Football: Emery inspired by rivalsLONDON • Unai Emery believes Pep Guardiola is the best coach but sees the Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur models as the way forward for Arsenal.The manager is eight months into the Gunners job, and ahead of today's reverse with Guardiola's Manchester City, who beat him in his first game...
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Football: Still no timeframe for Neymar return, say PSGPARIS (REUTERS) - Paris St Germain striker Neymar will not be making an early return from injury, coach Thomas Tuchel said on Saturday (March 30) ahead of his side's trip to Toulouse in Ligue 1.The Brazilian has been out for more than two months with a metatarsal problem...
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Football: Man United's Sanchez out for up to six weeksMANCHESTER, England (REUTERS) - Manchester United's Chilean forward Alexis Sanchez is facing up to a six-week spell on the sidelines due to a knee ligament injury, according to coach Ole Gunnar Solskjaer."He might be out for, it was a bad knee injury, so if it is four...
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Football: Man United great Scholes appointed manager of OldhamLONDON (AFP) - Former Manchester United and England midfielder Paul Scholes has been appointed manager of Oldham Athletic, the club announced on Monday (Feb 11).Scholes, 44, is taking on his first managerial role, signing a contract with the club he supported...
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Football: Giroud demands important role at Chelsea next seasonLONDON (REUTERS) - Chelsea striker Olivier Giroud said he has been approached by other clubs to play for them next season but wants to extend his stay at Stamford Bridge if manager Maurizio Sarri can offer regular first-team opportunities.Giroud, who is the...
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Aguero inches City closer to the titleLONDON • Thirty-six games in, the Premier League title race did stray dangerously close to becoming an ordeal for Manchester City.For over an hour yesterday, it had looked as though they might blink in their staring contest with Liverpool. Something had to give and Pep Guardiola's...
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Football: Koreans urge 'Monster' Kim to choose Watford over BeijingABU DHABI (AFP) - South Korea defender Kim Min-jae's goal-scoring exploits at the Asian Cup have not gone unnoticed overseas, but teammates are urging him to follow Son Heung-min to England rather than go to China.The 22-year-old centre-back, nicknamed...
