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5 football players who ended their career too early
Andre Schurrle, FIFA World Cup winner with Germany in 2014, has confirmed his retirement at the age of 29. As of July 2020, his contract at Borussia Dortmund was mutually terminated a year early, although he had been on a loan spell with Spartak Moscow last season.
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Premier League pay per view is one cash grab too many
With the benefit of hindsight, it now seems inevitable. Nothing that the Premier League or their broadcasting partners has done in recent memory put fans before finances, so why start now? Of course I am referring to Premier League pay per view, the latest financial squeeze put on long-suffering football fans who really should have seen it coming.
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Champions League predictions – 5 outsiders for 2020
It’s that time of the year again when the best sides in Europe do battle in the toughest competition in football, the UEFA Champions League. Having a slightly later start date due to the COVID pandemic, it has meant that teams are arriving into the competition a bit rustier than usual.
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Europa League predictions – 5 contenders for 2020
The Europa League is often unfairly cast as a European equivalent to the League Cup, a competition nobody is particularly bothered about winning until the accidentally reach the last stages. However, the second tier European cup often provides some of the most exhilarating matches around today.
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5 best NBA Finals ever | NBA Finals ranked
The LA Lakers triumphed 4-2 in a good NBA Finals series but not a great one. Don’t worry though because we’ve put together a list of the five best NBA finals ever – and some of them just go to prove that anything can happen.
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Sheffield United and Wilder facing difficult second season
Although the Premier League is contending with the impact of a virus at present, there is another plague that sometimes befalls those who compete in it and with the threat of ‘second season syndrome’ always looming large, two clubs will be hoping they are not floored by its virility.
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Why didn’t Pochettino get the same Tottenham backing as Mourinho?
Even before the 2019 Champions League final, the first in Tottenham Hotspur’s history, Mauricio Pochettino offered a hint of what his future at the North London club might be. Unprompted, the Argentine raised the prospect that the Madrid final against Liverpool could prove to be his last as Spurs manager.
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Transfer window winners and losers | 2020/21
With the international transfer window having slammed shut, managers in the Premier League will now have to cope with their squads as they stand until it reopens in January, unless they fancy raiding the lower leagues in the next week.
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Allan Saint-Maximin form a mixed blessing for Toon Army
Phil Bardsley was having flashbacks. Newcastle United were beating Burnley 1-0 on Saturday and the veteran defender had just kicked Allan Saint-Maximin to the ground from behind. Quite how he avoided a booking is anybody’s guess.
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Underperforming football players this season | top 5
The 2020/21 Premier League season has begun in unbelievable fashion with ludicrous penalty decisions, outrageous tackles and an absurd amount of goals. However, amidst all the headline-hitting moments some players have had truly disappointing starts to the season.
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5 craziest deadline day transfers
Transfer deadline day has become one of the highlights (or lowlights, depending on your opinion) of the domestic football calendar. The closure of a transfer window means a frantic rush for clubs to secure players in deals that probably should have been completed weeks ago, sex toys being waved in the faces of unsuspecting Sky Sports presenters and, often some truly bizarre transfer stories.
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