By Sam Tobin LONDON (Reuters) -Liverpool extended their lead at the top of the Premier League to four points with a dominant but chaotic 6-3 win at Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday thanks to doubles from Luis Diaz and Mohamed Salah. Diaz met Trent Alexander-Arnold’s beautiful cross with a diving header to open the scoring before …
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By Lori Ewing MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) – Manchester United boss Ruben Amorim took responsibility for his team’s undoing in a depressing 3-0 loss to Bournemouth on Sunday that saw thousands of frustrated fans head to the exits well before the final whistle. Dean Huijsen, Justin Kluivert and Antoine Semenyo scored to keep United 13th in …
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By Lori Ewing MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) -Bournemouth thrashed Manchester United 3-0 in the Premier League at a chilly Old Trafford on Sunday and climbed to fifth in the table thanks to goals from Dean Huijsen, Justin Kluivert and Antoine Semenyo. Bournemouth’s fourth league victory in five matches moved them to 28 points after 17 games, …
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LIVERPOOL, England (Reuters) -Striker Nicolas Jackson struck the post with a close-range header as Chelsea were denied the chance to go top of the Premier League table as they were held to a 0-0 draw by Everton at a blustery Goodison Park on Sunday. The conditions made it difficult for both teams, but they each …
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(Reuters) – England’s John Parry sunk an eagle and four birdies on his back nine to card a 64 on Sunday and claim the Mauritius Open title at Mont Choisy Le Golf with 14 under-par, his first victory on the DP World Tour in 14 years. Parry started the final round five shots back, but …
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RIYADH (Reuters) – British heavyweight Tyson Fury said the judges made a mistake in awarding a unanimous decision win to Oleksandr Usyk of Ukraine in their clash for the WBA (Super), WBO and WBC titles at the Kingdom Arena on Saturday night, claiming he should have won. Fury fell to the second defeat of his …
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RIYADH (Reuters) -Ukraine’s Oleksandr Usyk retained his WBA (Super), WBO and WBC world heavyweight titles by unanimous decision against Britain’s Tyson Fury to remain undefeated after an enthralling clash in an electric atmosphere at the Kingdom Arena on Saturday. Giving up advantages in height, weight and reach to his much bigger opponent, Usyk fought superbly …
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By Martyn Herman LONDON (Reuters) -Manchester City have been on some extraordinary runs during their last four seasons of Premier League domination but the one that continued with a 2-1 defeat at Aston Villa on Saturday has been scarcely believable. Pep Guardiola’s free-falling side have looked invincible at times in recent years, but slipped to …
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BIRMINGHAM, England (Reuters) -Aston Villa inflicted more misery on shell-shocked Manchester City on Saturday, defeating them 2-1 in the Premier League with goals from Colombian forward Jhon Duran and former City forward Morgan Rogers. Villa rose above City into fifth place in the Premier League table, and the title holders dropped provisionally to sixth with …
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(Reuters) – Former England captain and World Rugby chairman Bill Beaumont has been appointed board chair of the Rugby Football Union on an interim basis after Tom Ilube announced he was stepping down from the position. Ilube stepped down on Friday down after it emerged that huge bonuses were paid to CEO Bill Sweeney and …
