Leaders Real Madrid and second-placed Girona remain level on points at the top of LaLiga after both securing victory via late goals on Wednesday.
Real won 1-0 at home against Mallorca, with Antonio Rudiger heading in the only goal in the 78th minute.
Carlo Ancelotti’s men had survived a scare with the visitors hitting the woodwork twice, via Antonio Sanchez and Samu Costa, then did so themselves, with Brahim Diaz heading against a post when looking certain to score, before Rudiger showed greater accuracy.
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Girona then kept pace as they emerged triumphant from a thriller, beating Atletico Madrid 4-3 at home thanks to a stoppage-time finish from Ivan Martin.
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Premier League side Wigan Athletic s Spanish manager Roberto Martinez believes England boss Fabio Capello s successor could well be an Englishman.
Martinez, who is in his maiden Premier League season, having previously guided Swansea to the League One title in 2007/08 and consolidated their position in the Championship.
He is one of only five non-British or Irish managers plying their trade in the top-flight, although foreigners dominate the big four clubs with Liverpool, Chelsea and Arsenal being led by a Spaniard, an Italian and a Frenchman.
Capello is the second foreigner to manage England after the decision to promote Englishman Steve McClaren following the departure of Swede Sven-Goran Eriksson resulted in the national team failing to qualify for Euro 2008.…
Garry Monk has dismissed speculation that Michu could cut short his loan spell at Napoli and return to Swansea City.
After joining from Rayo Vallecano, the Spaniard enjoyed a stellar first Premier League campaign in 2012-13, scoring 18 times in 35 appearances.
He struggled with injuries during 2013-14, netting just twice in 17 outings, and was allowed to go out on a season-long loan to the Serie A club at the start of the campaign.
The 28-year-old has made just three league appearances under Rafael Benitez as he continues to struggle with his fitness, sparking rumours that he could make an early return to Wales.
But in a press conference on Thursday, Monk moved to quash suc
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Football Federation Australia (FFA) has withdrawn its recognition of Professional Footballers Australia (PFA), making a players strike a possibility.
Discussions over a new collective bargaining agreement (CBA) have been ongoing without success and, according to a statement from PFA, FFA withdrew the recognition of the body, which has represented Australian players since 1993.
FFA terminated the 2007 Memorandum of Understanding, which has been in place for eight years.
PFA chief executive Adam Vivian told PFA members on Sunday in a meeting attended by 177 players.
The players and the game s governing body were still seemingly a long way from agreeing a new CBA, with a salary cap freeze and payments to the national teams among the sticking points.
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The hierarchy of the infected in The Last of Us contains several threats to Joel and Ellie on their journey throughout the game and now the HBO adaptation. In this week’s episode, we meet the second stage of infection with clickers.
They are called such for the noise that they use almost like echolocation. As we learned in Episode 2, they can’t see due to the hardened fungus over their eyes, but they can hear you, so in the game, dealing with them involves plenty of stealth and shivs to take them down quietly. We got our first quick look at clickers in the first trailer for the series, and fans praised the screen accuracy of the prosthetics. Come from Sports betting site VPbet
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Sampdoria sporting director Carlo Osti has warned potential suitors they must pay the release clauses of Lucas Torreira or Dennis Praet.
Serie A runners-up Napoli have been linked with a move for both midfielders, while Arsenal are said to have made enquiries following the appointment of Unai Emery as head coach.
Torreira in particular has been tipped to join a major European club in the transfer window if he impresses at the World Cup for Uruguay in the coming weeks.
However, Sampdoria have made it clear they will not accept anything less than the respective €25million and €26m buyout clauses for two of their star players.
Torreira has a €25m release clause. Everyone knows that, Osti told Rai Sport. Anyone who wants him will have to pay that.
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Edinson Cavani s late header secured Paris Saint-Germain a hard-fought 2-1 win at Lyon on Sunday to capitalise on Nice s earlier slip-up in Ligue 1.
Lyon looked destined to secure a point thanks to Mathieu Valbuena s equaliser at the start of the hosts marvellous second-half display, but Cavani shattered their hopes nine minutes from the end to continue his brilliant season in France and take PSG to within a point of pacesetters Nice.
PSG made light work of Lyon at times in the first half, dominating throughout and deservedly taking the lead through Cavani s penalty in the 30th minute.
But PSG, who saw numerous first-half chances wasted, were made to rue their prolificacy just after the break, as Valbuena levelled with his first Ligue 1 goal since October 2015 ju…
AC Milan goalkeeper Mike Maignan and his team-mates walked off the pitch during the first half of the Serie A match at Udinese on Saturday evening.
The 28-year-old France international left the action shortly after his team had taken the lead, apparently indicating to referee Fabio Maresca he had heard racist abuse from the crowd at the Stadio Friuli.
Maignan was followed by the other Milan players but they returned to the pitch soon after and play was able to resume around seven minutes after Ruben Loftus-Cheek’s goal had broken the deadlock.
There is absolutely no place in our game for racism: we are appalled.
We are with you, Mike.
— AC Milan (@acmilan)
Maignan was beaten three minutes later by a Lazar Samardzic shot and the teams…
Nottingham Forest are confident of signing Giovanni Reyna from Borussia Dortmund in the final days of the January transfer window, according to . The report has claimed that Marseille are keen on the USA international, who can operate as an attacking midfielder or as a winger, but Premier League club Forest are confident that they will get a deal done for him.
The report has claimed that Forest, who are in danger of getting relegated from the Premier League to the Championship at the end of the season, have agreed a deal in principle to sign Reyna on loan for the rest of the season with an option to make it permanent in the summer of 2024. Marseille have matched that offer.
Reyna has made one start and nine substitute appearances in the Bundesliga for Dortmund this seas…
Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez lauded his club s impending capture of right-back Glen Johnson from Portsmouth on Tuesday, even if he had to shell out a top-dollar fee of a reported 17 million pounds (25 million dollars).
Sometimes you have to spend a little bit more, said Benitez.
You can t compete in the top four of the Premier League unless you spend some money.
We were looking for a player of quality and also somebody who is British because of the new Champions League rules.
Glen Johnson fits both categories, Benitez insisted after landing the player who had also interested former club Chelsea.
Liverpool are formally due to complete the deal later this week.
Some of the fee will be written off with Portsmouth still owing money on…