Stoke City winger James McClean has been fined two weeks’ wages by the club for an inappropriate social media post. The 30-year-old Republic of Ireland international has also agreed to delete his Instagram account. He posted a picture of himself wearing a balaclava in front of two children, with the caption “Today's school lesson - History” along with a laughing emoji. I never wanted to cause any offence but I now realise I did so and for that I apologise unreservedly,” he said.
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The evident problem is that Sullivan and Gold, present for the game against Southampton along with Brady, have no intention of going anywhere. And trust, it seems, is in short supply on both sides of the argument. The owners not only feel they are being given little credit for record investment on the playing side, they also feel sore at their treatment given the club was massively in debt when they took control 10 years ago.
On Sunday, they beat second-bottom Shenhua 3-0 to secure the title. Goalscorer Park Ji-soo celebrated his goal by running over to embrace Cannavaro. Beijing Guoan were two points back in second place while Rafael Benitez's side Dalian Yifang finished ninth. Cannavaro, Italy's World Cup-winning captain in 2006, had been criticised for his "weak ability to rectify mistakes and insufficiently strict handling of players" by his club.
Statistics show that the last 5/5 Wacker Innsbruck matches at home, 4/6 recent Wacker Innsbruck matches, the last 4/6 Liefering matches away have fainted. This shows that the match between Wacker Innsbruck and Liefering is likely to have no more than 2 goals scored.
So when I arrived in England the first thing I said to myself is "I have to speak English" and the club not only helped me but also encouraged me to speak English even with all the difficulties, which is why I made that effort. I have always made this effort from my first press conference, I always spoke to the players in English and I believe progressively I am speaking it better. Communication in football is very important and it has been one of the basic foundations of my success in Spain and France.
Italy Serie A, 28 round and match between AC Milan and Roma. After 27 round Milan on 8th position on table with a 11 wins, 6 draws and 10 losses games with a goal different 32:35 and have 39 points. On the another side after 27 rounds Roma on 5th position on table with a 14 wins, 6 draws and 7 losses games with a goal different 53:36 and have 48 points. In first match this season Roma won on home stadium 2:1. In last 5 meets always have minimum two goals per game. My opinion is over 2.0 goals.
Assisted by Mateusz Klich. SubstitutionPosted at 77' Substitution, Leeds United. Eddie Nketiah replaces Patrick Bamford. Posted at 76' Attempt missed. Pablo Hernández (Leeds United) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Hélder Costa. Posted at 75' Ben White (Leeds United) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Posted at 75' Foul by Joe Ralls (Cardiff City).
The way forward?Uefa has outlined a path to this season's Champions League final. It starts with the outstanding second legs of the last 16 - including Manchester City's tie with Real Madrid - on 7 or 8 August. After that, individual games in two-legged ties would be played every three or four days - Sundays are left free for any domestic fixtures. Their back-up plan involves one-match ties instead of two.
Grenoble Foot are presently in 10th position with 30 points from 22 matches, winning in all 6 games, 12 games went to draw and they have lost 4 games all season. In their last 5 league games, winning 2 games, 2 went to draw and 1 lost game. They have goals difference of 22 goals against 21.
Rangers claim clubs were not informed of a potential £10m liability and "substantial problems" with league reconstruction before they voted to end the season. The Ibrox club say the information was omitted from the briefing paper sent to clubs prior to the vote and was not approved by the SPFL board. Rangers circulated a dossier to the other 41 clubs on Thursday. The SPFL says there is no evidence to support claims of bullying or coercion.
Good morning and welcome Welcome to another day of rolling football coverage. We will bring you all the news as it breaks from the world of football but first here is a round up from the national papers. That's all for tonight That's a wrap on the day's football news. Let's hope for better news around the world tomorrow.
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Can SPAL cause a major shock at the San Siro this week? They are bottom of the Serie A table heading into this clash with Milan in the Coppa Italia, with the visitors hoping to cause some problems for the Rossoneri. However, their dire form in the league this term points to a tough night and another Milan victory.
Turkey's most capped player, former goalkeeper Rustu Recber, is in a "critical period" in hospital with coronavirus. The ex-Barcelona and Fenerbahce keeper, 46, won 120 caps and was one of the players of the tournament when Turkey reached the 2002 World Cup semi-finals. We are still in shock by the sudden and rapidly developing symptoms," his wife Isil Recber said on Instagram. Isil and her two children have tested negative for the virus.
Brentford's defeat ensured that, with a move to their new ground scheduled for next season, this was the final cup game after 116 years at the tumbledown stadium. Any chance of an upset was effectively ended by Brentford manager Thomas Frank's decision to field a second team ahead of a key Championship game against promotion rivals Nottingham Forest on Tuesday.
Wearing replicas of the first Bayern shirts 120 years ago, to mark the club's birthday, they laboured to add another in the second half with Augsburg keeper Andreas Luthe stopping a point-blank Philippe Coutinho shot and Serge Gnabry scuffing a handful of golden chances. Augsburg wasted their best opportunities late in the game when Florian Niederlechner's shot was blocked by Manuel Neuer and Alfred Finnbogason headed wide in the 81st.
But Howe's men were dealt a sucker punch when West Ham took the lead, and suffered another blow soon after when they had a penalty appeal reviewed, and then denied, by VAR following an Angelo Ogbonna tackle. The wind was truly taken out of their sails when they went 2-0 behind, unable to do anything to deny Haller's acrobatics, and then 3-0 down, although Rico did force Lukasz Fabianski into a decent save in the closing stages of the first half.
The players' union told BBC Sport that they consider "necessary first steps" to be BAME representation on the EFL Recruitment Code steering group by January 2021 and "substantive" BAME representation on the boards of the Football Association, EFL, League Managers Association and Premier League for the 2020-21 season. Onuora said: "We've kind of moved away from targets but we do think there is some low-hanging fruit here and you could actually do some of these things relatively quickly.
But translating that success to Asia's most high-profile league has taken the appreciation of his talents to another level. When I first came to the club it was about playing football that people enjoyed watching, that the players enjoyed playing and was successful," Postecoglou said after his side dismantled Sydney FC in the Asian Champions League this week.
Let us stay home, reduce risks linked to the coronavirus spread and defend ourselves and people next to us," the Neman fans said in the statement, as well as urging the Belarusian Football Federation (BFF) to suspend all competitions. For his part, BFF chairman Uladzimir Bazanaw appears to be defiant. There is no critical situation. Therefore, we are continuing the championship," he said in an interview with Belarusian state TV.
It's great for everybody, including the fans, to see our players back on the training ground. Asked what date the league was targeting for a return, Masters said the organisation has to be "flexible". He also recognised the need for "contingency plans" and said "curtailment is still a possibility", meaning the season would be stopped. Phase one of the return to training features small groups training with social distancing maintained.
Dybala opened the scoring in the 19th minute with a sumptuous volley from the right-hand corner of the box. Gianluca Caprari equalised before Ronaldo scored the winner with a header at the back post. Caprari was sent off in stoppage time for his second bookable offence. Buffon started his career at Parma, where he won the Uefa Cup and Coppa Italia in 1999 before moving to Juventus two years later. In Turin, he won nine Serie A titles, the Coppa Italia four times and finished runner-up in the Champions League twice under Massimiliano Allegri.
Indeed, they haven’t won any of their last four outings in League One, although only two of their last 10 games have ended in defeat. Five of these fixtures have been draws, which does a pretty good job of illustrating how Blackpool’s season has gone so far.
Guardiola will complete four years at City at the end of this campaign, matching his spell at Barcelona before he chose to step down. After setting records for goals scored and points tally with City over the last two seasons, the Spanish coach said he is enjoying the challenge of trying to topple Liverpool.
What a poor overall performance from the hosts in the Champions League finishing bottom a group which at first sight did not really seem to pose them any problems to qualify from either 1st or 2nd place. Still much better in the league where they are 9-3-3 this season once more fighting for a top place and to play once more in the Champions League next season as well.
I think everyone is trying to be as committed as possible to getting the season finished at some stage, whether that is in June, July or August. I hope that will happen, even if affects the start of next season. We have to wait until it is safe, though. And no-one has any choice but to sit tight and wait, because we are all just guessing when that might be. Alan Shearer was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan.
It was only for European players until 1995, when it expanded to become open for any player at a European club. From 2007 it opened up to the rest of the world. The 30-man list of nominees is compiled by the editorial staff of the French magazine, with the winner voted for by journalists from around the world, with one representative per nation. From 2010 to 2015 it merged with Fifa's awards, but they split and the world governing body set up its own awards again in 2016.
Among the recruits so far are players from Brazil, as well as Newport in Bale's home country of Wales. Bale's agent says he is 'unlikely' to leave Real Madrid even in summerEllevens also plans to expand to other esports multiplayer platforms such as Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Fortnite and Rocket League. The FIFA eClub World Cup will offer a total prize pool of $100,000 (£76,635) and a chance to earn Global Series Rankings points that will help players qualify for the Fifa eWorld Cup in July.
They have enough quality in the team not to get relegated but where have we heard that before?Did you know? Snodgrass scored twice and provided one assist against Brighton - the last West Ham player to score at least twice while providing at least one assist in the same Premier League game was Andy Carroll against Swansea over six years ago. Forwards - Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), Son Heung-min (Tottenham) Mohamed Salah: It looks like Mohamed Salah has got that golden scoring touch back.
Vardy was in blistering form at the start of the season with 17 goals in 18 league matches but has not scored in his last nine games in all competitions. Leicester have managed only three wins in 10 league matches since Vardy's last goal, which came in a 3-1 loss at champions Manchester City on Dec. Rodgers backed his team to respond against Championship side (second tier) Birmingham in the FA Cup.
Sabanas is hosting Real Madriz and they should have a little bit advantage in this match, however Real Madriz is in solid form,. winning their last 2 games, at home vs Ocotal 2:0 and vs Jalapa 1:0. In my opinion there is big quality difference between these two teams.
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Host lost one of the games in the previous season to this opponent. That was in the moment, when the title race was over practically, and they already had big spread of points, behind the Champion Istiqlol. However, Khatlon is never an light rival to the second best team, and two of their previous three games was under 2.5 goals.
It has been a tough introduction to managerial life in the Dutch Eredivisie for Alan Pardew. The 58-year-old, along with assistant Chris Powell, were hailed as the saviours of Den Haag when the relegation-threatened side appointed the pair in late December. Their tenure began with a 2-0 victory over fellow strugglers RKC Waalwijk in January - the side's first league win since October. Fans displayed a tifo re-imagining Pardew and Powell as Ghostbusters, or in this case 'relegation fighters' during the match.
In practical terms nothing will actually change for the injured player. Elleray, who is technical director of IFAB, football's rule-making body, said he would be surprised if the Premier League did not make the change. Referees in UEFA competitions, including the Champions League, and in European domestic leagues who use VAR are allowed to consult the pitch-side monitor for subjective decisions rather than leaving it to remote VAR officials in a studio.
Assisted by Junior Stanislas with a cross following a set piece situation. Posted at 90'+5' Foul by Jonny Evans (Leicester City). Posted at 90'+5' Philip Billing (Bournemouth) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Posted at 90'+4' Attempt missed. Sam Surridge (Bournemouth) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Posted at 90'+3' Youri Tielemans (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
