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Special report: The president of the Haiti FA was once feted by Fifa, but a Guardian investigation led to him being handed a life ban over allegations of the sexual abuse of young female players Everyone still calls it “the ranch”. Situated in Croix-des-Bouquets, one of Port-au-Prince’s poorest suburbs and where Wyclef Jean spent [...]
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Stockport County’s heroes of 1996 remember dumping West Ham out of the League Cup as the Premier League side prepare to return in the FA Cup Ludek Miklosko, Marc Rieper, Mark Bowen, Slaven Bilic, Julian Dicks, Michael Hughes, John Moncur, Ilie Dumitrescu, Ian Bishop, Hugo Porfírio, and Iain Dowie: the West Ham team packed with internat[...]
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Nicknamed The Wodge because of its girth, the capital’s tallest ever office has just muscled onto the skyline. But in the age of coronavirus, who wants to jostle for 60 lifts with 12,000 others? With the City of London deserted once more, its streets only populated by the occasional Deliveroo driver or tumbleweed-seeking photographer, it seem[...]
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Kirby struggled badly last season after being diagnosed with a rare condition that at times left her barely able to walk. However, 2020-21 has been far more enjoyable for the England forward.
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United would top the table with a point at Turf Moor on Tuesday ‘It’s great that our fans are excited,’ says Solskjær of title race Paul Pogba, Victor Lindelöf and Luke Shaw are in a race to be fit for Manchester United’s trip to Burnley on Tuesday. Related: Scott McTominay keeps his head to guide Manchester Uni[...]
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‘He gets English football,’ says non-league manager of Mourinho ‘It’s incredible for them to have Bale here,’ says Spurs coach Neil Young, the manager of eighth-tier Marine AFC, said the club was indebted to José Mourinho and Tottenham for fielding the likes of Gareth Bale, Lucas Moura and Moussa Sissoko in a t[...]
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Watched over garden fences in the middle of a bleak winter, Spurs’ FA Cup win was a rare occasion of comfort and uplift With 19 minutes gone at Rossett Park, and the score still 0-0 between Marine AFC and Tottenham Hotspur, something almost-brilliant almost happened. Neil Kengni, Marine’s right winger, took the ball on the halfway line[...]
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Crawley Town knocked out Marcelo Bielsa's Leeds United in a stunning 3-0 victory. An emotional Nicholas Tsaroulla spoke to BBC Sport after the match, in which he scored a superb solo opening goal, beating three Leeds defenders in the process. 'I'm getting a bit emotional now, it's been a tough road, it means a lot,' said the 21-year-old, who former[...]
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There was no shock to end all shocks – really, how could there be? – but the surrealism of Tottenham visiting Marine in the third round of the FA Cup was not erased by a straightforward away win. As Gareth Bale sprayed passes around Rossett Park, José Mourinho sat on a chair with the garden of 19 Rossett Road behind him and a car[...]
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Fran Kirby scored four against her former club as Chelsea thrashed Reading 5-0 at the Madejski Stadium in the Women's Super League.
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A defeat to Luton Town this weekend saw Reading bow out of the FA Cup, and they can now fully focus on trying to achieve promotion to the Premier League this season. The Royals are currently sitting pretty in 5th spot in the Championship, and the return of Lucas Joao from injury could see them […]
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At the end of an awful, often acrimonious, week blemished by an amalgam of controversy, Covid-19 and multiple postponements, Fran Kirby cut through the gloom engulfing the Women’s Super League. The renascent England forward’s four goals in the sole top-tier fixture to take place lifted Chelsea to second place as a mix of coronavirus out[...]
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Mancini scored late on for Roma to make it 2-2 Dembélé asks to leave Lyon for La Liga leader Inter Milan head coach Antonio Conte said his players’ anxiety played a part in conceding a late equaliser to Roma in their 2-2 Serie A draw. Related: European roundup: Real Madrid slip up in snow after Barça thrash Granada Con[...]
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Alfredo Morelos made a stunning return to form against 10-man Aberdeen as his brace fired Rangers 22 points clear at the top of the Premiership. While the Rangers captain, James Tavernier, failed to make it 10-in-a-row from the penalty spot, Steven Gerrard’s team claimed another huge result in their quest for title number 55 thanks to Morelos[...]
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Former Royal Fran Kirby netted four of Chelsea Women’s goals including a first-half hat-trick
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A devastating performance by Fran Kirby helped the Blues start 2021 in style at the Madejski Stadium, as Super Fran netted four times in a thumping win over her former club.
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Sam Kerr provided two assists while helping her Chelsea teammate Fran Kirby steal the show with four goals in their 5-0 Women's Super League win at Reading.
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Sky, Amazon, Netflix and BT Sport lose right to let UK viewers automatically watch all content after Brexit transition UK customers of TV streaming services can no longer watch live sport, including Premier League football, when visiting the rest of Europe, following the end of the Brexit transition period. Related: UK lockdowns fuel record year f[...]
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Minute-by-minute updates as Mourinho goes to Merseyside Meet Marine’s band of brothers gunning for Spurs’ FA Cup scalp Any comments? You can email Rob.Smyth@theguardian.com 1.23pm GMT Donald Trump? Not interested! Covid-19? Do one! For the next few hours we can ignore real life and lose ourselves in romance. It’s Marine v Spur[...]
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There is a grisly quality to Leeds’ FA Cup record over the past two decades. Only five times have they progressed beyond the third round and sometimes they have not even made it that far. Their supporters still shudder at a couple of crashes from the dark days of League One – against Hereford and non-league Histon in rounds one and two [...]
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If Frank Lampard was not working for one of the most ruthless clubs in England, he might have viewed a visit from a League Two side in the third round of the FA Cup as the perfect opportunity to blood a few youngsters. After recent events, however, the merest hint of an upset was not a risk worth taking for Chelsea’s manager, especially again[...]
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As Manchester City paid tribute to a goalscoring midfielder, another belatedly remembered how to find the net. City emerged in shirts featuring the No 8 worn by Colin Bell for much of his distinguished career at Maine Road, along with a banner proclaiming “the king”, their late, great player of the 1960s and ’70s. Related: FA Cup[...]
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On-loan Celtic forward targeted after cup tie winner ‘Sadly this isn’t the first incident in the last seven days’ Dundee have condemned “vile racist messages” received by the on-loan Celtic forward Jonathan Afolabi. Afolabi shared a string of racist abuse messages he received from one user on his Instagram account aft[...]
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Aston Villa have placed both Bournemouth winger David Brooks and Reading’s rising star Michael Olise on their list of transfer targets this month as they target domestic additions to strengthen their squad, per The Mirror. Villa have been heavy spenders over the last few transfer windows since they earned promotion back to the Premier League.[...]
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Aston Villa transfer news - Here's the lowdown on France under-18 international Michael Olise with Villa keeping tabs on Reading's wing wizard whose current deal expires in June 2022
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Minute-by-minute updates on the only WSL game this weekend Fallout from Dubai trips threatens civil war within WSL Any comments? You can email Rob.Smyth@theguardian.com 1.06pm GMT ⚪️ TEAM NEWS ⚪️Here’s our Starting XI for this afternoon’s @BarclaysFAWSL clash against Chelsea at Madejski #REACHE pic.twitter.c[...]
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Reading manager Veljko Paunovic has insisted he remains hopeful that the Royals can keep hold of defender Omar Richards beyond the end of the January transfer window, despite strong reports he is nearing a potential departure. The defender has been one of Reading’s standout performers in the Championship so far this campaign and has helped [&[...]
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Minute-by-minute updates from around the grounds Crawley’s Watters ready for starring role in El Loco v hot shot Any comments? You can email Daniel | tweet @danielharris 10.35am GMT This coverage is meant to be unbiased and impartial so I apologise for the slight to journalistic integrity, but: I love the FA Cup. Whatever people try to tel[...]
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Watford, Bournemouth, Brentford and Reading are all interested in a move for QPR attacker Ilias Chair, a report from a print edition of The Sun (10/01, p59) has claimed. Chair has scored five goals in 22 league appearances for QPR so far this season, but while he has impressed, Mark Warburton’s side still find themselves […]
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Holding a pen with your left hand is no longer seen as sinister… unless you count drawing on the sofa I’m watching my son use his tools carefully. Pencils, forks, the fiddly bits on his toys. I’m not just doing this for our benefit – although his propensity for scribbling on our sofa is prodigious – but because I&rsqu[...]
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Brooks has scored five times and provided three assists during the Cherries' promotion push following their relegation from the Premier league last season, and Olise has caught the eye at Reading.
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From the Australian Open to the Ashes, our writers assess the chances of the year’s big-ticket sporting highlights taking place It has been billed as a golden year of sport. But, as our team of reporters has discovered, there are growing doubts about whether the biggest jewels in the 2021 calendar will take place in all their glory – or[...]
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Reading FC transfer news includes Sam Walker leaving the club on loan
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Latest Aston Villa transfer news from BirminghamLive as reports claim Dean Smith's men are keen on pursuing deals for AFC Bournemouth's David Brooks and Michael Olise of Reading
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Reading FC transfer news includes the left-back being strongly linked with the German giants
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Chelsea manager does not want to rely on sentimentality Poor recent run bodes ill for Morecambe FA Cup tie Frank Lampard believes his legendary status at Chelsea will not save him from the sack if results remain poor. The manager is under growing pressure after an alarming dip and he does not believe that his relationship with Roman Abramovich is [...]
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EXCLUSIVE: Villa's boss fixes Bournemouth playmaker and Reading teen Michael Olise in his sights as he plots further additions to his side's attacking ranks
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