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Irresistible Juventus thump Chievo for 12th league win in a row
MILAN (Reuters) – Juventus clocked up their 12th successive Serie A win on Sunday when they swept aside Chievo 4-0 away in a hopelessly one-sided encounter. Alvaro Morata set Juventus on their way with two first-half goals before Alex Sandro and inspirational midfielder Paul Pogba added two more in the second half. The win left […]
Atletico’s Fernandez suffers knee ligament damage
Atletico Madrid midfielder Augusto Fernandez suffered knee ligament damage in the La Liga defeat by Barcelona.
Iheanacho shows City have firepower in reserve
Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini was not surprised striker Kelechi Inheanacho marked a rare starting berth with a hat-trick.
Young Liverpool thwarted by West Ham in second Wembley quest
Liverpool's pursuit of a second Wembley Cup final appearance stalled at Anfield as they had to settle for a draw with West Ham United.
Sanchez firing again after ‘winter break’ – Wenger
Alexis Sanchez returned to Arsenal's starting lineup and the scoresheet in Saturday's 2-1 FA Cup fourth round defeat of Burnley.
Luis Enrique shocked by Filipe Luis challenge on Messi
Barcelona coach Luis Enrique said he was shocked by the wild knee-high challenge on world player of the year Lionel Messi.
FA Cup heroics from Peterborough, Arsenal march on
Peterborough United manager Graham Westley had urged his players to take inspiration from the Oscar-nominated film, The Revenant.
Russia forward Kokorin joins Zenit St. Petersburg
Russian champions Zenit St. Petersburg have signed forward Alexander Kokorin from Dynamo Moscow.
Angers go third after thrashing Monaco 3-0
Angers captain Cheikh N'Doye scored two first half goals as second-placed Monaco slumped to a surprise 3-0 defeat.
Debutant El Shaarawy scores with backheel in Roma win
Debutant Stephan El Shaarawy scored with a crafty backheeled volley to give AS Roma a 3-1 win over Frosinone in Serie A.
Suarez winner helps Barca sink nine-man Atletico
Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez scored the goals as Barcelona came from behind to beat nine-man Atletico Madrid.
Chadli double helps Spurs ease past spirited Colchester
By Ian Chadband LONDON (Reuters) – Tottenham Hotspur negotiated a potentially tricky FA Cup trip to lowly Colchester United on Saturday with relative ease, winning their fourth-round tie 4-1 thanks largely to a double from Nacer Chadli. Colchester, bottom of the third tier League One, had been hoping to rekindle memories of one of the […]
