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Wolverhampton Wanderers and Liverpool are set to do battle for the third time in the last month on Saturday at the Molineux. Having met twice in the FA Cup, they re now going to compete for Premier League points as both teams seek to undo a lot of things that have gone wrong since the start of the season.
Wolverhampton Wanderers
From seeking to play in Europe to hoping and working hard to merely avoid a desperate relegation scramble later on, it hasn t been easy for Wolves and their supporters to accept what s been happening this term. Eventually, Bruno Lage was sacked from the manager job and Julen Lopetegui appointed in his place, adding his own touch to the lively arena that is the Premier League these days.
The former FC …
The main stadium at the 2012 London Olympics will continue to stage athletics events once the Games are over, it was confirmed here Tuesday.
The announcement regarding the future use of the venue in Stratford, east London, made by Britain s Olympics minister Tessa Jowell, appeared to end speculation about the site being taken over by one of the Premier League football clubs in the British capital.
However, London mayor Boris Johnson did not rule out the possibility of a lower division London side becoming a tenant.
Many observers felt this was the only way the site could continue to pay for itself once the Games were over and avoid, as has happened to many previous Olympic venues, falling into a state of disrepair.
Among the plans unveiled for the 9.3 bi…
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Thursday evening s Europa League clash at Bravida Arena sets up a top-versus-bottom encounter in Group H, as Bayer Leverkusen visit Goteborg to face BK Hacken.
The home team has struggled to secure any points in the competition across the initial four group stage matches. Meanwhile, a win for the visiting Leverkusen side in this fixture would guarantee their spot in the knockout round.
BK Hacken
BK Hacken enter this game after concluding their 2023 Allsvenskan campaign, providing them with ample rest since their last competitive match against Brommapojkarna before the international break. Their previous fixture resulted in a 2-1 loss on the road, marking a challenging finish to their domestic season where they secured third pla…
Marcus Rashford s 100th Manchester United goal gave the Red Devils a hard-fought 1-0 Premier League win over West Ham on Sunday.
United handed Cristiano Ronaldo and Harry Maguire rare league starts, but Rashford snatched the headlines in bringing up his milestone with a fine 38th-minute header.
West Ham looked uninspired for long periods before finding David De Gea in strong form when they exerted some pressure late on, with the United goalkeeper making three crucial saves.
The victory lifts Erik ten Hag s team above Chelsea into fifth in the Premier League table, one point below fourth-placed Newcastle United with a game in hand.
Ronaldo sent a long-range effort into Lukasz Fabianski s arms as United dominated the early exchanges, before Rashford cut ins…
Bayern Munich’s Bundesliga title hopes were left hanging by a thread after they fell 13 points off the pace as Borussia Dortmund claimed their first win at the Allianz Arena for a decade.
After leaders Bayer Leverkusen hit back to edge out Hoffenheim, Dortmund claimed a 2-0 win in Der Klassiker thanks to goals from Karim Adeyemi and Julian Ryerson to leave Bayern’s title defence in tatters with just seven games left in the season.
Harry Kane was wasteful on his return from an ankle injury that had ruled him out of England’s friendlies against Brazil and Belgium, twice heading wide when it might have been easier to score, while Dortmund were indebted to a star performance from 35-year-old Mats Hummels on his return to Bavaria.
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St. Louis City interim head coach John Hackworth says his team have more to give, but need to find consistency, starting against New England Revolution.
St. Louis snapped a five-match winless streak in MLS last weekend, beating high-flying LA Galaxy 2-1 at home.
It was just their fifth win of the league season, and they remain second-from-bottom in the Western Conference, nine points off the playoff places.
However, Hackworth says he was waiting for a performance like the one they put in against the Galaxy, and hopes they can replicate it more often.
We expect this [good performance], he said. We d been talking about it.
We believed we could do that, and then, the next step is to continue to do that. You have to have that belief in yourself the …
Romelu Lukaku is open to joining a Saudi Pro League club one year after rejecting Al-Hilal, as Chelsea look to get the striker off the books.
Chelsea re-signed Lukaku for an estimated £97.5million in 2021, but he has spent the last two seasons on loan at Inter and Roma after struggling at Stamford Bridge.
Lukaku scored 21 goals for Roma in 2023-24 and the Giallorossi are keen on keeping him at the Stadio Olimpico, but cannot match Chelsea s reported £37m asking price.
The Blues accepted an offer for Lukaku s services from Al-Hilal last year, when several big-name players swapped Europe s top leagues for the Saudi Pro League, but the Belgian rejected the move.
He is now more open to playing in the country after discussing the prospect with international …
Fernandinho is determined to close out Manchester City s triumphant season with Champions League glory.
City s third Premier League title in the past four seasons was confirmed on Tuesday when a much-changed Manchester United went down to a 2-1 defeat against top-four-chasing Leicester City at Old Trafford.
Pep Guardiola s side also collected the EFL Cup with a 1-0 victory against Tottenham at Wembley last month and their season will conclude with a Champions League final against Chelsea on May 29.
City will welcome 10,000 fans to their last Premier League game of the season versus Everton before that showpiece, something long-serving midfielder Fernandinho suggested will sharpen minds a little.
We have missed the fans so much, he said. We wanted to do …
United States goalkeeper Matt Turner has urged fans of the Copa America hosts not to forget the value of results ahead of Thursday s clash with Panama at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
The USA got their Group C campaign up and running with a 2-0 win over Bolivia, with Christian Pulisic and Folarin Balogun on target.
Some believed Gregg Berhalter s side should have recorded a more comprehensive victory as they racked up 20 shots on goal to Bolivia s six.
Nottingham Forest shot-stopper Turner, though, says tournament wins should not be taken for granted.
We ll never have that luxury. I think you take wins when you can get wins, no matter the context, Turner said.
You take the result, especially in tournament play, it s the end all be all. I implore people…
France got their Euro 2024 campaign up and running with a 1-0 victory over Austria on Monday.
That came after Slovakia had stunned Belgium by the same scoreline.
Elsewhere, Romania were big winners against Ukraine.
With the use of Opta data, we take a look at the standout statistics from day four at Euro 2024.
Austria 0-1 France: More Euros frustration for Mbappe
Kylian Mbappe s quick feet did for Austria s defence in Dusseldorf, as the soon-to-be Real Madrid forward beat his man and whipped in a ball that was inadvertently turned home by Maximilian Wober.
That proved to be the decisive moment for Les Bleus, though Mbappe could have put an entertaining contest to bed midway through the second half, only to miss when one-on-one with the Au…