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Cristiano Ronaldo hits 1bn social media followers

Cristiano Ronaldo has hit 1bn total followers across his various social media accounts – making him the first person to reach that mind-boggling figure. Cristiano Ronaldo has hit 1bn total followers across his various social media accounts – making him the first person to reach that mind-boggling figure.The number is calculated by combining his total

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Ronaldo makes difference as numbers add up

Cristiano Ronaldo’s late Nations League winner broke Scotland hearts in Portugal and ensured Steve Clarke’s side’s dreadful run of form continued. The visitors took a shock seventh-minute lead thanks to a Scott McTominay header and performed admirably in repelling Portugal’s 16 shots before the break. Another individual error robbed them of the lead though, when

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Ronaldo reaches 900 career goals – the numbers behind the landmark

Cristiano Ronaldo has scored 900 goals in a career spanning 22 years The 39-year-old struck for Portugal in their Nations League game against Croatia, putting them 2-0 up. It prompted an emotional celebration by the forward, as he dropped to his knees by the corner flag in tears. The goal was his 131st for his

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NI starting to know how it feels to win – O’Neill

Dan Ballard has scored in two of Northern Ireland ‘s last three games. Northern Ireland’s Nations League campaign got off to the perfect start against Luxembourg at Windsor Park. The Nations League is a competition that has not been kind to Northern Ireland in the past. In fact, Thursday’s win was only their second in

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Leicester win appeal against decision over PSR charge

Leicester won the Championship in 2023-24 to bounce straight back up to the Premier League An independent panel found the Premier League did not have the jurisdiction to punish the club. The Premier League said it was “surprised and disappointed” by the panel’s decision. Leicester said they had “simply sought to ensure that the rules

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Ipswich Town vs Liverpool 0-2: English Premier League – as it happened

It’s goodbye for now “It depends on which half you ask me about,” the Liverpool manager said when asked by TNT Sports about his thoughts on the match. “The first taste in the first half was not as expected they were all on top of us and very aggressive. We couldn’t find the rhythm or

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Why Kovacic’s performance shows Man City may not need Rodri understudy

There was not much between Manchester City and Chelsea on Sunday, especially in the second half, but a little bit of wisdom made a big difference in the end. The defending champions had much more nous and know-how than Chelsea’s young team, and Mateo Kovacic epitomised that experience with his performance in their 2-0 win. It

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Coventry City striker Haji Wright snatched the Sky Blues’ first three Championship points of the season with a 96th-minute winner against promoted Oxford United.

Twice Oxford, who had won both their opening two league and cup games, came from behind to leave them thinking they could maintain their unbeaten start to the season. They followed Wright’s opening header by quickly equalising through Ciaron Brown. Then, when Milan van Ewijk drilled the Sky Blues into a half-time lead, the U’s

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‘Dream’ start for Zirkzee – but questions over Sancho future

There was a pleasing symmetry for Manchester United in Joshua Zirkzee scoring a late winner on his Premier League debut against Fulham at Old Trafford. Twenty-three years earlier, another Dutch forward did the same thing for United against the same opponents. Zirkzee may not get close to Ruud van Nistelrooy’s 150 goals in five seasons for the

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Liverpool still trying to strengthen – Slot

Liverpool manager Arne Slot says the club are still looking to strengthen the squad before the transfer window closes. The Reds tried to sign Martin Zubimendi from Real Sociedad but missed out after the Spain midfielder decided against the move. It means Liverpool are the only Premier League side who have not made a major

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New rules, new faces – the Premier League is back

The Premier League begins this weekend, with Manchester City bidding to continue their supremacy in English football and Ipswich making their top-flight return. Manchester United host Fulham to get us under way on Friday at 20:00 BST, with matches spread across four days. Ipswich host Liverpool on Saturday before Manchester City travel to Chelsea on

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A trophy, a goal and ‘no limit’ – Madrid’s Mbappe era begins

Kylian Mbappe said there is “no limit” to what he and Real Madrid can achieve together after he scored on his debut against Atalanta to help the club win a record sixth Uefa Super Cup. The France captain completed a long-awaited move years in the making when he joined Real this summer after a trophy-laden

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