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/ 3570 days agoAtletico injuries overshadow Griezmann winner
Madrid (AFP) – Antoine Griezmann was Atletico Madrid's hero once more with the winner as last season's Champions League finalists moved third in La Liga with a 1-0 win over 10-man Deportivo la Coruna. However, the hosts' victory was overshadowed by an anterior cruciate ligament injury suffered by midfielder Augusto Fernandez before half-time that will […]

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/ 3570 days agoNo Balotelli, but Nice win in Ligue 1 again
Paris (AFP) – Nice may have been without Mario Balotelli but they ground out a 1-0 win at Nancy on Sunday to go back to the top of the Ligue 1 table. With Balotelli, scorer of four goals in his first two appearances in French football, left behind on the Cote d'Azur due to an […]

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/ 3570 days agoNo home comforts for West Ham as Southampton stroll
London (AFP) – Southampton condemned West Ham to another miserable experience at their new London Stadium as Charlie Austin and Dusan Tadic inspired the visitors' 3-0 victory on Sunday. West Ham's move from Upton Park to the former Olympic Stadium just across east London was supposed to herald the start of a successful new era. […]

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/ 3571 days agoAsamoah, Rugani add to Juventus injury woes
Milan (AFP) – Ghana midfielder Kwadwo Asamoah and Italian defender Daniele Rugani were added to the Juventus casualty list on Sunday after suffering knee injuries in a 1-0 win at Palermo. Asamoah and Rugani are expected to be ruled out "for 45 days", according to a short statement by the Italian champions and league leaders […]

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/ 3571 days agoGriezmann rescues Atletico to down 10-man Deportivo
Madrid (AFP) – Antoine Griezmann was Atletico Madrid's hero once more with the winner as last season's Champions League finalists moved third in La Liga with a 1-0 win over 10-man Deportivo la Coruna. Moroccan winger Faycal Fajr undid a fine opening 45 minutes for the visitors when he picked up two quickfire yellow cards […]

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/ 3571 days agoSchalke suffer worst ever Bundesliga start
Berlin (AFP) – Schalke 04 have made the worst start to a Bundesliga season in the club's history with Sunday's 2-1 loss at Hoffenheim their fifth straight league defeat. The latest set-back piles the pressure on Schalke's new coach Markus Weinzierl. His side are the only club to still have no points in Germany's top […]

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/ 3571 days agoInter coach De Boer blasts heedless Kondogbia
Milan (AFP) – Inter Milan's Geoffrey Kondogbia paid the price for blanking coach Frank De Boer's instructions with an early exit as Bologna held the misfiring Nerazzurri to a 1-1 draw Sunday. French midfielder Kondogbia was kept out of Inter's starting line-up on several occasions last season by former coach Roberto Mancini as he struggled […]

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/ 3571 days agoFIFA 17's 'The Journey' is an adventure worth taking
FIFA video game fans, your wait is almost over. On September 27, gamers will be able to pick up FIFA 17 and begin their mini game featuring The Journey with Alex Hunter. While this mode was hyped a lot, gamers really want to know if it will be worth it. And, so far, my answer is […]

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/ 3571 days agoSchalke slump to fifth straight League defeat
Berlin (AFP) – Schalke remain bottom of the German Bundesliga following a fifth straight Bundesliga defeat with Sunday's 2-1 loss at Hoffenheim piling the pressure on coach Markus Weinzierl. Werder Bremen's dramatic 2-1 win over Wolfsburg on Saturday, with both of their goals coming in the last five minutes, had seen Schalke take Bremen's place […]

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/ 3571 days agoHart reaps Mihajlovic praise after rousing Roma win
Milan (AFP) – Torino coach Sinisa Mihajlovic heaped praise on Joe Hart after a sterling performance by the England goalkeeper in a 3-1 win over Roma in Turin on Sunday. Ousted from Manchester City by Pep Guardiola last month, Hart joined the unfashionable Serie A side in a bid to maintain his status as England's […]

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/ 3571 days agoTotti reaches 250-goal mark in Serie A
Milan (AFP) – Roma forward Francesco Totti, who will turn 40 next week, reached another career landmark against England 'keeper Joe Hart on Sunday when he hit his 250th career goal in Serie A. Totti, who will celebrate his birthday on Tuesday, came off the bench to help reduce arrears for the visitors when he […]

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/ 3571 days agoHamburg sack coach Bruno Labbadia
Berlin (AFP) – Bruno Labbadia became the second German league coach to be sacked this season after Hamburg announced on Sunday he had been fired in the wake of his team's fourth straight defeat. Labbadia returned for his second stint with Hamburg in April 2015, but was shown the door for the second time after […]

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/ 3571 days agoMLS trio join the postseason party
Los Angeles (AFP) – Toronto FC, New York Red Bulls and New York City FC all punched their tickets to the postseason Saturday as the Major League Soccer playoff field begins to take shape. The three clubs join the Western Conference-leading FC Dallas, who became the first MLS team to secure a playoff spot last […]

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/ 3571 days agoCeltic confidence high ahead of City clash
Glasgow (AFP) – Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers says his side's confidence is high ahead of their Champions League clash against Manchester City following their thrashing of Kilmarnock. The Hoops warmed up for Wednesday's Group C match with a comprehensive 6-1 defeat of Killie in Glasgow's East End to maintain their unbeaten start to the domestic […]

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/ 3571 days agoKlopp sidesteps Sakho Liverpool storm after Hull win
Liverpool (AFP) – Jurgen Klopp would not allow controversial comments from defender Mamadou Sakho to take the gloss off a "brilliant" first-half performance from his Liverpool side as they beat Hull City 5-1 at Anfield. Sakho said in a social media posting on Saturday that suggestions that he was not fit to play were a […]