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Former Liverpool striker Florent Sinama-Pongolle has found a new home on the fairways – trading the roar of Anfield for the quiet precision of professional footgolf. The ex-France international, who made 65 appearances and scored nine goals for the Reds (including a crucial strike against Olympiacos in the 2004/05 Champions League run), has taken up…

Barcelona manager Hansi Flick has sought to cool the bubbling tension with his Real Madrid counterpart Carlo Ancelotti by clarifying his previous comments. Flick found himself at the centre of an unwanted war of words when he appeared to fire a jibe at Madrid’s scheduling complaints earlier this week. Barcelona were forced to play Osasuna…

Barcelona manager Hansi Flick confirmed that the team’s top scorer Robert Lewandowski will be available for Tuesday’s Champions League last-16 tie against Benfica. The Polish forward was left out of the squad which was set to host Osasuna on Saturday evening before the game was postponed due to the passing of team doctor Carles Minarro….

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Travis Binnion’s team had won our last five matches in the competition, but were going to have to come from behind to extend that run after Osmand opened the scoring for Fulham in the 55th minute, slipping the ball under Murdock after he was played through on goal by Lemar Gordon’s slide-rule pass. The young…

She was part of the Eagles squad which gained promotion to the top-flight for the first time in their history, although her campaign was disrupted by injury. Jess Simpson, Lucy Newell and Emma Watson have already agreed season-long loan deals during this summer window, joining Southampton, Birmingham City and Palace respectively. Good luck for the…