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Tottenham new stadium update: Opening of ground delayed AGAIN as Crystal Palace reach FA Cup quarter-finals
Tottenham’s new stadium will not be used before April in what is the latest delay of the opening of the £1billion ground. Spurs had planned to move out of Wembley and into their new home during March, with the Premier League fixture against Crystal Palace on the 17th of the month identified as the first official match to be played at the ‘Tottenham Hotspur Stadium’. However, that match will have to be rearranged due to Crystal Palace’s progression to the FA Cup quarter-finals. The Eagles – who beat Spurs in the competition’s fourth round – booked their place in the last eight with Sunday’s defeat of Doncaster, and they’ll discover…
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Brighton vs Burnley live on talkSPORT: Team news and commentary for Amex clash
Brighton host Burnley this evening in the Premier League and the key clash will be live on talkSPORT. Sean Dyche’s Clarets have hit back from their woeful form in the first half of the season to go six league games unbeaten recently. They are still in danger of the drop and will want another positive result away to Brighton today. The Seagulls, who lost at Burnley earlier this season, have struggled of late and are without a top-flight win since December 29. Brighton vs Burnley: How to listen Full commentary of Brighton vs Burnley will be live on talkSPORT, with our coverage beginning at 5pm. Laura Woods will bring you…
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Ronaldo and VAR not enough to save Juventus from devastating Atletico defeat
Click:chinese fan dance props The Portuguese was bought to win the Bianconeri the Champions League but he could do nothing about a dire team display in a 2-0 last-16 loss in Madrid Juventus legend Alessandro Del Piero warned Atletico Madrid on Wednesday that his old club had a new game plan that “almost always delivers excellent results in the Champions League: It’s called CR7!” Certainly, Cristiano Ronaldo repeatedly proved decisive for Real Madrid in Europe: he scored 50 times in the knockout stage alone for the Blancos. Hardly surprising, then, that a giddy Italian press expected the five-time Ballon d’Or winner to almost singlehandedly win the tournament for new club…
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LIverpool news: Jurgen Klopp hopeful he won’t have to spend big on transfers in the summer
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has admitted their record pre-tax profits won’t see him splash the cast this summer if he can help it. The Reds produced excellent financial figures, which were boosted by the £142million sale of Philippe Coutinho. But having also spent big sums on Virgil van Dijk, Naby Keita, Alisson, and Fabinho, Klopp is unwilling to go back into the market unless he really needs to come July. He said: “I’m not a massive numbers guy. Mike Gordon [Liverpool co-owner] didn’t jump on me this morning and say the numbers are outstanding and let’s spend all the money. “We didn’t just earn a lot, we spent some too…
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Ajax vs Real Madrid: Four arrested as fireworks are set off outside Los Blancos’ hotel ahead of Champions League clash
Four people have reportedly been arrested following disturbances outside Real Madrid’s hotel the night before their Champions League round of 16 first leg clash with Ajax. Los Blancos visit the Johan Cruyff Arena this evening hoping to take the next step on the road to a potential fourth successive European Cup, but the players did not have the best preparation for the match. According to AS, a group of Ajax ultras set off fireworks and bangers last night in the De Pijp district in an attempt to cause as much noise and commotion as possible between 2:30-4:00am. The supporters covered the entire district as they were not aware Santiago Solari’s side are…
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Luis Enrique hails 'extraterrestrial' Messi
The Argentine superstar was hailed by the outgoing Barcelona coach once more after winning the Copa del Rey Barcelona coach Luis Enrique lauded “extraterrestrial” Lionel Messi after ending his time in charge of the LaLiga giants with a Copa del Rey success. Messi opened the scoring in Barca’s 3-1 win over Alaves in Saturday’s final to finish the season with 54 goals in all competitions. Luis Enrique is one of Barca’s all-time greats Editors' Picks Sarri vindicated for dropping Kepa as Chelsea & Pedro impress in Spurs win Magnificent Mane takes centre stage as league leaders Liverpool put on a five-star show Lukaku sends reminder that his Man Utd career…
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Hibernian appoint Paul Heckingbottom as new manager on deal until 2022
Click:cnc machining service Hibernian highlighted Paul Heckingbottom’s commitment to attacking football as they appointed the former Leeds and Barnsley manager as their new head coach. Heckingbottom won the race to succeed Neil Lennon and has signed a deal until the summer of 2022. Former Blackburn manager Michael Appleton had been hotly tipped to take over earlier in the week but contract talks reportedly stalled and Heckingbottom has been handed the role. The 41-year-old led Barnsley to a Football League Trophy triumph and promotion to the Sky Bet Championship in 2016 during a spell in caretaker charge and consolidated their position in England’s second tier after getting the job on a…
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Khedira thanks fans for support following discovery of heart problem
The German took to Twitter after Juventus confirmed he had undergone treatment on a heart issue Juventus midfielder Sami Khedira has thanked fans for their support after he underwent treatment on a heart problem. Khedira withdrew from the squad to face Atletico Madrid in the Champions League on Wednesday following the detection of an irregular heartbeat. Juventus confirmed the treatment in a club statement, saying: “Today in the morning the player Sami Khedira underwent electrophysiological study and successful interventional therapy with ablation of an arrhythmogenic atrial focus, performed by Prof. Fiorenzo Gaita, JM cardiologist consultant for Juventus.” Editors' Picks Sarri vindicated for dropping Kepa as Chelsea & Pedro impress in Spurs win Magnificent…
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Brighton 2 Derby 0 live FA Cup action on talkSPORT: Free stream for Amex clash, team news and confirmed line-ups
Championship Derby will be looking to dump another Premier League side out of this season’s FA Cup when they take on Brighton this afternoon. Frank Lampard’s Rams beat Southampton in a replay in the third round and are now set to face a Seagulls team who are without a win since January 5. Brighton vs Derby: How to listen Full commentary from the south coast will be live on talkSPORT, with our coverage beginning at 12pm. Ian Danter will bring you all the build up with Jim Proudfoot and Perry Groves on commentary duty. Click below or here for the live commentary stream. You can also listen through the talkSPORT…
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Eric Harrison: Manchester United’s ‘Class of 92’ youth coach dies, aged 81
Former Manchester United youth coach Eric Harrison, the man credited with developing the club’s famous ‘Class of 92’, has passed away, aged 81. Harrison was diagnosed with dementia in 2014 and passed away in his sleep on Wednesday night. He spent 27 years as youth team manager at the Old Trafford club, nurturing a host of young players who would go on to become United legends – including the likes of David Beckham, Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes and Gary and Phil Neville. Appointed by then-United boss Ron Atkinson in 1981, Harrison mentored a number of other high-profile youngsters, including Mark Hughes, Norman Whiteside, Wes Brown, David Platt and Darren Fletcher. But…