The column incurred a small midweek loss despite correctly tipping West Ham’s draw with Liverpool. Manchester City are now 8/11 with bet365 to win the Premier League and they face another big test on Sunday when Chelsea visit the Etihad. Running total: -£71.11 The Banker Each of the last 15 Premier League teams who were top
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Nicolo Zaniolo earned Roma a share of the points with his second-half finish as Krzysztof Piatek and Milan were held at the Stadio Olimpico. Serie A: Nicolo Zaniolo (46′) Roma 1-1 Milan Italian Serie A: Krzysztof Piatek (26) Roma 0-1 Milan Lazio stunned Inter Milan at the San Siro winning 4-3 on penalties to adavnce
Sam Borden provides the latest on the investigation into what caused the plane Emiliano Sala was aboard to crash and the complex process of recovering the aircraft. FC Nantes have demanded payment from Cardiff City for the first instalment of the £15 million transfer of Emiliano Sala, a source has confirmed to ESPN. The BBC were
FFA boss David Gallop announces the sacking of Matildas coach Alen Stajcic just five months before the World Cup. A frustrated Alen Stajcic still doesn’t know exactly why he was sacked as Matildas coach almost three weeks ago, according to Football Coaches Australia (FCA). FCA says it remains committed to help Stajcic finalise a settlement
Tables have turned since round 2, when Perth Glory took a 3-2 result against Melbourne Victory. Perth Glory coach Tony Popovic believes his team has earned the right to take part in a mouth-watering A-League clash with Melbourne Victory on Sunday. The Glory head to Melbourne knowing a win over the defending champions will put
Qatar carved out a piece of footballing history for themselves on Friday, winning the AFC Asian Cup for the first time in a 3-1 upset win over four-time winners Japan in Abu Dhabi, UAE . Oman coach Pim Verbeek resigned from the post on Wednesday with the former Australia and South Korea boss calling time
Gonzalo Higuain, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Marcus Rashford — three high-flying Premier League strikers. Gonzalo Higuain and Marcus Rashford both marked scoring in the Premier League this weekend with some serious elevation by leaping as high as they could go. The Chelsea and Manchester United strikers kept up a long tradition of leaping celebrations that are spectacularly
Gianni Infantino believes Russia 2018 is the benchmark for Qatar to live up to at the 2022 World Cup. FIFA president Gianni Infantino tells Gab Marcotti about his hopes that the 2018 and 2022 World Cups change negative perceptions of Russia and Qatar. Fifa president Sepp Blatter says football’s world governing body needs to restore
A mobile phone video appeared to show a West Ham fan shouting racist abuse at Mohamed Salah. Metropolitan Police are reviewing a video that appears to show a West Ham supporter directing anti-Muslim abuse at Liverpool star Mohamed Salah. In the mobile phone footage, which circulated on social media on Wednesday, an unidentified West Ham fan
Serge Gnabry scored twice for Bayern Munich and Kingsley Coman provided the winner in extra time as Bayern defeated Hertha Berlin 3-2. BERLIN — Bayern Munich reached the quarterfinals of the DFB Pokal with a 3-2 defeat of Hertha Berlin after extra-time, with Robert Lewandowski turning in a performance that could silence some recent criticism