Thursday 27 April 2017

Football

Gritty Spurs won't stop fighting


Tottenham's Harry Kane. File Photo: Reuters
Harry Kane warned Chelsea that Tottenham won't stop fighting for the Premier League title after they closed the gap on the leaders with a gritty 1-0 win at Crystal Palace on Wednesday.

Football

Real, Barca stay level

Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi celebrates a goal during their Spanish La Liga
match against Osasuna at the Camp Nou stadium on April 26. Photo: Reuters
Real Madrid thrashed Deportivo La Coruna 6-2 to stay level with Barcelona at the top of La Liga on Wednesday after the Catalans crushed Osasuna 7-1, condemning the minnows to relegation.

Football

El Clasico, the morning after
Real's El Clasico win puts it seven points clear at the top with
four to play, effectively deciding La Liga.
In the end, it wasn't so much a clasico as a basico; Jose Mourinho's tried and tested 4-2-3-1 bettered Pep Guardiola's rather bizarre midfield creation,