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May 1, 2025 10:19 AM

Chelsea beat Man United 1-0 to win sixth straight WSL title

Chelsea wrapped up their sixth consecutive Women's Super League title and record-extending eighth in total after a 1-0 victory at Manchester United on Wednesday, with Lucy Bronze heading home a corner late in the game. Sonia Bompastor's Blues, who needed only a point from Wednesday's match to secure another title and continue their WSL dominance, sit atop the league table with 54 points for an unassailable nine-point lead over Arsenal with two games remaining. United are third on 43 points. De...

April 28, 2025 4:35 PM

Women’s Football: India to face Myanmar, Indonesia, Turkmenistan in AFC U20 Asian Cup qualifiers

The India U20 women's football team has been drawn into Group D alongside Myanmar, Indonesia, and Turkmenistan for the AFC U20 Women’s Asian Cup Thailand 2026 Qualifiers. The draw was conducted on Monday at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Group D matches will be hosted by Myanmar in a centralised single round-robin format from August 6 to 10. Meanwhile, defending champions DPR Korea will battle Nepal, hosts Bhutan, Mongolia, and Saudi Arabia in Group A. Group B features hosts Vietna...

April 27, 2025 1:10 PM

Crystal Palace Thrash Villa 3-0 to Reach FA Cup Final

Crystal Palace booked their place in the FA Cup final for the first time in nine years with a commanding 3-0 victory over Aston Villa at Wembley Stadium, courtesy of goals from Eberechi Eze and Ismaila Sarr. This marks only the third time Palace have reached the final in their 120-year history, having previously made it in 1990 and 2016, both times losing to Manchester United. In a pulsating semi-final, two moments of brilliance swung the game Palace's way. Eze opened the scoring with a superb...

April 27, 2025 11:28 AM

Brazil World Cup winner Jair da Costa dies at 84

Jair da Costa, a member of the Brazil squad that won the 1962 FIFA World Cup, has died at the age of 84, the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) said. A forward who began his professional career with Sao Paulo-based club Portuguesa, Jair made a name for himself at Inter Milan, where he won four Italian Serie A titles, two European Cups and two Intercontinental Cups over two spells. "The CBF deeply regrets the death of Jair, former right winger for the Brazilian national team, Portuguesa, an...

April 27, 2025 11:04 AM

Cunha dismantles Leicester in sixth successive win for Wolves

Wolverhampton Wanderers extended their remarkable winning run to six Premier League games as Matheus Cunha scored one goal and set up two others in a comfortable 3-0 win over already-relegated Leicester City at Molineux on Saturday. Wolves' superb form has propelled them away from the drop zone and up to 13th with 41 points from 34 games, while Leicester are second from bottom with 18 points. Cunha’s side-footed finish after 33 minutes gave the hosts a deserved lead, before Jorgen Strand Lar...

April 27, 2025 10:49 AM

Ipswich relegated from Premier League after 3-0 loss at Newcastle

Ipswich Town were relegated from the Premier League on Saturday following a 3-0 defeat at Newcastle United, with the visitors reduced to 10 men after Ben Johnson was sent off for picking up two yellow cards in the first half. Kieran McKenna's Ipswich have 21 points, 15 behind West Ham United with four games left, and join already-relegated Leicester City and bottom side Southampton in returning to the Championship after one season in the top flight. Newcastle's win moved them up to third place...

April 17, 2025 12:01 PM

Arsenal cruise past lacklustre Real Madrid to reach semis

Arsenal snuffed out any chance of a famous Real Madrid comeback to reach the Champions League semi-finals after a 2-1 victory in the Bernabeu Stadium completed a 5-1 aggregate win on Wednesday. Holders and 15-times winners Real never looked like clawing back a 3-0 deficit from last week's quarter-final first leg and when Bukayo Saka scored for the visitors in the 65th minute their fate was effectively sealed. Vinicius Junior seized on a rare defensive slip a couple of minutes later to rouse th...

April 7, 2025 11:38 AM

Liverpool suffer rare defeat, Southampton relegated in record time

Liverpool endured a rare stumble in their march to the title with a 3-2 loss at Fulham on Sunday as Southampton suffered the earliest relegation in Premier League history when they were beaten 3-1 at Tottenham Hotspur. The Manchester derby ended goalless for the first time since 2020 as City failed to leapfrog fourth-placed Chelsea, whowere held to a 0-0 draw by Brentford but sat a point above Pep Guardiola's side. Fulham enjoyed a deserved win over Liverpool, capitalising on dreadful defendin...

April 4, 2025 12:08 PM

Soccer: Fernandez steers Chelsea back into top four with 1-0 win over Spurs

Chelsea beat London rivals Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 on Thursday thanks to a goal by Argentina's Enzo Fernandez, boosting their hopes of a return to the Champions League as they climbed back into fourth place in the Premier League. Fernandez was left unmarked to head home in the 50th minute from a perfect cross by Cole Palmer on the England forward's return from a brief injury absence, in front of England coach Thomas Tuchel who was at Stamford Bridge. Chelsea thought they had a second goal soon a...

April 3, 2025 12:30 PM

Liverpool restore 12-point lead as Jota seals win over Everton

Liverpool continued their march towards the Premier League title with a 1-0 victory over Everton in a scrappy Merseyside derby as Diogo Jota slotted home the winner in the second half on Wednesday. The champions elect, with 73 points after 30 games, restored their 12-point lead over second-placed Arsenal while Everton, whose nine-game league unbeaten ended, are 15th on 34 points. Everton's Beto had an early goal chalked off for offside and missed a sitter before Jota broke the deadlock in the ...