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Manchester United returned to winning ways in the Premier League with a 1-0 victory over Brentford at Old Trafford on Wednesday.

Marcus Rashford s first-half strike was enough to see off the Bees, ending a three-match winless streak for Erik ten Hag s side in the league since winning the Carabao Cup.

Brentford could not muster much of a response in the second half, United controlling the flow of the game throughout.

Though the scoreline was far from flattering, it sealed a vital three points for United that moves them back ahead of Tottenham and into fourth position.

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The hosts dominated possession early on but were unable to test David Raya in the Brentford net, Scott McTominay firing an e…

The Professional Footballers Association has called for the UK government to launch an enquiry into the proliferation of racism in the sport.

Chelsea defender Antonio Rudiger was the target of alleged racist abuse on Sunday at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium during his team s 2-0 Premier League derby win over Spurs.

Manchester United duo Fred and Jesse Lingard were subjected to a similar slur from the stands during their game at Manchester City earlier this month.

Tottenham have pledged to take the strongest possible action against any supporters found to have committed racist acts – much as City did in the immediate aftermath of the incident at the Etihad Stadium on December 7.

But the trade union for footballers in England and Wales believes the govern…

Liverpool are interested in RB Salzburg central defender Maximilian Wober, according to . It has been reported that Wober has emerged as a potential centre-back target for the defending Premier League champions.

The Reds have injury problems at the back. Virgil van Dijk and Joe Gomez could miss the rest of the season, while Joel Matip is on the sidelines at the moment. Fabinho has been playing at centre-back despite being a defensive midfielder by trade, with manager Jurgen Klopp relying on youngsters Rhys Williams and Nathaniel Phillips.

Wober has made seven starts and one substitute appearance in the Austrian Bundesliga and has played six times in the Champions League for Salzburg so far this season, according to . Liverpool are at the top of the Premier League table …

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang will be among the frontrunners for the 2016 African Footballer of the Year award, but four-time winner Yaya Toure has not been shortlisted.

Borussia Dortmund striker Aubameyang won the accolade, conferred by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), for 2015 after a scorching start to the previous season for the Bundesliga club.

The Gabon international beat off competition from Andre Ayew and Toure, who made headlines with his bitter reaction.

Toure had captained Ivory Coast to victory in the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations and, upon being overlooked, branded the decision to honour Aubameyang as pathetic .

Having been frozen out at Manchester City since the arrival of Pep Guardiola, the 33-year-old has not made the 30-man shortlist…

Frank Lampard saw Olivier Giroud score a brace and academy product Mason Mount also get on the scoresheet as Chelsea beat St Patrick s Athletic 4-0 in a pre-season friendly.

After seeing his new charges pegged back by a late goal in a 1-1 midweek draw against Bohemians, Lampard enjoyed his first win since taking the reigns as head coach nine days earlier.

Giroud s brace equalled the number of Premier League goals he scored for Chelsea in 2018-19, while Mount s lively performance will have come as no surprise to Lampard, who managed the 20-year-old during his loan spell at Derby County last season.

Michy Batshuayi, who scored against Bohemians, impressed again in the early stages at Richmond Park, where he crashed a shot against the crossbar after 14 minutes.<…

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As millions around the world continue to deal with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, one slice of normality has remained the same sport. We re now in a new year and that means we re going to be experiencing a whole lost of games coming at us thick and fast between now and May, which is especially true in the English Premier League. Today, we re going to take a look at the latest in a string of top flight London derbies as Arsenal prepare to host Crystal Palace at the Emirates.

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A few weeks ago Mikel Arteta s job was at serious risk, and yet now, Arsenal fans can t get enough of him. The real test will come when they re once again faced with the challenge of competing with the Premier League s f…

Italian World Cup winner Luca Toni said Wednesday he wants to see out his career with Bayern Munich, while ex-Brazil midfielder Ze Roberto is considering leaving the German giants in 2009.

The 31-year-old Toni sits out Wednesday night s Champions League clash at his old club Fiorentina with a rib injury, but the Italian feels good in Munich and wants to see out his contract which runs until 2011.

The longer I live here, the better feel I here, Toni told German daily newspaper Die Welt.

But I can t make that decision on my own, the club must also decide what they think perhaps it is that I am away within the next year.

Having moved to Munich in the summer of 2007, Toni enjoyed an impressive debut season with 39 goals in 46 games in all competitions a…

Real Madrid approved on Sunday its accounts for the fiscal year of 2009 by a narrow margin at a stormy annual general meeting which was interrupted by jeers directed at the Spanish club s president Ramon Calderon.

Several of the 1,215 Real members who took part at the meeting whistled and yelled Resign! just before the vote in which the accounts for fiscal year 2008 were also approved.

Supporters of Calderon who is under fire for the club s lack of form this season and his failure to recruit new talent over the summer as promised responded by calling the president s opponents anti-madrilenos .

Calderon defended the club s record, saying it is important to analyse the situation with realism .

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that the likes of Malaga and Genoa are showing interest in AC Milan midfielder Suso.

The Rossoneri signed the Spaniard on a cut-price deal from Liverpool just six months ago, but the player hasn t made the desired impact.

Suso only started two league matches, while making another three substitute appearances, and he may be moving clubs again this summer.

La Liga side Malaga are keen on his services and they have enquired about the possibility of adding him to their ranks.

Serie A high-flyers Genoa are showing interest as well, although AC Milan officials do not seem prepared to cash in on the youngster just yet.

They would, however, consider allowing Suso to leave on a season-long loan, so it will be probably up to the player himself to choose h…

Luiz Felipe Scolari s Guangzhou Evergrande are primed for an AFC Champions League semi-final spot after securing a 3-1 victory at Kashiwa Reysol.

The 2013 champions, knocked out of last year s competition in the quarters by eventual winners Western Sydney Wanderers, took the lead after just five minutes through Daisuke Suzuki s own goal.

Scolari s compatriot Paulinho doubled the visitors advantage before the break and Gao Lin put the Chinese Super League side in full control after 58 minutes.

However, a last-gasp strike from Masato Kudo offered Kashiwa a glimpse of hope for the return leg on September 15.

In Tuesday s other quarter-final tie last season s runners-up Al Hilal prevailed 4-1 at home against Lekhwiya.

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