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Madrid (AFP) – Real Madrid’s five-year wait to win La Liga came to an end on Sunday as they edged out rivals Barcelona by beating Malaga 2-0. Here, AFP Sports looks at five key fixtures that tilted the title race in the European champions’ favour. Atletico Madrid 0 Real Madrid 3, November 19 Zinedine Zidane’s men travelled across the Spanish ...

Manchester United debutant Demetri Mitchell paid tribute to Jose Mourinho after the youngest team in the club’s Premier League history defeated Crystal Palace. Three days before the Europa League final against Ajax, Mourinho named a team with an average age of 22 years and 284 days. Mitchell and the scorer of United’s first goal, Josh Harrop, were handed debuts from ...

Every football fan’s dream come true: to witness your team win the league and then celebrate with the players. Roman Abramovich is no ordinary football fan, but he shares his passion for Chelsea with all of us, in his own quiet, mega-rich, reserved, publicity-shy way. Which makes the rare glimpses we do get of him, celebrating a goal, singing the ...

Boakye Mensa Panin’s 84th minute strike wasn’t enough for vizela to avoid relegation. Vizela has been relegated from segunda liga in Portugal. Vizela amassed 46 points after 42 league games. They join the likes of AD Fafe, Freamunde, and Olhanense whiles Portimonense and Aves have been promoted to the Primera liga Boakye Mensa Panin had this to say ” It ...

Manchester United midfielder Ander Herrera appreciates the calls from the club’s supporters for him to take the captain’s armband at Old Trafford but does not think he is ready to skipper Jose Mourinho’s side. Herrera, 27, was recently named Manchester United’s player of the year after producing a number of fine displays this season and has been one of the ...

Two brothers, scoring in the Premier League for different teams, in the same minute? Ayew serious? That is what happened on Sunday afternoon, with both Jordan and Andre scoring for Swansea City and West Ham United respectively. And in a bizarre twist both notched up a goal in the 72nd minute of their matches. Jordan Ayew was the first to ...

Jordan Ayew struck his debut goal for Swansea city who defeated West Brom at home to end the season on a high note. The Swans ended a testing Premier League season with a 15th-place finish as Jordan Ayew’s first strike and Fernando Llorente’s late volley earned a 2-1 victory against West Brom at the Liberty stadium. Ayew, signed in January ...

The local-based Black Stars will face their Beninoise counterpart in an international friendly at the Accra Sports Stadium on Thursday. The match will mark coach Kwesi Appiah’s second debut as Ghana coach following his re-appointment as coach of both the main Black Stars and the local Black Stars. The local-based Black Stars have been in camp since last week, and ...

Ghana’s U-17 , the Black Starlets will face the Young Menas of Niger in the semi-final of the CAF U17 Nations on Wednesday. The Young Menas finished runners in Group A after beating Tanzania 1-0 to qualify on goal difference and that earned them a place at the 2017 FIFA U17 World Cup. Last month, the Black Starlets beat Niger ...

Zinedine Zidane claimed winning La Liga as Real Madrid coach on Sunday surpasses his stellar achievements as a player and even lifting the Champions League in his debut season as coach last year. Madrid claimed the Spanish title for a 33rd time as Cristiano Ronaldo struck his 40th goal of the season and Karim Benzema slotted home early in the ...