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• Duran breathes life back into Aston Villa’s Champions League dream with late double

  14-05-2024 00:01 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  This was a draw that felt like a victory for Aston Villa. It was a draw that did not seal their Champions League place but it takes them mighty close. They can almost feel it now.
  
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• 'It's a message to us as seniors that we're not wanted'

  28-05-2024 12:30 via sports.yahoo.com
  A BBC Sport fans' questionnaire invited Premier League season ticket-holders to share their views on the price they pay to watch their team.At Tottenham, fans from the Save Our Seniors campaign group have protested against the club's decision to phase out a 50% discount that supporters over the age of 65 currently receive from the 2025-26 season.Spurs fan Alan Fisher spoke to BBC Sport at April's north London derby.
  
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• David Beckham signs deal to be brand ambassador for Chinese giant Alibaba

  28-05-2024 12:24 via finance.yahoo.com
  Alibaba is also a sponsor of the upcoming Euros, despite a European Union probe into AliExpress
  
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• Barcelona defender Riad to have Palace medical

  28-05-2024 12:23 via sports.yahoo.com
  Barcelona defender Chadi Riad will have a medical at Crystal Palace this week before finalising a move worth up to £14m.
  
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• 'Totally underwhelming' or 'a Guardiola protege is fine by me'?

  28-05-2024 12:22 via sports.yahoo.com
  Lack of Premier League experience is a worry but he is Italian and we have done well with Italian managers in the past.Geoff: The right choice for Chelsea would have been to keep Pochettino.Christopher: If Maresca is appointed I will cancel my season ticket.
  
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• 'Friction between loyal fans and one-off tourists'

  28-05-2024 12:14 via sports.yahoo.com
  A BBC Sport fans' questionnaire invited Premier League season ticket holders to share their views on the price they pay to watch their team.Fulham fans have held up yellow cards around Craven Cottage this season.The club has the most expensive non-corporate season ticket in the league.
  
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• Petrovic and Mitrovic picked in Serbia Euros squad

  28-05-2024 12:10 via sports.yahoo.com
  Chelsea goalkeeper Dorde Petrovic and Fulham midfielder Sasa Lukic are named in Serbia's 26-man squad for the European Championships.
  
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• Aidan Morris playing through injury as Columbus Crew head toward Champions Cup final

  28-05-2024 12:09 via sports.yahoo.com
  Columbus Crew midfielder Aidan Morris has had an ankle and knee injury since the team's CONCACAF matchup vs Tigres in the first leg of quarterfinal.
  
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• Saudi Pro League wants football stars in their prime in next phase

  28-05-2024 12:02 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Saudi Arabia aims to be a “league for exceptional players” that attracts superstars in their prime.
  
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• Want to watch the Crew in the CONCACAF Champions Cup final in Columbus? Watch party details

  28-05-2024 11:55 via sports.yahoo.com
  What you need to know about the Columbus Crew watch party for the team's CONCACAF Champions Cup final June 1.
  
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• McKenna expected to stay as Ipswich boss

  28-05-2024 11:31 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Kieran McKenna is expected to sign a new deal to remain as Ipswich Town manager after guiding the club to the Premier League.
  
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• Euro 2024 team-by-team guide, including players to watch

  28-05-2024 11:22 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  The European Championships are just around the corner and, with 24 teams taking part in the tournament, there are plenty aiming for glory.
  
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• 'We've made Kilmarnock relevant again' - McInnes

  28-05-2024 11:11 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Derek McInnes says his Kilmarnock side's stellar campaign has earned acknowledgement and respect from outside the club.The Rugby Park side will jet off for European football in July after a fourth-placed finish earned a spot in the Europa League second qualifying round.After fending off relegation the year prior, McInnes reflected on a dream season with pride.
  
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• 'Amazing celebrations make long season worthwhile'

  28-05-2024 11:10 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Ross County fans were singing in the rain on Sunday as they watched their side secure their top-flight status in style with a 6-1 aggregate victory over Raith Rovers.The 2-1 victory in the first leg at Stark's Park was the first time County had won outside of Dingwall since 2 September.The Staggies controlled the majority of the match and looked a class above Rovers all over the park.
  
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• Manchester United fans make feelings on Erik ten Hag clear in poll result

  28-05-2024 10:53 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  The manager’s future is uncertain despite leading the club to FA Cup triumph over Manchester City
  
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• 'Martin has adapted style more than people think'

  28-05-2024 10:51 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  "He has adapted more than people think," said Blackmore on BBC Radio 5 Live's Monday Night Club when asked how Martin's preferred possession-based style would transfer into the top flight.In the past few weeks, he's played 3-5-2 and 3-4-3 to get through to win this Championship play-off final.
  
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• 'Improving Bayern should really be possible' for Kompany

  28-05-2024 10:35 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  German football journalist Raphael Honigstein spoke to BBC Radio 5 Live's Monday Night Club about the potentially reduced expectations on Vincent Kompany if the Burnley manager is appointed by Bayern Munich as Thomas Tuchel's successor.
  
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• Record with fit squad 'a sign for Ten Hag to cling on to'

  28-05-2024 10:32 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Erik ten Hag should point to Manchester United's competitiveness with a fully fit squad as a reason for him to remain as manager, New York Times journalist Rory Smith has said.Ten Hag's position has come under increasing scrutiny in the closing weeks of the season and his future is still to be decided, despite leading United to FA Cup victory on Saturday.United have been without key players at various points of the season.
  
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• 'Celtic committed to permanent Idah transfer' - gossip

  28-05-2024 10:31 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Celtic are committed to securing Adam Idah on a permanent transfer after the 23-year-old impressed on loan, although Norwich City's sacking of David Wagner and search for a new manager could complicate the transfer of the Republic of Ireland striker who is valued at £6m by the Championship club.Having rejected the opportunity to sign Wilfred Ndidi as his contract ends with Leicester City, Atletico Madrid have made Celtic's Matt O'Riley and Feyenoord's Mats Wieffer their priorities to stren
  
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• Will Maresca get time to succeed at Chelsea?

  28-05-2024 09:55 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  If Enzo Maresca becomes Chelsea manager, he is likely to be afforded time as long as he produces a "base-level performance" and does not "rock the boat" too much with the club's hierarchy, says BBC Sport football news reporter Nizaar Kinsella.Leicester City boss Maresca, who led the Foxes to the Championship title in 2023-24, is in talks to succeed Mauricio Pochettino.Pochettino left last week after one season at Stamford Bridge, while Thomas Tuchel, Graham Potter and Frank Lampard all had spell
  
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• 'Balogun signs new Rangers contract' - gossip

  28-05-2024 09:52 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Leon Balogun, who was due to be out of contract with Rangers this summer, has signed a new one-year deal after a strong end to the season by the 35-year-old German-born Nigeria cap.Abdallah Sima has hinted he is ready to commit his long-term future to Rangers because Ibrox "feels like home" after the 22-year-old Senegal forward's season-long loan from Brighton & Hove Albion, where he is entering the final year of his contract.Rangers will have to pay £3.5m should they complete the sign
  
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• Scottish gossip: 'Balogun signs new Rangers deal'

  28-05-2024 09:29 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Leon Balogun, who was due to be out of contract with Rangers this summer, has signed a new one-year deal after a strong end to the season by the 35-year-old German-born Nigeria cap.Abdallah Sima has hinted he is ready to commit his long-term future to Rangers because Ibrox "feels like home" after the 22-year-old Senegal forward's season-long loan from Brighton & Hove Albion, where he is entering the final year of his contract.Rangers will have to pay £3.5m should they complete the sign
  
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• 'I wanted to see how Maresca got on in the Premier League with Leicester'

  28-05-2024 09:27 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  On the latest episode of BBC Radio Leicester's When You're Smiling podcast, Owynn Palmer-Atkin is joined by former Foxes winger Matt Piper and host of the Big Strong Leicester Boys podcast Jake Watson to discuss the news that Chelsea are in talks with Enzo Maresca over the vacant manager role at Stamford Bridge.Maresca, a former assistant to Pep Guardiola at Manchester City, guided Leicester to the Championship title in his first season at the club and BBC Sport understands the Foxes would be se
  
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• Enzo Maresca is obsessed with total domination – just like his mentor

  28-05-2024 08:21 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  When Enzo Maresca gathers his new Chelsea players together for the first time at the club’s Cobham training base, it will all be about “the idea”.
  
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• Enzo Maresca: Football obsessive and Pep Guardiola disciple whose ‘idea’ is total domination

  28-05-2024 08:21 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  When Enzo Maresca gathers his new Chelsea players together for the first time at the club’s Cobham training base, it will all be about “the idea”.
  
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• Real Madrid's Champions League aura masks fear behind Super League pursuit

  28-05-2024 05:16 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Self-appointed kings of the Champions League, Real Madrid go for a 15th European crown against Borussia Dortmund in Saturday's final, but the competition may cease to exist if the Spanish giants get their way.For the first time last season one of European football's state-backed projects, Abu Dhabi-backed Manchester City, lifted the Champions League -- thrashing Madrid 5-1 on aggregate in the semi-finals.
  
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• Ronaldo breaks Saudi Pro League scoring record

  28-05-2024 04:52 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Cristiano Ronaldo broke the record for the most goals in a Saudi Pro League season when he struck for the 34th and 35th time in Al Nassr's final game of the campaign.Ronaldo joined Riyadh-based Al Nassr in December 2022, the start of an influx of overseas players to the Saudi league on lucrative contracts.
  
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• Real Madrid aim to add to Champions League legend before Mbappe arrival

  28-05-2024 03:12 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Whether they admit it or not, there is no doubt Real Madrid consider themselves favourites to beat Borussia Dortmund on Saturday and win a record-extending 15th Champions League trophy.Mbappe tried and failed to bring a first, badly coveted Champions League trophy to Paris over the past seven years.
  
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• 3 players quit Argentina's national women's team after a dispute over pay and conditions

  28-05-2024 02:12 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Three players quit Argentina's national women's squad Monday after a dispute over a lack of pay and conditions at a camp ahead of two international friendlies, an unthinkable scenario for the country's World Cup winning men's squad.Goalkeeper Laurina Oliveiros, defender Julieta Cruz and midfielder Lorena Benítez, all regular starters for the national team, announced their move as the squad started fine-tuning for friendlies against Costa Rica on Friday and on June 3.
  
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• 'I was lost' - Dancing with fans, hiding the pain

  28-05-2024 01:02 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Rachel Furness was Northern Ireland's award-winning record goalscorer but everything was not right in her world. This is why she walked away, and why she came back
  
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