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Bale subbed off at half during Wales UEFA Nations League match; Jovic and Lunin ride the bench

Lukas Hradecky and Jere Uronen of Finland and Gareth Bale and Kieffer Moore of Wales vie for the ball during the UEFA Nations League football match between Finland and Wales in Helsinki on September 3, 2020. Gareth Bale started for the Welsh national team in their UEFA Nations League match against Finland on Thursday. He was subbed off at halftime, which seemed to indicate an injury scare. However, Wales manager Ryan Giggs says he planned to sub Bale off at the half in preparation for their next match against Bulgaria. Giggs says that Bale was the player in the squad with the least amount of time spent in training. He feels that the 45 minutes was plenty for Bale to get into rhythm, though he didn’t register single shot on net. Given the comments from the Welsh manager, it seems ...
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Scotland prepare for first international in ten months

Scotland Head Coach Steve Clarke is seen during a Scotland training session ahead of their European Qualifying match against Kazakhstan at Oriam on November 18, 2019 in Edinburgh, Scotland. The Scotland national team will play their first match of 2020 when they face Israel at Hampden on Friday evening. Steve Clarke’s side haven’t kicked a ball since defeating Cyprus and Kazakhstan last November as football’s calendar was ripped up when the global pandemic took hold. Now, with Premiership football already being played and other competitions gearing up for the restart, international football is back and Scotland begin with their first match of the new Nations League campaign. Israel are the opponents in the opening Group B2 game before Clarke and his players travel to face Czech R...
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Phil Foden filled with positivity and pride as he joins up with England

Manchester Citys Phil Foden in action during the FA Cup Quarter Final match between Newcastle United and Manchester City at St. James Park on June 28, 2020 in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. Phil Foden links up with England brimming with confidence after an impressive end to the season with Manchester City. The 20-year-old playmaker has picked up two Premier League titles, an FA Cup and three EFL Cup winners’ medals since starring in the Young Lions’ superb Under-17 World Cup triumph in 2017. Foden won the Golden Ball and BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year awards for those stunning displays in India, fuelling hype about a player that Pep Guardiola has praised to the hilt. The City boss knows a thing or two about talented players and the 20-year-old’s impressive, extended run ...
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Nigeria: T.B Joshua Speaks On Lionel Messi’s Face-Off With Barcelona

Lionel Messi of FC Barcelona looks on prior to the Liga match between Real Madrid CF and FC Barcelona at Estadio Santiago Bernabeu on March 1, 2020 in Madrid, Spain. The founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nations, Temitope Joshua, has joined the growing debate around the impending exit of Lionel Messi from Spanish club, Barcelona. Multiple reports indicate that Messi has already communicated his decision to leave Barcelona after spending over 16 years at the Catalan club. His decision, many believe, is fuelled by the dwindling fortunes of Barcelona which culminated in their 8-2 annihilation in the Champions League by Bayern Munich; effectively ensuring Barca finished the season with no silverware. Although T.B Joshua is not advising Messi against leaving Barcelona, he does no...
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L’Équipe: Neymar, Di Maria, Paredes of PSG test positive for COVID-19

NEYMAR Jr of Paris Saint Germain celebrates his goal with Leandro PAREDES of Paris Saint Germain and Angel DI MARIA of Paris Saint Germain during the French Cup Final soccer match between Paris Saint Germain and Saint Etienne at Stade de France on July 24, 2020 in Paris, France. Paris Saint-Germain of Ligue 1 on Tuesday announced that three of their players tested positive for COVID-19 but did not release their names. Later L'Équipe reported that the the three positive cases were Neymar, Angel Di Maria and Leandro Paredes. The French sports newspaper also said that all three took their vacations at Ibiza where the coronavirus was spreading fast. The 2019-20 season gave PSG mixed feelings. The French giants not only continued their domestic dominance by winning the championships of L...
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Neymar wants to create Champions League history at PSG

Neymar of Paris Saint-Germain looks on during the UEFA Champions League round of 16 first leg match between Borussia Dortmund and Paris Saint-Germain at Signal Iduna Park on February 18, 2020 in Dortmund, Germany. Neymar insists he wants to stay at Paris Saint-Germain and create history by guiding them to their first ever Champions League triumph. PSG have dominated Ligue 1 in recent years, save for a single league win for Monaco, but their owners have injected significant funds into the club hoping to dominate Europe, too, wth the Champions League now representing a 'holy grail' of sorts. The acquisition of Neymar was meant to be the signing which propelled them into Europe's elite, but it took them to the 2019/20 season to reach as late as the semi-final, which they would win to p...
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Timo Werner scores his first Chelsea goal vs Brighton after four minutes

Timo Werner of Chelsea celebrates after scoring his team's first goal during the pre-season friendly between Brighton & Hove Albion and Chelsea at Amex Stadium on August 29, 2020 in Brighton, England. Timo Werner has scored his first goal for Chelsea just four minutes into his debut against Brighton. Werner was named in Frank Lampard's starting lineup for the Blues' pre-season friendly at the Amex Stadium on Saturday, with fans given a chance to see the Germany international in a Chelsea shirt for the first time. Brighton made 2,500 tickets available to home fans following the green light from the Government, with social distancing guidelines in place in the stands. It didn't take long for Werner to make his mark for his new club, with the former RB Leipzig star taking advant...
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Arsenal beat Liverpool to win Community Shield as Aubameyang scores penalty shootout winner

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang of Arsenal lifts the Community Shield Trophy following his team's victory in during the FA Community Shield final between Arsenal and Liverpool at Wembley Stadium on August 29, 2020 in London, England. Arsenal picked up where they left off last season as they beat Liverpool on penalties to win the Community Shield at Wembley. Less than a month after the Gunners beat Chelsea in the FA Cup final on the same ground, they were back in action, and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, the hero of that game, opened the scoring with a wonderful first-half strike before Takumi Minamino’s first goal for Liverpool levelled 17 minutes from time. That forced spot-kicks and Rhian Brewster, brought on in stoppage time to take one, clipped the bar with his effort as Arsenal scored a...
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Bayern Munich Chairman Predicts PSG Will Soon Win the Champions League

Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, CEO of FC Bayern Muenchen, speaks during the banquet after winning the UEFA Champions League Final match against Paris Saint-Germain on August 23, 2020 in Lisbon, Portugal. Paris Saint-Germain achieved a long-awaited goal this past season when it reached its first-ever UEFA Champions League final.  Even though the club came up short against FC Bayern Munich, many predict that PSG may soon return to the final. One rival executive agrees that PSG has what it takes to make another Champions League final run. Bayern Munich chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge watched as his side lifted up the prestigious Champions League trophy in Lisbon.  Still, he knows that this was not a one-hit-wonder run from PSG. In speaking to the Italian-based outlet Tuttosport(via...
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Phil Foden Named in England Squad

Phil Foden of Manchester City celebrates after scoring his team's fourth goal during the FA Cup Third Round match between Manchester City and Port Vale at Etihad Stadium on January 04, 2020 in Manchester, England. After being repeatedly overlooked by England Manager Gareth Southgate, Phil Foden has now received a call up to the England squad. Over the last couple of years Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has carefully nurtured the developing career of young English player Phil Foden. Pep has given him game time in increasingly important matches in a variety of tactical roles. For his part Foden has continued to work hard and has never let his head drop and his concentration waiver. Throughout the British media have stood on the sidelines, jeering, believing the lack of game min...
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Manchester United defender Lindelof tackles thief in Sweden

Victor Lindeloef of Manchester United controls the ball during the UEFA Europa League round of 32 first leg match between Club Brugge and Manchester United at Jan Breydel Stadium on February 20, 2020 in Brugge, Belgium. Manchester United defender Victor Lindelof made a timely intervention by chasing down a man who stole an elderly woman’s handbag in his home city of Vasteras on Monday, Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet reported. A police statement here said the suspect snatched the handbag as he cycled past the woman, who is in her 90's. Aftonbladet reported that Lindelof chased and caught the man before handing him over to the authorities. “A man who was in the vicinity is said to have run after the suspected perpetrator, caught up with him and held him until the police arrived at the ...
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Kylian Mbappe, Neymar and PSG stars tune up for historic Champions League final against Bayern – in pictures

Paris Saint-Germain's French forward Kylian Mbappe (C) jokes with teammates during a training session at the Luz stadium in Lisbon on August 22, 2020 on the eve of the UEFA Champions League final football match between Paris Saint-Germain and Bayern Munich. Kylian Mbappe is determined to make history by leading Paris Saint-Germain to victory over Bayern Munich in Sunday's Champions League final in Lisbon. "This is exactly why I came here. I always said that I wanted to go down in my country's history. Tomorrow is another chance to do that," Mbappe said on the eve of PSG's first Champions League final appearance. Mbappe, now 21, joined Neymar and his PSG teammates in a final training session in Lisbon before the biggest club final in world football. He first emerged as a global su...
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PSG shirts ban in Marseille overturned by police

Neymar celebrates victory with Kylian Mbappe of Paris Saint-Germain during the UEFA Champions League Quarter Final match between Atalanta and Paris Saint-Germain at Estadio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica on August 12, 2020 in Lisbon, Portugal. A ban on Paris Saint-Germain fans wearing their club's shirt in the city centre of Marseille during the Champions League final on Sunday has been rescinded, Marseille police announced on Friday. The ban was introduced after disturbances broke out in the city during PSG's 3-0 victory over RB Leipzig in the Champions League semifinal on Tuesday. L'Equipe reported that Marseille ultras patrolled the Old Port district of the city and threatened PSG fans, with one man arrested. Marseille police said in a statement the ban was put in place to protect ...
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Sevilla Win The 2020 UEFA Europa League After Romelu Lukaku Blunder

Luuk de Jong of Sevilla scores his team's first goal during the UEFA Europa League Final between Seville and FC Internazionale at RheinEnergieStadion on August 21, 2020 in Cologne, Germany. Sevilla have won the 2020 UEFA Europa League, beating Inter Milan. This marks Sevilla's sixth Europa League title and their fourth in the last seven season's. In a UEFA Europa League final that will be remembered for the sheer amount of goals, Sevilla won 3-2 after a brace from Luuk De Jong and an insane own-goal from Romelu Lukaku. The game started off fast with Lukaku being taken down in the Sevilla box by Diego Carlos. This was Carlos' third penalty given away in as many games in the Europa League. Lukaku easily slotted the penalty to put Inter up 1-0 within five minutes. However, the Sp...
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PSG shirts banned from central Marseille during Champions League final

Paris Saint-Germain's Argentine midfielder Angel Di Maria (L) celebrates with Paris Saint-Germain's Brazilian forward Neymar after scoring his team's second goalduring the UEFA Champions League semi-final football match between Leipzig and Paris Saint-Germain at the Luz stadium in Lisbon on August 18, 2020. Paris Saint-Germain supporters in Marseille will have to keep a low profile on potentially their club's greatest night, with local police saying they will ban the club shirt in some areas during Sunday's Champions League final in order to avoid clashes between rival fans. PSG face Bayern Munich in Lisbon on Sunday evening, attempting to become only the second French winners after Olympique Marseille, who clinched the biggest prize in European club football in 1993. The Bouches-du...
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The 14 best-paid footballers in the world 2020

COVID-19 may have brought financial turmoil and widespread pay cuts to our game, but elite footballers remain some of the wealthiest athletes on the planet. This year’s Forbes ranking of the 100 top earners in sport includes 14 footballers, as earnings for the best-paid athletes dropped for the first time since 2016. The figures include prize money, salaries and bonuses earned between June 1, 2019 and June 1, 2020, but the full-year salary is counted for players who have contracts running to the end of the 2019/20 season. 14. Sergio Ramos - $21.8m (£16.5m) The Real Madrid skipper raked in more than £16m last season, largely through his bumper contract at the Bernabeu. Ramos earned around £14m through salary and winnings and another £2.2m from endorsements, as the 34-year-o...
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Danny Makkelie to referee the Europa League final

Referee Danny Makkelie during the Dutch Eredivisie match between VVVvVenlo - PSV at the Seacon Stadium - De Koel on January 19, 2020 in Venlo Netherlands. Dutch referee Danny Makkelie will be overseeing proceedings in Sevilla vs. Inter, the Europa League final, scheduled for Friday 21 August at 21:00 CEST at the RheinEnergieStadium in Cologne.  The Dutch referee's assistants will be Mario Diks and Hessel Steegstra, while the Fourth Official will be the Greek Tasos Sidiropoulos. Joche Kamphuis will be overseeing the VAR system with assistance from Kevin Blom, Paweł Gil and Paweł Sokolnicki.
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Sarina Wiegman: Lionesses coach a proven winner, says Kelly Smith

Coach Sarina Wiegman of Holland Women during the Training WomenTraining Holland Women at the CS Avion on March 9, 2020 in Avion France. Incoming England boss Sarina Wiegman "is a proven winner" and "one of the top managers in the world", says former Lionesses striker Kelly Smith. Wiegman will succeed Phil Neville as England's head coach in September 2021. The 50-year-old has signed a four-year deal and will take charge after the postponed Tokyo Olympics next summer. "It's her and [former USA head coach] Jill Ellis who are probably up there competing to be the number one," Smith told BBC Sport. "It's a brilliant appointment. "I like the way Wiegman sets her teams up. They are very difficult to beat. She has a good tactical knowledge of the game and I believe she will share t...
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Lazio ‘furious’ as Real Sociedad poach David Silva following Man City farewell

David Silva of Manchester City runs with the ball during the Premier League match between Manchester City and Norwich City at Etihad Stadium on July 26, 2020 in Manchester, England. Lazio are said to have been left furious after discovering their efforts to sign David Silva had been thwarted by Real Sociedad. The Serie A side had looked destined to sign the Spaniard on a free transfer after his exit from Manchester City. And it was reported that they had offered the playmaker a three-year deal to move to the Stadio Olimpico. But their efforts have fallen short amid news that Silva will now be joining Real Sociedad instead. The La Liga side announced the signing of the 34-year-old on Monday after he agreed a deal at the Anoeta until June 2022. Silva looks set to replace Mart...
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Lukaku, Martinez fire Inter Milan into Europa final

Romelu Lukaku of Inter Milan celebrates with his team mates after scoring his team's fourt goal during the UEFA Europa League Semi Final between Internazionale and Shakhtar Donetsk at Merkur Spiel-Arena on August 17, 2020 in Duesseldorf, Germany. Romelu Lukaku extended his goal scoring record at Europa League with two more goals in the semi-final match against Shakhtar Donetsk on Monday, roaring to a victory of 5-0, and setting up a final showdown with Sevilla on Friday in Cologne. This is the first time Inter has qualified for a European final since winning the 2010 Champions League under Jose Mourinho. Lukaku has so far bagged 33 goals in his first season with Inter, one goal away from Ronaldo's record in his first season at the club when the Brazilian led the Nerazzurri to the 19...
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