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German Striker NICLAS FULLKRUG scored a brilliant first-half winner as BORUSSIA DORTMUND beat PARIS ST-GERMAIN 1-0 in a frantic first leg of their Champions League semi-final at the SIGNAL IDUNA park. FULLKRUG used his right foot to expertly bring down a long ball from NICO SCHLOTTERBECK before hammering home with his left foot to give Dortmund a 36th-minute lead. After a poor first half, PSG missed several chances to equalize in the second, with KYLIAN MBAPPE curling a trademark effort off the inside of the post before ACHRAF HAKIMI struck the woodwork moments later. FULLKRUG should have scored a second […]

Brazilian winger VINICIUS JUNIOR scored a late penalty to earn REAL MADRID a 2-2 draw in the first leg of their Champions League semi-final at BAYERN MUNICH. The Brazilian forward gave the visitors the lead against the run of play in the first half after BAYERN had dominated the opening 20 minutes, with LEROY SANE denied inside 60 seconds by goalkeeper ANDRIY LUNIN. But SANE sparked the hosts into life early in the second half, beating LUNIN at his near post with a piledriver before HARRY […]

English attacker PHIL FODEN scored twice as MANCHESTER CITY closed the gap on Premier League leaders ARSENAL to one point with an immaculate 4-0 victory at BRIGHTON. THE GUNNERS had moved four clears of the defending champions with a midweek win over CHELSEA while LIVERPOOL slipped up atMERSEYSIDE rivals EVERTON - and PEP GUARDIOLA'S side responded with a fine performance on the south coast to keep their title fate in their own hands. CITY had the win wrapped up by half-time after KEVIN DE BRUYNE planted a superb diving header high into the net before FODENstruck twice with […]

EVERTON inflicted a potential title-endingblow to city rivals LIVERPOOL and took a huge step towards safety with a deserved 2-0 win over them during the MERSEY SIDEderby at GOODISON PARK. JARRAD BRANTHWAITE hit the opener in the 27th minute following a vicious opening spell from SEAN DYCHE'S side, with DOMINIC CALVERT-LEWIN capitalizingon poorer LIVERPOOL defending to head in their second from a corner after half-time. LIVERPOOL were unable to cope with EVERTON'S set-piece threat and, at the other end, they were plagued by familiar finishing issues as DARWIN NUNEZ, LUIS DIAZ, and MOHAMED SALAH wasted chances. The loss leaves outgoing manager JURGENKLOPP's side three points […]

Super Falcons goalkeeper, CHIAMAKA NNADOZIE has been nominated for the best goalkeeper award in the French D1 Akem (women’s top-flight league in France). NNADOZIE will battle Olympic Lyon’s CHRISTIANE ENDLER and KATARZYNA KIED-R-ZYNEK of PSG for the award. The 22-year-old, who was also nominated for the top prize last season, won the BRUNO MARTINI Award for Goalkeeping Revelation of the Season in the French top flight, two seasons ago. NNADOZIE has been in fantastic form for Paris FC this season, both in […]

Arsenal will not play in the next Club World Cup after they were eliminated from the Champions League yesterday. The Gunners lost 1-0 to Bayern Munich at the Allianz Arena, to exit the competition on a 3-2 aggregate, meaning that RB Salzburg will take the one spot left in the expanded Club World Cup. The slot had been reserved for this year’s Champions League winners but since all four teams in the semi-finals have already […]

Bayer Leverkusen yesterday  lifted the Bundesliga title for the first time in their 120-year history, a 5-0 victory over Werder Bremen breaking Bayern Munich’s 11-year stranglehold on the German top flight. A hat-trick from Florian Wirtz and goals from Victor Boniface and Granit Xhaka extended their unbeaten run to a stunning 43 games in all competitions. Leverkusen are now on 79 points — the best tally after 29 games in German […]

Barcelona and Atletico Madrid both recorded wins in the first legs of their Champions League quarter-final last night. The LaLiga champions left France with a narrow 3-2 win over PSG, after Raphinha opened the scoring at the Parc des Princes, but the hosts went in front thanks to goals from Ousmane Dembele and Vitinha. Barca levelled the game through another Raphinha goal, before Andreas Christensen headed in the winner. In the other game […]