5 h. ago Rugby’s international heavyweights join forces to deliver big blow to R360

A statement released by all the Six Nations unions except Wales, plus South Africa, New Zealand and Australia, is scathing of the rebel competition.

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7 d. ago Liverpool handed fresh blow as Arne Slot delivers Federico Chiesa injury update

Liverpool boss has explained the decision to leave Federico Chiesa at home ahead of the Champions League showdown with Galatasaray

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1 week ago Cody Gakpo delivers heartfelt message after major Liverpool injury blow

Liverpool star Cody Gakpo sent Giovanni Leoni a touching message as he faces up to a year on the sidelines following an ACL injury in this week's Carabao Cup win over Southampton

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1 week ago Zara McDermott delivers final blow to ex Sam Thompson after taking huge step with Louis

Former Love Island star Zara McDermott has cut the final ties with ex-boyfriend Sam Thompson as her romance with One Direction singer Louis Tomlinson heats up

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1 week ago Red Star Belgrade 1 Celtic 1: Iheanacho comes on to spark Celtic into life as Maeda hooked at half

BALKANS hitman Kelechi Iheanacho threatened to take down Red Star at the Marakana. But his second goal in just three games wasn’t enough to deliver a deadly blow. Marko Arnautovic struck back not long after in the second half. And so Brendan Rodgers had to settle for the same outcome and score-line as Jock Stein’s...

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1 week ago Liverpool suffer fresh blow as Arne Slot delivers Giovanni Leoni injury update after defender stretchered off

Liverpool’s summer signing was stretchered off during the Carabao Cup win on Tuesday night

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2 w. ago Not just a goal machine: new model Haaland can deliver early body blow to Arsenal

Striker is getting better in a changing Manchester City team and in the sort of goal form to strike fear even into Arsenal’s elite defence“Everyone was a machine.” But, you know, in a good way. With Pep Guardiola this is always going to be meant as a positive thing, a sign of a team starting to fizz.These are benevolent machines: not so much joyless droid-football, more perfectly functioning jam factory assembly line, interlocking units, systems in perfect concert. A chess computer playing padel against a chess computer, coached by 25 even more powerful chess computers. A conversation about Bauhaus architecture in a New York food-science restaurant where dessert is a cube of fibreglass flambéed at your table by a hologram. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Liverpool’s late shows are a lot of fun but Slot will know it is not sustainable | Will Unwin

While they do keep finding a way to win, blowing leads and a lack of ruthlessness are not signs of a successful seasonThe feeling of euphoria that comes with a late winner is addictive, as Liverpool have found out, but it is not a sustainable plan. Virgil van Dijk was the fifth player to settle a match in dramatic fashion in as many games for the Premier League champions this season but his 92nd-minute goal against Atlético Madrid was only the fourth-latest in the team’s series of extraordinary climaxes.Jan Oblak was left helpless in the Atlético goal after his teammates had staged a glorious fightback from 2-0 down and shown a dogged determination to hold on. It had a familiar ring: Rio Ngumoha downed Newcastle in the 100th minute and Mohamed Salah slammed home a penalty in the 97th to break Burnley hearts, having scored in the 94th minute against Bournemouth to seal that 4-2 victory. The more crushing blow for Bournemouth had been delivered by Federico Chiesa in the 88th minute. A...

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2 w. ago 'A shame': Eddie Howe delivers verdict as injury blow confirmed before Newcastle vs Barcelona clash

Talented youngster has not travelled for the Champions League showdown

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3 w. ago The Champions League’s existential threat is closer than you think

As six Premier League teams enter the Champions League this season, the ‘Super League’ has already arrived, explains Miguel Delaney – forcing Europe’s heavyweights to explore divisive ideas

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3 w. ago Cameron Menzies acts classy as he delivers another blow to toiling Peter Wright

Ayrshire star came out on top in the battle of the Scots in Amsterdam as Snakebite suffers another painful setback

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4 w. ago Man City could use forgotten transfer tactic to deliver knockout blow to Liverpool and Real Madrid

John Stones is out of contract at Manchester City next summer and even if he stays there are question marks over his long-term future.

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