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Manchester City’s abysmal run of form continued with a 2-1 defeat to Aston Villa thanks to goals in each half from Jhon Duran and Morgan Rogers. Both sides let late leads slip to defeat last week but Villa ensured victory…

Manchester United head coach Ruben Amorim is pleased to be back at Old Trafford for Sunday’s fixture with Bournemouth and eager to put smiles back on the faces of supporters before Christmas. It has been a gruelling period for United,…

A hat-trick of tries from Tom Farrell saw Munster win a scrappy opening Irish interprovincial of the festive season 22-19 over Ulster at the Kingspan Stadium. Ulster, who played more than half the game reduced to 14 men after Tom…

Tyson Fury is being backed by his promoter Frank Warren to knock out unified world heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk in Saturday’s rematch in Riyadh. Fury left immediately after scaling a career-high 20stones 1lbs at the weigh-in at Wonder Garden, although…

Chelsea head coach Enzo Maresca urged not to heap expectation onto 18-year-old striker Marc Guiu after his first-half hat-trick helped seal a 5-1 demolition of Shamrock Rovers in the Conference League. The former Barcelona academy graduate is now the leading…

Tyson Fury insists the time for joking is over as he pledged to put unified heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk in the “hurt locker” when they clash for the second time in Riyadh on Saturday. Fury has cut a menacing figure…

Sir Jim Ratcliffe has increased his stake in Manchester United to nearly 29 per cent after completing the cash injection promised when purchasing his minority stake in the Premier League club. On Christmas Eve last year it was announced that…

Ruben Amorim insisted it was not a mistake to leave Marcus Rashford out of the Manchester United squad for Thursday’s 4-3 defeat at Tottenham in the Carabao Cup quarter-finals. Rashford declared on Tuesday he was “ready for a new challenge”…

Larne signed off their Conference League campaign with an historic 1-0 win against Gent at Windsor Park. Larne are the first club from Northern Ireland to make it to the group stage of a European competition, and prior to Thursday’s…

Chelsea signed off with a perfect record in the league phase of the Conference League in a 5-1 defeat of Shamrock Rovers at Stamford Bridge. The defeat was a first in Europe this season for Shamrock who left west London…