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Haaland reaches 100 goal involvements in record time

By in News, Sports News
Images courtesy of Getty
Emlyn Begley
journalist for BBC Sport
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Erling Haaland’s goalscoring may have slowed down as he reaches more human levels, but Manchester City’s 2-2 draw with Brighton on Saturday set a new record.

In his 94th game, his penalty resulted in 100 Premier League goal contributions (goals and assists total).

Only two players in their third Premier League season, Haaland and Shearer, who left Borussia Dortmund for £51.2 million in June 2022, managed to make that figure.

Shearer’s participation in the former First Division did not contribute to this record.

In their fourth seasons, Les Ferdinand, Thierry Henry, Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, Les Ferdinand, and Matt le Tissier all succeeded in doing it.

relying on the objectives

84 goals and 16 assists made up Haaland’s first 100 Premier League goalscoring appearances.

Before reaching the milestone, Kane only had 13 assists, just like the former Tottenham striker.

However, some of the objectives are drier.

Following his departure from Borussia Dortmund, Haaland won the Premier League Golden Boot in his first two seasons at Manchester City.

But he only has seven goals in 27 games this season, compared to three goals from Haaland and seven from Salah at Liverpool.

The best start to an English top-flight season since 1930’s Aston Villa’s Pongo Waring, where he scored 10 goals in the first five games.

What adversaries have they encountered?

Manchester United, which has six goals and three assists in five games, is Haaland’s best Premier League success rate.

He has scored nine goals and had no assists in his six games against West Ham.

What forthcoming releases are there?

100 Premier League goals will be the next milestone for Haaland to reach.

Shearer’s 124th appearance ranks him as the man who has scored 100 goals all for Blackburn.

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  • Premier League
  • Manchester City
  • Football

Six Nations title permutations – who needs what?

By in News, Sports News

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In the Six Nations title race, only France and England are still in place.

Ireland’s bonus-point victory over Italy temporarily elevated them to the top of the standings on Super Saturday, but England’s rout over Wales in Cardiff elevated Steve Borthwick’s side by a point.

France needed to defeat Scotland to claim the title in the final day, which had France in the lead.

The title will be decided based on points difference if both teams finish level on points, including bonuses.

schedule and kick-off times for Super Saturday

The kickoff times are enclosed in brackets. Details may differ from this page because coverage is subject to late changes. The times are GMT.

Saturday, March 15

Italy 17-22 Ireland

Wales 14-68 England

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What if England wins the Six Nations?

The French will receive the trophy at the Stade de France if they win the Six Nations.

All eyes will turn to Cardiff if they lose to Scotland and lose to England in the championship game.

England will leave their team hotel and travel to the Principality Stadium if it appears that France could be defeated at half-time.

Who has won the most Six Nations titles?

England has won seven titles since 2000 when it first first won the Six Nations, but they haven’t won one since 2020.

Six titles have been won by Scotland and Italy, while France, Ireland, and Wales have all won them.

With four each, Ireland has three Grand Slams, while England and Wales have two.

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Recent Six Nations champions

2024: Ireland

2023: Ireland*

2022: France*

2021: Wales

2020: England

2019: Wales*

2018: Ireland*

2017: England

2016: England*

2015: Ireland

Wooden Spoons for Wales, back-to-back

Wales, which finished sixth last year after losing every match five times, has now earned three bonus points for the Wooden Spoon after five straight losses.

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  • Rugby Union

Trump says US military carried out major air raids against Yemen’s Houthis

By in News, World News
In his most significant military operation to date, US President Donald Trump has announced a number of strikes on Yemeni Houthi targets.

According to Yemen’s Houthi-run Health Ministry, the strikes in Sanaa, Yemen, on Saturday left nine people dead and nine injured.

“Your attacks must end right away, and you must do it now.” Trump said in a statement on Truth Social, his social media site, that if they don’t, “hell will pour down upon you like nothing you have ever seen before.”

Trump continued, “I have ordered the US military to launch a decisive and potent military operation against the Houthi terrorists in Yemen.”

He claimed in the post that the Iran-aligned group was threatening Red Sea shipping, “We will use overwhelming lethal force until we have accomplished our objective.”

After Israel began bombing the besieged enclave, the Houthis, who have the majority of the Arabian Peninsula nation, launched a campaign against the busy sea route to support Palestinians in Gaza.

Trump also stated that Iran must stop supporting the Houthis right away. He said, “America will hold you fully accountable and, we won’t be nice about it,” if Iran threatens the US.

Attacks in Sanaa were previously reported by Houthi-affiliated Al Masirah TV. The U.S. strikes “hit a residential neighborhood,” according to the Houthi media office in Shouab, Sanaa’s northern district.

According to Sanaa residents, at least four airstrikes terrified the Shouab district’s Eastern Geraf neighborhood, frightening residents and locals. Abdallah al-Alffi claimed that “the explosions were very strong.” It resembled an earthquake, they said.

[Al Jazeera]

The armed group’s announcement this week that Israel would resume attacks on Israeli ships follows Israel’s failure to put an end to its punishing blockade of the Gaza Strip’s humanitarian aid delivery. The Yemeni organization stated that the Red Sea’s current immigration law will apply to all Israeli ships.

Any Israeli ship that attempts to violate this ban will be targeted in the designated zone of operations, the statement read on Tuesday read. The group claimed that the “ban” also includes the Gulf of Aden, Bab al-Mandeb Strait, and the Arabian Sea.

Due to the strikes, significant volumes of maritime traffic between Asia and Europe had to travel significantly longer distances from the Suez Canal to other parts of Africa.

Since January 2024, the US and some of its allies have launched a number of cruise missile attacks against Yemen as the Houthis continue to pursue their extensive maritime campaign and Israel’s conflict raged.

When the Gaza ceasefire was established in January, the group stopped its drone and missile attacks, which had targeted Israeli-affiliated vessels.

In an effort to pressure Hamas into releasing the remaining captives it took in its October 7, 2023 attack, Israel threatened to resume the attacks on March 2, blocking all aid to Gaza.