Logan Costa and Thijs Dallinga both scored twice as Toulouse thrashed holders Nantes 5-1 in a one-sided Coupe de France final, handing Les Violets their first major trophy in their current guise.
Nantes never looked likely to defend their crown at the Stade de France, falling behind within four minutes as centre-back Costa climbed to head Branco van den Boomen s corner home.
Toulouse s dream start continued as they capitalised on another set-piece six minutes later, Stijn Spierings crossing for Costa to nod in from close range after Nantes half-cleared a free-kick.
Nantes almost got one back as Gabriel Suazo denied Mostafa Mohamed with a goal-line clearance, but Toulouse had a third 23 minutes in, Dallinga racing onto Suazo s pass to beat Alban Lafont with a dink…
South Africa beat Honduras 2-0 to surpass the Central Americans and finish in third place in Group F of the 2009 World Youth Championship. Honduras are eliminated from the tournament.
The South Africans were in fact the least favored side to make it to the next round after collecting only one point from their first two games.
But Andile Jali put the young Bafana Bafana in the lead after 31 minutes and Sibusiso of Moroka Swallows added a second goal right after the interval.
South Africa have the same amount of points as UAE, but the latter have a better goal record and therefore finish in second place. Nevertheless, the Africans will advance as one of the best numbers three.
For Honduras, who began so well with a 3-0 win over Hungary, the tournament has …
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Legendary Hollywood actor Al Pacino pocketed a Racing Club membership on Friday.
Famous for some of the most iconic movie scenes, including his starring role as Tony Montana in 1983 blockbuster film Scarface, 76-year-old American Al Pacino has been making his way through Argentina with his Argentine girlfriend Lucila Scola.
And the Oscar-winning actor was presented with his own Racing jersey and membership.
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Racing 17-time Primera Division champions used Twitter to show off their newest member.
Champions in 2014, Racing are five points off the pace in fourth position after seven rounds this season.
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Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino says there is no point comparing his club with Arsenal, given the decades of stability enjoyed by Arsene Wenger.
The Gunners host Spurs in the north London derby on Saturday a month after Wenger celebrated his 20th anniversary in charge of the club.
Pochettino has transformed expectations at White Hart Lane since his appointment in 2014, having inspired them to an unlikely Premier League title challenge last term, while they remain the only unbeaten side in the top flight in 2016-17.
But the former Argentina defender says that the ongoing work to rebuild both Spurs stadium and the squad itself means trying to draw comparisons with their fierce rivals is futile.
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Junior Urso scored a late winner after Orlando City had blown a two-goal lead to claim second spot in the Eastern Conference with a 3-2 triumph over Columbus Crew.
Former Manchester United winger Nani had set up Daryl Dike for a 26th-minute opener with a tackle-cum-pass before Silvester van der Water doubled Orlando s lead three minutes later with a cross which eluded everyone.
But the visitors rallied after the break with a double strike inside three minutes, firstly with Antonio Carlos 52nd-minute own goal.
Minutes later Lucas Zelarayan picked out Derrick Etienne Jr who cushioned a pass into the box for Miguel Berry to equalize.
Orlando grabbed all three points with Dike laying back a pass for Junior Urso to lash home a 69th-minute winner from the edge …
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Scotland and the Republic of Ireland will face each other in the 2022–23 UEFA Nations League Group B1 this weekend. The match will be held at Hampden Park in Glasgow and is scheduled to kick off at 7:45pm UK time on Saturday.
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Scotland are doing well in the 2022–23 UEFA Nations League Group B1 campaign at the moment. They are currently second in the standings with six points from three matches, just a point behind leaders Ukraine. Scotland are two points above third-placed Republic of Ireland and three points clear of bottom side Armenia.
Steve Clarke’s side kicked off their 2022–23 UEFA Nations League Group B1 campaign with a 2-0 win against Armenia at Hampden Park…
Tottenham Hotspur are closing in on the signing of Belgium international Nacer Chadli from FC Twente, .
The 23 year old, who scored eighteen goals in thirty-eight appearances for the Eredivise side last season, is thought to have agreed terms on a five-year deal at White Hart Lane, after the two clubs agreed a fee in the region of £7m.
The winger will now join up with Spurs for pre-season training in Hong Kong subject to a medical, according to a statement from the club.
Both Swansea City and Aston Villa had been linked with Chadli, who scored at his new home ground when Twente were beaten 4-1 by Tottenham in a Champions League group match in 2010.
A dual citizen of Belgium and Morocco, he has fourteen caps for the Red Devils, and joins fellow Belgi…
History is firmly against Genoa as the Stadio Luigi Ferraris outfit prepare to host Inter on Sunday.
Although both teams head into this weekend s meeting in similarly poor form, each boasting just one win from their last seven league outings, Inter have reason to be confident of claiming a first victory in 2014.
Genoa have not beaten Inter in 16 matches across all competitions since the former returned to Italy s top flight seven years ago.
In addition, Genoa coach Gian Piero Gasperini, who endured a brief three-month stint in charge of Inter in 2011, has never tasted victory against his former club.
Gasperini is not the only man who will be coming up against his old employers when Inter make the short journey south to Liguria.
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Bayer Leverkusen will listen to offers for Premier League target Leon Bailey but are yet to receive any approaches, according to sporting director Rudi Voller.
Birthday-boy Bailey, 21, spoke this week of fielding concrete interest from several clubs, with Chelsea, Liverpool and Roma rumoured to be among his suitors.
The Jamaica-born winger emerged as one of European football s top prospects with an impressive nine Bundesliga goals last season.
However, with the transfer window in England closing on Thursday, it appears the former Genk star is set to stay at the BayArena.
We have had no offers for him, Voller told the Rheinische Post.
There are certainly offers to which we would not say no, but that is not the case at the moment.
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Riyad Mahrez s love of the ball is starting to pay dividends, says Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola.
City signed Algeria winger Mahrez from Leicester City for what was then a club-record fee of £60million in July last year.
Although the 28-year-old netted the pivotal third goal in City s 4-1 final-day win at Brighton and Hove Albion to seal the Premier League title, he spent much of his debut campaign on the periphery of Guardiola s first XI.
But Leroy Sane s knee injury and a comparatively slow start this time around from City s player of the year for 2018-19, Bernardo Silva, has handed Mahrez a more prominent role.
He opened the scoring in Wednesday s 3-0 Champions League win at Shakhtar Donetsk – an authoritative response following last week…