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Argentina have sacked Edgardo Bauza after eight matches as coach, with the team facing an uphill for automatic qualifying places for next year’s World Cup. La Albiceleste are currently fifth in the 10-team South American qualifying group, with only the top four assured of qualifying for the tournament in Russia. Finishing fifth would mean a play-off against a team from Oceania. Bauza, was appointed in August and guided his side to three wins, two draws and three defeats. AFA president Claudio Tapia said “We’ve told Bauza he’s ceased to be the national team coach,” “The national team is playing badly…

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A shambolic display from the gunners on Monday football night gave Crystal palace their 5th win in 6 games. An unchanged XI from an arsenal side that beat West Ham last week fell to the sword last night at Selhurst park. Amid all the controversies surrounding the club and with just 7 points in their last games Arsenal cut an aimless and devoid of guile performance in the London derby, an overwhelming Crystal Palace performance full of purpose and controlled aggression was enough to hand maximum points to the Eagles. Goals from Andros Townsend, Yohan Cabaye and Luka Milivojevic’s penalty…

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President of the Nigeria Referees’ Association, Tade Azeez says sending people to Kano is like sending them to their graves, in reaction to the violence that broke out after Pillars lost 1-0 to Akwa United in their matchday 18 league game on Sunday.

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As the ‘Wenger Out Bandwagon’ keeps increasing the club’s second-highest shareholder Alisher Usmanov believes Arsene Wenger should begin the process of finding his successor. Wenger, whose current deal expires at the end of the season, has spent almost 21 years as manager of the club and has yet to announce whether he will remain at the helm of affairs beyond the end of the current campaign. “Some continuity is needed,” Usmanov said in comments reported by Bloomberg. “This includes the need to prepare a successor for Wenger, but in a very respectful way. “I can suggest that Wenger himself can…

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According to Sky Sports, Merseyside Police confirmed earlier on Monday that they were making enquiries into a video which emerged on social media and showed a person resembling Barkley being punched in a Liverpool bar. The CCTV video showed him speaking to another man before he then appeared to be punched in the face and quickly disappeared out of shot. A statement read: “We can confirm that Ross was the victim of an unprovoked attack by a stranger who approached him on Sunday evening.” “Merseyside Police is aware of footage online reportedly showing an assault in a bar in Liverpool…

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