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NBA: MIAMI HEAT AND NEW ORLEANS PELICANS SEAL NO. 8 PLAYOFF SPOTS WITH WINS OVER CHICAGO BULLS AND SACRAMENTO KINGS
It was a fine night's work for the Miami Heat and the New Orleans Pelicans on Friday, after victories in their respective play-in tournament elimination games against the Chicago Bulls and Sacramento Kings. The Heat can now look forward to a mouthwatering clash against the Boston Celtics, while the Pelicans have an eye-catching tie against the Oklahoma City Thunder. Miami Heat sealed the final spot in the Eastern Conference playoffs...
ZINEDINE ZIDANE ON VERGE OF BECOMING NEW BAYERN MUNICH BOSS
Leading Saturday's Paper Round is speculation linking former Real Madrid boss Zinedine Zidane to the Bayern Munich job, which will be vacant this coming summer. Elsewhere, Arsenal have reportedly made a £38 million offer to Eintracht Frankfurt for defender Willian Pacho, and The Gunners will face competition from Manchester United for RB Leipzig striker Benjamin Sesko. Zinedine Zidane is on the "verge of becoming Bayern Munich manager", claims a report...
CAGLIARI 2-2 JUVENTUS: ALBERTO DOSSENA OWN GOAL AND DUSAN VLAHOVIC STRIKE SEE MAX ALLEGRI’S SIDE SCRAMBLE SERIE A DRAW
A late Alberto Dossena own goal saw Max Allegri's Juventus rescue a point from their Serie A trip to Cagliari. The visitors had been two goals down with just over half an hour to go, but somehow found a route back into the game. Claudio Ranieri's hosts had got both their goals from the spot in the first half, via Gianluca Gaetano and ex-Everton defender Yerry Mina.A disjointed Juventus slipped...
EMI MARTINEZ SUSPENDED FOR CONFERENCE LEAGUE SEMI-FINAL FIRST LEG AFTER DOUBLE YELLOW DRAMA IN SHOOT-OUT WIN
Emi Martinez made headlines as Aston Villa progressed to the semi-finals of the UEFA Conference League via a dramatic win over Lille on Thursday. The match went to a penalty shoot-out where Martinez repeated his 2022 World Cup heroics, making two saves to help the Premier League club go through. However, he picked up a yellow card during the shoot-out and will now miss their next game. Aston Villa goalkeeper...
JURGEN KLOPP TURNS FOCUS TO PREMIER LEAGUE AFTER LIVERPOOL’S EUROPA LEAGUE EXIT – ‘WE THROW EVERYTHING WE HAVE’
Jurgen Klopp was magnanimous in defeat as he took charge of what turned out to be his final European match as Liverpool manager, with The Reds beaten 3-1 on aggregate in the UEFA Europa League quarter-finals by Atalanta. Mohamed Salah's early penalty sparked hopes of another memorable comeback on the continent for the Merseysiders, but it was the Serie A side who progressed to the last four. Jurgen Klopp was...
Jadon Sancho has kickstarted his career again since re-signing for Borussia Dortmund on loan back in January, helping them reach the UEFA Champions League semi-finals
Jadon Sancho has kickstarted his career again since re-signing for Borussia Dortmund on loan back in January, helping them reach the UEFA Champions League semi-finals. Sancho left Manchester United after falling out with Erik ten Hag, but the Dutch boss admits it is "not a surprise" to see him doing well. Ten Hag also said Alejandro Garnacho has apologised for liking critical social media posts. Manchester United manager Erik ten...