Defender Jason Denayer moved from junior football at an academy in his native Belgium to join Manchester City’s setup aged 18 in 2013. He impressed during his first season in the youth team at City, but would never go on to make a first team appearance for the club. Instead he was farmed out on […]
Goalkeeper Anthony Lopes is a product of Olympique Lyonnais’ much vaunted youth system and has become a cult hero with the fans, having been born and raised in the suburbs of the city before breaking into the first team squad in the 2012-13 season aged twenty-two. He went on the establish himself as the first […]
Olympique Lyonnais Weekend Fixtures Sat 28/09/2019 12:30 – OL v Nantes (Groupama Stadium) Sat 28/09/2019 19:30 – Guingamp v OL Feminin Lyon must look to end their disappointing sequence of draws and defeats when Nantes visit the Groupama Stadium on Saturday lunchtime. It’s now six matches (in all competitions) since Sylvinho’s team tasted victory. Only […]
Athletic Club Weekend Fixtures Sat 28/09/2019 12:00 – Athletic Club v Valencia (San Mamés) Sat 28/09/2019 17:30 – Bilbao Athletic v Osasuna B (Estadio de Lezama 2) Sun 29/09/2019 15:00 – Athletic Club Femenino v Deportivo Abanca(Estadio de Lezama 2) Athletic Club face Valencia in the early kick off on Saturday with the chance to […]
Manchester United Weekend Fixtures Fri 27/09/2019 19:00 – Man Utd U23 v Norwich City Sat 28/09/2019 12:00 – Man Utd U18 V Leicester City (Aon Training Complex) Sat 28/09/2019 12:00 – Man Utd Women v Liverpool (Leigh Sports Village) Mon 30/09/2019 20:00 – Manchester United v Arsenal (Old Trafford) Manchester United host Arsenal at Old […]
A Wales rugby coach, named Rob Howley, has been sent home from the world cup to assist in an investigation surrounding suspected betting infringements. Professional players and coaches are banned from betting on rugby matches and Howley has been provisionally suspended from all rugby activity pending the outcome of the investigation. If found guilty of […]
Australian cyclist Rohan Dennis retained his men’s individual time trial world championship title with an emphatic victory on the 54 km route from Northallerton to Harrogate in Yorkshire. He completed the course in 1:05:05 to finish more than a minute ahead of second placed Belgian prodigy Remco Evenepoel. Italy’s Filippo Ganna took the bronze medal […]
Lyon Women won the second leg of their Champions League first round tie against Ryazan 7-0 to complete a 16-0 aggregate rout of the Russians. Le Sommer, Parris and Cascarino made it 3-0 at half time and Ada Hegerberg added a fourth from the penalty spot ten minutes into the second half. There were no […]
League One side Rochdale travelled across Manchester for a League Cup Third Round derby against Manchester United at Old Trafford on Wednesday night and nearly caused an upset against Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s men. It was a reasonably experienced United line-up, with the returning Paul Pogba in midfield and a couple of youngsters in the shape […]
Athletic Club failed to pick up their first away win of the season, but did manage to preserve their unbeaten record courtesy of a 1-1 draw away at bottom-of-the-table Leganes, who picked up only their second point of the campaign. Raul Garcia put Athletic ahead in the 59th minute with his fourth goal in his […]
