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Roger Federer moved another step closer to earning his second Shanghai Rolex Masters title on Friday with a 7-5, 6-4 win over Richard Gasquet to advance to the semi-finals, where he will play No. 16 seed Juan Martin del Potro. Considering Federer entered the match having won the past 15 sets against the Frenchman, all by margins of 6-4 or greater, it looked like the fans in Shanghai might be in for a surprise when Gasquet held a breakpoint while up 3-2 in the opening set. But Federer held him off and would break at 5-5 to give him the…
Jose Mourinho has shrugged off suggestions that Manchester United may struggle to cope with the atmosphere of his team’s visit to Anfield by describing his rivals’ famous old stadium as a “beautiful place.” The United manager faces his team’s biggest test of the new campaign when they make the short journey to Merseyside for their first meeting of the season with Jurgen Klopp’s side. Given the history of animosity between the clubs, the atmosphere at Anfield for this fixture is always among the most intense of any Premier League season. But Mourinho has been surprised this week that former United players…
Rafael Nadal progressed to the semi-finals of the 2017 Shanghai Rolex Masters on Friday after beating Grigor Dimitrov in their quarter-final matchup, 6-4, 6-7 (4), 6-3. The tournament’s top seed Nadal came into Friday’s quarter-final contest without dropping a set in his two previous outings, but his spotless record was ended as he advanced to tee up a semi-final clash with Marin Cilic. The Croat did maintain his own perfect set record on Friday after beating Albert Ramos-Vinolas, 6-3, 6-4, and he’ll be looking to add another Spanish conquest to his record when he faces Nadal in Shanghai on Saturday.…
West ham United’s boss, Slaven Bilic believes English football is taking the on-loan Manchester City goalkeeper Joe Hart for granted.
Former Ivory Coast captain Yaya Toure has offered his services to FIFA and the Russian government to help curb racism during next year’s World Cup. Toure is one of the several players who suffered abuse when playing in the country in recent years when he was the victim of racist chants during a Champions League match for Manchester City against CSKA Moscow in 2013. Ex-Arsenal midfielder Emmanuel Frimpong was red-carded when he gestured angrily to the crowd over alleged monkey chants in 2015, while Brazil international striker Hulk claimed to have suffered racism regularly during his time at Zenit St…
The Emergency Committee of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), the most powerful organ in the set up of the continental body, would on Saturday, October 14, meet in Lagos, Nigeria. The meeting according to information gathered by Brila.net would be held in Ikoyi, Lagos and there will be deliberations on recent happenings in the game in Africa, as well as CAF competitions next year. The discussion would also focus on the African Nations Championship (CHAN), originally scheduled for Kenya, but was later withdrawn, due to lack of adequate preparations on the part of the East Africans. The meeting comes…
Obafemi Martins and Mikel Obi will be among the first players in the Chinese Super League to witness an epoch moment when their sides; Shanghai Shenhua and Tianjin Teda, clash in the league this weekend.
Isaac Success may be facing an uncertain future at Watford after Manager Marco Silva failed to give any assurances the Nigerian will return to the first team following allegations of a melee with four prostitutes and his subsequent arrest.
Mikel Obi and Tianjin Teda are under investigation by the Chinese Football Association following allegations of match-fixing in their CSL match against Tianjin Quanjian.
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