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EUROPA LEAGUE: Leverkusen leave it late to seal record and reach final

LEVERKUSEN: Bayer Leverkusen staged a remarkable late comeback to move into the Europa League final with a 2-2 draw at home to Roma as they won 4-2 on aggregate and set the longest unbeaten run in all competitions including European matches. Leverkusen were 2-0 down […]


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EUROPA LEAGUE: History for Atalanta after wrapping up trouncing of Marseille

BERGAMO: Atalanta’s Ademola Lookman, Matteo Ruggeri and El Bilal Toure all got on the scoresheet to send the Italians to their first Europa League final with a 3-0 win over Olympique de Marseille for a 4-1 aggregate victory. The Italians will meet Bayer Leverkusen, who […]


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CONFERENCE LGE: Villa fall again to goal hungry El Kaabi

ATHENS: Olympiakos Piraeus striker Ayoub El Kaabi netted twice as the Greek side cruised into a Europa Conference League final against Fiorentina thanks to a 2-0 home win over Aston Villa that gave them a 6-2 victory on aggregate. Villa started well but El Kaabi, […]


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CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Real Madrid shock Bayern with another classic comeback KO

MADRID: Real Madrid showed they remain Europe’s comeback kings as Joselu’s late double rescued them from the brink of elimination to reach the Champions League final with a dramatic 2-1 second-leg win over Bayern Munich at Santiago Bernabeu on Wednesday. A 4-3 aggregate victory sealed […]


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Cesar Luis Menotti dies at 85 . . . a World Cup winner with the broadest of shoulders

KEIR RADNEDGE REMEMBERS —- Cesar Luis Menotti struck an imposing figure on the days when he opened the gates of Argentina’s Jose C Paz training camp during the 1978 World Cup finals. Menotti, tall with long lank hair, stood head and shoulders above the mad […]


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Cesar Luis Menotti: The perfect judge of Pele v Maradona

KEIR RADNEDGE COMMENTARY: No man was ever better placed than Cesar Luis Menotti to express a definitive opinion in the recurring debate about the comparative genius of Pele and Diego Maradona. After all, Menotti played alongside the one and managed the other. Menotti was born […]


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World Athletics: The week ahead

Olympic fields take shape in Antalya and The Bahamas. — It has been a busy few weeks, with two World Athletics Series events – the World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships Antalya 24 and the World Athletics Relays Bahamas 24 – both offering Olympic qualification […]


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AIPS takes a stand on the use of artificial intelligence in the media industry

SANTA SUSANNA, Barcelona: The international sports journalists’ organisation AIPS joined the media indstry debate over the use of artificial intelligence and approved the following resolution: After 100 years of existence, our association enters its new century with some new professional challenges to face. Our founders […]


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