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In Sunday’s 1-1 draw with 10-man Bournemouth, Rasmus Hojlund saved Manchester United from a third successive Premier League defeat with a last-gasp equalizer.

Antoine Semenyo’s first-half opener at the Vitality Stadium shocked Ruben Amorim’s struggling side.

With 20 minutes left, Evanilson, a Bournemouth forward, was controversiously sent off.

Evanilson was dismissed after being initially charged with kicking Noussair Mazraoui, even though he appeared to have slipped before making contact with the United defender.

Man United fought back from deep into stoppage time, just in time for their fourth league defeat.

United left feeling better than they did after bitter rivals Liverpool, who were hoping to win their 20th English title by avoiding defeat against Tottenham later on Sunday.

Hojlund’s late goal, however, did not help moribund United, who are currently 14th in the Premier League, make an encouraging display.

When they are crowned champions, Liverpool will join United as England’s joint most successful top-flight team.

Man United hasn’t won a trophy since 2013, and next season’s goal is to return to the top five rather than compete with Liverpool for the 21st title.

Amorim asserted this week that despite being concerned about how he should have delayed his arrival, he has “no regrets” about joining United.

Since joining Sporting Lisbon to take the place of the burned Erik ten Hag in November, Amorim has endured a hell of a time.

Under the Portuguese coach, Man United have only managed six victories in the top six, have unquestionably the lowest points total in the Premier League, and have the potential to have their worst season since 1973-74.

United has one more chance to wrap up the season with a semi-final first leg against Athletic Bilbao on Thursday.

They will need to take the most of this success to defeat the top-flying La Liga side.

United arrive late

After last weekend’s defeat against Wolves, Amorim made five changes, starting with left-back Luke Shaw as a temporary central defender in his first start since February 2024.

In the opening moments, Man United midfielder Kobbie Mainoo used a curler to put a pressure on Bournemouth goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga.

Alejandro Garnacho hit the spot with a powerful strike that soared wide from the edge of the area.

However, Semenyo’s 23rd minute winner gave Bournemouth a bad result in the south-coast sunshine despite Man United’s promising start.

After Shaw made a difficult pass, Patrick Dorgu, a panicked Ghana midfielder, gave up possession and fired a clinical finish past Semenyo, who had scored his eleventh goal of the season.

When Bruno Fernandes’ pass was mistaken by Illia Zabarnyi, allowing the winger to race clear for a shot Kepa did well to tip over, Garnacho almost had the lead.

Andre Onana, a Man United goalkeeper out of position, was almost deceived by Dango Ouattara’s audacious shot that smacked off the post.

Evanilson’s 70th-minute red card gave Man United a lifeline, and Bournemouth grew furious as referee Peter Bankes changed his decision to a red card after consulting the pitchside monitor.

As the final nine minutes of stoppage time drew near, Amorim’s men continued to appear unhurried.

As Liverpool prepare to defend their 20th English title against Tottenham at Anfield on Sunday, they are ready for a spectacular Premier League title party.

With only four games left, Liverpool will be 13 points adrift of second-placed Arsenal, who are mathematically out of reach with a draw.

The manager believes they have a “big responsibility” to seal the deal in front of their own fans after they have been a “hot favorite” to win just their second title in the Premier League era for months.

Five years ago, the Reds won their final championship game with a slightly anticlimactic theme due to the Covid-19 pandemic, leaving Anfield almost empty when the trophy was presented due to restrictions.

In the matchday program, Slot said, “What we have now and what we have in the rest of the season is a wonderful opportunity that we should take advantage of with both hands.”

We now need to finish the work that began in the summer of last year, which would have been an incredible achievement.

In anticipation of Liverpool’s coronation, tens of thousands of fans flocked to Anfield to watch the home team bus arrive, setting off flares in the warm spring sunshine.

From stalls outside the stadium were “Liverpool 20-time Champions” banners and scarves available.

On paper, Spurs, who are 16th in the table and haven’t won at Anfield since 2011, have little to worry about for Liverpool.

Liverpool will be even more pleased with their upcoming title win because it will bring them two league goals ahead of bitter rivals Manchester United in terms of both club’s combined success in English top-flight history.

Salah stars:

Liverpool kept their foot on the gas as their rivals struggled, with the relentless Mohamed Salah as inspiration.

Manchester City’s Pep Guardiola team was the first team to win five titles in a row, extending their dynastic Premier League dominance at the start of the campaign.

After two straight runners-up finishes behind City, Mikel Arteta was viewed as the driving force.

However, neither club has been able to match Liverpool’s consistency and intensity.

After nine glittering years at Anfield, it was believed that Liverpool’s players would need some time to adjust to Slot’s methods. He took over as Jurgen Klopp’s replacement in June.

However, the former Feyenoord manager quickly resigned and switched to a more controlled, possession-based game, replacing Klopp’s “heavy metal” style of football with a high press.

In his third game in charge, Slot celebrated a statement victory at Old Trafford, winning 3-1, before conceding defeat to Nottingham Forest at Anfield.

As Chelsea struggled before City, Liverpool won 11 of their first 13 league games, going one-game clear of City.

Arsenal made an appearance as their closest rival, but they drew too many games, failing to capitalize on the frequently missed Liverpool mistakes.

Despite constant rumors about the futures of three of his biggest stars, Salah, Virgil van Dijk, and Trent Alexander-Arnold, Slot has flown peacefully throughout the season.

Van Dijk and Salah both recently signed two-year extensions, though Alexander-Arnold is rumored to be close to joining Real Madrid as England’s defensive partner.

Salah has shown the difference by contributing 18 assists and 27 league goals thus far, which is a record for total goal involvements in a 38-game campaign.

After a fiery 2-2 draw with Everton in February, the normally calm sloth lost his cool and was given a two-game touchline ban, despite having acknowledged that “emotions got the better of me.”

When Liverpool lost to Fulham earlier this month, marking just their second league defeat of the season, they hit yet another roadblock, but the title victory was already a formality.

After surviving the Champions League group stage, Slot’s men fought back against Paris Saint-Germain in the last 16 before suffering a surprise defeat to Newcastle in the final match.

Tigst Assefa of Ethiopia won the London marathon on Sunday, breaking the women’s only world record for two hours, 15 minutes, and 50 seconds, while Sabastian Sawe of Kenya put an all-star men’s field to the test.

Assefa, 28, was compensated in large part for placing third overall in both London and the Paris Olympics last year, especially when his bitter Dutch rival, Sifan Hassan, who was born in Ethiopia, did so.

As the race, which took place in blazing sunshine and with thousands of runners lining the route, entered its business end, Assefa dropped Kenya’s Joyciline Jepkosgei.

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Hassan was well adrift in third place after beating her in a sluggish Olympic race last year.

She stated to the BBC in an interpreter: “To win here this year is very special. I was second last year.”

“Last year, I had a hamstring injury and trouble with the cold.

“I found it much more suited to me and much simpler this year.”

As they approached the 90-minute mark, Sawe made the decisive break at a bar and won the men’s race in two hours, two minutes, and 27 seconds.

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The 29-year-old finished second only to Uganda’s Jacob Kiplimo, who holds the world record for the half marathon, in the Valencia race last December.

Eliud Kipchoge, the defending champion, finished sixth while Alexander Mutiso Munyao, the defending champion, finished third behind Abdi Nageeye for the photo.

Olympic triathlete Alex Yee, who finished 14th on his debut, was very proud of himself.

Sawe, who won the Valencia marathon last December, said, “I am very happy that I have won a major marathon.”

I was so relaxed and confident because I had everything I needed to do to prepare for this.

“Now I’m hopeful that there will be more success in marathons,” I said.

Marcel Hug and Catherine Debrunner, both Olympic champions, won the men’s and women’s titles, respectively, in the wheelchair category.

Hug, 39, won his fifth successive London crown and seventh time. Debrunner, 30, claimed her third overall and second consecutive victory.

She Was Perfect, p.

Although the organizers claimed the race to be the most popular marathon in the world, there were plenty of runners attempting to raise money for charities or suffer a personal loss, it wasn’t just about the stars.

Since 1981’s first marathon, the marathon has raised more than £1.3 billion ($1.72 billion) for charity. It is the largest single-day fundraising event in the world.

In honor of their daughters, the fathers of Alice da Silva, 9, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, 7, who were the three young girls who were killed in Southport, northern England, took part in a memorial service.

The British Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, sent a video message to them.

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David Stancombe, who watched the race with Alice last year, said, “Elsie was my best friend, she was perfect, it’s like therapy, it’s more than just a race,” and Sergio Aguiar, Alice’s father, said, “I wanted to do something for her.

Isla, the 18-year-old Paula Radcliffe winner, made her Children with Cancer UK debut by running for the charity. She was 13 years old when she was diagnosed with cancer.

The 45th edition of the race had a goal to surpass the most competitors in the marathon format.

More than 56, 000 people were expected to participate this year, including Sarah Louise Haddock, who was appropriately dressed as a fish, from the elite field.

At the New York Marathon last year, there were 646 runners, which is the highest total of finishers. 56,950 runners entered the Paris Marathon this month, but there were fewer runners overall.

After extra time, Barcelona won the thrilling 2025 Copa del Rey final against Real Madrid, beating Barcelona 3-2 with Jules Kounde’s late strike.

The Catalans won the first major trophy of Hansi Flick’s tenure as coach, breaking the record for the 32nd Spanish Cup, and achieved a quadruple this year.

Barcelona equaled with two Real Madrid goals in seven second-half minutes, scored by Pedri and scored by Pedri at La Cartuja.

However, Kounde fired home in the 84th minute to make it 2-0 for the La Liga leaders with a strike in Ferran Torres’ 84th minute.

Antonio Rudiger, a substitute for the Madrid defender, was sent off in the final seconds for making an appearance to throw an object onto the pitch toward the referee, and Lucas Vázquez, who was also substituted, was dismissed for a second protest.

The Champions League semis are coming, Torres told La 1 after Barca hosted Inter Milan on Wednesday. “We have to enjoy it but without forgetting that,” Torres said.

Flick, who has won all seven championship finals with his coaching, told Movistar, “They can make a party … for today, it’s OK.”

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Mbappe, who had an ankle injury, and Ferland Mendy, who had a thigh issue early in the game, were the starting players for Madrid.

Fran Garcia was hired by Carlo Ancelotti to hang Lamine Yamal, Barcelona’s dazzling teenage winger, in place.

The Spain star, age 17, led the attack on Thibaut Courtois’ goal by dyeing his hair blond for the game.

The Catalans controlled the ball, which won the first two Clasicos this year in La Liga and the Spanish Super Cup while also netting nine goals.

After 28 minutes, Pedri drilled the ball into the top corner with precision and power from the edge of the box.

A clever Pau Cubarsi interception in Pau’s half gave the offence.

Yamal cut inside and held the ball up until the Canary Islander reached with a sight of goal as Pedri spread the play out to him on the right.

A defensive Madrid emerged from their shell with the opening goal from Barcelona, and it also featured Mbappe off the bench to warm up.

Vinicius Junior would have won a penalty if the excellent Jude Bellingham had hit him down but he had also sped off in the build-up.

With Dani Olmo’s corner evading several players and bouncing off the far post, Barcelona could have doubled their lead, but Cubarsi was unable to reach him as Dani Ceballos held him back.

Madrid referee Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea was lenient with some heated tackles, perhaps as a result of Friday’s drama, in which the Spanish champions wept at his pre-game remarks criticizing the club’s television channel’s conduct.

At half-time, Mbappé and Vinicius worked on Barcelona goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny, who Madrid sent on for Rodrygo Goes.

End to End ,

In the 70th minute, Mbappe almost equalized for Madrid.

The striker fired the free kick past the post as the striker advanced and was brought down on the edge of the box.

Tchouameni found space for Arda Guler’s corner before the helpless Szczesny in the seventh minute to take the lead.

When Yamal sent a delicious pass over the top to Torres, which both drawn Rudiger and Courtois, the Spaniard pipped them there and fired home.

Unsurprisingly, conflict appeared before the game entered extra time.

When Rudiger appeared to have brought down Torres, Barcelona clamored for a penalty before Raphinha’s pressure-assisted penalty fell to Raul Asencio, who was then awarded one last time in stoppage time.

However, the referee’s decision was overturned when VAR called to review the incident.

Barcelona gained momentum as they searched for a potential winner in extra time.

When Kounde intercepted a strangely loose Luka Modric pass and beat Courtois from outside the box, causing wild ovations, they eventually discovered it.

The teams meet again in La Liga in May, which could decide the title race, and Rudiger’s dismissal and Madrid’s pre-match histrionics about the refereeing team will ensure that the repercussions continue.

At a meeting of the executive committee in Accra on Saturday, Moroccan Fouzi Lekjaa was elected as the CAF’s first vice-president.

His choice will be widely acclaimed on the continent because of the 54-year-old’s successful record in Morocco, particularly in terms of building football infrastructure.

He is a member of the FIFA Council, the highest body in the world, which is located close to Algeria’s border. He was born in Berkane, the eastern city.

Lekjaa previously served as the CAF’s vice-president from 2017, but he was not reelected several years later. He plays both football and senior civil service positions in Morocco.

According to many African officials, Patrice Motsepe, the current head of the African Football Federation, might be the country’s president.

The 63-year-old billionaire won a second four-year term as the head of African football, winning unopposed. In 2021, Motsepe was also chosen by acclamation.

There are three terms that CAF presidents can serve. Before being removed in 2017, Cameroonian Issa Hayatou led the CAF for 29 years.

Ghanaian Kurt Okraku, Pierre-Alain Mounguengui, Congolese Bestine Ditabala, and Mozambican Feizal Sidat were the four new vice-presidents chosen.

Former Cameroon star Samuel Eto’o, who was elected to the CAF executive committee last month, was one of the candidates who were unable to attend.

The 44-year-old forward had long-term contracts with clubs like Barcelona, Inter Milan, and Chelsea, where he scored an all-time high 18 goals at Africa Cup of Nations competitions.

Before retiring, Eto’o was voted African Footballer of the Year four times, an unprecedented four times. Four years ago, he presided over the national football team in Cameroon.

Ismaila Sarr’s double and Eberechi Eze’s goal at Wembley on Saturday secured Crystal Palace’s 3-0 win over Aston Villa, making it their first FA Cup final since nine years.

Eze’s long-range goal gave Oliver Glasner’s side a 1-0 lead in the semi-final before Sarr scored twice in the final. Nottingham Forest or Manchester City will face off in the May 17 final against Palace, who will face them in the second semi-final on Sunday.

The Eagles have never won the FA Cup, having only lost one of their final two games against Manchester United in 2016 and 1990.

“The players deserve all the credit. They had to put in a lot of effort. There were a few challenging situations, according to Glasner.

“We gained more control,” the company said, “unbelievable.” We never lost our minds because the players kept to the original plan.

I’m just feeling a little worn out at the moment. The players now have four days off. They ought to enjoy the moment.

Villa, who won the FA Cup in 1957, hoped to reach the final for the first time since 2015.

Unai Emery’s team, however, produced a subpar performance, and will have to make up for it in order to advance to the Champions League by placing in the top five in the Premier League.

We only responded after 2-0 when they scored the first goal, and we created more chances to score, which we didn’t, so we only reacted when the second goal came along. They are very effective during a transition, according to Emery, and they merit victory.

We apologize to our supporters because they were motivated. It must be accepted by us. Because the league’s most crucial goal is ours, we must be quick to respond.

Sarr sparkles admirably

Emiliano Martinez was unable to stop Villa goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez from curling a superb strike past Sarr’s reach.

When Torres nodded just over the crossbar, he immediately sought a response.

Dean Henderson was forced to make a low save with a header of his own from a corner by Konsa as the situation got closer.

After the restart, Villa put more pressure on themselves when Lucas Digne fired narrowly wide through a crowd of players before Henderson made another excellent save to deny John McGinn’s sharp volley.

After Boubacar Kamara pulled Eze down in the 53rd minute, Mateta stepped up to the spot following a VAR check, but his shot went wide and hit the post.

Adam Wharton intercepted a pass and fired a quick pass into the bottom corner just as Villa was starting to gain momentum.

Moments later, Mateta slid in Ross Barkley’s defense after being blocked by Villa substitute Leon Bailey.

Sarr nodded Eze’s cross past the post while Villa’s late goalie sailed over the bar.