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With a 2-1 victory over Everton and a six-point lead at the top of the table, Liverpool extended their perfect Premier League start to keep their grip on the Merseyside derby.

The defending champions’ reward for a strong first half was a pair of goals from Ryan Gravenberch and Hugo Ekitike, which earned them their fifth successive Premier League victory.

After the break, however, Everton’s goal was saved by Idrissa Gana Gueye, who had given them no more room to breathe.

To win all four of their previous four Premier League games and their Champions League opener against Atletico Madrid in midweek, Arne Slot’s men needed late goals.

The Reds’ main focus was on their excellent work inside the first 30 minutes, leaving Everton with no win in front of a crowd at Anfield in the twenty-first century.

With the return of Alexis MacAllister along with Dominik Szoboszlai and the impressive Gravenberch in midfield, Slot left both his £135 million ($135 million) plus signings Florian Wirtz and Alexander Isak on the bench.

Just nine minutes into the game, the Dutch midfielder deftly completed Mohamed Salah’s cross on the half-volley.

Salah then advanced just wide with a powerfully struck effort on his dependable left foot.

The resurrected Jack Grealish, who had led Everton for four games, had been instrumental in that success.

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Unsurprisingly, the loanee from Manchester City was at the heart of the team’s best first-half move when he sent a pass through to Kieran Dewsbury-Hall, who fired wide from a close angle.

Ekiti rolling Gravenberch’s pass through Jordan Pickford’s legs marked Liverpool’s fine team play as it came to his third goal in five Premier League games since joining Eintracht Frankfurt.

However, after being pegged by Bournemouth, Newcastle, and Atletico earlier this season, Liverpool almost lost control of the second half.

This time, the tension appeared to be at play in the kick-off, which came just over 60 hours after Virgil van Dijk’s stoppage-time winner against Atletico on Wednesday.

Just before the hour mark, when Grealish’s deep cross was reversed into Gueye’s path, who blasted past Alisson Becker, Everton found a lifeline.

With little success, Slot turned to Wirtz and Isak off the bench to try to regain control.

However, Liverpool did manage to watch a sleazy finale that gave Everton manager David Moyes an unwelcome reputation.

The Scot is the most successful Premier League manager to play at a stadium without a victory in 23 of his 23 appearances as a visiting coach.

According to police, Jonathan Gonzalez, an Ecuadorian football player, was killed on Friday in what was his third murder in the south American nation since September.

Authorities claimed that the 31-year-old, who was referred to as “Speedy” Gonzalez, was injured in a shooting at a home in Esmeraldas, a province bordering Colombia and where rival drug gangs operate.

A motive for the crime was not provided by the police.

Unidentified second victim passed away while being taken to the hospital.

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Colombia and Peru are the two biggest cocaine producers in the world, and Ecuador has become the gateway to 70% of the world’s supply.

The homicide rate increased from six per 100, 000 people in 2018 to a record high of 47 in 2023, before falling to 38 last year as a result of the rise in gangs.

Maicol Valencia and Leandro Yepez, both from the second-division team Exapromo Costa FC, were killed on September 10 during an armed assault in Manta, a coastal city in southwest Portugal.

Valencia was killed in the gunshots, and Yepez was injured two days later.

The players were the target of another attack, according to the club.

Jonathan Gonzalez previously played for Olimpia in Paraguay and Leon in Mexico as a member of the second-division team 22 de Julio FC.

After winning five of the seven disciplines at the world championships in Tokyo on Saturday, three-time Olympic champion Nafissatou Thiam’s agent informed AFP.

Her coach, Michael Van Der Plaetsen, later told Belgian media: “It makes no sense for her to continue,” and her representative, Helena Van der Plaetsen, confirmed she would not continue.

After four events, Thiam, 31, was only in sixth place, especially after a subpar 200 meters, but nothing nearly broke Carolina Kluft’s European heptathlon record of 7, 032 points in Tokyo.

After a disappointing long jump, in which she placed 11th with a 5.99m, she dropped another two spots in the rankings on Saturday morning.

After that, a tearful Thiam said, “I think the hardest thing for me is telling myself that I wanted to come here and have fun, and that wasn’t the case at all.”

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Thiam, who has won gold at the last three Olympics, has been at odds with the Belgian athletics federation because she has refused to adhere to its code of conduct.

In the course of her contention, Thiam claimed that the federation had refused to accredit her physiotherapist and that it had not reserved a bedroom for her during the pre-world championships training camp.

Her accusations are false, according to Belgian Athletics.

We have tried to protect her over the past few weeks, according to Michael Van Der Plaetsen, but ultimately it has had a significant impact on her performances. I’m embarrassed for being Belgian.

Pep Guardiola, the manager of Manchester City, claimed that his side could not afford to repeat the “under-14s” defense that saw them face a 5-1 defeat by Arsenal in February.

In the race for the title in the Premier League, Guardiola’s men are already trailing the Gunners and defending champions Liverpool on Sunday.

City came out on top with wins over Manchester United and Napoli in the Champions League, but they lost two of their opening three games to Tottenham and Brighton.

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One of Guardiola’s worst campaigns was the one that saw him lose to his former protege Mikel Arteta.

City finished third, trailing only Liverpool and Arsenal, in the first place since 2017 when it failed to win a trophy.

When asked about his most recent trip to the Emirates, Guardiola said, “We started like many times last season, like an under-14s team, and gave away a thousand million goals.

In comparison to last season, the last 15-20 minutes were a disaster, but the majority of the time after we were good.

It was simple for Arsenal because we forgot what we had to do. I want to compete to improve our team from last year. ”

In the quest for Premier League dominance, Guardiola took aim at those who claimed his six titles, which he had won since arriving in England, were due to the budget at his disposal, while Liverpool and Arsenal both blew it in the transfer window.

The only thing I want to tell my friend Mikel Arteta is that if he wins, it will be simply because he spent money, not because he worked hard or with his players, Guardiola sarcastically.

It resembles Liverpool, too. Arne (Slot) will win it again because, you see, he spent a lot of money, right? Given that not just Man City does (spend), is that correct? ”

Arteta left in 2019 to take over as Guardiola’s assistant, and she has slowly transformed Arsenal into a force that can win numerous awards.

After finishing second in the Premier League for the third consecutive year, he has only recently won one piece of silverware, the 2020 FA Cup.

Guardiola continued, “Arsenal is getting better. He found the club in a (certain) way and step-by-step, window by window.”

They made an incredible step forward last season in Europe, and they are now the most reliable team. In the back, they don’t make mistakes. ”

City is three points clear of Arsenal and six points clear of Liverpool as the weekend draws to a close.

Guardiola’s side’s Champions League opener was played 48 hours after Arsenal, who won 2-0 at Athletic Bilbao on Tuesday, making the challenge even more difficult.

Guardiola said it might be challenging for Rodri to start three games in eight days after suffering a serious knee injury, but he did not want to be drawn into the scheduling debate.

Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, a two-time Olympic champion and world record holder, opted to skip the 400-meter hurdles event, which Kemke Bol did on Friday.

In Tokyo, Dutchwoman Bol came home in 51.54 sec, ahead of Slovakia’s Emma Zapletalova and American Jasmine Jones.

Bol, who finished their incredible sixth Diamond League campaign unbeaten, came to an end to another successful season.

McLaughlin-Levrone, who chose not to compete in Tokyo’s hurdles so she could concentrate on the 400-meter flat race, made the event notable.

The American won the final on Thursday for the second time ever, clocking in at the second-fastest ever.

Bol was considering only claiming her second world title when the crowd was disappointed by the McLaughlin-Levrone-shaped hole in the hurdles final line-up.

She didn’t need to defeat McLaughlin-Levrone, who missed the competition due to injury, for her second, which was held in Budapest two years ago.

Bol and Dalilah Muhammad, both from America, competed in Tokyo with Anna Cockrell and Dalilah Muhammad.

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Cockrell finished second behind McLaughlin-Levrone for the bronze medalist Bol in Paris last year.

At the age of 35, Muhammad, the 2016 Olympic champion, was hoping for a happy ending.

Bol was given the most difficult challenge by Jones, who completed the roundabout just outside the Dutchwoman.

Bol made her legs work the distance, and Jones took silver in 52.03 seconds, breaking her personal best.

Zapletalova broke the 53.01 national record for medals.

According to an AFP report, Argentinian officials on Thursday seized the assets of two of the player’s sisters, his attorney, and three other people, alleging fraudulent management of the player’s brand.

Matias Morla, Maradona’s former attorney, and two of his associates have been charged with fraud in Buenos Aires in a court filing.

Rita and Claudia, the sisters of the Argentine players, and a notary were also charged as compliciters in the case.

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The court ordered the accused’s entire families to forfeit $ 1.34 million (2 billion pesos).

Maradona’s children claimed that when he passed away in 2020 at the age of 60, his brand and its subsidiaries should have been transferred to them.

Maradona continued to have control over his assets until he passed away, according to the court, who claims Morla’s brand management company was merely a front.

According to the ruling, the assets “immediately revert to his heirs” in those circumstances.

In 2021, two of Maradona’s daughters, Dalma and Giannina, first filed charges against Morla and other defendants.

The football player’s three other children have since filed a lawsuit.

Maradona underwent brain surgery, and she passed away.

Two weeks after being exposed to the knife, it was discovered that he had died of heart failure and acute pulmonary embolism (a condition where fluid accumulates in the lungs).

Another case is awaiting retrial after a judge was required to recuse herself for her involvement in a covert documentary in order to determine whether his death was caused by medical negligence. After two months of hearings, that trial was adjourned in May.