Fluminense edge Al Ahly

Fluminense edge Al Ahly

Fluminense coach Fernando Diniz credited his side's experience for riding out an Al Ahly storm to reach the final of the Club World Cup with a 2-0 win on Monday. Two goals in the final 20 minutes in Jeddah by Jhon Arias, from the penalty spot, and then John Kennedy carried the Brazilians into Friday's final against European Champions League winners Manchester City or Japanese side Urawa Reds. Al […]

December 19, 2023 3

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Leicester stuns Birmingham City

Leicester City turned on the style to beat Birmingham City 3-2 in the Championship at St Andrew's on Monday thanks to two goals from Stephy Mavididi. The Foxes, bidding to return to the Premier League at the first time of asking, opened up a three-point lead over second-placed Ipswich. Mavididi scored first for Leicester in the 10th minute just seconds after teammate James Justin had hit his own post, but […]

December 19, 2023

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Kane scores 2 in Bayern 3-0 win over Leverkusen

Harry Kane said Bayern Munich's 3-0 win over fourth-placed Stuttgart was the team's "best game of the year so far", after the reigning champions moved back within four points of Bundesliga leaders Bayer Leverkusen. Kane scored twice and now has 20 goals from just 14 league matches since joining Bayern in the summer from Tottenham. "It's probably our best game so far this year against a really tough side," Kane […]

December 18, 2023 8

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Real Madrid crush Villareal

Real Madrid cruised to a 4-1 win over Villarreal on Sunday to move top of La Liga but their night was tarnished when defender David Alaba suffered a serious knee injury. Carlo Ancelotti's side are a point ahead of Catalan minnows Girona, who host Alaves on Monday and will be looking to reclaim pole position. Spain's top scorer Jude Bellingham broke the deadlock for Madrid with his 13th league […]

December 18, 2023 33

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Man U hold out for a gritty draw against Liverpool

Manchester United gave under-fire boss Erik ten Hag some breathing space with a gritty draw at arch rivals Liverpool.Arsenal took advantage of Liverpool's stalemate to take pole position in the Premier League, while champions Manchester City are stuck in a rut following their damaging draw with Crystal Palace.AFP Sport looks at three talking points from the Premier League weekend.As Erik ten Hag stood on the touchline before kick-off at Anfield, […]

December 18, 2023 5

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Bundesliga Weekend Preview

Reigning Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich face a tough task to bounce back from last weekend's humbling at Eintracht Frankfurt when they host surprise title challengers Stuttgart on Sunday. The meeting with third-placed Stuttgart at the Allianz Arena will pit two of Europe's form strikers against each other in Bayern's Harry Kane and the visitors' Serhou Guirassy. Thomas Tuchel's Bayern slipped four points behind early leaders Bayer Leverkusen, albeit with a […]

December 15, 2023 22

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English Premier League Weekend Preview

Manchester United travel to the home of bitter rivals Liverpool this weekend desperate to avoid another humiliation but with all the signs pointing to a tough afternoon at Anfield. Tottenham kick off the action at struggling Nottingham Forest on Friday, while in-form Aston Villa, fresh from impressive wins against Manchester City and Arsenal, travel to Brentford. Here, AFP Sport looks at three talking points ahead of the action. Struggling Manchester […]

December 15, 2023 3

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Cologne FC slapped with record fine

Bundesliga club FC Cologne have on Wednesday been hit with a 595,000 euro ($641,800) fine for igniting pyrotechnics and throwing objects on the field which delayed a match.The fine is the highest penalty ever levied for fan misconduct in German football.The German FA (DFB) fined the club for the incident which delayed Cologne's home derby clash with Borussia Moenchengladbach by several minutes in October.Around a third of the fine can […]

December 14, 2023 3

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Newcastle out of UEFA Champions League

Newcastle were left "devastated" after Samuel Chukwueze's late winner sent the Magpies crashing out of Europe with a 2-1 defeat by AC Milan in the Champions League on Wednesday.Victory was not enough for last season's semi-finalists to progress as Paris Saint-Germain's 1-1 draw away to Borussia Dortmund was enough for the French champions to secure second place in Group F.But Milan did snatch at least the consolation of a place […]

December 14, 2023 4