Wednesday, August 22, 2018

Kyle Lafferty: Hearts striker in talks over Rangers return

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Kyle Lafferty: Hearts striker in talks over Rangers return
Kyle Lafferty: Hearts striker in talks over Rangers return
Kyle Lafferty is given permission to discuss a return to Rangers after Hearts accept an offer for the striker.

Tuesday, August 21, 2018

Barcelona's Luis Suarez problem is only going to get worse

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Barcelona's Luis Suarez problem is only going to get worse
The ESPN FC crew answer your tweets on Barcelona's biggest weakness, Luis Suarez's future and if Liverpool have any vulnerabilities this season. Craig Burley and Paul Mariner make their predictions for the La Liga season, and one of them is backing Diego Costa for a big season. Will the real Luis Suarez please stand up? There was such an explosion of sound and fury over the way Antoine Griezmann chose to announce that he was staying at Atletico Madrid, via a video production company owned by Gerard Pique, that many have failed to properly consider what was behind Barcelona's willingness to spend €100 million (plus another €60 million in wages) on him. The answer, increasingly evidently, is that Luis Suarez is in that horrible antechamber that leads from...

Monday, August 20, 2018

Premier League stats: Man City, Aguero, Cardiff, Tottenham, Chelsea

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Premier League stats: Man City, Aguero, Cardiff, Tottenham, Chelsea
Premier League stats: Man City, Aguero, Cardiff, Tottenham, Chelsea
Manchester City score six but still fall way short of another record, while a keeper is close to a unique hat-trick - the weekend's key Premier League stats.

Sunday, August 19, 2018

Ronaldo makes winning start in dramatic Juventus debut

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Ronaldo makes winning start in dramatic Juventus debut
Ronaldo makes winning start in dramatic Juventus debut
Cristiano Ronaldo makes a winning start to his Juventus career as they come from behind to beat Chievo 3-2 in a dramatic Serie A opener.

Saturday, August 18, 2018

Thursday, August 16, 2018

La Liga set to stage match in US as battle to match Premier League grows

Football | The Guardian
La Liga set to stage match in US as battle to match Premier League grows

• Regular-season fixture could take place as early as this season
• El Clásico would remain in Spain under proposals

La Liga is set to stage a regular-season match in the United States, possibly as early as this year, but a clásico between Real Madrid and Barcelona is pretty much out of the question.

The league said on Thursday it is planning to play a match across the Atlantic as part of a new 15-year partnership with the sports and entertainment group Relevent to promote the game in North America. The group operates the International Champions Cup, the world’s largest summer club tournament. Barcelona and Real Madrid faced each other in the tournament in Miami last year.

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