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Pulisic living the German league dream at Dortmund

He won't turn 18 until September, but Christian Pulisic is living the German league dream having been propelled from youth team football to a starting place with Borussia Dortmund. The 17-year-old capped a lightning rise through Dortmund's ranks this season by starting on the left wing in their 1-0 win at Bayer Leverkusen last Sunday. […]

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Van Gaal puts Rashford's Man United league debut on hold after Europa heroics

Louis van Gaal has upset plenty of Manchester United fans already this season and may do so again by resisting calls for teenager Marcus Rashford to start against title-chasing Arsenal in the Premier League on Sunday. The 18-year-old Rashford had a dream senior debut on Thursday when, thrust in after Anthony Martial was injured in […]

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Claudio Ranieri happy for Leicester to settle for points not plaudits

Claudio Ranieri says he is happy to settle for points rather than plaudits after Leicester City maintained their remarkable title challenge with an ugly 1-0 win over lowly Norwich City on Saturday. Ranieri's side moved five points clear at the top of the Premier League thanks to Leonardo Ulloa's 89th-minute strike at the King Power […]

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Southampton 1-2 Chelsea: Ivanovic’s late winner

Branislav Ivanovic's late header capped a stirring Chelsea fightback as the visitors scored twice in the last 15 minutes to win 2-1 at Southampton on Saturday. Cesc Fabregas cancelled out Shane Long's first half opener in the 75th minute before Ivanovic completed the comeback in the 89th minute to extend interim manager Guus Hiddink's unbeaten […]

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New FIFA boss Infantino faces major challenges

FIFA's new president Gianni Infantino on Saturday faced the mountainous task of reforming and uniting world football, with a pile of crises from the scandal-ridden Sepp Blatter era needing urgent action. Infantino, an executive at European football confederation UEFA, promised an end to the dark days at FIFA following his convincing election win. But the […]

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Bayern Munich throw down gauntlet to Dortmund after win against Wolfsburg

Pep Guardiola's Bayern Munich threw down the gauntlet to Borussia Dortmund ahead of next week's crunch Bundesliga showdown by going 11 points clear with a 2-0 win at Wolfsburg on Saturday. With second-placed Dortmund hosting second-from-bottom Hoffenheim on Sunday, Bayern took the chance to extend their lead just four days after their Champions League draw […]

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Man City vs. Liverpool predicted lineups: Feb. 27, 2016

The first trophy of the season is up for grabs when Manchester City play Liverpool in the Capital One Cup final at Wembley on Sunday (live on beIN SPORTS and fuboTV at 11:30am ET on US TV). The Citizens are going for a second League Cup trophy in three years while Liverpool are looking to […]

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Real Madrid would be top if everyone was like me, rages Ronaldo

Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo claimed the Spanish giants would be top of La Liga rather than nine points behind Barcelona if his team-mates matched his standards. Ronaldo had a day to forget in front of goal as Real waved goodbye to any lasting hope of mounting a title challenge in a 1-0 defeat to […]

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Manchester United vs. Arsenal: Feb. 27, 2016

The main attraction in this weekend’s Premier League fixtures involves traditional heavyweights Manchester United and Arsenal at Old Trafford on Sunday (live Sunday at 9am ET on NBCSN in the USA). The Red Devils will be looking for revenge after the Gunners thrashed them 3-0 in the first clash of the season in early October, […]

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Manchester United home jersey for 2016/17 season

New photographs of Manchester United's jersey that they'll be wearing in the 2016/17 season have been leaked online. The latest photographs give us the best look at what the Red Devils will be wearing next season. The shirt sponsor and kit manufacturer stays the same, but the design of the shirt is different than the […]

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Hernanes committed to cause as Juve prepare for Inter in Serie A

Brazilian midfielder Hernanes has surrendered hope of a free-scoring role but said he is committed to the cause as Juventus look to stretch their Serie A lead against his former club Inter Milan on Sunday. Hernanes hit five goals in 26 appearances for Inter in his final full season before moving to Turin for 11m […]

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Wolfsburg aim to stop Lewandowski making more history

Wolfsburg are desperate to stop history repeating itself when they host Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich on Saturday following Robert Lewandowski's historic five-gaul haul in the reverse fixture. The Poland striker came off the bench and sent Bundesliga records tumbling with his nine-minute blitz single-handedly propelling Bayern to a 5-1 thrashing of Wolfsburg at Munich's Allianz […]

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Lyon-PSG clash highlights gulf in French Ligue 1

Paris Saint-Germain can provide further proof of the growing gulf in class between the champions elect and the rest of Ligue 1 when they travel to last year's runners-up Lyon on Sunday. A fourth straight French league crown is well within sight for PSG, who could conceivably wrap up the championship next weekend, while Lyon's […]

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Mexico jersey for Copa America Centenario leaked [PHOTOS]

Just days after an image of the US Men's National Team jersey for the 2016 Copa America Centenario has been leaked on the Internet, a photograph of Mexico's home jersey for the same tournament is now online. According to FootyHeadlines, "Based on the same template as the Adidas Belgium Euro 2016 home kit, the new […]

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Hiddink tells Chelsea to avoid manager 'cover-up'

Chelsea caretaker boss Guus Hiddink said Friday the Premier League champions should name their new full-time manager as soon as they have made an appointment. Italy coach Antonio Conte has emerged as the leading candidate to take charge of the London club next season by which time's Hiddink's stint as interim manager is due to […]