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Both Athletic Bilbao and Villarreal have started the 2018/19 La Liga season performing below the required expectations. And considering what s at stake here and the position both sides are in the standings, it s safe to say both need a win to start their comeback in what has been a dreadful start to the season. A negative result could potentially complicate both sides with relegation going forward.
Athletic Bilbao
Athletic Bilbao are one of three undefeated teams in La Liga this season, although it needs to be acknowledged that they have one less game due to the fact their game against Rayo Vallecano got postponed. Still, Athletic have looked quite solid this season. They began the year with a convi…
Arsene Wenger broke his personal curse against Jose Mourinho after his Arsenal side triumphed against the Portuguese for the first time in the Premier League, but the Gunners boss was not in a boastful mood.
Granit Xhana s heavily deflected strike was followed three minutes later by Danny Welbeck s header against his old club to give Arsenal a 2-0 victory on Sunday, ending Manchester United s 25-game top-flight unbeaten run.
Arsenal have won four of their last five games in all competitions since Wenger switched formation to a back three, but they remain sixth in the table, narrowing the gap on fourth-placed Manchester City to six points.
Wenger was keen to play down his historic result against Mourinho after leading Arsenal to their first Premier League win …
For the last two years, Gamescom has been an all-digital event thanks to COVID-19 restrictions. This year will see Europe’s largest gaming trade show operate as a hybrid event that will be held on-site in its usual German location of Cologne, while also offering an online component.
As is tradition, the Gamescom Opening Night Live livestream will kick off the event on August 23 Come from Sports betting site VPbet . This will be followed by four days of access for the public, trade visitors, journalists, and content creators that will end on August 28. To keep attendees safe, digital queue management, limited ticket sales, and wider aisles in the halls have been arranged on top of standard hygiene and safety protocols tha…
Kylian Mbappe s future with Paris Saint-Germain has come under scrutiny once again, with reports the French World Cup winner is pushing for an exit in January.
The 23-year-old signed a new three-year deal with PSG prior to the 2022-23 season, when he could have left the club on a free transfer, and made him the highest-earner in world football.
Just months after bringing the saga to a close, however, a new chapter in Mbappe s story looks to be opened, as his relationship with PSG is said to have broken down.
The list of clubs who could land Mbappe is a very small one, with PSG understandably ready to demand a world-record fee for his services, and Stats Perform has looked at his options.
Real Madrid
The frontrunners for Mbappe s services before he…
Prediction: Match to end in 2-2 draw
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Sweden and Finland will face each other in a friendly international this weekend. The match is slated to kick off at 5pm UK time on Saturday and will be held at the Friends Arena in Solna.
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Sweden will begin their preparations for the Euro 2020 finals this summer with a friendly against Finland on Saturday. Janne Andersson’s side have been pitted against Spain, Poland and Slovakia in Group E.
The Swedes will know that finishing in the top two of the group will be tough. Spain and Poland will probably the two favourites, but Sweden can stage an upset if they start strongly. For that, they need to do well in friendly games against teams such as Finland.
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A court in Marseille on Thursday suspended the decision by France s Professional Football League (LFP) to ban Marseille fans from their club s match at Paris Saint-Germain on November 7.
The LFP s Competitions Commission (COC) had earlier this month barred away fans from the league game at the Parc des Princes in Paris over security concerns, but nine Marseille supporters groups contested the decision.
The administrative court found that there was a serious doubt about the legality of the (COC s) decision .
Olivier Grimaldi, representing the Marseille fans, said: The LFP wants to portray OM supporters as thugs, even though all of the supporters groups have made huge efforts and are responsible.
There are no incidents at (Marseille s) Stade Velodrome. Th…
Brazilian star Kaka s recovery from the surgery he underwent on his left knee in August is on track and he will once again be the world s best footballer, his doctor Turibio Leite said Tuesday.
Kaka is doing very well, he is in the final stages of his recovery. He is now seeking muscle balance to be the same player he was in 2007. He will once again be the best, Leite, who has known the player since he was 15-years-old, said in an interview published in sports daily Marca.
Kaka won the Ballon d Or and FIFA World Player of the Year awards in 2007 while he was at AC Milan.
When the 28-year-old underwent surgery on his knee at the beginning of August, Real predicted he would be sidelined for up to four months.
Kaka joined Real for 65 million euros (88 mill…
Ligue 1 will be worth nothing when Zlatan Ibrahimovic leaves Paris Saint-Germain, the striker s agent Mino Raiola has said.
The Sweden international has won three league titles in a remarkably successful spell in France since 2012, but is expected to leave the club when his contract expires at the end of the season.
Raiola believes PSG will lose some of their lustre when Ibrahimovic departs Parc des Princes and claims French football s top flight is only talked about because of the impact of the former Barcelona man.
The French league without Zlatan is nothing. PSG gave French football a gift with Zlatan, he told RMC.
When he chose Paris, it was a difficult choice. Everyone talks about [Cristiano] Ronaldo or [Lionel] Messi today. But they forget one thi…
Leicester City are set to offer Jamie Vardy a more than double-your-money contract in an attempt to keep him at the club, .
The twenty-eight-year-old has been in superb form for the Foxes so far this season, with his fifteen league goals helping fire them to the top two of the division.
Chelsea, Manchester United and Manchester City have both been linked with a move for the England international though the Midlands club are desperate to retain his services as they look to win a first ever top division championship.
Vardy has two-and-a-half years remaining on his current deal at the King Power Stadium, having moved there in the summer of 2012.
In total, he has racked one hundred and twenty-seven appearances for the club in all competitions, scoring f…
Manchester City v Manchester United: Sterling following footsteps of Barnes and Regis, says Townsend
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Regarding what was said at the Chelsea game, as you can see by my reaction, I just had to laugh because I don t expect no better, he wrote in an Instagram post the day after the game, in what remains a damning assessment of the atmospheres and sickening attitudes too often allowed to fester in football stadia – supposedly places of celebration and work for young athletes.
But Sterling was keen to turn the focus outwards, taking the opportunity to highlight the contrasting tones with which the Daily Mail reported on two of his young team-mates Phil Foden and Tosin Adarabioyo – one white, one black – buying houses for their mothers.
This young black kid is looked at in a bad light, which helps fuel racism an aggressive behaviour, St…