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Dirk Kuyt Announces Retirement

Dirk Kuyt has decided to hang up his playing boots, ending an illustrious career that culminated in him captaining Feyenoord to Sunday’s Eredivisie title. The 36-year-old shared his decision with the club’s senior management and head coach Giovanni van Bronckhorst on Wednesday morning. Kuyt will train with the squad through to the end of the week and then take up another role at Feyenoord. Dirk Kuyt’s decision brings to an end an impressive playing career spanning 19 years. He made his first-team debut in the Eredivisie for FC Utrecht in 1998-1999. Five seasons later he moved to Feyenoord, where he…

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50 Cent to perform at AS Monaco’s end of season bash

Famous American rapper Curtis James Jackson III popularly known as 50 cent is set to headline AS Monaco’s end of season party which has been scheduled to hold this weekend. AS Monaco are looking forward to toasting their title win unless they lose their last two games of the season against St-Etienne and Rennes. Second-placed Paris Saint-Germain  will have to pull off a ‘mission impossible’ to be able to deny Monaco the Ligue 1 title which they haven’t won since 2000. AS Monaco having played thirty six games this season are three points clear of their rivals PSG. The reigning…

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Terminally-ill Bradley Lowery is forced to turn down presenting PL trophy to Chelsea

Terminally-ill Sunderland fan Bradley Lowery is not well enough to make the trip to Stamford Bridge this weekend to make his side’s (Sunderland) final Premier League match against Chelsea. Calls for Bradley, who celebrated his sixth birthday on Wednesday, to present Chelsea with the Premier League trophy after the final game of the season was initiated by blues fan Gary Burgess who posted the suggestion on Facebook, and was picked up on Twitter by a Premier League fanpage, garnering over 22,000 retweets for the idea. Bradley’s family took to Twitter to confirm that Chelsea had been in touch with the…

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Conte is something else admits Cesc Fabregas

cesc Fabregas in an interview with Cadena Ser has revealed what has set Chelsea manager Antonio Conte apart from the likes of Jose Mourinho and Pep Guardiola this season having played under all three of the highly-decorated managers. Though under the Italian, Fabregas has been a bit part player but was full of praise for his current coach. ‘Conte is something else,’ Fabregas said. ‘We have run a lot this season, lots of gym work and sprints. We did very well, the team was phenomenal physically. There is a lot of pressure to go up and down (the pitch). ‘He is…

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Juventus, Lazio visits Pope Francis ahead of Italian Cup final

Juventus and Lazio players and officials lined up to meet the Pope on Tuesday morning ahead of their highly-anticipated Italian Cup final, which will take place at the Stadio Olimpico. Juventus chief Giuseppe Marotta could be seen handing over a black and white striped shirt to the Pope. But there was no favouritism from the holy father as he also accepted a Lazio jersey. They were not the only gifts that Francis received as he also accepted a replica of the Coppa Italia from Italian FA president Carlo Tavecchio. The Pope also addressed players from both sides, saying: ‘Taking into account…

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Blue Blood Pablo Zabaleta bids Manchester City emotional farewell

Last night Manchester sealed their top four fate with a win over West Brom at the Ethihad but the occasion will be remembered for the send off afforded to Zabaleta after nine years with the blue side of Manchester. Zabaleta joined from Espanyol in 2008 and went on to become a fan favourite and a constant figure down the right hand side of City’s defense. With Manchester City, Zabaleta has won all of English football’s major honours: the FA Cup (2011), the Premier League (2012 and 2014), and the Football League Cup (2014 and 2016) Zabaleta could not stop himself…

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