Mesut Ozil celebrated his 28th birthday with an exquisite volley that ended up the decider in Arsenal’s 3-2 win over Swansea City in Bob Bradley’s EPL coaching debutafter the Gunners’ Theo Walcott scored twice.
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EPL holiday schedule irks Klopp
His team having to play two games within 48 hours around New Year’s Day has Liverpool’s German coach Jurgen Klopp again lashing out about the EPL’s lack of a winter break. “Everyoneis asking, ‘Why is England not too successful in big tournaments?’ Ask what other big countries are doing at this time of year — […]
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Former Wales striker Evans found not guilty of rape
Former Wales international striker Ched Evans was found not guilty of rape. Evans, who was released in 2014 after serving half of a five-year sentence for the alleged rape of a19-year-old woman in a hotel room in 2011, had his conviction quashed by the Court of Appeal last April. The 27-year-old, who was playing for […]
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Bob Bradley's Swansea faces Arsenal with confidence
Bob Bradley‘s first game as the first American English Premier League coach takes place on Saturday (10 am ET, CNBC) when his Swansea City, sitting in 17th place, plays atthird-place Arsenal. In a 16-minute press conference he discussed his first days of training with the Swans and facing Arsene Wenger.
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Video Pick: The sportsmanship award goes to …
A very young River Plate youth player has become famous thanks to video catching him helping his Cordoba opponent cope with loose shoestrings.
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Video Pick: The Bundesliga's Top 10 Dribblers
Borussia Dortmund’s 19-year-old French forward Ousmane Dembele leads the Bundesliga’s Top 10 Dribblers compilation, a montage of feints, jukes, stepovers, nutmegs (and golazos) thatalso includes ball wizardry from Franck Ribery, Julian Draxler, Thorgan Hazard and Dario Lezcano.
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Without Messi, Argentina falls at home
Without injured Lionel Messi, Argentina lost, 1-0, to Paraguay in Cordoba on Derlis Gonzalez’s 18th minute goal. The defeat left the 2014 World Cup runner-up in fifth place of SouthAmerica’s World Cup qualifying standings.
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Southgate's audition for England job suffers Slovenian setback
By Mike Woitalla After Sam Allardyce‘s fall from grace, the English FA granted Gareth Southgate a four-game stint as interim coach of England.How’s his audition going after two games? Southgate’s first game was a 2-0 win at home over Malta, a team winless in its last 13 games, since it beat Lithuania. “Therewas nothing in […]
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Video Pick: Volley golazo on crossbar rebound
Amir Mohra of German eighth tier BFC Tur Abdin slammed a long-range shot onto the crossbar — then volleyed home the rebound against SV Buchholz for once in a lifetime golazo inBerlin.
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Scotland already in dire straits
Scotland’s hopes of reaching the World Cup for the first time since 1998 took another blow after Coach Gordon Strachan‘s team fell, 3-0, at Slovakia three days after tying Lithuania,1-1, in Glasgow. “At this moment the people I feel sorry for are the players, they put so much work in the last couple of games,” […]