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Desperate to secure back-to-back Ykkonen victories on Friday afternoon, HIFK will welcome JJK Jyvaskyla to the Bolt Arena.

Starting with the hosts, managing to claim a crucial boost last week as they cruised their way to a stellar 4-0 romp away at KPV, HIFK will know that they face another must-win showdown here. Drawing a line under their extended seven-match winless run and now trying to find some much-needed stability, Sami Okkonen’s men will also be hoping their buffer in the top-six chase. Still sat in pole position to punch a play-off ticket in 2023, the Helsinki-based outfit will also be excited by a return to the Bolt Arena this weekend. Including a 2-0 victory against TPS Turku prior to June’s international break, the Re…

Manchester United face Champions League group stage clashes with Harry Kane’s new club Bayern Munich, while Newcastle were handed an exceedingly tough task on their return to Europe’s top club competition.

The Red Devils came back late on to beat Bayern in the 1999 final and complete the treble, but the German champions came out on top in the sides’ last Champions League encounter in the 2014 quarter-finals.

Erik ten Hag’s United side will also be up against Rasmus Hojlund’s first professional club FC Copenhagen of Denmark and Turkish side Galatasaray in Group A.

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Newcastle face a hugely difficult task as they prepare to return to the competition for the first time since 2002-03.

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You’ll have to forgive me today and allow me to write about England. Whilst the rest of Europe is looking forward to the wonderful forthcoming tournament in Switzerland and Austria, England played a ‘crucial’ friendly in Trinidad and Tobago.

Over the next few weeks England will rightly not get a mention in the media and I will be writing, along with everyone else, about the best Europe has to offer. So before I have to finally accept that England were terrible in the qualification and were deservedly knocked out by Croatia and Russia, allow me this one last article to cleanse my system and accept the depressing truth. Thank you!

So, an England team minus most of the Manchester United and Chelsea players, took to the field …

Spain stole a dramatic 2-1 win over the Czech Republic in Friday s Euro 2012 qualifier courtesy of record-breaking David Villa.

Villa scored a late brace to increase his tally to 46 international goals, making him Spain s all-time top goal-scorer ahead of Raul (44).His milestone was undoubtedly lost on the Czech Republic, who looked set for an upset of epic proportions at Granada s Estadio Nuevo Los Carmenes following Jaroslav Plasil s early goal.But Villa s goals, the second of which came from a heartbreaking penalty call against the visitors, ensured Spain would stretch their winning streak in Euro 2012 qualifying to four games.The reigning world and European champions sit on top of Group I with 12 points, six clear of second-place Czech Republic.Plasil s opener on 29 minutes…

Arsenal s decision to let Vivianne Miedema leave the club has been described as shocking and outrageous by former Gunners striker Ellen White.

On Monday, Arsenal announced Miedema – the all-time record scorer in the Women s Super League with 79 goals in the competition – will depart when her contract expires at the end of the campaign.

Miedema helped Arsenal win the WSL title in 2018-19 and clinched the competition s Golden Boot in back-to-back seasons in 2018-19 and 2019-20. In all competitions, she has scored 125 goals and added 50 assists in 172 appearances for the Gunners since arriving from Bayern Munich in 2017.

She has played just 13 games in 2023-24, however, having undergone knee surgery in March. That came after an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) …

While Sunday’s north London derby might steal most of this weekend’s headlines, we have a stacked schedule from across the continent.

Watching Italian icons Inter Milan mark their return from September’s international break on Sunday night, there are plenty of heavyweight showdowns on the cards.

On a Sunday schedule that includes Newcastle’s trip to Wolves, we have taken a look at some of the most intriguing betting markets that are available.

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Left heartbroken last season as they eventually missed out on booking another famous European ticket, Newcastle haven’t shown any signs of a hangover since opening up the 2024/25 campaign. While there might have been plenty of recent scrutiny over Eddie Howe’s long-term futur…

Tai Baribo did not feel he could fully enjoy scoring his first league goals for the Philadelphia Union, as he set his sights on helping the team turn around their form.

The Union slipped to a second straight defeat in MLS as they went down 4-3 to FC Cincinnati in midweek, despite Baribo s double.

Indeed, Philadelphia have now gone without a win in their last five MLS games.

That run has seen the Union drop to 10th in the Eastern Conference, five places behind Charlotte FC, their opponents this weekend.

I mean, it s hard to enjoy, Baribo said after the defeat to Cincinnati.

Of course, I m happy because I scored, but we lost again. The team is the most important thing, and if we lose I can t be happy.

Thank you to the coach for giving me …

Robert Lewandowski has no immediate plans to call time on his Poland career post-Euro 2024 as he battles to regain fitness in time for the tournament.

The Barcelona striker sustained a thigh injury in Monday s 2-1 friendly win over Turkiye and has been ruled out of Poland s opening match.

While Lewandowski will play no part against the Netherlands on Sunday, he will hope to be back to face both Austria and France in a tough looking Group D.

The former Bayern Munich ace turns 36 in August, but he is not yet thinking about retiring from duty with his national side.

I cannot say that is yes or not, he told CNN. It depends on many different things.

Physically, I am feeling very well. I don t see many differences, especially in this year, than befor…

Premier League action continues on Wednesday, May 2 with two fixtures on the matchday schedule: Chelsea v Newcastle United and Bolton Wanderers v Tottenham Hotspur.

Chelsea, Newcastle and Spurs are fighting for a place in next season s UEFA Champions League, while Bolton are fighting to avoid relegation to the English Championship.

All four clubs have everything to play for on Wednesday night. Expect two cracking battles to take place at Stamford Bridge and the Reebok Stadium.

Let s get started.

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Club Atlético Banfield and Godoy Cruz Antonio Tomba will lock horns with each other in the Argentine Primera División next week. The match between El Taladro and Expreso will be held at Estadio Florencio Sola in Banfield, Buenos Aires and is scheduled to kick off at 11pm UK time next Monday.

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Banfield will head into the Argentine Primera División match against Godoy Cruz at Estadio Florencio Sola in Banfield, Buenos Aires on the back of a 2-2 draw with Lanus away from home in the league. It came after a goalless draw with Arsenal at home in the Argentine Primera División and followed a 2-1 victory over Tigre on the road in the league.

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