Youri Tielemans scored twice as Leicester City bounced back from their Europa League exit to earn an emphatic Premier League victory over Newcastle United at the King Power Stadium. Making his first Premier League start since 7 November following a calf injury, Tielemans converted a 38th-minute penalty after Jamaal Lascelles was adjudged to have brought down James Maddison. A quality…
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Haas driver Nikita Mazepin will miss the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix after testing positive for Covid-19. The Russian returned the result at an on-site test at Yas Marina Circuit. A re-test also came back positive. Reserve driver Pietro Fittipaldi is in Abu Dhabi, however because the Brazilian hasn’t taken part in at least one session this weekend, he is not…
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Former international Samuel Eto’o will run Cameroonian football for the next four years after being elected head of the country’s FA on Saturday. The four-time African Footballer of the Year defeated rival Seidou Mbombo Njoya, the fourth vice-president at the Confederation of African Football. Seven candidates should have contested the elections, but five of them pulled out on the morning…
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Brazil legend Pele has said he will remain in hospital for “a few days”, having had chemotherapy as part of his treatment following an operation to remove a colon tumour. The three-time World Cup winner was admitted to Sao Paulo’s Hospital Albert Einstein on Wednesday. The 81-year-old had an operation to remove the tumour in September. “Today I’m at Albert Einstein…
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Tottenham’s Premier League match at Brighton on Sunday has been postponed. This follows a number of positive Covid-19 cases among Spurs’ players and staff. Tottenham’s Europa Conference League match against Rennes was called off on Thursday. It happened after eight players and five members of staff tested positive for coronavirus at the London club. Spurs were forced to close their first-team…
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Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola says he hopes Kyle Walker learns from a red card in the Champions League defeat by RB Leipzig that “hurts” his side. City were already assured top spot in Group A before a 2-1 loss in Germany. But England defender Walker was sent off for hacking out at Leipzig forward Andre Silva with eight minutes to go…
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Tottenham’s preparations for their pre-Christmas fixtures have been disrupted by a coronavirus outbreak at the club. It is understood a number of players and club staff have returned positive Covid-19 tests. More PCR testing is due to take place over the next 24 hours. Spurs are due to face Rennes in a crucial Europa Conference League group game in London…
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Stoke City bounced back from two successive Championship defeats with an impressive win over QPR at the Kiyan Prince Foundation Stadium. Tyrese Campbell scored the opening goal, slotting home confidently into the bottom corner after running on to Mario Vrancic’s defence-splitting pass. Victory for Rangers who had scored at least once in their previous 31 Championship fixtures – would have…
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Georginio Wijnaldum came on as a substitute to rescue a point for Ligue 1 leaders. The former Liverpool midfielder scored an injury-time header for PSG against Lens. Georginio Wijnaldum headed home a wonderful cross from fellow substitute Kylian Mbappe. Mbappe had minutes earlier been denied an equaliser by Jean-Louis Leca. The Lens goalkeeper had also denied Angel di Maria in…
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Tosin Adarabioyo’s first goal for Fulham ensured his side shared the points with Bournemouth in a meeting of the Championship’s top two. The defender glanced home substitute Tom Cairney’s cross with six minutes remaining to keep his team one point clear in first place. Dominic Solanke had scored his 17th goal of the season six seconds into the second half…
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