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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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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 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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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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Two-time champion at the Roland Garros, Maria Sharapova will not compete at the French Open later this month after being denied a wildcard by the French Tennis Federation, but WTA chief executive Steve Simon condemned the reasoning for her snub. Sharapova was informed that her request for entry into the forthcoming grand slam following her recent return from a drugs ban had been rejected on Tuesday. She has competed at three events since returning to competitive tennis following her 15-month suspension for testing positive for meldonium, a sanction that was reduced from two years by the Court for Arbitration of…

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Micheal Keane, who has continued to live in Manchester and is a boyhood United fan, can expect to quadruple his £25,000-a-week wages if he returns to a club that he first joined at the age of 11. The defender was first allowed to go to Burnley on loan before Louis van Gaal sanctioned a permanent move to Turf Moor. Keane has however developed into one of the Premier League’s most highly-rated defenders since leaving United to join Burnley for £2m in January 2015. And reports indicates Manchester United are set to re-sign Michael Keane from Burnley in a £25million deal this…

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