Northern Ireland left it late to maintain their 100 per cent start to Euro 2020 qualifying with a narrow 1-0 win over Belarus on Tuesday.
Michael O Neill s side won their first three Group C games – including a 2-1 win in the reverse fixture in March – but looked like they would be leaving the Borisov Arena with just a point after a disjointed display.
But, having secured a late turnaround to overcome Estonia at the weekend, they did the same again in Barysaw, Paddy McNair sparking wild celebrations among the travelling support with a fine finish four minutes from time.
The win means O Neill s men remain at the summit of their group, three points ahead of Germany, who have a game in hand.
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Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino has refused to be drawn on speculation that he wants to sign former player Morgan Schneiderlin.
Southampton midfielder Schneiderlin has been vocal about his desire to depart St Mary s Stadium throughout the close-season following the exits of the likes of Adam Lallana, Luke Shaw and Dejan Lovren.
Pochettino left Southampton for Tottenham in May, and has consistently been linked with a bid to bring France international Schneiderlin with him to White Hart Lane.
However, the Spurs boss would not reveal whether he wants to be reunited with the 24-year-old when speaking ahead of Tottenham s Premier League curtain-raiser at West Ham on Saturday.
It s not my style to speak about another player, said Pochettino.
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Hull City boss Steve Bruce has promised to rotate his squad in the first leg of their UEFA Europa League play-off at Lokeren on Thursday.
Hull left it late to book their place in the play-offs of Europe s second-tier competition in their first ever continental campaign.
An 80th-minute Sone Aluko goal was required to give Hull a 2-1 aggregate win over Trencin of Slovakia in the third qualifying round, and they now meet a Lokeren side who have won three of their last four matches.
The Yorkshire outfit opened their Premier League season with a 1-0 win at QPR on Saturday but Bruce had to leave out several of his seasoned campaigners.
And the former Birmingham City and Wigan Athletic manager is keen to use his depth against the Belgian outfit.
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Emmanuel Adebayor shook off a six-week injury absence to score the winner as Togo shocked Cameroon 1-0 Saturday at the start of the final 2010 World Cup-African Nations Cup qualifying phase.
A doubtful starter after injuring his hamstring against Tottenham Hotspur last month, the Arsenal striker kept his promise to play for his country and struck just 11 minutes into the first half.
Victory was particularly sweet for Togo as they are 22 places below five-time World Cup qualifiers Cameroon on the FIFA African rankings and had to stage a home fixture in neutral Accra.
But the 45,000-seat Ohene Dyan Stadium in the Ghana capital is a happy hunting ground for Adebayor who scored four goals against Swaziland there in the previous round.
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Spanish side Getafe have fired their coach Victor Munoz as the club fights relegation from the Primera Liga, Spanish media said Monday.
Munoz, 52, replaced Denmark s Michael Laudrup at the club in the summer of last year.
Getafe lost at 2-1 at home on Sunday to Villarreal and also succumbed 3-2 to derby rivals Real Madrid on Tuesday.
The club, a finalist in the Spanish Cup in 2007 and 2008, is now in 17th position in the league and just one point clear of the relegation zone.
The club finds iteself in a situation where there is no more room for error, the club said after Sunday s defeat.
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Looking to extend on what has been a rampant start to the 2022/23 campaign, PSG will welcome Monaco to the Parc des Princes on Sunday night.
Starting with the hosts, after welcoming Christophe Galtier to the French capital over the summer, PSG really couldn t have wished for a better start to the 2022/23 campaign. Reclaiming their Ligue 1 crown thanks to a 15-point buffer, Les Parisiens are in the midst of a real purple patch. Laying down another marker last weekend as they stormed their way to a thumping 7-1 victory away at Lille, the mood in their camp should be at a real high. Opening the new season by claiming France s Super Cup thanks to a 4-0 romp against Nantes, the ex-Nice boss has also seen his side win each of their first thre…
Rafael Leao scored one goal and assisted another as Milan downed Bologna 2-0 on Saturday, with Stefano Pioli hailing his talented winger.
The Portugal international wrong-footed goalkeeper Lukasz Skorupski in the first half to open the scoring – his eighth Serie A goal at home since the start of 2022.
No Serie A player has managed more strikes on their home ground in that period, and Leao turned creator after the interval as he teed up Olivier Giroud, who acrobatically volleyed home to double Milan s lead.
Another dazzling performance from Leao, who played a large part in Milan s Scudetto triumph last season, came just days after reports in Italy claimed Chelsea want to sign the 23-year-old.
Milan are reportedly attempting to tie the forward down to a …
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Ryan Sessegnon was handed his first Premier League start since joining Tottenham as the teenager lined up for Jose Mourinho s team against Brighton and Hove Albion on Thursday.
Former Fulham player Sessegnon stepped in for the suspended Son Heung-min, who missed out after Tottenham lost an appeal against his red card in the 2-0 home defeat to Chelsea.
Sessegnon looked set to feature in a fluid forward line, headed by captain Harry Kane, with Dele Alli and Lucas Moura also floating behind the skipper.
Chances for 19-year-old Sessegnon have been few and far between since his reported £25million move to north London in August, although he scored on his last appearance in the recent Champions League defeat at Bayern Munich.
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Former Liverpool striker Emile Heskey feels the club have not managed to replace Luis Suarez following the Uruguay international s departure to Barcelona in 2014.
Liverpool have brought in the likes of Mario Balotelli, Christian Benteke and Roberto Firmino to try and strengthen their attack over the past two seasons, but only the Brazilian has proved to be something of a valuable addition.
Heskey feels not even Firmino is close to the level of Suarez, though, and has urged Jurgen Klopp to keep looking for an attacker with a similar animal instinct .
I think Liverpool have enough options, but there is always room for more, Heskey told Omnisport.
Especially someone who s direct, who knows how to run with the ball, who creates stuff on his own. A bit sim…