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Manchester City report 126 million pound loss in 2019-20

Manchester City suffered a net loss of 126 million pounds during the coronavirus-hit 2019-20 season, the club's annual report revealed on Tuesday.

Arsenal women coach Montemurro to leave club at the end of season

Arsenal women's team's head coach Joe Montemurro will step down from his role at the end of the season, the club announced on Wednesday."Joe Montemurro, the head coach of our women's team, will be leaving at the end of the season," the club said in a statement.Joe has done a fantastic job over the past three years, leading the club to a first Women's Super League title in seven years in 2019, four cup finals, and a Champions League quarter-final, while building a talented and competitive squad.The club said that Joe has decided to take a "professional break to recharge and dedicate more time to spending with his family.""My three-and-a-half years at Arsenal have been a fantastic adventure, the highlight of my coaching career. I have had the opportunity to work with and learn from some of the best in the industry on and off the pitch. This has been the hardest professional decision of my life, as I absolutely love this job and this club, the club I have supported all my life. I'm ...

Chelsea to face Porto in Champions League in neutral Spain

Chelsea and Porto will play both legs of the Champions League quarterfinals in neutral Spain because of travel restrictions related to the coronavirus pandemic. UEFA said Tuesday the Ramn Snchez-Pizjun Stadium in Seville will stage the games on April 7 and 13. The venue is the home of Sevilla and hosted Champions League games earlier this season. Porto is technically the home team for the first leg. UEFA has previously said the away goals rule will apply even when games are played at neutral venues. Because of travel limits between England and Portugal, Arsenal and Benfica were previously forced to play in Rome and Athens when they met in the Europa League.

Gareth Bale plans on returning to Real Madrid after Tottenham loan

Gareth Bale plans to end his Tottenham stay at the end of the season and return to Real Madrid.

We deserved to win: Havertz on Chelsea's 2-0 win over Everton

Chelsea's Kai Havertz expressed delight over his team's "deserved win" against "strong" Everton and urged players to keep working hard.Ben Godfrey's own goal and a second-half penalty by Jorginho maintained Chelsea's unbeaten run under head coach Thomas Tuchel with a 2-0 win against Everton in the Premier League."We are very happy. I think we deserved to win, 2-0 is very good for us against a strong opponent. We knew before the match that Everton are a very strong team, defensively they're very good, but I think we played very well. The first half was not easy, we didn't have many chances and we were lucky with the goal, but we kept going," the club's official website quoted Havertz as saying."It was a good performance from us. We did very good, especially in the second half. They gave us a lot of space and I think it was a good match and a deserved win for us. Now we are four points in front of them and we have to secure that. That's the plan, our goal is the Champions League, and I .

Big matches drive us: Chelsea manager Tuchel ahead of Everton clash

Ahead of the clash against Everton, Chelsea head coach Thomas Tuchel said that their opponents have a "very strong squad" while admitting that he relishes big matches

Ian St. John, who helped Liverpool win its first FA Cup, dies at 82

Liverpool, Ian St. John, a Liverpool great who scored the winning goal to give the club its first FA Cup title and was a key player in the rebuild under Bill Shankly in the 1960s, has died. He was 82

Arsenal comes from behind to beat Leicester 3-1 in EPL

Arsenal turned around its recent poor form to beat Leicester 3-1 on Sunday as the home side was left to deal with an injury to on-form midfielder Harvey Barnes

Henderson sidelined after surgery in new blow for Liverpool

Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson faces a long spell on the sidelines after undergoing an operation on the groin injury he sustained in last weekend's Merseyside derby loss against Everton. Liverpool has not put a timescale on the midfielder's recovery but said he will be out until at least April in another blow to its fading Premier League title defense. "Henderson has successfully had a corrective procedure carried out on the adductor injury," Liverpool said in a statement on Friday. "He will begin a rehabilitation program immediately." Liverpool is in sixth place, 19 points behind leader Manchester City but the six-time European champions remain in the Champions League. Henderson, who has been playing as an emergency center back, joins a lengthy injury list. The three senior central defenders, Virgil Van Dijk, Joe Gomez and Joel Matip, have all had their seasons ended prematurely while backup Fabinho is still out, having played just one of the last seven matches because of a

Matchday: Napoli, Arsenal under pressure in Europa League

A look at some second-leg matches in the Europa League's last 32 taking place on Thursday

Manchester United's chase of Premier League leader City hit by draw

Manchester United's Premier League title hopes took another blow in a 1-1 draw at West Bromwich Albion on Sunday.

It means a lot to me: Aubameyang after scoring hat-trick against Leeds

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is delighted with his heroics against Leeds United which led Arsenal to an impressive win, and said the hat-trick he scored "means a lot" to him.Aubameyang scored his first-ever Premier League hat-trick as Arsenal registered a comfortable 4-2 win over Leeds United here on Sunday. With this win, Arsenal ended their three-match winless run and returned to winning ways."For sure, it means a lot to me. I'm a guy who always works hard and tries to give the best, first for my family, and also for the team as well. It's been a tough time for me but now it's time to get my smile back, to win games and score goals," the club's official website quoted Aubameyang as saying.Aubameyang scored the opening goal of the match in the 13th minute before doubling Arsenal's lead in the 41st minute. Arsenal went 2-0 ahead from the penalty spot as Aubameyang sent Meslier the wrong way after the Leeds goalkeeper had fouled Bukayo Saka.Four minutes later, Hector Bellerin netted a ...

Covid restrictions stop Jurgen Klopp from attending mother's funeral

Klopp's mother, Elisabeth, died at the age of 81, German media reports said on Tuesday

FA Cup: Leicester City's morale really good at the minute, says Luke Thomas

Ahead of the FA Cup match against Brighton, Leicester City's Luke Thomas said that that his team's morale is really good at the minute and they are playing with great confidence

From IPL to T20 World Cup, Star Sports rides a tournament wave in 2021

18 sporting events will keep viewers and advertisers busy in 2021

EPL referee Mike Dean reports threats as another red card is overturned

Premier League referee Mike Dean has reported receiving death threats to the police after being targeted through his family's social media accounts.

Premier League: Klopp, Guardiola clash over rest time ahead of Anfield game

For the Liverpool manager, the fault will - in part - be the grueling fixture schedule

Happy we're back to winning ways: Iheanacho after victory over Fulham

After a victory over Fulham, Leicester City's Kelechi Iheanacho said that he is "really happy" that the team is back to winning ways

Doing everything to have Aubameyang back as quickly as possible: Arteta

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta said that the club is doing everything to have Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang back in the squad.Aubameyang has been missing from the Gunners' last two games squads and he confirmed on Wednesday that his mother had health issues. He thanked fans and teammates for their support during a trying time for his family."I spoke with him yesterday. Things are looking better at the moment, but we are going to have to wait and see. He is our captain and one of the most important players," Goal.com quoted Arteta as saying."We are doing everything we can to have him [back] as a quick as possible -- but understanding that he has been through difficult days, that he had to support his family and we were here to support him as well with the time that he needed to get that support," he added.Regarding the fitness of the rest of the squad, Arteta provided updates on a variety of injuries, with fans understandably keen to hear the extent of knocks picked up by in-form pair Thomas

EPL: Jurgen Klopp vows to get Liverpool's strikers firing again

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has said that he will get his forwards (Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mane, Robert Firmino) firing on all cylinders in the upcoming matches