Pep lauds Manchester City's 'incredible spirit'ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUEFulham 0Man City 2LONDON • This felt like a little more than a box-ticking exercise for a team with Manchester City's ambitions.There was never any jeopardy, no sense that they were ever in any danger against opponents with all the nous and snarl of...
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Football: Shaw own goal gives Barca advantage over Man UnitedMANCHESTER, England (REUTERS) - Barcelona overcame a punchless Manchester United to take the upper hand in their Champions League quarter-final after Luke Shaw's own goal gave them a 1-0 first-leg victory at Old Trafford on Wednesday (April 10).Shaw deflected...
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Lions hungry for post-raya victorySingapore Under-22 striker Ikhsan Fandi is jet-lagged, having arrived from Norway on Tuesday and spending the following day celebrating Hari Raya Aidilfitri with his family.But he will again shoulder much of the scoring burden when the side take on the Philippines in the Merlion Cup at...
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Messi calls for search to continue for missing SalaBARCELONA • Lionel Messi on Friday urged investigators to resume the search for missing striker Emiliano Sala, after police called off rescue operations and admitted the chances of finding him were "extremely remote".Police from Guernsey abandoned the search on Thursday,...
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Football: Perez heads Newcastle closer to Premier League safetyLEICESTER, United Kingdom (AFP) - Newcastle took a huge step towards securing their Premier League survival as Ayoze Perez sealed a 1-0 win against Leicester on Friday (April 12).Rafael Benitez's side moved 10 points clear of the relegation zone thanks to Perez's...
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Football: Osako double saves the day for Japan in 3-2 Asian Cup win over TurkmenistanABU DHABI (AFP) - Yuya Osako netted a quickfire double as former champions Japan survived a scare to beat Turkmenistan 3-2 in their Asian Cup opener on Wednesday (Jan 9).The Blue Samurai reached the last 16 of last year's World Cup but...
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Ron's triple treat on a 'magical night'TURIN • Juventus have never before overturned a two-goal deficit at home in European competition, but then they never had Cristiano Ronaldo leading their attack.If the aim of buying the five-time World Player of the Year for €100 million (S$153 million) was to make a difference...
