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Manchester City expresses concern over Champions League ban story
Premier League champion Manchester City said Tuesday it was concerned "individuals intent on damaging" the club may be behind a news report that European soccer's financial regulators are poised to recommend it be barred from the Champions League. UEFA and the Premier League launched an ...
Manchester City wins to retain Premier League title on final day
All the strain Pep Guardiola feels during the pursuit of titles becomes worthwhile when a winners' medal is placed around his neck. It happens a lot. Manchester City won its second straight Premier League trophy on Sunday, finishing one point ahead of Liverpool in a thrilling ...
Man City, Liverpool vying for title in Premier League's final weekend
They've combined for nearly 200 points, lost only five times between them, and won every single game in the past two months. Compliments have flowed between their managers, each describing the other's side as among the best in the world. They are separated by a single ...
Vincent Kompany's spectacular goal propels Man City past Leicester, back into lead
Manchester City returned to the top of the Premier League with one round left after captain Vincent Kompany hit a sensational goal to beat Leicester 1-0 in a dramatic and tense match on Monday night. The ferocious long-range shot by City's long-serving and influential captain ...
Manchester United misses out on Champions League spot as Chelsea secures place
Manchester United will have to settle for Europa League soccer next season after a dismal end to this campaign reached another low. Chelsea, though, can start planning for the Champions League again. The Premier League's top-four picture crystalized on Sunday as Chelsea earned a 3-0 home ...
Shinji Okazaki to part ways with Leicester at end of season, manager Brendan Rodgers says
Leicester City manager Brendan Rodgers said Thursday forward Shinji Okazaki will part ways with the Premier League club at the end of the season, according to reports in British media. Okazaki, a member of Japan's past three World Cup squads, joined Leicester from German side ...
Norwich is returning to the English Premier League after a three-year absence, and Sheffield United is likely to be promoted, too. Norwich, from eastern England, clinched one of the two automatic promotion places from the second-tier League Championship by beating Blackburn 2-1 on Saturday. Norwich's return ...
Beating Manchester City to the title might not be the only thing occupying the minds of Liverpool forwards Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane heading into the final two weeks of the Premier League season. They are battling each other for the Golden Boot, too. Salah and ...
Manchester City tops Manchester United, moves into first place
Manchester City is closing in on another Premier League title. Manchester United is increasingly unlikely to even make the top four. In a derby match that highlighted the chasm that has formed between the two fierce rivals, City kept the destination of the title in ...
Liverpool's Mohamed Salah ends goal drought in triumph over Southampton
Mohamed Salah chose the perfect moment to end the longest goal drought of his Liverpool career. It helped to lift his team back to the top of the Premier League. Salah scored for the first time in nine games — a barren streak stretching back nearly ...
To the accompaniment of a marching band, tenor Wynne Evans serenaded the players and 59,215 fans with "Glory, Glory Tottenham Hotspur." Fireworks exploded over the stadium, illuminating the north London sky and the golden cockerel atop the roof. The club wasn't celebrating a trophy but a ...
The Premier League title race looks to be a duel between Liverpool and Manchester City after the top two collected contrasting home wins on Wednesday and third-place Tottenham lost at Chelsea for a second defeat in five days. Just when questions were starting to be ...
