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  Chelsea squandered numerous chances to beat Liverpool and were held to a 0-0 draw in their first Premier League match since Graham Potter’s dismissal on Tuesday. Potter was fired on Sunday after his disastrous reign as manager of Brighton ended with a humiliating home defeat against Aston Villa.   …

    Argentina thrash Curacao on another record night for Lionel Messi Argentina players celebrate after scoring a goal against Curacao in a friendly. Getty Images Argentina continued their post-World Cup celebrations with a runaway 7-0 friendly win over Curacao Tuesday on another memorable night for talisman Lionel Messi. Messi put on a clinic …

Tottenham and Antonio Conte have parted ways by mutual agreement following his sharp criticism of the team’s “selfish” players. Cristian Stellini has been appointed as interim manager for the remainder of the season, assisted by Ryan Mason. Daniel Levy, Tottenham’s chairman, emphasized the need for unity to secure a top-four …

British boxer Anthony Joshua is aiming to become a three-time world heavyweight champion “within the next 16 months”, despite his recent setbacks in the ring. The 33-year-old fighter lost two consecutive fights to Ukrainian boxer Oleksandr Usyk in September 2021 and August 2022, following a shock defeat to Andy Ruiz …

Luxembourg vs PortugalEC QualificationPortugalLuxembourg Can Roberto Martínez secure his second straight win with Portugal?   Portugal will be hoping to keep their incredible record in the European qualifiers growing when they take on Luxembourg in the second game of Group J for the two teams. It’ll also be Roberto Martínez’s …

Portuguese football legend Cristiano Ronaldo has broken the FIFA Men’s International Caps Record, earning his 197th cap during Portugal’s Euro 2024 qualifier against Liechtenstein. The five-time Ballon d’Or winner surpassed Kuwait forward Badr Al-Mutawa’s record, after previously earning his 196th cap against Morocco during the World Cup in Qatar. Ronaldo …

Thomas Tuchel, the former Chelsea coach, is poised to take over as the new head coach of FC Bayern Munich, replacing Julian Nagelsmann, who is expected to be sacked soon. Bayern Munich is currently struggling domestically this season and is behind Borussia Dortmund in the league standings. Nagelsmann is scheduled …

Arsenal crashed out of the Europa League after a penalty shoot-out defeat to Sporting CP in the Europa League round-of-16 at Emirates Stadium. Granit Xhaka handed the Gunners a first-half lead but that advantage was cancelled out in spectacular style by Pote’s long-range effort that sent the tie into extra …

Marcus Rashford’s strike earned Manchester United a 1-0 win at Real Betis and a straightforward route into the Europa League quarter-finals as they advanced 5-1 on aggregate. Erik ten Hag’s side did the hard work last week in a crushing 4-1 victory, leaving Betis with a huge mountain to climb in …

Jurgen Klopp gave Liverpool just a “one per cent chance” of conjuring one of the great all-time Champions League comebacks in Wednesday’s last-16 second leg with Real Madrid. For any other club, maybe, but this is a side that wrote the book on making the impossible possible in the biggest …