2 d. ago Fulham boost European hopes as Tottenham suffer another blow

Spurs were denied a spot-kick in the 85th-minute after Calvin Bassey caught Lucas Bergvall and slipped to a 15th league loss of the campaign

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3 d. ago Fulham boost their European hopes after inflicting another loss on Tottenham

Spurs were denied a spot-kick in the 85th-minute after Calvin Bassey caught Lucas Bergvall and slipped to a 15th league loss of the campaign.

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3 d. ago Nørgaard wins it for Brentford to dent Bournemouth’s European hopes

A time when the clubs were old Third Division mainstays may be a distant, chintzy memory now both are upwardly mobile, model organisations but Bournemouth have still not beaten Brentford in the Premier League. For a club with now very different horizons, this was a most costly defeat.If Thomas Frank’s hopes of taking his team into Europe rely on a collision of coefficients, coincidences and collapses then Bournemouth’s fade is coming at a bad time. Andoni Iraola’s team lost their early flow to be sunk by the set-piece expertise that brought goals for Yoane Wissa and Christian Nørgaard. And a fourth defeat in six. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Trump hopes to speak to Putin this week as Ukraine agrees to 30

Donald Trump says he would welcome Volodymyr Zelenskyy back to White House and hopes for ‘great conversations’ Ukraine agrees to 30-day ceasefireFrench European Affairs minister, Benjamin Haddad, said the European Union could go further in its response to US tariffs, though a trade war was in no-one’s interest, Reuters reported.“We have the means to go further, if we want,” Haddad told TF1 TV. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Mikel Arteta tells Arsenal players to get 'excited' about genuine challenge for Champions League trophy

European glory the last realistic hope of silverware success for Gunners this season

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9 d. ago Manchester United under pressure to stay in Europe, admits Christian Eriksen

Europa League last-16 return with Sociedad is ‘massive’Backs compatriot Rasmus Højlund to end goal droughtChristian Eriksen has admitted that there is “massive pressure” on Manchester United to beat Real Sociedad on Thursday in order to keep alive their hopes of playing European football next season.United enter the Europa League last-16 second leg at Old Trafford with the tie poised at 1-1 after last week’s game at the Anoeta Stadium. After Sunday’s 1-1 draw with Arsenal in the Premier League United are 14th on 34 points, 11 behind Aston Villa in seventh – the last place that may earn a Europa Conference place, depending on who wins the domestic cups. United are out of both. Continue reading...

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1 week ago ‘I’m a simple guy’: athlete George Mills, son of Danny, on his monastic regime

Runner hopeful of 3,000m medal at European IndoorsOf his plain diet, he says: ‘Flavour doesn’t make you fast’When George Mills is not pushing his body through 120-mile training weeks at his sparse altitude camp in Dullstroom, South Africa, he could teach Benedictine monks a thing or two about abstinence.Last summer, when he won a­­­ ­European Championships 1500m ­silver medal in Rome, his ­celebrations consisted of nothing but a kombucha followed by a lengthy run the next morning. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Voices: Donald Trump isn’t done with twisting the knife into Ukraine

By denying military aid, the US president has sent a strong signal of support to the Kremlin, dealt a hammer blow to Volodymyr Zelensky’s hopes, and fired a warning shot at former European allies – and there could be much more to come, says Mark Almond

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2 w. ago Real Madrid vs Atletico Madrid prediction, odds and betting offer

The Madrid Derby comes to the Champions League as hosts Real look to maintain their defence while Atleti hope to frustrate their rivals season on the European stage

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2 w. ago Downing Street Ukraine talks rocked by Trump and Zelensky's White House row as Russia issues brutal response

Hopes for unity between European nations and America on Ukraine's future have been shattered

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3 w. ago Innes Fitzgerald, ‘Greta Thunberg of sport’, in first senior athletics squad

European Indoor Championships next step for teenagerRunner hopes to emulate Keely Hodgkinson with victoryFour years ago, Keely Hodgkinson went from being an unknown teenager to an overnight sensation by claiming glory at the European Indoor Championships. Next week Innes Fitzgerald, another 18-year-old British star, will hope to repeat the trick after being named in her first British senior squad.Fitzgerald, who recently smashed Zola Budd’s national under-20 indoor 3,000m record by 16 seconds, joins Olympic 1500m bronze medallist Georgia Hunter Bell and world indoor pole vault champion Molly Caudery in a 44-strong British squad for Apeldoorn in the Netherlands. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Danny Welbeck nets Brighton winner against fellow European hopefuls Bournemouth

With both sides dreaming of qualifying for continental football next season, substitute Welbeck rolled home a 75th-minute winner.

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3 w. ago European football: Napoli title hopes suffer blow with shock defeat by Como

Napoli’s winless run now at four games after 2-1 lossLa Liga: in-form Athletic Bilbao thrash Valladolid 7-1Napoli’s title hopes suffered another blow as they were beaten 2-1 by promoted Como at the Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia on Sunday. Antonio Conte’s side missed the chance to reclaim top spot in Serie A as Assane Diao’s fine strike extended the visitors’ winless streak to four matches.Having been overtaken at the summit by Inter on Saturday, Napoli made a nightmare start when Amir Rrahmani gifted the lead to Como in the seventh minute. The Kosovan centre back attempted a back pass from Matteo Politano’s throw-in, but with goalkeeper Alex Meret out of position, the ball bounced into an empty net. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Brighton brush aside Southampton to keep European hopes on track

Joao Pedro, Georginio Rutter, Kaoru Mitoma and Jack Hinshelwood struck for the visitors.

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