez fired a low drive that Lloris parried and Chris Wood pounced to open the scoring.
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In the first match of the play-off stage, which also marked the return from the Covid-19 pandemic, Admira Wacker was only able to draw at home to Rheindorf Altach. Meanwhile, Mattersburg failed to march to the field of Austria Wien. With this achievement, Admira Wacker and Mattersburg are both falling in 2 of the 3 spots.
The quality they have is exceptional," added the German. Klopp will need to draw on his strength in depth given that midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain suffered an ankle injury in the extra-time win over Flamengo in the Club World Cup final in Qatar. With Dejan Lovren, Joel Matip and Brazilian Fabinho all sidelined, Joe Gomez is likely to partner Virgil van Dijk in the center of defence.
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It was a joke, calling them gay, but it really isolated me because my friends were singing it too. It was one of my first experiences of football, and it was a homophobic one. That was a real shocker to me as a 14-year-old, so I hid my sexuality. But it's not just on the terraces that football people have felt the need to hide their sexuality. The story of Justin Fashanu - the first male English professional footballer to come out as gay while still playing - is well known.
Ruslan Malinovskiy (Atalanta) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Mario Pasalic. Posted at 76' Attempt blocked. Marco Calderoni (Lecce) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Posted at 75' Attempt blocked. Riccardo Saponara (Lecce) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Evgen Shakhov. Posted at 74' Foul by Ruslan Malinovskiy (Atalanta).
England's World Cup top scorer Ellen White, Lyon winger Nikita Parris and captain Steph Houghton are some of the big names included. Grace Fisk earns first England call-upElsewhere, the USA will be without star striker Alex Morgan, who is due to give birth in April, but field a squad containing most of their World Cup-winning stars including Ballon d'Or recipient Megan Rapinoe, US Player of the Year Julie Ertz, former World Player of the Year Carli Lloyd and talented midfielder Rose Lavelle.
Johnstone 1, Aberdeen 1. Full TimePosted at 90'+5' Second Half ends, St. Johnstone 1, Aberdeen 1. Posted at 90'+4' Attempt missed. Shaleum Logan (Aberdeen) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Posted at 90'+3' Attempt saved. Sam Cosgrove (Aberdeen) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Juventus have a tougher game than expected this weekend but it's one that they can win. They are yet to lose at home in the league this season, failing to score twice on just one occasion. Inter's form in Serie A has slipped a bit of late and another loss here would seriously damage their title hopes. Juventus can get the home win here to return to the top of Serie A.
Normally, you would think Sheffield United would seriously change their side for the FA Cup, but maybe their league position means Chris Wilder can go for this a bit more - a cup run would be an icing on the cake for a great season for the Blades. Lawro's prediction: 0-2Newcastle Utd v Oxford UtdPremier League (14th)vLeague One (5th)Who did they beat?3R: Rochdale (L1) Hr3R: Hartlepool (NL) H2R: Walsall (L2) A1R: Hayes & Yeading (NL) AThe way Newcastle have pinched points so late on in their last two league games will have been devastating for their opponents but it shows the belief and spirit the Magpies have got, which is great.
In fact, far from feeling fatigued, Liverpool will be on a massive high and just looking forward to playing their next game - especially one as big as this. If you look at the league table, then you would say a draw would be a decent result for them on Thursday - but this Liverpool team does not think like that. We have seen time and again, by the way they play, that they want to win every game and they are just so hard to overcome.
With qualification already in the bag and a tough assignment against Wolves on the horizon, Spurs' Head Coach Jose Mourinho has already hinted that he is ready to make several changes to his team in Munich, and that could mean that fringe players Juan Foyth, Kyle Walker-Peters, Giovani Lo Celso, Oliver Skipp and Ryan Sessegnon all feature.
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The Argentine, who led Spurs to the Champions League final last season, was dismissed after a poor run of results across all competitions this season and replaced by Jose Mourinho who has since guided the team to three wins in as many games. Pochettino has since been linked by the British media with the vacant job at Spurs' bitter north London rivals Arsenal, as well as Manchester United, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich.
Rafael Benitez (Dalian Yifang) - Odds 14/1 The former Liverpool, Napoli and Real Madrid boss said only two weeks ago he was happy in China and not interested in an immediate return to the Premier League, but he told Sky Sports he would be open to coming back in the future. Rafael BenitezGetty Images His recent time at Newcastle would likely appeal to West Ham supporters.
That being said, this is a very tight middle section of the table and things can quickly change. A victory at Selhurst Park could move them as high as 13th and leave them just a point adrift of Crystal Palace. It’s still all to play for in this mid-table and relegation battle.
After a run of five games without a victory in the lead up to the final international break of 2019, Arsenal will hope to get back to winning ways against Southampton at the Emirates when club football resumes this weekend.
Its business model has been to monetise the misfortune of their club. There is no doubt that it sometimes verges into abuse. Abuse of the club and abuse of its players. Some followers of the club have had enough and want the channel closed. That is fair enough - it is their prerogative. What is not their prerogative is to try to intimidate the AFTV lot, which, according to reports, is what happened after the Arsenal and Everton game in Saturday.
There are also plans to fit three - rather than two - fixtures into international windows this autumn to play Euro 2020 qualifiers and Nations League fixtures. Olsson said that he would "rather see a scenario where the current season is not finished than not kicking off the new season". Following the widespread suspension of football and the postponement of Euro 2020 and Euro 2021, he was asked on a Soccerex webinar how long he thought that the international calendar could be affected.
Posted at 88' Alfonso Pedraza (Real Betis) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Posted at 86' Offside, Real Madrid. Sergio Ramos tries a through ball, but Karim Benzema is caught offside. Posted at 86' Attempt missed. Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid) with an attempt from very close range misses to the right. Assisted by Vinícius Júnior with a cross following a corner. Posted at 85' Corner, Real Madrid.
In their first meeting with Leicester this season, Arsenal lost 2-0 and will be keen to avoid a third straight loss to the Foxes, having been beaten 3-0 in April 2019. The last two meetings between these sides were at Leicester’s backyard though, and in the last six meetings, the side playing at home has won.
Russia beat England to win the right to host the most recent World Cup in 2018. Warner was president of the North and Central American and Caribbean confederation Concacaf. Another former Fifa ExCo member - Guatemala football chief Rafael Salguero - was allegedly promised a bribe to vote for Russia. Leoz died last year under house arrest in his native Paraguay, having fought extradition to the US. Teixeira has been banned from the game for life by Fifa for taking bribes for marketing and media rights for football competitions between 2006 and 2012.
Spanish tennis legend Rafael Nadal tweeted a picture of him with Robinson along with a message. He said: "We woke up with the sad news of the death of one of our own. You were the one who always made us happy about sport. We are grateful to you. Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu also paid tribute to Robinson. He said: "The world of football will feel your loss deeply. Thank you for sharing your vision of football, your kindness and your intelligence with us.
I think to win the Champions League so many times especially in a row as well is very difficult," Sterling said of Zidane, who left Real shortly after that third win in 2018 before returning for a second spell at the Bernabeu in March. I don't think that's luck, it's definitely a formula. Some people have that winning mentality and he wins by any means. I'd say it's something he has probably developed over his great career as a player and he's developing his career as a manager so it continues this winning touch.
