Al Wahda saw their lead at the top of the Arabian Gulf League cut following Thursday s enthralling 3-3 draw with Ajman.
The 2009-10 champions remain unbeaten, but were held to a third draw in their last four games in the match at Ajman Stadium.
Sebastian Tagliabue got the visitors off to an ideal start when he opened the scoring after just two minutes.
However, in what was a thrilling encounter, Bakary Kone s quickfire double put the hosts back on top before Damian Diaz s goal looked set to send the sides in level at the break.
Abdulla Jasem scored the game s fifth goal three minutes before the interval, with the only strike of the second half coming five minutes prior the hour mark courtesy of Mohamed Al Shehhi.
Jasem went from hero to zero whe…
Ten-man Northern Ireland returned to the all-too-familiar feeling of defeat as Adam Cerin’s early free-kick put Group H leaders Slovenia on the verge of qualifying for Euro 2024 with a scrappy 1-0 win at Windsor Park.
Saturday’s 3-0 victory over minnows San Marino ended Northern Ireland’s five-game losing streak but it proved only a temporary reprieve in an injury-ravaged qualifying campaign which has now seen Michael O’Neill’s side suffer five 1-0 defeats in eight games.
The defining moment of the match came early on. While there was no doubt about the quality of Adam Cerin’s fifth-minute free-kick, Northern Ireland were fuming at referee Istvan Kovacs’ decision to award it after Jamal Lewis barely clipped Benjamin Sesko on the edge of the box.
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Trophies speak in Dani Alves favour / Image via SkySports.com
Brazil international right-back Dani Alves made an instant impact at .
Few people could have expected that former Sevilla, Barcelona and Juventus defender would go on to become such a momentous hit at the French giants as he guided PSG to their fifth Trophee des Champions title.
Dani Alves first netted a brilliant 35-yard free-kick to make it 1-1 in the 51st minute, before setting up Adrien Rabiot with a lovely cross into the box for the winner against Ligue 1 champions .
The 45,000-strong crowd in Tangiers, Morocco, witnessed another demonstration of power from the 34-year-old who defies time with his top-class performances and proves he could arguably be considered the best-ever right-back.<…
Former Liverpool goalkeeper Jerzy Dudek has urged Wojciech Szczesny to call time on his Arsenal career, .
Dudek, who spent four years in the Premier League with the Reds, is sure that his fellow countryman’s days are numbered under Arsene Wenger and has suggested it may be in his best interests to seek a new challenge.
Szczesny has not played in the league since New Year’s Day, having lost his place to Colombia international David Ospinia who signed for the club in the summer and has impressed since being called upon.
Since breaking into the first team, Szczesny has racked up one hundred and seventy-eight appearances in all competitions for the Gunners, while he made his professional debut for Brentford, where he spent the majority of the 2009/10 campaign…
Antoine Griezmann hit back at media criticism after France progressed to the quarter-finals of Euro 2024 with a 1-0 victory over Belgium.
Jan Vertonghen s 85th-minute own goal was enough to send Les Bleus into the last eight after another flat performance.
It was the second time that an own goal had given them a win at the tournament, after their opening victory over Austria.
Kylian Mbappe is the only Frenchman to score at the tournament, netting for the first time at the European Championships from the penalty spot against Poland, meaning France s wait for an open-play goal continues.
However, Griezmann was not happy when it was suggested that the scoreline was too low, or that he had made a sacrifice by switching out to the right of the front three.
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Al Ahly and ES Tunis will face off in the CAF Champions League final after 3-2 and 4-3 aggregate wins over ES Setif and CD Primeiro de Agosto respectively.
Egyptian champions Al Ahly, eight-time winners of the competition, squeezed through despite a 2-1 defeat in Algeria on Tuesday.
Having won the first leg 2-0, Walid Soliman put Al Ahly ahead just after the hour, but Mohamed Bakir and Houssam Ghacha sparked hopes of a comeback.
The visitors held firm, though, securing a place in the CAF Champions League final for the second successive season.
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ES Tunis will be Al Ahly s opponents, with Anice Badri s 85th-minute effort securing a 4-2 w…
A little over three months have passed since Real Madrid made surprisingly light work of Juventus in a 4-1 win to lift the Champions League trophy for a record 12th time and become the first team to successfully defend their crown in the modern era.
Madrid will have to wait until Wednesday to begin their campaign, but runners-up Juve are among those in action on Tuesday, and things are not going to be much easier for Massimiliano Allegri s men as they head to Barcelona in arguably the game of the round a repeat of last season s quarter-final.
Europa League champions Manchester United make their return to the competition after a year out, as do their Premier League rivals Chelsea, with Basel and Azerbaijani newcomers Qarabag their respective visitors.
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Having wrapped up their fourth trophy of 2015 on Tuesday, Barcelona can move towards securing another in the Supercopa de Espana final against Athletic Bilbao with Pedro s future still up in the air.
Luis Enrique s side added to their treble achievement of last season with a 5-4 UEFA Super Cup victory over Sevilla in extra time as wantaway forward Pedro scored the winner after coming off the bench in Tbilisi.
Barca s sporting director Robert Fernandez confirmed prior to the final that the reported Manchester United target wants to leave Camp Nou, while a frustrated Pedro sought to clarify that his motives were not financial.
The forward s absence from the starting XI amid Neymar s mumps-enforced withdrawal was put down to a hamstring problem.
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Cristiano Ronaldo will face Roma on Saturday before being rested for one of Juventus final two games of 2018, Massimiliano Allegri has confirmed.
The Juve boss had promised to give the Portugal star at least one game off during December, with Ronaldo having played 90 minutes in all but one of their Serie A matches this season.
Allegri wants the 33-year-old involved against Roma, as Juve look to prolong their unbeaten start to their league title defence, but he is happy for Ronaldo to miss either the trip to Atalanta on Boxing Day or the clash with Sampdoria on December 29.
Ronaldo plays tomorrow, and he ll then miss one of the next two games, Allegri told a news conference on Friday.
Saturday s game at the Allianz Stadium sees Juve face a Roma side who h…
Wrong choices ruined Valdes career / Image via squawka.com
Having decided to look for a different challenge in his career in 2015, former Barcelona goalkeeper Victor Valdes got much less than what he bargained for.
His tale of rise and fall has become an unbelievable story of world-class goalkeeper being thrown on the margins by karma, misfortune and failed expectations.
Victor Valdes was the mainstay in Pep Guardiola’s team from 2008 to 2012, one of few men to be an ever-present during Blaugrana’s most successful period in recent history.
Child of the club, famous academy’s product, Victor Valdes went from playing for Barcelona C and B to sealing his place between the sticks in the first team in 2002. Twelve year later the Spanish shot stopper dec…