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Guardiola claims Liverpool is the biggest title challenger for City

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has claimed that Liverpool remains his team’s biggest challenger for the Premier League title. The Reds currently sit 10th in the table, 14 points behind league leaders Arsenal. However, the Spaniard believes that Liverpool “always have been and always will be” fighting for the trophy. Guardiola backs up these claims […]

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Barcelona to wear Drake ‘OVO’ logo on shirt in El Clásico

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Barcelona announced a special jersey with the OVO logo, the Drake brand, against Real Madrid on Sunday. The move is to celebrate the rapper/singer becoming the first artist to surpass 50 billion streams on Spotify. The streaming service previously partnered with Barca earlier in the year. From the current campaign and for four seasons, the

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Premier League clubs struggle, find wins in Europa League

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Both Premier League clubs in the Europa League won on Thursday, 1-0. However, despite the three points, both teams needed more effort than expected. Manchester United needed a 93rd-minute goal to beat visiting Omonoia Nicosia at Old Trafford. Scott McTominay, a second-half substitute, scored from close range to relieve the crowd that night. The narrow

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AC Milan, New York Yankees agree to merchandise partnership

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AC Milan and the New York Yankees have entered into a partnership to sell merchandise at each other’s stadiums. The Bronx Bombers have already created a store inside Yankee Stadium dedicated to Milan merchandise. This merchandise includes jerseys, lifestyle collections, vintage items, as well as collaboration pieces with both teams. The Yankees are selling these

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Maradona’s ‘Hand of God’ ball to fetch around $3 million at auction

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The soccer ball used in the 1986 World Cup quarter-final between Argentina and England, on the day of the famous ‘Hand of God’ goal, is going up for auction next month, according to the BBC. While any ball used in such an important match would be historically significant, this one in particular is one of

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SPFL to introduce VAR later this month

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The Scottish Premiership and selected competitions in the SPFL will bring in VAR a couple of months earlier than planned, the league announced on Wednesday. In a vote in April, 41 of 42 clubs voted to bring VAR to Scotland. They agreed that the change would come after the next World Cup. However, officials decided

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Erik ten Hag claims Ronaldo lacked fitness early

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Cristiano Ronaldo has limited playing time under new boss Erik ten Hag, and fitness could be part of the reason. While the superstar has started all three Europa League games for Manchester United, he only managed a place in the starting XI during the Premier League. The only start was the embarrassing 4-0 loss to

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Kylian Mbappé to cost around $300 million in current transfer market

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Despite signing a new contract with PSG just five months ago, French superstar Kylian Mbappe is ready to put his name back on the transfer market. Paris Saint-Germain superstar Kylian Mbappe is reportedly extremely unhappy with his current club. Supposedly, the France international is so upset that he wants to change teams from January. French

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Shakhtar Donetsk grabs point in heroic showing against Real Madrid

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Shakhtar Donetsk put on a spectacular performance against Real Madrid on Tuesday night. The Ukrainians almost achieved a famous victory in the night. However, a late goal from Antonio Rüdiger meant the match ended level at 1–1. Oleksandr Zubkov initially gave Shakhtar the lead one minute into the second half. The Ukrainian international put the

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NWSL terminates contracts of two Orlando Pride coaches

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The National Women’s Soccer League has terminated the contracts of two coaches at Orlando Pride. Former head coach Amanda Cromwell and assistant Sam Greene are now out of work. This follows a lengthy investigation into misconduct within the team. An official statement about the ordeal stated that the duo cannot work for the league in

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