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Nigel Adkins: Hull City appoint former Southampton and Reading boss
Championship strugglers Hull City appoint former Southampton and Reading boss Nigel Adkins as their new head coach.
Thursday, December 7, 2017
Wednesday, December 6, 2017
Messi rests for first hour as Barca beats Sporting in Champions League
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Messi rests for first hour as Barca beats Sporting in Champions League
BARCELONA, Spain — Ernesto Valverde has worked two wonders in his first season in charge of Barcelona. Lionel Messi no longer plays every second of every match, and Barcelona has a defense that matches the caliber of its attack. For a second time, Valverde flouted his predecessors’ policy of playing Messi in practically every match […]
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Tuesday, December 5, 2017
This misunderstanding between Crystal Palace fans quickly turned into something hilarious
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This misunderstanding between Crystal Palace fans quickly turned into something hilarious
You’ve got to laugh.
Monday, December 4, 2017
Chapecoense gets Copa Libertadores spot 1 year after tragedy
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Chapecoense gets Copa Libertadores spot 1 year after tragedy
SAO PAULO — Brazil’s Chapecoense has secured a spot in the next edition of the Copa Libertadores tournament one year after a plane crash killed 19 of its players.
The southern Brazilian team beat Coritiba 2-1 Sunday with a last-minute winning goal. Chapecoense finished eighth in the local championship and qualified for South America’s most prestigious soccer club tournament in 2018.
Midfielder Elicarlos equalized for Chapecoense and striker Tulio de Melo scored the winner.
Players celebrated in tears at the Arena Conda stadium, where on Wednesday a vigil and a memorial ceremony were held for the 71 victims of the crash in November last year.
Defender Alan Ruschel, one of the survivors of the tragedy, did not play in the match but called Chapecoense’s qualification "amazing."
Saturday, December 2, 2017
Torino, Atalanta draw to miss shot to close in on Europe
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Torino, Atalanta draw to miss shot to close in on Europe
TURIN, Italy — Torino and Atalanta missed the chance to close in on the qualifying positions for European competition as they drew 1-1 in Serie A on Saturday.
They moved level with three other teams and six points below sixth-placed Sampdoria.
Most of the sides above them have played a match less, while fifth-placed Lazio and Samp have two matches in hand.
Torino defender Nicolas N’Koulou scored his first goal in Italian football on the stroke of halftime, heading in Adem Ljajic’s corner.
Josip Ilicic came off the bench for the second half and he had an immediate impact, firing in Andrea Petagna’s through-ball for the equalizer, nine minutes after the break.
Torino players wore a special green kit to mark the one-year anniversary of the plane crash that killed most of the Brazilian team Chapecoense.
Torino, which endured its own air disaster in 1949, normally plays in a maroon kit. A share of the profits from sales of the limited-edition kit will go to families of the victims of the air crash.
On Nov. 28 last year, a plane carrying Chapecoense to the final of the Copa Sudamericana crashed into a hillside near Medellin, Colombia, killing 71 people including 19 players and most of the club’s board and coaching staff.
In Italy, the 1949 Superga air disaster claimed 31 lives, including the "Grande Torino" side that had won five straight league titles.
Jets Insider: Special teams' next challenge Chiefs' Tyreek Hill
Football Rss
Jets Insider: Special teams' next challenge Chiefs' Tyreek Hill
The Jets' coverage unit will be forced to bounce back this week against perhaps its biggest challenge yet.
Friday, December 1, 2017
Jets DC Kacy Rodgers does little to dispel Tennessee rumors
Football Rss
Jets DC Kacy Rodgers does little to dispel Tennessee rumors
Jets defensive coordinator Kacy Rodgers really doesn't "want to talk about Tennessee."
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