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Second World War bombs removed from AS Roma training ground

The Italian army was called to AS Roma’s training ground after several unexploded Second World War bombs were discovered, the Series A club said on Saturday. “A big thank you to the Italian army and their bomb squad, after they safely and successfully removed a number of devices dating back to the Second World War from the club’s training centre at Trigoria,” club said on Twitter. It also showed a picture of soldiers removing the bombs which appeared to be around one foot long. The Il ...

Lewis Hamilton takes 98th career pole position

Seven times Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton took his 98th career pole position in qualifying for the Bahrain Grand Prix on Saturday, with Mercedes team mate Valtteri Bottas alongside on the front row. Red Bull’s Max Verstappen qualified third. Hamilton’s fastest lap of one minute 27.264 seconds was a track record time.

Maradona would still be alive had he played for Juventus rather than Napoli – Cabrini

Diego Maradona would still be alive if he had played for Juventus and not Napoli, Juve great and 1982 World Cup winning defender Antonio Cabrini said Friday. "Maradona would still be alive if at that time he had been Juve's and not Napoli's," the former Italy left back said in an interview with a local TV in Avellino. "A living legend and a gentleman opponent who like many other world-class players gave the best and worst of himself at the same time. "He would still be here with us if...

In pictures – Maradona laid to rest

Napoli win emotional first match after Maradona’s death

Napoli overcame Croatian side Rijeka 2-0 on Thursday in their first match since the death of Diego Maradona, the Italian club's greatest and most popular player. On an emotionally-charged evening, the Napoli team took the field for the Europa League game wearing number 10 shirts with Maradona's name emblazoned on the back, while a photograph of the Argentine idol stared down from the electronic scoreboard. Banners showing images of Maradona, who led Napoli&nb...

AC Milan held by Lille but remain on course to qualify

Serie A leaders AC Milan were held to a 1-1 draw by Lille in the Europa League on Thursday after a well-worked Jonathan Bamba goal cancelled out Samu Castillejo's effort for the Italian side. The result leaves Lille on eight points at the top of Group H, a point ahead of Milan with two more games to play with qualification to the knockout stages still not assured after Sparta Prague moved up to six points with victory...

Arsenal win in Norway to secure qualification

Nicolas Pepe redeemed himself from his sending off against Leeds United last weekend by scoring the first goal in Arsenal's victory over Molde, which secured qualification for the Gunners. The Ivory Coast winger kept his place in Arsenal’s side despite being criticised by manager Mikel Arteta following his red card in the goalless draw at Leeds on Sunday. Four days later, the club-record signing made amends by shining as the Gunners won 3-0 in Norway with teenage forward Folarin Balogun g...

Diego Armando Maradona dies of heart attack – Updated

Argentina soccer legend Diego Maradona, widely regarded as one of the game's greatest ever players, died of a heart attack on Wednesday, his lawyer said. Maradona, 60, had recently battled health issues and underwent emergency surgery for a subdural haematoma several weeks ago. He suffered a heart attack at his home in the outskirts of Buenos Aires on Wednesday, Argentinian media and acquaintances of the former player said. Maradona won the World Cup with Argentina in 1986. ...

Fans back to Premier League stadia in December

Up to 4,000 spectators will be allowed to attend outdoor elite sports events in the lowest-risk tier one areas of England when a month-long national lockdown to contain the spread of COVID-19 is lifted in December, the British government said on Monday. As part of new COVID-19 restrictions, 2,000 fans or 50% of a stadium's capacity - whichever is lower - can attend sporting events in tier two areas but none can do so in tier three areas, Britain's Culture Secretary Oliver Dowd...

Wolves, Southampton share spoils

Wolverhampton Wanderers and Southampton both missed the opportunity to move up higher in the Premier League table as they cancelled out each other in a 1-1 draw on Monday. It was an emotional evening for former England international Theo Walcott who scored for his boyhood club Southampton after 14 years since his last goal. He struck before the hour to put the Saints on course for three points and third place but Wolves were not to be denied and Pedro Neto grabbed the equaliser with 15 mi...

Everton must shore up their defence, says Ancelotti

Everton manager Carlo Ancelotti said they have to plug their leaky defence after snapping a run of three straight defeats with a narrow 3-2 win at Fulham in the Premier League on Sunday. A double from Dominic Calvert-Lewin and Abdoulaye Doucoure’s first goal for the club put them 3-1 ahead at the break but they had to endure a nervy end to the contest as Ruben Loftus-Cheek scored in the second half after Fulham missed a penalty. Everton last kept a clean sheet in the league on the opening...

Inter win after thrilling comeback against Torino

Romelu Lukaku admitted that his flawed Inter Milan side still can’t be considered a great team after his double helped to complete a thrilling second half comeback from two goals down to beat Torino 4-2 on Sunday, ending a four-match winless run in all competitions. Simone Zaza struck late in the first half to give the visitors a deserved lead, and Cristian Ansaldi doubled their advantage from the penalty spot after the break. A hitherto limp Inter performance was sparked to life by the g...

Alex Zanardi transferred to Padua hospital, five months after serious crash

Italian auto racing champion-turned-Paralympic gold medalist Alex Zanardi was transferred to a hospital in Padua on Saturday to continue his recovery, more than five months after he was seriously injured in a handbike crash. Zanardi underwent several surgeries at hospitals in Siena and later in Milan to stabilize him and reconstruct his severely damaged face after crashing into an oncoming truck during a relay event near the Tuscan town of Pienza on June 19. "The patient has reached a gen...

Tottenham continue their evolution and go top

Tottenham Hostpur's improvement continued apace on Saturday as they beat Manchester City 2-0 to go top of the Premier League. Goals from Son Heung Min and substitute Giovani Lo Celso gave Jose Mourinho's side the win, leaving City struggling in 11th. Third-placed Leicester go to champions and fourth-placed Liverpool on Sunday. "It feels good but maybe tomorrow we are second again and honestly that would not be a problem for me, I am just happy with the evolution," Tottenham manage...

Italy set to host UEFA Nations League Final in October 2021

Italy are expected to host the second edition of the Nations League Final Four tournament, against Belgium, France and Spain. Italy secured their spot in the final tournament by topping Group A ahead of the Netherlands, Poland and Bosnia-Herzegovina. In principle, Italy will be the hosts, as they won Group A1, but it is to be confirmed at a UEFA Executive Committee meeting on December 3. The draw for the semi-final and final pairings will be made that same day, with no seeding. Belgium...

Italian FIGC sells stake in media business for € 1.7 billion

Italy's top-flight soccer league Serie A on Thursday agreed to sell a stake in its media business to a private equity consortium for 1.7 billion euros as it seeks to prop up revenues hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. At a meeting in Rome, the league's 20 clubs unanimously accepted the offer by CVC Capital Partners, Advent International and state-backed Italian fund FSI for a 10% stake in a new unit handling the league's broadcast rights. Serie A Chairman Paolo Dal Pi...

Lewis Hamilton named most influential black person in Britain

Lewis Hamilton, the freshly crowned six-time Formula 1 champion, has been named as the most influential black person in Britain after a year in which he combined record-breaking achievements on the track with raising awareness of racial injustice. The Formula One driver scoooped the award ahead of Prof Kevin Fenton, Public Health England’s regional director for London. The annual Powerlist focused this year on honouring people who have spoken truth to power at a time of increased debate a...

Premier League must rethink option to use five substitutes – Southgate

England's Premier League must reconsider its position on limiting clubs to making only three substitutions per match as injuries mount amid a congested schedule, national team boss Gareth Southgate has said. Soccer's rule-making body, the International Football Association Board (IFAB), gave leagues the option of continuing to use five substitutes per match in the 2020-21 campaign after introducing the system earlier this year, with games coming thick and fast a...

Athletics Malta sets up high-performance National Team structure

Elite athletes to kick-off journey towards GSSE 2023 Despite the setbacks that 2020 has reserved for the Maltese athletics community, the team at Athletics Malta continued with its ongoing work to raise the profile and level of the sport on our shores and beyond and the prepare for the important international objectives of the upcoming years. While each season brings ample important appointments for Malta’s elite athletes, the longer-term objective is now focused on the Games of Small Sta...

Every good gift and every perfect gift comes from above – Kaka on the birth of his daughter Esther

Riccardo... also known as Kaka thanked God reaffirmed his believe in God and Jesus in a post he shared on his social media where he presented his family, including his new born Esther. https://www.instagram.com/p/CHnAjsDHs3e/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link "Every good gift and every perfect gift comes from above, coming down from the Father of lights, who does not change like shifting shadows ”, the player said, quoting from the bible Chronicles 16:11-12. Born on October 8 E...

Italy stand-in coach Evani loses count of absentees for Poland match

Italy’s assistant coach Alberico Evani has lost count of the number of absentees for Sunday’s Nations League match at home to Poland, he said on the eve of the match as his squad battles COVID-19 infections, injuries and fatigue. Evani has stepped in for Italy coach Roberto Mancini, who is self-isolating after testing positive for COVID-19 last week, while striker Ciro Immobile has been prevented from playing by an inconclusive coronavirus test. Defender Leonardo Bonucci ruled himself out...

Former England goalkeeper Ray Clemence dies at 72

Former England, Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur goalkeeper Ray Clemence has died aged 72, the Football Association (FA) said on Sunday. Clemence, who played 61 times for England, began his professional career with Scunthorpe United before joining Liverpool and he made over 450 appearances in 14 years at Anfield. He was part of the dominant Liverpool side of the 1970s, winning three European Cups, five English top-flight league titles and two UEFA Cups. Clemence’s last appearance for Li...

Lewis Hamilton triumphs in Turkey

Lewis Hamilton has triumphed at the Turkish Grand Prix, sealing his fourth consecutive Formula One drivers’ championship and equalling Michael Schumacher’s record of seven world titles. Hamilton choked back the tears as he became the most successful driver in the sport’s history. The Mercedes ace put on a masterclass in wet and slippery conditions to take a record-stretching 94th career win at a rollercoaster of a Turkish Grand Prix and secure the title with three races to spare. O...

Rugby – George grabs hat-trick as England thump Georgia 40-0

Hooker Jamie George scored a hat-trick of identical rolling maul tries as England swept aside a spirited but limited Georgia 40-0 in their opening Autumn Nations Cup match at a rain-lashed and eerily quiet fan-free Twickenham on Saturday. Flanker Jack Willis marked his debut with a try, while Elliot Daly, in a rare moment of backline enterprise, and replacement scrumhalf Dan Robson also crossed in a predictably one-sided contest. England will consider it a job well done - an efficient vic...

Ac Milan coach Stefano Pioli tests positive for Covid-19

AC Milan coach Stefano Pioli has tested positive for COVID-19, the Serie A leaders said in a statement on Saturday. Milan said the 55-year-old was showing no symptoms, was in quarantine at home and that Saturday’s training session had been cancelled. “All other tests carried out by the squad and staff came back negative,” it added. “Training ahead of the match with Napoli will resume on Monday, subject to the checks set out in the (Italian federation) protocol.” A number of Milan’s squ...

Malta’s positive streak continues after beating Andorra

Malta recovered from an early setback to score three goals in the second half to see off Andorra for their second successive win in the UEFA Nations League League D, Times of Malta reports. UEFA.com commented Malta's result as one where the Maltese national team made it look easy in the end after a frustrating first half. "The own goal got them back into the match, then that tremendous Degabriele header put them ahead. Dimech's finish was the icing on the cake. Malta have thus won succes...

Spin the rain – F1 in Turkey

Rain on a slippery track turned Saturday's final practice for the Turkish Grand Prix into the equivalent of driving on an ice rink with cars sliding and spinning and lap times completely meaningless. The extremely challenging conditions, with the best drivers in the world struggling to keep their cars on the asphalt in the cold and wet, raised concern about qualifying later in the afternoon. "This is as close to driving on ice as you can get," commented Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton, who is po...

Egypt’s and Liverpool Mohamed Salah tests positive for Covid-19

Liverpool striker Mohamed Salah has tested positive for the coronavirus on the eve of Egypt’s Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Togo, the Egyptian Football Association said on Friday. “The medical swab conducted on the mission of our first national football team showed that our international player, Mohamed Salah, the Liverpool star, was infected with the Coronavirus, after his test came back positive,” the federation said in a statement on its Facebook page. “The player does not su...

Thursday playoffs Final line-up for Euro2020

The 20 teams that qualified via the groups have been joined by the four play-off winners. An extraordinary late comeback took Hungary to their second successive EURO. After Gylfi Sigurdsson's early free-kick for Iceland, substitute Loïc Négo slotted in an 88th-minute equaliser before Dominik Szoboszlai, on the night he had called the most important of his career, scored a superb winner in added time. Dominik Szoboszlai of Hungary celebrates after he scored his side's second, winning goal ...

Former FA Chairman confirms UEFA resignation

Greg Clarke, the former English FA Chairman, has confirmed his decision to resign from the role of FIFA Vice-President after a call with the organisation's President, Aleksander Ceferin. Clarke resigned from his role in England after a controversial hearing in front of MPs, with comments on race, homosexuality and gender considered as not in line with expectations of today's football authorities. Earlier this morning, in comments to Sky Sports, Clarke said that he had been asked by FIFA t...

Suzuki’s Mir claims maiden MotoGP victory in Valencia

Suzuki’s Joan Mir edged out team mate Alex Rins to claim his maiden MotoGP victory at the European Grand Prix in Valencia on Sunday, extending his lead at the top of the world championship standings. Starting fifth on the grid, Mir moved up to second inside the opening three laps before overhauling Rins with 11 laps remaining at Ricardo Tormo Circuit. Mir absorbed the pressure from Rins to become the ninth different winner of the 2020 premier class season, while pole-sitter Pol Espargaro ...

Gymnasts in Tokyo show how Olympics can pass coronavirus challenges

Gymnasts from four nations tumbled, leapt and spun through a friendly meet in Tokyo on Sunday in a closely-watched event aimed at showing the world Japan can safely carry out the postponed 2020 Olympics in an era of coronavirus. Thirty gymnasts from Japan, the United States, China and Russia, including Japan’s triple Olympic gold medallist Kohei Uchimura and Russia’s 2019 World Champion Nikita Nagornyy, took part in the first international event at a Tokyo Olympic venue since the Games’ post...

Russia team captain temporarily dropped after private video leak

Russia’s national football team said on Sunday it would not be calling up its captain Artem Dzyuba for upcoming international matches this month to shield him from negative publicity. Its statement followed the leak of an private video online on Saturday, which TASS news agency said showed a man similar to the 32-year-old Dzyuba, who is also the striker for Zenit St. Petersburg. There was no suggestion of any controversial behaviour in the video and it was not clear how it had leaked. Ask...

Djokovic clinches sixth year-end No. 1 ranking to tie Sampras

Novak Djokovic has sealed the year-end men’s world number one tennis ranking for the sixth time to go level with childhood hero Pete Sampras after closest rival Rafael Nadal opted against playing in the ATP Tour event in Sofia next week. Spain’s 20-time Grand Slam champion Nadal, ranked second, was the only player who had a chance to stop the Serbian from finishing as the top-ranked player in 2020. “Pete was somebody I looked up to when I was growing up, so to match his record is a dream ...

Formula One’s support series revise schedules to cut costs

Formula Two and Formula Three, support series for Formula One, will no longer feature on the same weekends next season as part of a cost-cutting move after a year battered by the COVID-19 pandemic, organisers said on Friday. The two series will expand to three races per weekend, rather than two at present, but with a presence at fewer events. Formula Two will feature at eight of the grand prix weekends, instead of a current 12, and Formula Three seven. Formula One has yet to publish a 202...

Serie A weekend Discussion Points

Napoli coach Gennaro Gattuso, famously combative in his playing days, is not one to tolerate a lack of effort from his players as he again showed on Sunday. Having slammed his team for their performance in the 2-1 Europa League win at Rijeka on Thursday, Gattuso dropped Mario Rui and Faouzi Ghoulam from Sunday’s match at Bologna because he was not pleased with their efforts in training. “I sent them to the stands because they were strolling around in training,” he said after the 1-0 win. ...

La Liga Discussion Points

A whopping 12 penalties were awarded over the weekend, with Valencia’s Carlos Soler managing to score three times from the spot in his side’s 4-1 win over Real Madrid. There were also three spot-kicks given in Real Sociedad’s 2-0 win over Granada. Mikel Oyarzabal kept up his 100% record from the spot by scoring an 11th consecutive penalty and then generously handed his side’s second spot-kick to strike partner Willian Jose, who saw his effort missed. Granada’s Darwin Machis also squandere...

Bundesliga discussion points

Bayern Munich midfielder Joshua Kimmich has undergone meniscus surgery on Sunday evening after the Germany international was injured in their 3-2 victory over title rivals Borussia Dortmund. His club said Kimmich will be out for weeks but did not say whether he would still play this year. The 25-year-old, one of the most consistent performers for the European champions, hurt his right knee as he tripped Erling Haaland to stop the Dortmund striker breaking away in the 35th minute. Kimmi...

Weekend’s Premier League discussion points

Both Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola and his Liverpool counterpart Juergen Klopp chose to highlight the Premier League’s refusal to accept the temporary use of five substitutes following Sunday’s 1-1 draw at the Etihad Stadium. That was probably not a coincidence and it is likely that there will now be a push from the bigger clubs to persuade those teams which had opposed five subs to relent. FIFA and UEFA have allowed a temporary expansion from three to five subs during the ‘COVID ...

Roberto Mancini tests positive for Covid-19

The FIGC has announced Italy CT Roberto Mancini has tested positive for coronavirus. The Azzurri CT is asymptomatic and in isolation at home, after having tested positive for COVID-19. “As part of the periodic checks carried out by the FIGC for the members of the technical staff of the national teams in view of the upcoming commitments in UEFA competitions, the coach Roberto Mancini tested positive for COVID-19,” the FIGC wrote in a statement. “He’s completely asymptomatic and in compl...

Europa League Roundup

Harry Kane netted his 200th goal for Tottenham Hotspur as they won 3-1 at Ludogorets and AC Milan’s 24-match unbeaten run ended with a 3-0 loss to Lille in the Europa League on Thursday. England striker Kane headed home Lucas Moura’s corner to set Spurs on course for a victory over the Bulgarians that put them top of Group J on goal difference with six points from three games after Royal Antwerp lost 1-0 to Austrian side LASK. AC Milan’s superb run in all competitions came to a shuddering...

Champions League Roundup

Alvaro Morata scored twice before two defensive mistakes helped Juventus to a 4-1 Champions League win at Ferencvaros on Wednesday as they bounced back from last week’s defeat by Barcelona. he Serie A side were too slick for their spirited opponents, who are back in the group stage after a 25-year absence, and cantered home at a soggy Puskas Arena to go second in Group H with six points from three games. Ferencvaros have one point. “Games can become easy only if you play well,” said Juve...

Italian football team Lazio risk relegation and exclusion from Serie A

The Italian football club Lazio is being accused of not having respected, the health protocol linked to covid-19. Ciro Immobile, Lucas Leiva and Thomas Strakosha, tested positive for Covid-19 recently and missed Wednesday's Champions League match, against Zenit in the Champions League. The three players missed last week’s, European match against Bruges. (The match ended 1-1). Positive a week ago and positive today, the three men have nevertheless played this weekend in the championship, ...

Maradona recovering from ‘successful’ surgery – Update

Update : Argentine soccer great Diego Maradona was in recovery after successful surgery to treat a subdural hematoma, a blood clot on the brain, the former World Cup winner's doctor said late on Tuesday. The operation, after Maradona, 60, was admitted to hospital a day earlier, was to address the clot, often caused by a head injury, and which can put pressure on the brain. "I was able to evacuate the hematoma successfully and Diego tolerated the surgery very well," Leopoldo Luque,&nb...

Welsh manager Ryan Giggs denies assaulting girlfriend

Wales manager and former Manchester United football star Ryan Giggs has denied an allegation of assault made against him. The Wales manager has been arrested on suspicion of assaulting his girlfriend, several newspapers have reported. His representatives said that their client denied all allegations of assault made against him and is co-operating with the police. The BBC reported that Greater Manchester Police said a man, 46, had been arrested on suspicion of section 47 assault and sectio...

Maradona hospitalised in Argentina after feeling unwell

Diego Maradona, who turned 60 last Friday, has been admitted to hospital in his native Argentina with undisclosed “health problems” although it is not related to Covid-19. The former Argentine soccer star was taken to Ipensa clinic in La Plata, just outside Buenos Aires, but his personal doctor, Leopoldo Luque, said that his condition was not thought to be serious. Currently Maradona, 60, a coaches the local club Gimnasia y Esgrima. Luque added that his client has been feeling unwell for...

Arsenal end wait for ‘big six’ road win with victory at United

Arsenal ended their five-year wait for a Premier League away win against 'Big Six' opposition with a second half Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang penalty giving them a 1-0 win at Manchester United on Sunday. The Gunners had not enjoyed such a win in 29 games since their victory at Manchester in January 2015. The result leaves United still without a win at Old Trafford in the Premier League this season and it was a disappointing performance from Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side after their impressive ...

Ibrahimovic’s acrobatic strike stretches Milan’s unbeaten run

Zlatan Ibrahimovic continued his remarkable scoring streak with an acrobatic late strike to secure Milan a 2-1 win over Udinese, stretching the Rossoneri's unbeaten run in all competitions to 24 games. Stefano Pioli's men appeared to be heading for an underwhelming draw with a side that had lost all but one of their first five Serie A games this term, but Ibrahimovic was decisive in the latter stages as he became the first Milan player to score in six successive league appearances since...

Hamilton wins at Imola as Mercedes clinch constructors’ title

Lewis Hamilton's reign of dominance continued at Imola with his ninth race win of the 2020 season, as team-mate Valtteri Bottas came in second. It was the perfect result for Mercedes, who clinched a seventh consecutive Constructors' Championship with a dominant afternoon's work. Lewis Hamilton took a record-extending 93rd career when the six times world champion took the chequered flag at Imola 5.783 seconds ahead of team mate Valtteri Bottas, who started on pole position. Australian Daniel ...

Atalanta second through Muriel’s brace, Inter held at home by Parma

Luis Muriel's brace gave Atalanta a 2-1 win at promoted Crotone Saturday, propelling the Bergamo side into second place in the Italian Serie A while Inter Milan drew 2-2 with Parma from two goals down. Four other teams can still move past Atalanta in the remainder of matchday 6, which sees leaders AC Milan sitting one point clear of the Bergamo side before visiting Udinese on Sunday. Inter remained fifth, two points off the top, with Parma now 13th and Crotone last on one point. Colomb...