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European Football Round-up

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by Sam Harris - 19th February 202019th February 2020 0

As part of a weekly column, World In Sport will focus on the key story of the weekend’s action of European football and recap the main results in Serie A, the German Bundesliga, La Liga and Ligue 1. This week it is Barcelona who are on the lips of with many fans,

Champions League Last-16 Previews – Atletico Madrid v Liverpool

by Sam Harris - 19th February 2020 0

The premier club competition in world football returns tonight with the first knockout round of the Champions League. The draw has thrown up some intriguing ties including the matches involving the English teams and it gets underway with Atletico Madrid v Liverpool. Atletico Madrid v Liverpool Atletico group stage results: 2-2 v Juventus

Champions League Last-16 Previews – Borussia Dortmund v PSG

by Sam Harris - 19th February 202019th February 2020 0

The premier club competition in world football returns tonight with the first knockout round of the Champions League. The draw has thrown up some intriguing ties and one of the standout ties not involving an English team is Borussia Dortmund v PSG. Borussia Dortmund group stage results: 0-0 v Barcelona (H), 2-0

5 Things Learned from Manchester United’s win at Chelsea on Monday Night

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by Sage Fadeboye - 18th February 2020 0

Manchester United made the fairly long trip to London on Monday night to face their longstanding rivals, Chelsea on Matchday 26 of the English Premier league 2019/2020 season. Both clubs were without a win in 4 matches and needed a win to boost their UEFA Champions league qualification prospects; The Blues

European Football Round-up

by Sam Harris - 12th February 2020 0

This weekly column will focus on the key story of the weekend's action of European football and recap the main results in Serie A, the German Bundesliga, La Liga and Ligue 1. The main talking point over the weekend was a Derby della Madonnina for the ages with Inter coming

The Curious Case of Josh Rosen

by Casey Reed - 24th January 202024th January 2020 0

When do you give up on a 1st round talent? Is a guy a 1st rounder just because he plays a premium position? Everyone knows that the draft is like throwing a bunch of darts and hoping one lands, but a 1st rounder is supposed to be a blue

Benfica tops in Portuguese Primeira Liga at mid season.

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by Jeff Frias - 20th January 202020th January 2020 0

Benfica win at rival Sporting in the Lisbon Derby to push their lead to seven points at the half way point of the season. Benfica in Liga NOS 2019/20 = 17 Games 1st Place 16 - Victories 1 - Loss 42 - Goals scored 6 - Goals against The Liga NOS defending champions are trying to become

Is Liverpool overperforming or are other Premier League teams underperforming?

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by Sage Fadeboye - 31st December 2019 0

As the year 2019 ends with half of the Premier league season gone, Liverpool currently sit 13 points above their nearest challengers Leicester in 2nd, after amassing 55 points from 19 matches, only dropping points away at Manchester United, and still with a game in hand. One question that an EPL

Why Megan Rapinoe is the star that football needs!

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by Nihan Ashraf - 18th December 2019 0

Megan Rapinoe? Who is that? It’s the pink-haired lady football player isn’t it, some ask. She’s the one who won both the Ballon D’or and Fifa best player award for the women this year, says someone who follows football closely. Yes, she possesses all those attributes. But what makes her

Why it is illegal to not talk about Ziyech !

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by Nihan Ashraf - 26th November 2019 0

Hakim Ziyech or simply Ziyech is not a name that’s unfamiliar to the die-hard fans of football. A name that is being reverberated well across the Dutch league for years and quite handsomely on the greeneries of UCL lately. The Dutch-born Moroccan right-winger has been in astonishing form in whatever shirt