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Federation Internationale de Football Association to allow players to wear poppies in end to stand-off
The FA, SFA and FAW all lodged appeals , with the IFA not joining them only due to there being no right of appeal for fines below a certain threshold. To do so, England need to beat Slovenia at Wembley next month to secure automatic promotion while a draw is enough for Germany against Northern Ireland at Windsor Park. [Full Article...]
Premier League results and scores: Man Utd, Man City and Chelsea win
Manchester City added to Crystal Palace's woes, as Pep Guardiola's charges romped to a 5-0 win at the Etihad. Alexis has endured a slow start to the season as he eases his way back to fitness and tries to get over the disappointment of not being a Manchester City player right now but offered a timely reminder of his ability last week with a stunning finish against Koln in the Europa League.... [Full Article...]
Chargers Come Up Stagnant Against Chiefs
L.A.'s defense, which played well against the explosive Chiefs, was unable to stop Kansas City as Hunt got loose on his long scoring run to ice the win. Rivers led the next Charger drive to Chiefs territory, but threw a high pass to Chiefs defensive back Marcus Peters , who returned it to the LA 34-yard line. [Full Article...]
On-song Morata gives Conte Chelsea cheer
Following hard on the heels of Michy Batshuayi's three-goal haul against Nottingham Forest in the Carabao Cup in midweek, Alvaro Morata put Stoke to the sword on Saturday afternoon. "Now he is involved totally in our style of football and our idea and he is very strong", Conte said. The referee allowed them to stop the game. "He adapted very well to this league but now he has to continue t... [Full Article...]
Geronimo! Big pass to Allison helps Packers to OT win
Rodgers led the Packers back from a 14-point halftime deficit, throwing a pair of touchdowns to Nelson in the second half to even the score at 24. The Bengals are looking for their first win of the season, and it just might happen against a depleted Packers team. They got strong games from a pair of rookies - Joe Mixon had 101 yards from scrimmage and Carl Lawson had 2.5 sacks while co... [Full Article...]
'I'm absolutely traumatised' Shane Warne caught up in porn star assault claims
Fox also posted a photo of an incident card as an evidence of her registering the complaint against Warne. "Just because you're famous doesn't mean you can hit women and get away with it", tweeted Valerie Fox after an incident that has "traumatised" the porn star. [Full Article...]
Ex-defender states his prediction for Stoke v Chelsea
Chelsea confirmed Costa's exit on Thursday and the Spaniard will formally join Atletico in January. Hazard had made just three appearances off the bench for the Blues this season after breaking his ankle at the end of last term. Chelsea's head of communications and public affairs Steve Atkins added: " We spoke to Alvaro after the game and he is grateful also that they have changed the words". [Full Article...]
Newcastle boss felt Brighton's winning goal should have been disallowed
Pascal Groß looked certain to open the scoring in the 11th minute as he fired a close-range shot at goal following a scramble in the box, but it came off Anthony Knockaert and Newcastle survived. Brighton , meanwhile, are 17th in the Premier League table. In this loss, Brighton made a decision to send mostly the second unit player onto the pitch, probably resting the best players for the ... [Full Article...]