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• 'Sexism isn't banter' - but why no FA action over Foden chants?

  07-04-2025 23:15 via bbc.com
  
  The chants could be heard when Foden was substituted in the 57th minute [Getty Images]Anti-discrimination charity Kick It Out says "sexism isn't banter" after derogatory chants about Phil Foden's mother were sung during Sunday's Manchester derby at Old Trafford.The Football Association, according to its rulebook, will not take action against Manchester United over the chants, which could be heard throughout the first half of the goalless draw and when Manchester City forward Foden was substitute
  
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• Selles reacts to defeat by relegation rivals Derby

  26-04-2025 19:39 via bbc.com
  
  [PA Media]Hull City head coach Ruben Selles spoke to BBC Radio Humberside after his side was beaten 1-0 by Derby County to drop into the relegation places."The entire game changed when we conceded that goal and they managed the time at the end," he said."It was that final pass or the finishing action which we lacked. I don't think they were at any moment threatening us, we limited them to two shots and paid the price for not defending that set-piece well."I don't think our final product was good
  
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• Kingussie enjoy cup rout, Fort William win again

  26-04-2025 19:39 via bbc.com
  
  [BBC]Kingussie remain on course to repeat their 2024 clean sweep of all shinty's major trophies after a comprehensive 7-2 defeat of Kinlochshiel in the Artemis Macaulay Cup. Lovat squeezed past Caberfeidh 2-1 at Balgate in the same competition.Newly-promoted Fort William maintained their unbeaten record in all competitions with a 1-1 Mowi Premiership draw against Oban Camanachd at An Aird and Beauly's nightmare season continued with a 5-0 defeat to Skye in Portree.Kinlochshiel's Keith MacRae mus
  
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• Inter bring in Arnautovic and Frattesi against Roma

  26-04-2025 19:37 via football-italia.net
  Inter bring in Arnautovic and Frattesi against RomaMarko Arnautovic is expected to start with Lautaro Martinez when Inter face Roma on Sunday, with Carlos Augusto and Davide Frattesi also stepping in.It had originally been scheduled for today, but had to be postponed due to the day of mourning for the funeral of Pope Francis.The kick-off time will now be Sunday at 14.00 UK time (13.00 GMT, 15.00 CET) at San Siro.Inter forced to make changesMUNICH, GERMANY – APRIL 08: Davide Frattesi of FC
  
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• Former Premier League star compares Real Madrid superstar to Zinedine Zidane

  26-04-2025 19:34 via madriduniversal.com
  
  Former Premier League star compares Real Madrid superstar to Zinedine ZidaneThere is way doubt that Jude Bellingham has established himself as one of the best midfielders in the world.At the age of just 21, he has become a leader on the pitch, commanding the respect of his teammates and coaches. He is also a key player for Real Madrid, having already featured in 89 competitive matches since joining the club in 2023.Bellingham’s early success has led many to compare him to some of the great
  
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• Man City Starting XI vs Nottingham Forest: Confirmed Team News and Predicted Lineup

  26-04-2025 19:20 via eplindex.com
  
  Man City Starting XI vs Nottingham Forest: Confirmed Team News and Predicted LineupManchester City vs Nottingham Forest: Key Team News Ahead of FA Cup Semi-FinalManchester City and Nottingham Forest are gearing up for a crucial FA Cup semi-final clash at Wembley this Sunday, with both sides navigating injury concerns and last-minute fitness tests. Pep Guardiola’s side, hoping to salvage silverware from what has been a disappointing season by their high standards, face a Forest team eager t
  
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• Napoli fans break into Stadio Maradona and do laps on a moped

  26-04-2025 19:13 via football-italia.net
  Napoli fans break into Stadio Maradona and do laps on a mopedNapoli are going to raise questions about the security of the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona after fans rode a moped around the pitch and mocked President Aurelio De Laurentiis.The incident was only revealed when those responsible published a live video of themselves on social media.They seemed to be teenagers and broke into the stadium deep into the night with their scooters and mopeds.Napoli President mocked by vandalsNAPLES, ITALY &n
  
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• Brendan Rodgers ‘200% staying’ after Celtic clinch 55th Scottish league title

  26-04-2025 19:04 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  The Celtic players celebrate winning the title after the thrashing of Dundee United.Photograph: Russell Cheyne/ReutersBrendan Rodgers has reaffirmed his commitment to Celtic as the newly crowned champions wrapped up the Scottish Premiership title for the fourth successive season – their 55th and second trophy of the campaign – with a 5-0 thrashing of Dundee United at Tannadice.Rangers had kept the race going last Sunday by coming from two goals down, and with 10 men to draw 2-2 at Ab
  
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• 🎥 Eze stunner lifts Palace in first-half FA Cup display vs Villa

  26-04-2025 19:04 via onefootball.com
  
  🎥 Eze stunner lifts Palace in first-half FA Cup display vs VillaCrystal Palace have struck first in the capital during their FA Cup semi-final clash against Aston Villa at Wembley.
  With a chance to reach just their third-ever final in the storied competition, the Eagles have star midfielder Eberechi Eze to thank for their slim first-half lead after beating Emi Martínez with a thunderbolt from distance.The London native and former QPR standout smashed his effort from outside of the
  
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• PLAYER RATINGS | Strasbourg 3-1 Saint-Étienne: Liam Rosenior’s side return to winning ways and revive Champions League charge

  26-04-2025 19:02 via getfootballnewsfrance.com
  PLAYER RATINGS | Strasbourg 3-1 Saint-Étienne: Liam Rosenior’s side return to winning ways and revive Champions League chargeLigue 1 McDonald’s, Round 31, 26/04/25After draws against OGC Nice and AS Monaco, RC Strasbourg Alsace returned to winning ways against AS Saint-Étienne (3-1) to provisionally take fifth place and put themselves back in the fight for UEFA Champions League football.The Match Strasbourg survived a big early scare. From a turnover, Aïmen Mo
  
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• 🔬 The Debrief as Chelsea boost their top five bid and Ipswich relegated

  26-04-2025 19:01 via onefootball.com
  
  🔬 The Debrief as Chelsea boost their top five bid and Ipswich relegatedSaturday saw five Premier League games as the season enters its home straight.Here's what we made of it all.What happened? 📝📸 Steve Bardens - 2025 Getty ImagesChelsea strengthened their bid for Champions League qualification after a 1-0 win over Everton while Newcastle marked Eddie Howe's return to the touchline with a 3-0 victory that condemned Ipswich Town to relegation.Wolves' transformation continu
  
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• Gentile: ‘Juventus defending made me so angry, I turned off the television’

  26-04-2025 18:57 via football-italia.net
  Gentile: ‘Juventus defending made me so angry, I turned off the television’Lloyd Kelly’s marking when Juventus lost to Parma made legend Claudio Gentile so angry he ‘had to turn off the television. You don’t see people marking properly anymore.’The former Newcastle United man was widely considered to be at fault when Mateo Pellegrini nodded in the decisive goal for Parma to beat Juventus 1-0 on Wednesday evening.The situation irritated many Bianconeri fans, no
  
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• Fabrizio Romano confirms Chelsea competition for Marc Guehi transfer

  26-04-2025 18:56 via caughtoffside.com
  Fabrizio Romano confirms Chelsea competition for Marc Guehi transferChelsea will be looking to sign at least one central defender this summer, and ex-player Marc Guehi is on their list of possible targets. But completing a deal will not be straightforward as they are facing significant competition for the signature of the Crystal Palace captain.Crystal Palace may be forced to cash in on Guehi this summer, given that his contract runs out in 2026. And that would mean that they would likely have t
  
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• Report: Liverpool Planned for Future with Interest in Experienced Bundesliga Winger

  26-04-2025 18:50 via anfieldindex.com
  
  Report: Liverpool Planned for Future with Interest in Experienced Bundesliga WingerLiverpool’s Sensible Long-Term Play Over Leroy Sane LinksInterest in Leroy Sane Reflects Liverpool’s Forward PlanningLiverpool’s 2024/25 campaign has been built on a foundation of stability and smart planning. Even as fans celebrated the critical contract extensions of Mo Salah and Virgil van Dijk, there were clear signs the club had contingency plans in place.Christian Falk, via cfbayerninsider.
  
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• 🎥 WTF: they ride into the Napoli stadium... on a scooter 😭

  26-04-2025 18:44 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  🎥 WTF: they ride into the Napoli stadium... on a scooter 😭This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇫🇷 here.This is the viral video of the weekend.Let's head to Italy, where fans have once again pushed the boundaries of what one expects to see in a football stadium.Two young men took advantage of the night in Naples to enter the Diego Armando Maradona stadium... on a scooter.The Italian press explains
  
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• Motherwell 3-2 St Johnstone: What Wimmer said

  26-04-2025 18:41 via bbc.com
  
  Motherwell manager Michael Wimmer: "I feel good, it was a big win, a very important win."Very good to get the feeling back to celebrate after the whistle. More important was that we came back from going 1-0 down very well."The game from minute 20 to minute 45 was how I want to see us play, to think forward and to play forward. We stayed calm and we deserved the two goals."We also have to speak about the goals we conceded because it was too easy."I spoke a lot with Tony Watt and told him he has t
  
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• Motherwell 3-2 St Johnstone: Analysis

  26-04-2025 18:38 via bbc.com
  
  Motherwell came into the match without a win since the 1st of March, and there was concern they could become embroiled in a relegation battle, but a small change to Michael Wimmer's preferred system paid rewards today.Tony Watt was crucial to everything that Motherwell did, St Johnstone found his movement difficult to deal with and he was involved in both of his side's goals in the first half and was close to adding a goal of his own to make the game safe in the second half.That all adds up to a
  
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• Spain playmaker now begging Graham Potter and West Ham to sign him in summer

  26-04-2025 18:36 via caughtoffside.com
  Spain playmaker now begging Graham Potter and West Ham to sign him in summerWest Ham will be busy this summer as they aim to recover from a very poor season in the Premier League, so significant squad changes are expected. And possible signing could be someone that they already have on their books.West Ham were heralded for their business during last summer’s transfer window, and one player to arrive was Carlos Soler. The Spain midfielder joined from PSG on a season-long loan, but despite
  
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• Caernarfon and Cardiff Met reach Cymru Premier play-off semi-finals

  26-04-2025 18:36 via bbc.com
  
  Caernarfon Town finished fourth in the regular Cymru Premier season [Sam Eaden/FAW]Caernarfon Town and Cardiff Met have reached the Cymru Premier play-off semi-finals thanks to wins on Saturday.Caernarfon's Louis Lloyd struck four times as they upset the form book in their 5-2 victory against Barry Town United in their Conference League play-off. Eliot Richards put Barry in front early on, but the hosts took the initiative as Lloyd hit back before adding his second from the penalty spot. Adam Da
  
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• Brighton 3-2 West Ham: Sometimes you just gotta Baleba

  26-04-2025 18:35 via nbcsports.com
  
  West Ham were four minutes away from snapping their six-game winless skid, before Kaoru Mitoma and Carlos Baleba each scored at the very end to give Brighton a 3-2 victory at Amex Stadium on Saturday and snap their own five-game winless run.WATCH – Brighton v West Ham full match replayThe win sends Brighton (51 points) up to 9th in the Premier League table, still very much in the race for European qualification, level on points with 8th-place Fulham with four games left to play. West Ham (
  
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• Matheus Cunha eclipses Vardy as Wolves rack up sixth consecutive victory

  26-04-2025 18:30 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Matheus Cunha shows his delight after giving Wolves the lead.Photograph: Chris Radburn/ReutersIf this proves to be a tale of two departing star strikers, Matheus Cunha surpassed Jamie Vardy with as much comfort as Wolves have eclipsed Leicester City in this game and over the past five months.Manchester United target Cunha scored the first goal and made the others for Jørgen Strand Larsen and Rodrigo Gomes while Vardy, having announced he will leave Leicester at the end of this tumultuous
  
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• Baleba stunner ends Brighton’s winless run and adds to Potter’s West Ham pain

  26-04-2025 18:29 via sports.yahoo.com
  Carlos Baleba (right) celebrates with Yankuba Minteh after his dramatic winner for Brighton.Photograph: John Walton/PABrighton against West Ham should have been a typical end of season exhibition. Brighton’s hopes of qualifying for Europe looked a long shot and West Ham’s safety was all but guaranteed with or without a point.Instead the match was typical of both teams’ form over the past few games. Brighton started without a win in five league games while West Ham had not picke
  
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• Ten-man Ipswich relegated after Isak and Burn fire Newcastle up to third

  26-04-2025 18:26 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Ipswich Town manager Kieran McKenna acknowledges the fans with his players after his team were relegated.Photograph: Visionhaus/Getty ImagesOn a day when Ipswich’s long, inevitable relegation was rubber stamped, normal service was resumed at Newcastle as Eddie Howe exchanged hospital grapes for his trademark managerial chewing gum and returned to the home technical area to see his side rise to third in the Premier League.By the second half the after-effects of the pneumonia that had result
  
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• Trippier Gets 8.5, Burn With 8 | Newcastle United Players Rated In Impressive Win Vs Ipswich Town

  26-04-2025 18:23 via the4thofficial.net
  
  Trippier Gets 8.5, Burn With 8 | Newcastle United Players Rated In Impressive Win Vs Ipswich TownNewcastle United welcomed Ipswich Town at St. James’ Park earlier today as they hoped to earn a positive result at home in the Premier League. The Magpies made a bright start to the game and found themselves at a numerical advantage in the 37th minute when Ben Johnson was sent off by the referee. Eddie Howe’s men took the lead in the first half injury-time thanks to Alexander Isak’s
  
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• Wolves 3-0 Leicester: Cunha delivers again in 6th straight win

  26-04-2025 18:22 via nbcsports.com
  
  Wolves, the Premier League's most in-form side over the last six weeks (yes, you read that right), made it six straight wins as star man Matheus Cunha played a part in all three goals to beat relegated Leciester 3-0 at Molineux Stadium on Saturday.WATCH —Wolves v Leicester full match replaySpeculation over Cunha's future has been nonstop since January, but that hasn't bothered the Brazilian — if anything, he has welcomed it and used the opportunity to showcase himself in the shop win
  
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• Retegui a big Atalanta doubt for Lecce game after injury

  26-04-2025 18:21 via football-italia.net
  Retegui a big Atalanta doubt for Lecce game after injuryAtalanta could be without Capocannoniere Mateo Retegui for Sunday’s Serie A match against Lecce after a muscular problem.It had originally been scheduled for Friday evening, but had to be postponed because Lecce physiotherapist Graziano Fiorita died suddenly at the team hotel in Bergamo on Thursday.The Serie A Week 36 fixture is now set to go ahead on Sunday at 19.45 UK time (18.45 GMT, 20.45 CET).Now Atalanta could be forced to chang
  
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• Chelsea and Newcaatle United Have Joined the Race to Sign 27-year-old Bundesliga Star – Report

  26-04-2025 18:20 via eplindex.com
  
  Chelsea and Newcaatle United Have Joined the Race to Sign 27-year-old Bundesliga Star – ReportGregor Kobel Poised for Summer Move: Chelsea and Newcastle CircleCredit to FootMercato for reporting the latest on Borussia Dortmund’s Swiss shot-stopper Gregor Kobel, who appears to be edging closer to a high-profile move away from Germany. According to their sources, “Gregor Kobel could leave this summer”, with Chelsea and Newcastle showing the strongest interest. The 27-year-o
  
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• Agent of Bundesliga ace travelling to Newcastle for transfer talks

  26-04-2025 18:16 via caughtoffside.com
  Agent of Bundesliga ace travelling to Newcastle for transfer talksNewcastle are expected to be very busy this summer, and one position that is on their list to be addressed is goalkeeper. There have been doubts about Nick Pope’s performances this season, and the England goalkeeper has also been linked with a move away during the upcoming transfer window.Although the priority for Newcastle is signing a new central defender, right winger and striker, the goalkeeping position is one that is i
  
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• Ferguson attracting interest from Napoli and Inter

  26-04-2025 18:09 via football-italia.net
  Ferguson attracting interest from Napoli and InterNapoli are eager to expand their Scottish contingent for next season with Bologna midfielder Lewis Ferguson, but Inter are also said to be interested.The Partenopei have already found great success with the arrival of Scott McTominay from Manchester United and Billy Gilmour from Brighton and Hove Albion last summer.Now there might be another Scotland international joining them at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona, as Calciomercato.it claim that N
  
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• Pedulla Reveals Inter Milan Stance On Jonathan David & Mehdi Taremi This Summer

  26-04-2025 17:58 via sempreinter.com
  Pedulla Reveals Inter Milan Stance On Jonathan David & Mehdi Taremi This SummerAlfredo Pedulla has given a major update on Inter Milan’s stance regarding strikers Jonathan David and Mehdi Taremi.The SportItalia transfer market expert revealed the Nerazzurri’s intentions regarding the Canadian and Iranian international in a video on his YouTube channel.Inter Milan’s attack will be in flux this summer transfer window.Lautaro Martinez and Marcus Thuram are the main starters, a
  
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