Football: City’s Guardiola wants Grealish to develop goalscorer’s instinct
MANCHESTER, UNITED KINGDOM (AFP) – Pep Guardiola believes Jack Grealish can match the goalscoring feats of Raheem Sterling at Manchester City if he works on developing the same instinct to get into the box. Grealish scored his first goal for the English champions since his Premier League record £100 million (S$180 million) move from Aston... » read more
Football: Fernandes fires Man United past Leeds, Chelsea and Liverpool cruise
LONDON (AFP) – Manchester United enjoyed a dream start to the Premier League season as Bruno Fernandes scored a hat-trick in a 5-1 thrashing of Leeds in front of 73,000 at Old Trafford, while Chelsea and Liverpool also got their campaigns off to a winning start on Saturday (Aug 14). Over 300,000 fans are expected... » read more
Football: Spain beat Croatia 5-3 in thrilling Euro 2020 knockout
COPENHAGEN (REUTERS) – Spain held off a remarkable Croatian fightback to win 5-3 in a pulsating Euro 2020 last 16 knockout match on Monday (June 28) thanks to goals from Alvaro Morata and Mikel Oyarzabal in extra time. The three-times European champions will now face either France or Switzerland on July 2 in St. Petersburg... » read more
Football: Arsenal stagger into Europa League quarters as Spurs collapse
PARIS (AFP) – Arsenal reached the Europa League quarter-finals despite suffering a 1-0 loss to Olympiakos in the second leg on Thursday (March 18), while Mislav Orsic scored a brilliant hat-trick as Dinamo Zagreb knocked out Tottenham Hotspur after extra time. Youssef El-Arabi’s deflected second-half strike earned Olympiakos another victory at the Emirates but Arsenal... » read more
The Fourth Session of the 13th National People’s Congress of Henan Province Opens, Tian Lun Gas expects to benefit from the Provincial “14th Five-Year Plan”
Zheng Zhou, Jan 19, 2021 – (ACN Newswire) – The Fourth Session of the 13th People’s Congress of Henan Province and the Fourth Session of the 12th Henan Provincial CPPCC (hereinafter referred to as the “Henan Two Sessions”) opened in Zhengzhou on January 18 and January 17, 2021, respectively. At the meeting, the “14th Five-Year... » read more
Lampard backs Werner to go on a goal run
LONDON • Timo Werner arrived at Chelsea in the summer with a big reputation as one of Europe’s hottest strikers. But the former RB Leipzig star has had a slow start to life at Stamford Bridge following his £47.5 million (S$85.2 million) transfer, scoring just four Premier League goals in 14 games. He has also... » read more
Guardiola has faith in Aguero’s scoring quality
LONDON • Pep Guardiola believes Sergio Aguero will always retain his predatory instincts in front of goal, as Manchester City hope the return of the club’s record scorer will end their goal drought in the English top flight. City are off to their worst league start since the first few months of the club’s Abu... » read more
Stipe’s late fitness test a Sailors’ ploy?
Lion City Sailors striker Stipe Plazibat will face a late fitness test to decide if he will be ready for today’s high-stakes showdown against Singapore Premier League (SPL) leaders Albirex Niigata. The 31-year-old Croat is the competition’s leading scorer with 14 goals, but hobbled off with a hamstring strain in the 3-1 win over Hougang... » read more
Football: Coman strikes again as Bayern open title defence by routing Atletico
MUNICH (AFP) – Bayern Munich winger Kingsley Coman picked up where he left off last season with two goals in a 4-0 home rout of Atletico Madrid on Wednesday (Oct 21) as the holders got the defence of their Champions League campaign off to a winning start. Coman, whose header settled last season’s Champions League... » read more
Low faces the heat after Germany struggle to latest draw
COLOGNE • Joachim Low’s 14-year reign as Germany head coach is under pressure after his side’s run of poor results continued on Tuesday, as they had to come from two goals down to limp to a 3-3 draw against Switzerland in the Nations League. Germany have drawn four of their last five games – surrendering... » read more