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Defending champions Celtic were denied the chance to reclaim top spot after they were held to a 1-1 draw at home to St Johnstone on Sunday.
Celtic looked to have replaced Hibernian at the Scottish Premier League summit when Tony Watt came off the bench to claim his eighth goal of the season, but that was not enough as Nigel Hasselbaink netted a 77th-minute equaliser.
Neil Lennon made just one change from the side who beat Spanish giants Barcelona in midweek Champions League action with captain Scott Brown returning in place of Mikael Lustig.
St Johnstone brought in Gary Miller, Steven Anderson and Gregory Tade for David McCracken, Callum Davidson and David Robertson.
The visitors started brightly in the first half with Steven Maclean and McCracken involv…
Paris Saint Germain skipper Claude Makelele confirmed Friday that he has extended his contract with the French first division side until 2010.
Staying on in Paris was my aim at the end of last season, explained the 36-year-old former French international midfielder.
I m happy to take this decision and I hope that we re going to achieve an emotion-filled season for the players.
Makelele s decision to stay in Paris was cemented by the departure of coach Paul Le Guen, with whom he didn t see eye to eye, and his replacement by Antoine Kombouare.
He arived in Paris in the summer of 2008 from English side Chelsea.
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Meeting for the second time this week, Bromley will welcome Ebbsfleet to Hayes Lane on Saturday afternoon.
Starting with the hosts, snatching a last-gasp 3-2 victory when they travelled to Ebbsfleet on Boxing Day, Bromley are enjoying a stellar National League romp. Although the Ravens might have suffered play-off heartbreak last season, Andy Woodman’s side are sat firmly in the driving seat to wrap up another top-seven finish in the New Year. Battling it out at the top of the fifth-tier standings and with the mood in their camp at a red-hot high, the London-based outfit will be confident of making another statement here. Collecting 52 points from their 26 National League appearances this year, Bromley have also lost just one of…
Frank Lampard acknowledged Chelsea must be more consistent if they are to secure a top-four finish in the Premier League following a home defeat to Southampton.
The Blues lost for the third time in four Premier League games at Stamford Bridge, Michael Obafemi and Nathan Redmond scoring in either half for Saints on Boxing Day.
Lampard s side beat Jose Mourinho s Tottenham on Sunday but, as was the case with their previous three victories in the Premier League and Champions League, they lost their next game.
Chelsea remain fourth in the table yet Lampard admitted they will struggle to maintain that place if their sequence of up-and-down results continues.
It s a clear statement that you need a form of consistency to come in the top four because it s t…
Premier League clubs spending on new players dropped by 10 percent to 450 million pounds (511 million pounds) during the close-season transfer window which shut on Tuesday.
Even Manchester City s 120 million pounds (136 million euros) spree failed to see the top flight match the record sum of 500 million pounds (568 million euros) spent a year ago.
Football finance experts believe the high rate of the euro and 50 percent tax rate for the very high-earners has contributed to the drop, particularly in terms of players coming from the continent.
Paul Rawnsley, director of Deloitte s Sports Business Group, said the figures were no surprise and net spending has dropped from 200 million pounds (227 million euros) to 80 million pounds (90 million euros) as clubs such a…
Cameroon could move into first place in Group 1 of the African World Cup qualifiers this Wednesday, but also risk having their campaign practically destroyed by Gabon.
The latter are currently in first place in this group, two points ahead of Cameroon who are third. A Gabon win would increase the gap with Cameroon to five points with two games to go. Should Cameroon win on the other hand, they would have one point more than the Gabonese.
These two nations have met three times in the last 16 months. Both Gabon and Cameroon won their away matches in African Nations Cup qualifying in 2008, and Cameroon beat Gabon 0-2 in their first encounter in the current campaign, last Saturday.
All eyes in the return clash will be on Samuel Eto o, who scored one of Cameroon s go…
Hull City owner Assem Allam has labelled the Football Association amateurs over their second refusal to allow the Egyptian to change his club s name to Hull Tigers.
The saga over Hull s 111-year-old moniker has rumbled on since 2013, with Allam preferring Hull Tigers , which he claims will increase revenues at the club.
After having his first application rejected, Allam said he would sell the club and promised not to attempt another name change.
Having reneged on that vow, Allam was no more successful second time round, with a vote of over 70 per cent against his application, despite FA chairman Greg Dyke voting in favour.
Greg Dyke is a very nice man, very experienced and very professional. He understood what I was trying to do, Allam told The Sun.
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Chelsea are reportedly attempting to re-sign Brazilian international defender David Luiz
According to , Chelsea have launched a £30million-plus bid to re-sign former centre-back David Luiz from French big spenders PSG.
The Brazilian international left the Blues for the French capital in 2014 for a fee of around £50million.
Chelsea boss Antonio Conte is believed to be looking to sign a new centre-back and it seems the Italian has turned his attentions to Sideshow Bob lookalike Luiz with the transfer deadline looming close at 11PM on Wednesday.
The news set receives a mixed reaction with fans
Luiz seems to be Mr Marmite, as people seem to love him or loathe him. His potential return has provoked a mixed reaction from Chelsea fans on social media.…
Jurgen Klopp believes the number of VAR controversies in the Premier League could be reduced if a thicker line was used for offside decisions, ensuring marginal calls go in favour of the attacking side.
A succession of recent goals in England s top flight have been disallowed after VAR reviews showed players to be offside by the slimmest of margins.
In a news conference ahead of Liverpool s first game of 2020, which will see the runaway Premier League leaders host Sheffield United on Thursday, Klopp pointed to a suggestion that was raised at last November s UEFA meeting of leading coaches in Nyon.
UEFA came up with an idea where they said we just make the line thicker, this kind of judging line, explained Klopp.
I didn t think it 100 per cent throu…
Hector Cuper s decision to allow Mohamed Salah more time to recover by leaving him on the bench against Uruguay almost paid off, but in the end it backfired on the Egypt coach.
Salah has been nursing a shoulder injury since his early exit from the Champions League final, the Liverpool forward having limped off following a clash with Real Madrid skipper Sergio Ramos.
His participation at the World Cup was in doubt initially, but Salah recovered in time to make the squad.
Cuper opted not to start him in Ekaterinburg, though, with one eye on upcoming the Group A matches with Russia and Saudi Arabia.
It looked like a wise move with 89 minutes on the clock as Egypt headed towards a goalless draw and a valuable point against the strongest side in the group.
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