Month: June 2022

SEAN MAGUIRE SAYS he hasn’t paid attention to external criticism of his performances as Preston North End continue their push for promotion to the Premier League. Despite Tuesday night’s 2-0 defeat to table-toppers West Bromwich Albion, Preston remain in the Championship’s play-off places. However, Maguire is enduring a barren spell in front of goal for the club, with the attacker failing to find the net in his last 14 outings. The Republic of Ireland international…

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SERGE GNABRY FIRED Bayern Munich to the brink of the Champions League quarter-finals as the German’s double inspired a superb 3-0 rout of Chelsea in the last-16 first leg at Stamford Bridge on Tuesday. Gnabry had tormented Tottenham Hotspur with four goals in Bayern’s 7-2 victory in north London earlier this season and the former Arsenal winger returned to the English capital to push Chelsea to the brink of elimination. The 24-year-old’s time with Arsenal…

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NON-LEAGUE OF Ireland fans may not have been familiar with the name Jordan Flores before Friday night, but many certainly are now. The Dundalk player’s stunning, Paul Scholes-esque volley lit up social media on Friday night, after match broadcaster RTÉ tweeted out the goal scored at Tallaght Stadium against Shamrock Rovers. A number of high-profile stars, including Peter Crouch and Shay Given, tweeted praise of the goal, while RTÉ reported on Saturday that the clip…

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DROGHEDA UNITED WERE convincing 5-1 winners against UCD at United Park, to stay ahead of Cabinteely and Longford Town at the top of the First Division table on goal difference. Mark Doyle put the home side 1-0 up with just seven minutes on the clock after a neat finish to the bottom corner, and Jordan Adeyemo doubled their lead two minutes later when he completed a quick counter-attack with a neat finish past UCD goalkeeper…

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FORMER ENGLAND STRIKER Gary Lineker has entered self-isolation after his son George displayed coronavirus symptoms. The Match of the Day presenter, 59, revealed his 28-year-old son had lost his senses of taste and smell — symptoms recently associated with the virus, alongside the more established indicators of a fever and persistent cough. Lineker Sr wrote on Twitter: “In self isolation as @GeorgeLineker has symptoms. “They’re not the regular ones, but complete loss of sense of…

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SOUTHAMPTON HAVE BECOME the first Premier League team to announce an agreement with their players over wage deferral during the coronavirus crisis. Saints have announced measures to help the club and non-playing staff through the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. Southampton’s players, manager Ralph Hasenhuttl and his coaching staff have agreed to defer part of their salaries for the months of April, May and June “to help protect the future of the club, the staff that work…

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Alex Ferguson at Old Trafford. Source: PA IT’S THREE YEARS to the day since Alex Ferguson needed emergency surgery to save his life after suffering a brain haemorrhage. During the recovery, the former Manchester United manager feared he would lose his memory and that was the motivation behind his decision to make a new documentary. Sir Alex Ferguson: Never Give In sees the 79-year-old Scot, “a Govan boy”, recount his upbringing in Glasgow, his playing…

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SPAIN’S NEW TEAM struggled with the familiar problems on Monday as a string of missed chances allowed Sweden to hang on for a goalless draw in their Euro 2020 opener in Seville. Alvaro Morata wasted the best opportunity of a dominant first half, in which Spain churned out 419 passes, the most of any team on record in the opening 45 minutes of a European Championship fixture. But Luis Enrique’s team lost their rhythm after…

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ZINEDINE ZIDANE RESIGNED as Real Madrid manager because he felt the Spanish club no longer had any confidence in him, he wrote in an open letter on Monday. “I’m leaving because I feel the club no longer has the faith in me I need, and doesn’t offer me the support to build something in the medium or long term,” the Frenchman wrote in the letter published in the sports daily AS. “I am a born…

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Updated Jun 16th 2021, 10:07 PM MANUEL LOCATELLI SCORED a brace and Ciro Immobile added a late third as Italy sealed their place in the Euro 2020 last 16 on Wednesday with a game to spare after a 3-0 win over Switzerland in Rome. Sassuolo midfielder Locatelli put the Azzurri ahead after 26 minutes in the Group A clash, adding a second just after the break with Immobile scoring for the second consecutive game a…

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