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March 31, 2024
Manchester City 0-0 Arsenal: Premier League – as it happene
Arsenal ended their run of defeats at the Etihad with an excellent defensive performance in a largely dull game
Mikel’s pre-match interview highlights
You want to be in this situation, and now you have to step up. You have to look forward to this kind of game, and go for it. This is who we are. The best way to do it is believe you can do it, and actually do it.
[Does experience help in a game like this?] Experience gives you a 3-0 lead before the game starts, yeah?
We believe who we are, of course. I don’t know what’s going to happen but I will never doubt for one second what the team are capable of.
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Manchester City 0-0 Arsenal: Premier League – as it happened
Arsenal ended their run of defeats at the Etihad with an excellent defensive performance in a largely dull game
Mikel’s pre-match interview highlights
You want to be in this situation, and now you have to step up. You have to look forward to this kind of game, and go for it. This is who we are. The best way to do it is believe you can do it, and actually do it.
[Does experience help in a game like this?] Experience gives you a 3-0 lead before the game starts, yeah?
We believe who we are, of course. I don’t know what’s going to happen but I will never doubt for one second what the team are capable of.
Continue reading...March 30, 2024
Brentford 1-1 Man Utd: Premier League – as it happened
A dominant Brentford hit the woodwork on four occasions before Mason Mount and Kristoffer Ajer both scored in injury time
10 min Rashford has started quite brightly at the other end, where United are having the majority of possession. That suits both teams.
7 min Jensen’s outswinging corner is met by Toney, who loses Rashford far too easily near the penalty spot. His downward header bounces a few yards wide of the far post. That wasn’t great from Rashford, who at times this season has looked allergic to defending.
Continue reading...Chelsea 2-2 Burnley, Spurs 2-1 Luton and more – as it happened
There were late equalisers and winners galore on an afternoon of extreme drama in the Premier League
City’s imperious run continues, Khadija Shaw scoring twice in an emphatic win over the fourth-placed side that puts the visitors three points clear at the top. They’ve played one more game than Chelsea, of course, and Emma Hayes’s side aren’t in league action this weekend, facing Arsenal in the Conti Cup finall tomorrow.
Barnes has done it again! Barry Glendenning has much much more on a sensational late comeback
Continue reading...March 28, 2024
England beat New Zealand by five wickets: fifth women’s T20 cricket international – as it happened
Nat Sciver-Brunt starred with bat and ball as England wrapped up a 4-1 series victory against the White Ferns
4th over: New Zealand 21-2 (Bates 10, Plimmer 3) A Filer no-ball means a free hit for New Zealand, though Bates can only club it over the bowler’s head for a single.
Plimmer doesn’t look too comfortable against Filer. She’s beaten, slices a couple over the cover and then wears a short ball on the body. Bates takes a more aggressive option, charging down the track to belt successive deliveries for four and two.
Continue reading...March 26, 2024
Wales miss out on Euro 2024 after losing to Poland on penalties in playoff final – as it happened
Wojciech Szczesny saved Dan James’ penalty to break Welsh hearts after an attritional goalless draw in Cardiff
‘I’d be an extremely proud man if we get the job done’
Wales have already reached the Euros today: their under-17s won 2-1 in Bulgaria ad will be off to the finals in Cyprus.
Continue reading...Australia 5-0 Lebanon: World Cup 2026 qualifier – as it happened
Craig Goodwin starred and Kusini Yengi and John Iredale scored their first international goals on a good night for the Socceroos
That’s the perfect start for Australia – not just the goal but the identity of the scorer. Goodwin made a good run down the left and curled a quite unplayable first-time cross into the six-yard box. Yengi’s first shot hit the post but it rebounded off his left shin and into the net.
Kusini Yengi gets his first international goal!
Continue reading...Australia v Lebanon: World Cup 2026 qualifier – live
Hussein Sharafeddine makes his debut in defence, one of two changes from the match in Sydney. Nader Matar also comes into the team, with Hasan Srour and Maher Sabra dropping out.
Lebanon (possible 5-4-1) M Matar; Nassar, Khamis, Sharafeddine, Shour, Shibriko; Maatouk, Sisi, N Matar, Jradi; Bugiel.
Substitutes: Khalil, Sabeh, Dhaini, Moghrabi, Haidar, Srour, Khoury, Bitar, Al Haj, Lajud, Farah, Darwiche.
March 24, 2024
Everton 0-0 Liverpool: Women’s Super League – as it happened
Liverpool moved up to fourth in the table after a scrappy goalless draw at Goodison Park
10 min A decent move from Everton ends with Bissell having a shot blocked. But now they have another potential injury problem, with Courtney Brosnan needing treatment to her right leg.
9 min Everton have made a wahtcful start, as you’d expect given their poor recent form. Liverpool are enjoying a lot of possession without really threatening.
Continue reading...Australia beat Bangladesh by six wickets: second women’s one-day international – as it happened
Elysse Perry and Ash Gardner steered Australia to a win that seals their ODI series triumph over Bangladesh with one match to play
2nd over: Bangladesh 7-0 (Fargana 3, Sobhana 0) Elysse Perry takes the new ball in the absence of Kim Garth. She starts with a leg-side wide, but her first legitimate delivery almost brings a wicket when Fargana top-edges a pull straight over the head of Healy.
Fargana is riding her luck. She’s beaten by some extravagant seam movement, then edges a drive between slip and gully at catchable height. There’s another wide later in the over – the third of the innings and Australia’s 12th of the series so far.
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