Football
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The goodbyes keep on coming
I don’t think I can remember a season where so many football legends have decided to walk away from the game at the same time. Players and managers retire every season. Of course they do. But you wouldn’t normally expect more than one or two big...
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Arsenal and Spurs battle for fourth in Premier League finale
Tottenham Hotspur hope to turn the tables on bitter rivals Arsenal on the final day of the Premier League season today by snatching a top-four finish at their expense. With Manchester United crowned champions, Manchester City guaranteed second spot...
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Atletico stun Real to win cup
Atletico Madrid stunned city rivals Real to win their 10th King’s Cup when Joao Miranda’s extra-time header secured a 2-1 comeback win in an action-packed and ill-tempered clash at the Bernabeu late Friday in which Real coach Jose Mourinho and...
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This was my worst season – Mourinho
A King’s Cup final defeat against Atletico Madrid capped the worst season of Real Madrid manager Jose Mourinho’s career, the Portuguese said yesterday after the 2-1 loss left him without a major title this season. Widely expected to move on at the...
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Milan look to seal third place with Siena win
Milan head coach Massimiliano Allegri shrugged off rumours linking him with a move away from the San Siro stadium by insisting he is fully focused on beating Siena today. Victory at the Stadio Artemio Franchi would guarantee the Rossoneri Champions...
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Vilanova to undergo further treatment
Barcelona coach Tito Vilanova will return to New York next week for more treatment for throat cancer, the La Liga champions said yesterday. Vilanova, 44, will receive a “pioneering treatment” that was “proving particularly effective”, Barca said...
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Elche back in Spain’s top flight
Elche were promoted to the Spanish first division after a 24-year absence when third-placed Alcorcon could only manage a 1-1 draw at Barcelona B yesterday. Alicante-based Elche, who play in green and white, last featured in La Liga in the 1988-89...
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Senior stars backing new manager Moyes – Giggs
Ryan Giggs says new Manchester United manager David Moyes can count of the support of the club’s senior players when he begins the daunting task of replacing Alex Ferguson at Old Trafford. The Scot will bow out at the end of the season after picking...
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Hoffenheim live another day
Fortuna Dusseldorf were relegated from the Bundesliga yesterday as Hoffenheim and Augsburg staged final-day escape acts. Dusseldorf went down 3-0 at Hanover to finish the season second bottom of the table, with their two relegation rivals both...
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Hibernian in seventh heaven
David Wotherspoon’s goal clinched seventh place in the Scottish Premier League for Hibernian who beat lowly FC Dundee 1-0 and ensured they go into the Scottish Cup final on the back of three consecutive victories. The substitute guided home a...
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Becks gets PSG armband
Former England captain David Beckham, who will retire at the end of the season, skippered French champions Paris St Germain in their final home game against Stade Brest, yesterday. PSG clinched their first Ligue 1 title since 1994 last week.
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Football news
Reports in Italy suggest said that young Parma striker Ishak Belfodil will be leaving the Serie A this summer on his way to the English Premier League. Liverpool have already made their first move to land the signature of the 20-year-old Algeria...
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Sporting briefs
Bad weather: Nice have confirmed their Ligue 1 match at home to Lyon set for last night has been postponed until today because of bad weather. The fix-ture was put back to this afternoon (3pm). The result has implications at the top of the table...
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Zarate’s goal floors plucky Lija as Qormi reach final
Qormi 1Zarate 66Lija Athletic 0 Qormi reached their third FA Trophy final in four years after a hard-fought victory over Division One side Lija Athletic. Facing a team from a lower division, Qormi were expected to dominate possession and carry the...
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Miller unperturbed by speculation over his future
A week after their heartbreaking loss to Birkirkara in the Premier League title decider, Hibernians will be engaged in another do-or-die clash this evening as they take on rivals Valletta in the second semi-final of the U*Bet FA Trophy at the...
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Final match of Premier season
The English Premier League comes to a close tomorrow with a full programme of matches. The title has long been wrapped up by Manchester United and, this week, Wigan Athletic became the third team to be relegated to The Championship. Tomorrow’s...
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Allegri doubts cloud Milan’s decisive match in Siena
Massimiliano Allegri’s future as Milan coach hangs in the balance as his side visit relegated Siena on the last day of the league season tomorrow, still needing a win to clinch third place in Serie A and a berth in the UEFA Champions League play-off...
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Stoke City launch training ground probe
Stoke have launched “a full internal investigation” into reports of an incident at their training ground yesterday, the club announced. It has been reported that a pig’s head was left in Kenwyne Jones’ locker, and that the striker was furious on...
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Bayern sell out stadium for cup final screening
Bayern Munich fans queued for more than 12 hours and snapped up all 45,000 tickets to watch a live screening at their Allianz Arena of the Champions League final against Borussia Dortmund in London on May 25. Tickets for the all-German final at...
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Ferguson seeks anything but a quiet life after retirement
When Alex Ferguson wakes up on Monday morning without a Manchester United team to manage he will not be putting his feet up and settling into a quiet retirement. The 71-year-old Scot takes charge of his 1,500th and final United game at West Bromwich...
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