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Genoa survive as Lecce relegated on final day of Serie A

Three players were sent off as Genoa, Italy’s oldest professional club, beat Hellas Verona 3-0 to guarantee their Serie A survival on Sunday while Lecce became the final team to…

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Lewis Hamilton limps on three wheels to win British GrandPrix

An incredible final few laps of the 2020 British Grand Prix saw Lewis Hamilton claim the seventh and possibly most dramatic Silverstone win of his career, despite his left-front tyre…

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Will Conte and Inter part ways?

Inter coach Antonio Conte after a 2-0 win at Atalanta on Saturday that clinched second place for Inter in Serie A, has led to all sorts of intrigue. “I don’t…

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Didier Drogba submits candidature for Ivory Coast FA’s presidency

Didier Drogba drew a large crowd on Saturday eager to watch him submit his candidacy before the deadline for next month’s Ivory Coast Football Federation elections. The 42-year-old former African…

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Photo Story – Referee Rocchi gives thumb up at end of Serie A season

Referee Gianluca Rocchi gives the thumb up from the grandstands during the Italian Serie A soccer match Juventus FC vs AS Roma at the Allianz stadium in Turin, Italy, 01…

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Lewis Hamilton delivers when matters and take pole-position in British Grand Prix

While Lewis Hamilton may not have led a single session heading into qualifying for the British Grand Prix, he delivered when it mattered, the Briton sweeping to pole position and…

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Lazio Ciro Immobile equals top-scorer record in Serie A with 36 goals

Lazio forward Ciro Immobile scored his 36th goal of the season on Saturday against Napoli to equal the record for the most goals in a Serie A campaign. The 30-year-old…

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Antwerp win Belgian Cup

Antwerp denied Club Brugge the double as they won the Belgian Cup final 1-0 on Saturday in the first football in the country since the COVID-19 lockdown began in March.…

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Inter clinch second place after beating Atalanta

Inter Milan clinched second place in Serie A, disparagingly described by coach Antonio Conte last month as the “best of the losers”, when they ended Atalanta’s 19-match unbeaten run with…

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Juventus end season with first home defeat against Roma

Serie A champions Juventus suffered their first home league defeat for over two years when they finished the season by losing 3-1 against AS Roma on Saturday. The Turin side,…

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Porto stun Benfica to clinch domestic double

Portuguese champions Porto completed the domestic double in style on Saturday as a pair of second-half headers by defender Chancel Mbemba gave them a 2-1 win over Benfica in the…

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Arsenal win FA Cup after beating Chelsea

Arsenal skipper Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored twice to help his side secure a 2-1 win over 10-man Chelsea in the FA Cup final on Saturday for a record-extending 14th crown in…

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Bottas takes lead in the British Grand Prix qualifiers

Valtteri Bottas set the fastest time in free practice on Saturday morning ahead of the British Grand Prix. Bottas led six times world champion team mate Lewis Hamilton in a…

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Andrea Pirlo appointed coach of Juventus under-23

Juventus have appointed their former World Cup-winning midfielder Andrea Pirlo as coach of the Under-23 side, the Serie A champions said. Pirlo, widely regarded as one of the greatest midfielders…

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Napoli president concerned about playing in Barcelona

Napoli President Aurelio De Laurentiis has said he is concerned about his side having to travel to Spain for their Champions League clash against Barcelona amid a spike in COVID-19…

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Formal criminal proceedings launched against FIFA’s Infantino

A special prosecutor has launched criminal proceedings as part of an investigation of a meeting between the head of FIFA and Switzerland's Attorney General Michael Lauber, who had already offered…

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MAAA to hold National Youth Championships this weekend

It will be a packed athletics weekend for all ages at the Matthew Micallef St John in Marsa as the season approaches its end. For younger athletes, the National Championships…

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Atalanta registers a late win at Parma as they approach the 100th goal milestone

Free-scoring Atalanta closed in on a 100-goal Serie A tally for this season and extended their unbeaten run to 17 league games when they hit back to win 2-1 at…

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Inter wins against Napoli

Inter Milan forward Lautaro Martinez came off the bench to score an impressive solo goal and complete a 2-0 win over Napoli which kept his side second in Serie A…

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Former Russian anti-doping boss says no Russian athletes should take part in Olympics

Former Russian anti-doping boss turned whistleblower Grigory Rodchenkov said that no Russian athletes should be allowed to take part in next year's postponed Tokyo Olympics. WADA, the World Anti-Doping Agency…

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Qatar to consider 2032 Olympic bid

Qatar, the host of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, announced that it would also like to stage the Olympics, possibly in 2032. The Gulf Arab state's Olympic committee said it submitted…

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Relief for sporting enthusiasts as Garmin resumes services, but some features remain restricted

Talk of town among sport enthusiasts including runners, swimmers and cyclists continued to be dominated by the outage that knocked out Garmin products, resulting in an inability to upload one's…

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David Silva’s decade at City comes to end

Manchester City midfielder David Silva will return to the Etihad Stadium for a proper send-off after making his final Premier League appearance for the club in Sunday’s 5-0 thrashing of…

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Jamie Vardy wins Golden Boot award

Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy won the Premier League’s Golden Boot award for the top scorer after finishing the season with 23 goals. Vardy was unable to score in Leicester’s…

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Juventus make it nine consecutive Serie A league titles

Juventus won Serie A for the ninth season in a row when Cristiano Ronaldo set them on the way to a 2-0 win over Sampdoria on Sunday although the Portuguese…

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Quartararo win Andalusian MotoGP, in a race which saw Valentino Rossi earn podium

Fabio Quartararo of Petronas Yamaha led from start to finish in the scorching heat of Jerez to win an incident-packed Andalusian MotoGP on Sunday. Frenchman Quartararo, who also won the…

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Lecce closer to relegation following defeat against Bologna

Bologna raced to a two-goal lead in five minutes and were pulled back to 2-2 before a stoppage-time goal form Musa Barrow gave them a 3-2 win over Lecce which pushed…

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Premier League final verdicts

Manchester United and Chelsea secured places in the Champions League with wins on the final day of the Premier League season while Watford and Bournemouth were relegated along with bottom…

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Man City ends season with 5-0 win against Norwich

Manchester City wrapped up their Premier League campaign with an emphatic 5-0 home victory over already-relegated Norwich City on Sunday in Spanish midfielder David Silva’s final league game for last…

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Fernandes, Lingard score as Man United seal third place

Bruno Fernandes and Jesse Lingard scored as Manchester United beat Leicester City 2-0 on Sunday to finish third in the Premier League and clinch a place in next season’s Champions…

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Southampton deny Sheffield United eighth spot

Sheffield United’s hopes of finishing eighth in the Premier League standings were dashed when they were beaten 3-1 by Southampton at St. Mary’s Stadium on the final day of the…

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Watford relegated after 3-2 defeat at Arsenal

Watford were relegated from the Premier League on Sunday but went down fighting in a 3-2 loss at Arsenal, almost clawing their way back from a three-goal deficit largely thanks…

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Tottenham seal Europa League spot with draw against Crystal Palace

Tottenham Hotspur secured a place in the Europa League next season as they closed out their Premier League campaign with a 1-1 draw at Crystal Palace on Sunday. Harry Kane’s sharp…

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Liverpool end season with 3 – 1 victory against Newcastle

Striker Divock Origi scored a rare goal as champions Liverpool came from behind to close out their magnificent Premier League season with a 3-1 win at Newcastle United on Sunday.…

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Runners with purpose

Claudio Camilleri and Patrick Tabone finished a 190km run a little after 3pm on Sunday afternoon in the 1Run 1Race, aimed to generate funds to help education of migrant children…

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Ukrainian Football national team doctor dies from coronavirus

Anton Hudaev, the Ukrainian national team’s doctor, has died from the novel coronavirus at the age of 48, the domestic football association (UAF) said. “On behalf of the President of…

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Two best overall performances for young starlets Julian Zarb and Mireya Bugeja in the 1500m steeplechase and the 1200m

The last Meeting of the Season for younger athletes will remain in the lifelong memories of both Julian Zarb and Mireya Bugeja, both securing new national best overall performances in…

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Panama withdraws as host of 2022 Central American and Caribbean Games

Panama has withdrawn as host of the 2022 Central American and Caribbean Games due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Central American and Caribbean Sports Organization (CACSO) President Luis Mejia Oviedo criticised Panamanian…

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Sicily confirmed as new the starting point for Giro D’ Italia

Sicily has been confirmed as the replacement start for this year’s Giro d’Italia, after initial plans to begin the race in Hungary were scrapped due to the coronavirus pandemic. Hungary’s capital…

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Inter overcome Genoa’s challenge

Inter Milan put more pressure on stuttering Serie A leaders Juventus when two goals by Romelu Lukaku and one from Alexis Sanchez gave them a 3-0 win at relegation-threatened Genoa…

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Late goal by Kulusevski gives Parma three points agains relegated Brescia

Parma midfielder Dejan Kulusevski gave another glimpse of his potential by curling in a stunning winner as they beat relegated Brescia 2-1 away in Serie A on Saturday. The 20-year-old…

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Sassuolo beaten by Napoli and VAR

Hapless Sassuolo had four goals disallowed for offside, three of them following VAR reviews, in an unlucky 2-0 defeat by Napoli in Serie A on Saturday. Elseid Hysaj put Napoli…

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Alex Zanardi back to intensive care unit

Alex Zanardi has been moved back to an intensive care unit at San Raffaele hospital, Milan, just days after being transferred to a specialised rehabilitation centre. The doctors at the…

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More F1 races scrapped in coronavirus-affected season

The Grands Prix in the United States, Mexico, Brazil and Canada have been scrapped this year but three races in Europe have been added to the coronavirus-affected season, Formula One…

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Ac Milan and Atalanta strengths neutralise each other in 1-1 draw

Atalanta’s Serie A title challenge all but faded away on Friday after they were held to a 1-1 draw at AC Milan, leaving them five points adrift of leaders Juventus.…

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Greek Cup final postponed following fears of fan violence

The Greek Cup final has been postponed because of fears of organized fan violence after police found petrol bombs and wooden bats hidden near the stadium where the match was…

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Neymar goal gives Paris St Germain Coupe de France victory over St Etienne

Paris St Germain’s Neymar struck early to secure a 1-0 win over 10-man St Etienne as they claimed a record-extending 13th Coupe de France on Friday in a near empty…

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Original drawing of the Olympic rings sketched by Baron Pierre de Coubertin is set to go up for auction

An original drawing of the Olympic rings sketched by Baron Pierre de Coubertin is set to go up for auction in Cannes next Sunday (July 26) and is estimated to…

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Juventus fail to secure title after late goal defeat at Udinese

Juventus must wait to claim a ninth successive Serie A title after they slumped to a shock 2-1 defeat at lowly Udinese on Thursday with Seko Fofana scoring a stoppage-time…

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Lucescu appointed Dynamo Kyiv coach

Former Romania and Turkey manager Mircea Lucescu has been appointed Dynamo Kyiv coach, the Ukrainian club said on Thursday. Lucescu, who turns 75 next Wednesday, previously transformed Shakhtar Donetsk into…

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Liverpool ‘disappointed’ after fans celebrate league win outside Anfield

Liverpool have expressed their disapproval after a number of fans ignored warnings and social distancing guidelines to gather outside Anfield on Wednesday for their Premier League trophy celebrations following their…

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Stefano Pioli to have an active role in new AC Milan signings

AC Milan have promised that coach Stefano Pioli will be given a say in new signings after extending his contract to 2022. Unlike their English counterparts, Serie A coaches do…

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FINA announce €5.2 million for athletes due to compete in Tokyo2020 postponed games

The International Swimming Federation (FINA) has announced a COVID-19 funding package of more than $6 million (£4.7 million/€5.2 million) for athletes due to compete at the re-arranged Tokyo 2020…

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Paralympic gold medallist Lakatos designs new racing wheelchair

Paralympic athletics gold medallist Brent Lakatos has designed a new racing wheelchair as he prepares for Tokyo 2020. The 40-year-old Canadian is an engineering graduate from the University of Texas…

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Athletics: Season reaches climax for young athletes with final event

The MAAA will this Saturday be hosting the sixth and final meeting of the year for young athletes, pertaining to the Under 12 and Under 14 categories, culminating long months…

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Tokyo 2020 preparing to deliver Games with COVID-19

Tokyo Olympics organisers are preparing to host the Games next year even if the global coronavirus pandemic hasn’t eased substantially, organising committee chief executive Toshiro Muto told Reuters on Tuesday.…

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Ferrari restructures its F1 technical department

The sport’s oldest, most glamorous and successful team — last year’s runners-up — are fifth in the championship with Sebastian Vettel and Charles Leclerc pushed into more of a midfield…

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