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Guardiola signs two-year Manchester City contract extension

Pep Guardiola has signed a two-year contract extension that will keep him at Manchester City until 2025. Guardiola’s existing deal at the Etihad Stadium expires at the end of the season. Following the announcement, Guardiola said: “This is just the confirmation of how comfortable we are, the club and myself, again, like signing at the beginning. I cannot say thank…

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World Cup: France come from goal down to defeat Australia 4-1

Reigning champions France recovered from an early Australia goal to win 4-1 as they began their World Cup defence in style in Qatar. On a day that began with one of the biggest shocks in World Cup history, Didier Deschamps’ side risked going the same way that Argentina had against Saudi Arabia when Craig Goodwin put Australia ahead inside the…

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England thump Iran 6-2 in World Cup group opener

England got their World Cup campaign in Qatar off to a flying start as Gareth Southgate’s side roared to a 6-2 victory against Iran Jude Bellingham’s first goal for England got things under way for the Three Lions before strikes from Bukayo Saka and Raheem Sterling saw them race into a three-goal lead at the interval. England added to their…

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World Cup beer going to waste after Qatari royals’ booze ban

Thousands of Budweiser beer cans have been left piled up at a warehouse after the 11th hour decision to ban the sale of alcohol in stadiums. The beverage giant had been announced as one of the sponsors for the tournament, and had been granted a monopoly to sell beer at the grounds, but it is now only able to sell…

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Ecuador beat hosts Qatar 2-0 in World Cup opener

Qatar became the first host nation to lose the opening game of a World Cup as Ecuador kicked off the tournament with a dominant 2-0 victory thanks to Enner Valencia’s double. After months of controversy leading up to the tournament, focus turned to matters on the pitch as Qatar 2022 began, but there was no respite on the pitch for…

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‘Unopposed’ Infantino to continue for next four years as FIFA president

FIFA president Gianni Infantino is getting four more years in charge of football’s governing body after no candidate stepped up to challenge him. FIFA said the 52-year-old Swiss lawyer was the only person to enter the race by the time the deadline passed – exactly four months before election day on March 16 in Kigali, Rwanda. Infantino won a five-candidate…

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Injured Sadio Mane ruled out of 2022 World Cup for Senegal

Senegal forward, Sadio Mane is out of the World Cup due to a leg injury he sustained while playing for Bayern Munich. The 30-year-old picked up an injury to his right fibula in Bayern’s 6-1 Bundesliga win over Werder Bremen last Tuesday. Despite the injury, Mane was named in Senegal’s 26-man squad for the World Cup but the former Liverpool…

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World Cup-bound Portugal ease past Eagles in Lisbon

Two well-taken goals in each half, propelled Portugal to a 4-0 defeat of the Super Eagles on Thursday in the first-ever senior international clash between both nations, with the Eagles failing to measure up to the 2016 European champions in Lisbon. Diogo Dalot and Joao Felix ran rings round the Eagles’ defence and set up Bruno Fernandes for the first…

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