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Liverpool deservedly lift Premier League trophy after 30 years of waiting

The club’s first English title for 30 years had been sealed almost a month ago with seven games remaining, following a three-month stoppage because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Kenny Dalglish,…

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Unlucky Inter fails to beat Fiorentina

Inter Milan twice hit the post and were also foiled by goalkeeper Pietro Terracciano as they were held to a 0-0 draw by Fiorentina on Wednesday which helped leaders Juventus…

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United held by West Ham to set up tense finale with Leicester

A weary-looking Manchester United were held to a 1-1 draw at home to West Ham United on Wednesday, leaving them needing at least a draw from their final match of…

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Win over Sampdoria brings Genoa closer to safety, Brescia relegated

Genoa moved closer to safety when they beat neighbours Sampdoria 3-1 in the Lighthouse Derby on Wednesday while Brescia were relegated after one season in Serie A following a 3-1…

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Roma trashes Spal in 6-1 win

Nicolo Zaniolo ran 60 metres of the field, leaving a trail of opponents in his wake, as he scored an extraordinary solo goal to cap AS Roma’s 6-1 win away…

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Parma beats Napoli in shock defeat

Parma handed an ineffective Napoli a shock 2-1 defeat on Wednesday in a Serie A match in which all the goals came from penalties. Napoli, who lost for only the…

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AC Milan secures Europa League place, extends contract to Pioli as Donnarumma makes 200th appearance for club

Veteran forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored twice in the first half to give AC Milan a 2-1 win at 10-man Sassuolo on Tuesday as they remained unbeaten since the restart of…

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Everton end Sheffield United euro hopes

It has been a remarkable season for Sheffield United. With one of the smallest budgets in the Premier League, the Blades were favourites to make an immediate return to the…

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Cristiano Ronaldo scores 50th Serie A goal in Juventus win over Lazio

Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice, the first a penalty awarded for handball, to give Juventus a 2-1 win over Lazio which put them on the brink of a ninth successive Serie…

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No Ballon d’Or for this year

Football enthusiasts will have to forego the annual "Messi or Ronaldo" diatribe with France Football announcing that the most famous individiual prize will not be handed out this…

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Inter and Roma share honours in draw which strengthens Juventus chances for Serie A title

Inter Milan substitute Romelu Lukaku’s penalty in the 88th minute salvaged a 2-2 draw at AS Roma in Serie A on Sunday as they stuttered in their pursuit of leaders…

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Messi breaks top scorer record

Lionel Messi finished as top scorer in La Liga for a record seventh time after netting twice as dethroned champions Barcelona ended their disappointing campaign on a high with a…

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Napoli win against Udinese

Napoli forward Matteo Politano scored deep into stoppage time to give them a 2-1 win at home to Udinese on Sunday, minutes after defender Kalidou Koulibaly had rescued the hosts…

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Hamilton wins Hungarian Grand Prix

A masterful Lewis Hamilton won the Hungarian Grand Prix in dominant style and for a record eighth time on Sunday to wrest the Formula One championship lead from Mercedes team…

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Chelsea beats Manchester United to reach FA Cup Final

Chelsea beat Manchester United 3-1 on Sunday to book their place in an all-London FA Cup final, helped by two errors from United goalkeeper David de Gea and an own…

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Athletics: Daniel Saliba breaks 110 metres hurdles National Record

Pembroke Athleta’s Daniel Saliba broke his own National Record in the 110m hurdles male category as he lived up to high expectations among the local athletic community after his performances…

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Ice-skating junior Olympian found dead

The Australian Olympic Committee has confirmed the death of former world junior pairs figure skating champion Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya in Moscow. She was born in Russia but in 2016 obtained Australian…

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Lewis Hamilton takes 90th career pole position

Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton celebrated a record-extending and “surreal” 90th career pole position on Saturday after a dominant Mercedes one-two in Hungarian Grand Prix qualifying. Championship-leading team mate…

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Aubameyang double propels Arsenal into FA Cup Final

Arsenal ambushed FA Cup holders Manchester City as Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored a goal in each half to secure a 2-0 semi-final victory at an empty Wembley Stadium on Saturday. Days…

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AC Milan’s 5-goal victory confirms their post Covid19-interruption moment of grace

An incredible performance from the Rossoneri saw them pick up their biggest win of the season with a 5-1 thrashing of a lifeless Bologna. The goals came from Saelemaekers, Calhanoglu,…

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Real Madrid win 34th Liga title

Real Madrid clinched a record-extending 34th La Liga title with one game to spare by beating Villarreal 2-1 at home on Thursday thanks to two goals from their leading scorer…

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EU wants to ascertain Google will not use Fitbit data for advertising

EU antitrust enforcers are asking interested parties whether Google's pledge not to use fitness tracker maker Fitbit's health data for its advertising, and to separate the dataset from its own,…

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Analysis – Where did Barcelona go wrong

Barring a miracle, Barcelona’s recent grip on the La Liga title is coming to an end and there is a deep sense of frustration within the club and among fans…

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Local athletes seek MAAA Challenge boost as National Championship loom

Following the organisation of two micro-events which gave crucial time on track and field for Malta’s top and budding athletes, the level of competition will intensify this Saturday, with the…

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Flamengo win Rio de Janeiro’s state championship

Flamengo clinched a second consecutive Rio de Janeiro state championship after an injury-time goal from Vitinho gave them a 1-0 win over Fluminense on Wednesday and a 3-1 aggregate triumph.…

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AC Milan maintains positive streak with win against Parma

AC Milan came back to beat Parma 3-1 in Serie A action Wednesday to draw level on points with Napoli, who were held 1-1 against Bologna. Pioli appears to have moulded one of the…

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Juventus held by Sassuolo in a 6 goal match

Cristiano Ronaldo’s run of scoring in six league games ended as jittery Juventus were held to a 3-3 draw at Sassuolo on Wednesday and missed the chance to go nine…

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Late Barrow goal earns Napoli a draw against unlucky Bologna

Gambia striker Musa Barrow netted an equaliser 10 minutes from fulltime as unlucky Bologna held Napoli to a 1-1 home Serie A draw at the Stadio Renato Dall'Ara on Wednesday. Napoli manager Gennaro…

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Arsenal beat Liverpool 2-1 to end hopes of record points haul

Arsenal capitalised on shocking errors from Liverpool’s Virgil van Dijk and Alisson to beat the champions 2-1 at The Emirates on Wednesday and end their hopes of a record points…

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Serie A Roundup

Serie A front-runners Juventus were held 3-3 at Sassuolo after taking a two-goal lead Wednesday and are now seven points clear of Atalanta with five games left. Atalanta hammered troubled…

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Chelsea boosted Champions League spot chance with victory against Norwich City

Chelsea boosted their chances of a spot in next season’s Champions League, overcoming a slow start to beat relegated Norwich City 1-0 at Stamford Bridge on Tuesday. Olivier Giroud scored…

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Benfica keep slim title hopes alive with 2-0 win over Guimaraes

Benfica kept their slim hopes of winning the Portuguese title alive as a first-half goal from midfielder Chiquinho and a late second from substitute Haris Seferovic gave them a hard-fought…

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Atalanta earns second spot in Serie A after impressive 6 – 2 win against Brescia

Atalanta’s Croatian midfielder Mario Pasalic scored a hat-trick as they thrashed relegation-threatened Brescia 6-2 on Tuesday to climb to second place in Serie A, six points behind leaders Juventus and…

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Photo Story : Bett1ACES tennis tournament in Berlin

Jannik Sinner of Italy in action against Dominic Thiem of Austria during their semifinal match at the bett1ACES tennis tournament held at the Steffi-Graf-Stadium in Berlin, Germany, 14 July 2020.…

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Atalanta’s Luis Muriel to miss match against Brescia following fall in shower

Atalanta forward Luis Muriel was admitted to a clinic in Bergamo for checks on Tuesday after banging his head during a fall in the shower, sources said. The Colombian underwent…

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Deaflympian athlete George Vella recognized for establishing a National Record in 800m Indoor Race after 16-year delay

Malta Paralympic Committee (MPC) Vice-President and active athlete George Vella has been finally recognised by the Malta Amateur Athletics Association (MAAA) as having established an indoor National Record for the…

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Inter move back to second place with victory on Torino

Inter moved back to second place after defeating Torino at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza yesterday evening 3-1 in Italy's Serie A. Toro's star striker Andrea Belotti had given the Granata…

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Southampton dent United’s CL hopes with last-gasp equaliser

Southampton's Michael Obafemi scored deep into injury time to deny Manchester United a win which would have taken into Champions League places. The Saints had taken the lead through Stuart…

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Brother of Tottenham’s Aurier shot dead in France

The brother of Tottenham Hotspur's Ivory Coast defender Serge Aurier has been shot dead in France, the Premier League club said on Monday. The brother, Christopher Aurier, was shot at…

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Napoli and Milan draw in entertaining match

AC midfielder Franck Kessie scored from a penalty to give AC Milan a 2-2 draw away to Napoli in Serie A on Sunday, sparing the blushes of his goalkeeper Gianluigi…

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Bonazzoli’s wondergoal pushes Sampdoria through their match against Udinese

Veteran forward Fabio Quagliarella scored on his return from injury and substitute Federico Bonazzoli scored with an overhead kick to help Sampdoria to a 3-1 win at Udinese which moved…

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Tottenham Hotspur wins London derby against Arsenal

Toby Alderweireld’s 81st-minute header sealed a 2-1 Premier League victory for Tottenham Hotspur against Arsenal in the first north London derby in their new stadium on Sunday. The match appeared…

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London 2012 Olympians were used in secret project to test experimental substance

Ninety-one elite-level sports people across eight Olympic sports were used as “guinea pigs” in a secret UK Sport project trialling ketones in the run-up to London 2012, an investigation by…

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Griezmann set to miss final two matches for Barcelona following injury

Barcelona forward Antoine Griezmann is set to miss his side’s final two La Liga games after sustaining a thigh injury during Saturday’s 1-0 win over Real Valladolid. Griezmann, who has…

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Lewis Hamilton dominates Austrian Grand Prix, Leclerc apologises to Ferrari and team mate

Six-times world champion Lewis Hamilton dominated the Styrian Grand Prix in a Mercedes one-two on Sunday to celebrate his 85th Formula One win and move a step closer to Michael…

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Thea Grech steals the scene with treble in junior MAAA events

At the Matthew Micallef St John Athletic track, it was a festival of joy of 121 athletes within different age groups of U12, U14 and U16. A few of them,…

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Prize money to be distributed to 620 players set to take part at this year’s Wimbledon’s tournament

The prize money set aside for the Wimbledon Championships will be distributed to 620 players who were set to take part at this year’s cancelled tournament, the All England Lawn…

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Sheffield United dents Chelsea’s Champions League hopes

Sheffield United’s David McGoldrick scored twice as they stunned Chelsea with a 3-0 win at Bramall Lane on Saturday, loosening the visitors’ grip on a Premier League top-four place. Chelsea’s…

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Two accidental penalties save the day for Juventus against great Atalanta

Cristiano Ronaldo converted two penalties, both awarded for handballs and the second in the last minute, as Serie A leader Juventus twice hit back to draw 2-2 with Atalanta to…

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Sterling scores hat-trick in Manchester City’s 5-0 win against Brighton

Raheem Sterling struck a hat-trick as Manchester City crushed Brighton 5-0 at the AmEx Stadium in the Premier League on Saturday. Second-placed City had lost their previous three away games…

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Zaniolo scores after returning from injury as Roma beat Brescia 3-0

AS Roma midfielder Nicolo Zaniolo, one of Italy’s brightest prospects, scored his first goal since returning from injury to complete a 3-0 win Brescia which pushed the hosts closer to…

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Barca win against Real Valladolid to maintain pressure on Real Madrid

Lionel Messi notched a 20th assist of the season to help a lacklustre Barcelona secure a 1-0 win away to Real Valladolid on Saturday, maintaining the pressure on La Liga…

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Lazio drop more points as they succumb to Sassuolo

Second-placed Lazio slumped to a third successive defeat in the Serie A title race when they were beaten 2-1 at home by midtable Sassuolo in stifling heat at the Stadio…

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Liverpool’s home winning streak ends in draw with Burnley

Jay Rodriguez equalised for Burnley in the 69th minute after Andy Robertson had given Liverpool a first-half lead. Liverpool, on 93 points, must win their last three games if they…

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VAR must not appear ‘protecting officials who make mistakes on pitch’ – Pierluigi Collina

Video Assistant Referees (VAR) must not show the “wrong idea of solidarity” by appearing to protect officials who make mistakes on the pitch, the head of FIFA’s Referees’ Committee has…

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Hamilton takes pole position in Austria’s Grand Prix

Six-times Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton lived up to his rain master reputation with an astonishing lap to put his Mercedes on pole position for the first Styrian Grand…

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England’s World Cup Winner and Former Republic of Ireland Manager Jack Charlton dies at 85

England 1966 World Cup hero and legendary Republic of Ireland manager Jack Charlton has died at the age of 85. The former defender, who played for Leeds United with distinction…

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