The FA Cup hasn’t been too kind to the side in recent years with no cup run beyond the third round since 2013 and no real excitement for the side over the past few years. There are some that think a cup run could be a big distraction as the club fight for their lives in The Championship whilst others think a cup win over what is deemed to be weaker opposition could give them a boost in the league.
With Sweden not yet in lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic, seventh-tier Eskilstuna FC and eighth-tier outfit Naeshulta Goif had been due to play a practice game last Monday. But an explosion of interest from gamblers and bookmakers around the globe and attempts to control the outcome of the game quickly put a stop to that.
Posted at 88' Penalty saved! Luis Muriel (Atalanta) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom left corner. Posted at 87' Penalty Atalanta. Ruslan Malinovskiy draws a foul in the penalty area. Posted at 87' Penalty conceded by Alessandro Bastoni (Inter Milan) after a foul in the penalty area. Posted at 86' Attempt saved. Marcelo Brozovic (Inter Milan) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
The last two playoff winners clash on Saturday, with both sides hoping to deal a knockout blow. This encounter is a rematch of the 2018 playoff final, which saw Fulham edge out Villa to make the Premier League. However, the Cottagers were sent packing from the top flight after a season, while Villa were celebrating promotion.
After Rachel Furness put the Reds ahead early on against Bristol City, the home side threw everything to try and find an equaliser, but they found the German shot-stopper in imperious form. The Robins couldn't even get past the 27-year-old from the spot, as she repelled Charlie Wellings from 12 yards, before batting away the follow-up from Poppy Pattinson.
Porto resume their season and have a one-point lead at the top of the table. They were in top form before the suspension and haven't lost an away league game since the first one of the season. They ended the good start that Famalicao made to the season and can again show their superiority. The home side need to recapture the form they had in August and September if wanting to qualify for the Europa League. Go for an away win here.
Premier League players union says wage cut would hurt health service Liverpool place some non-playing staff on temporary leave Rose says players have 'backs against the wall' over pay Football in the UK has been suspended indefinitely due to coronavirus with Hancock calling the Premier League and its clubs to "take action" by agreeing to a pay cut.
This time speaking to Spanish newspaper Marca, Emery said: "The fair thing when they return would be for all of the teams to have the same time to have a pre-season, whether that's seven, 10 or 14 days. Paper Round’s view: Other coaches quoted have a similar opinion, but players are already being asked to keep fit at home, and presumably they are not able to go out partying and lose too much of their physical edge.
Inter will against Ludogorets in match UEFA Europe League. Inter has just defeat Ludogorets in 1st leg with score 0-2. Beside that Inter will play this match in the home and surely my prediction that Inter can defeat Ludogorets with margin score is 2 goals. Moreover Inter always have more confidence in home match and surely Inter will have more chance to win on this match. Even though Ludogorets have good result on last 3 away match in qualification, I think Ludogorets can't be easy to beat Inter due to Inter have good defense and player. Therefore, I'm sure that Inter will be win on this match.
The Champions League returns in August featuring a mini-tournament of knockout games to decide the winner. On Friday, the draw will take place for the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final at 11:00 BST, with all matches set to take place in Lisbon, Portugal. Premier League teams Chelsea and Manchester City are both aiming to take part in that mini-tournament by securing a last-eight place in early August.
If anyone can challenge the dominance of the top three, then it could be Daniil Medvedev. He's been in top form for most of the last six months and has made a good start to the new year. Stan Wawrinka has won this tournament but that was six years and a few bad injuries ago. Medvedev is the more consistent of the two, won their previous meeting and can be backed to win this match.
Slavisa Kokeza has tested positive for COVID-19, he is under medical supervision and is feeling well," the FSS said on its official website (www. We wish him a speedy recovery and we hereby also appeal on all sports clubs and athletes to act responsibly in order to minimise the damage caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
Premier League soccer suspended until April 4 * Champions and Europa League soccer postponed * First four races of Formula One season postponed * Giro d'Italia cycling postponed (Updates throughout) By Martyn Herman and Amy Tennery LONDON/NEW YORK, March 13 (Reuters) - Golf's jewel in the crown The Masters and English soccer's Premier League joined the lengthening list of elite sporting events to fall foul of the coronavirus pandemic on Friday.
German 2nd Bundesliga 15th game day. Karlsruhe will be looking for the first win since the last 5 league game, after 4 straight draws and the last lost game against VFB Stuttgart away 0-3. The are 12th position at the moment with 16 points, the main aim of the team is to escape landing in the relegation zone and nothing more, beginning of the season was to play to gain promotion which didnt workout.
The only other players to score 20 Bundesliga goals while still a teenager are Bayer Leverkusen forward Kai Havertz (24) - who is now 20 - and the long-retired Horst Koppel (24) and Olaf Thon (20). Dortmund - who were wearing a special black shirt to celebrate their 110th anniversary - moved up to third in the table, two points ahead of sixth-placed champions Bayern Munich, while Fortuna Dusseldorf dropped into the relegation play-off spot.
Poor defending allowed Lewis Dunk to equalise before Neal Maupay scored the winner for Brighton in the fifth minute of added time. I know we have a young squad but we threw the game away," said Arteta. I am very frustrated. It is unacceptable the way we lost the game. We had to put it to bed earlier. The Gunners have now lost back-to-back games, with the defeat in Sussex coming after last Wednesday's shambolic 3-0 defeat at Manchester City.
Aleksander Cefarin said: "I don’t blame the players for what they say. I understand that the players are desperate because of the punishments and the incidents that are happening again and again. Of course you want say [to UEFA]: ‘Go to hell!’ I know. But I am not so naive to think that we’ve done all we can and now everything is finished.
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The story throws up more questions about Erdogan's government. In 2018, Mesut Ozil attracted criticism after posing for a picture with the Turkish President, including from the German Football Federation (DFB), which said "football and the DFB defend values which are not sufficiently respected by Mr Erdogan". Erdogan was subsequently best man at Ozil's wedding. Politics and sport hey? A thorny business.
Harry Kane is the only recognised striker in Tottenham’s first-team squad, and the England captain has struggled over the last two seasons with injury – missing large numbers of matches and taking increasingly long to get back to his top level. Bringing in another centre-forward is the club’s main transfer objective, but their style of play means it is important that a player is both a goalscoring threat and somebody who can link play and provide a physical presence – essentially replicating Kane’s role in the side.
Brentford have a reputation as an attack-minded side, with the hosts playing a possession-based, forward-thinking style. They should be able to take advantage of a Luton side who have lost seven of their nine away games this season. The visitors are winless in four on the road, while they have lost five out of six following a midweek home win over Charlton.
Compared to his success at Real, Ronaldo’s form has dipped significantly at Juventus and he finished third behind Messi and Virgil van Dijk in the latest Ballon d’Or voting. Lionel Messi won his sixth Ballon d'Or award in 2019, moving him one ahead of Cristiano RonaldoGetty Images 13:05 - Unai Emery missed out on three key transfer targets before Arsenal axe Former Arsenal manager Unai Emery failed to sign three key players when he looked to overhaul his Gunners squad during the summer transfer window.
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City's number 2 was talked about as a possible successor to Arsene Wenger when the Frenchman stepped down 18 months ago, but was eschewed in favour of former Paris Saint Germain boss Emery. Of course he’ll [Arteta] be a manager sooner or later, he’s young, always he’ll have that," said Guardiola. We are going to finish the season and in future I don’t know what will happen.
Mario Vrancic could have doubled the Canaries' lead in the final seconds of the first half but the Bosnian midfielder's right-footed effort from distance was saved by Henderson diving to his left. Blades defender Chris Basham was shown a red card 16 minutes from time for a poor challenge on midfielder Kenny McLean, but he was asked to return to the pitch after the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) deemed that his tackle deserved only a yellow.
The Premier League, the most lucrative football league in the world, has been suspended for a month and the clubs have asked players and managers to take a 30% cut in wages. The players' union, the Professional Footballers' Association (PFA), has yet to agree to a cut and argued after Friday's meeting ended without a resolution that smaller wages would reduce tax revenue for the National Health Service.
napredak is usually good at home but they have some financial issues and it is a question who is going to play for them tonight especially because there is no motivation for this game so I think they will give a chance to some younger players from their academy and on the other side I think radnicki nis is going to use that and win the game cause radnicki is surely going to play with best squad and also they have 16 points more on the table then napredak so for me this is very secured bet and I surely recommend it
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In my opinion this will be a spectacular game between the 3rd and the 4th team in the Liga Primera table: Ferretti has one of the best attacks of this League, having scored just once less than Esteli, and comes from a brilliant 7-0 win over Chinandega, while Diriangen comes from 2 2-0 home wins in a row and should score some goals this time too. Diriangen comes from an Over game having just lost by 2-1 vs Managua, moreover the last 2 clashes between these teams have both gone Over with a sum of 7 goals scored. Both teams can score tonight and this should be an Over.
Hertha, although it is located at the bottom of the table, has recently improved the quality of her game, and managed to climb the table a little. Of the last five games in the Bundesliga, the team of Jurgen Klinsmann lost one, played the same draw and scored three victories. In addition, three of these five matches Hertha played to zero, having conceded one goal from Wolfsburg, but the game with Bavaria, lost 0-4, stands apart.
STOCKHOLM, March 15 (Reuters) - Norway goalkeeper Oda Maria Bogstad was checking in her bags at Oslo's Gardemoen airport when she was told she would have to self-isolate for 14 days after returning from Portugal due to fears about the spread of the coronavirus. The 23-year-old Sandviken player was part of the Norway squad that came third in the eight-team Algarve Cup tournament last week, and a government directive on Thursday insisted that everyone who had been abroad was to isolate themselves for 14 days after returning home.
La League is back. Seville takes Betis. Teams from the same city, that is, the Seville derby awaits us. Even without considering the tournament motivation, only this fact, according to my calculations, here increases the likelihood of an effective match, despite the absence of fans in the stands. The hosts are fighting for the Champions Four, for which there are a lot of applicants, and losing points with any opponent is doubly undesirable. Guests from the tournament point of view feel confident and in this match they can take risks, attack with great forces and strive to win the match first of all, and not to lose by putting a “bus”. In general, I believe that rested and motivated teams will play effectively.
In an entertaining contest, both sides threw caution to the wind in search of a late equaliser but the game ended all square. This was a chance for United to close the gap on the top four after Chelsea lost to Bournemouth on Saturday and after a week in which they defeated Manchester City and Tottenham, this will feel like a huge missed opportunity for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's men.
Spain are going for the Davis Cup and ATP Cup, though it's difficult to spot the difference between the two team tournaments. Rafael Nadal lost to David Goffin in the quarter final but that's the only singles defeat the Spanish have suffered this week. Australia will have home support of course but struggled to get past Great Britain in the quarter final. Spain can get the win here.
That was a lovely team goal. Stegen makes a brilliant save! Napoli should have gone back in front. Busquets played a loose pass that was intercepted by Zielinski and pushed forward to Milik on the edge of the area. He slid it to the right to put Callejon through on goal, and his shot was superbly blocked by the outrushing ter Stegen.
The Football Association says it is "continuing to consult" with clubs on the "possibility of terminating" the Women's Super League season. Club representatives and the FA are understood to have held a meeting on Monday, but no final decision on how to conclude the campaign was reached. An FA statement said it is "clear that there will be significant challenges in completing the season". No WSL fixtures have been played since February because of coronavirus.
Mozyr Slavia will try to defeat the unyielding Gorodeya at home. Slavia continues to be in a fever. The team can beat Vitebsk on the road and show absolutely nothing in the game against Shakhtar and Torpedo-BelAZ. Gorodeya is Slavia’s neighbor in the Major League standings. This team briskly played with Rukh, and was supposed to win that match, but in the end was content with a draw. I think that such a swing in the results of these two teams will affect the in-person match. I think that most of the goals in the match will be scored after drawing standard provisions, which is what teams are famous for. In three of the last five in-person matches in Mozyr, they tied. I suppose that this time the division of points will take place.
These teams played in a 0-0 draw last time they played after they had played in a lot of high scoring games between each other before that. This could be another low scoring game with the away team seeing 2 low scoring games in their past 3 games. They have defended well in 2 of these games allowing teams to not score against them so this could be another attempt to defend well again now their playing away. They will look to defend this game for as long as they can before attempting to score the late winning goal in the game.
PLAYER RATINGS LIVERPOOL: Adrian 6, Alexander Arnold 8, Van Dijk 7, Lovren 8, Robertson 7, Milner 7, Wijnaldum 8, Lallana 8, Shaqiri 7, Origi 8, Mane 9. Subs: Henderson 7, Firmino 7, Gomez n/a. EVERTON: Pickford 5, Holgate 5, Mina 5, Keane 5, Sidibe 5, Davies 5, Sigurdsson 5, Digne 6, Iwobi 6, Richarlison 6, Calvert-Lewin 6.
Oxford's slump continued during the week, while having shown signs of losing their attacking potency of late, the goals finally dried up, as they drew 0-0 at home to Ipswich. They once again showed that they're not easy to beat, though Karl Robinson's men have looked far less menacing in recent weeks, which is why they've dropped to 5th in the table. Only two points now separates the U's and the those outside of the coveted top six.
The Clarets won’t go down without a fight though. Their 3-0 win over West Ham last time out leaves them in a respectable 10th place, although the battle for mid-table spots is incredibly close right now. Victory could see Burnley move as high as 5th in the table, while defeat could send them plummeting down to 16th.
Seriously injured, he has the last rites administered twice in hospital. It was a terrible experience and I remember my feelings when I did come to a bit of sanity and realised the situation. The last thing I thought at the time was that I would ever be associated with football again. Jane [his wife] said 'Football is your life, you've got to face it. You've got it in your mind and these boys would probably want it'.
