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Madrid crumbles in title race, loses to Valencia as Vini misses pen

Madrid crumbles in title race, loses to Valencia as Vini misses pen

Real Madrid has dented their hope on retaining the title, as they fell to a 2-1 home defeat to Valencia at the Santiago Bernabeu. Vinicius Jr’s penalty miss also highlighted the loss as Madrid failed to close the gap on league leaders, Barcelona. The game started brightly for Los Blancos as Kylian Mbappe was pulled

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Ronaldo breaks Al-Hilal jinx, nets brace to seal win

Ronaldo breaks Al-Hilal jinx, nets brace to seal win

Cristiano Ronaldo’s Al-Nassr defeated Al-Hilal away from home in the Saudi Pro League, to earn first league win since 2023. Ronaldo and Marcelo Brozovic’s goals helped Al-Nassr claim all three points, with the 3-1 win, moving them to third position. The visitors started as the better side, although could not find the back of the

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Copa del Rey: Rudiger’s header sends Los Blancos to final

Copa del Rey: Rudiger’s header sends Los Blancos to final

Real Madrid progressed to the Copa del Rey final, after an incredible triumph over Real Sociedad at the Santiago Bernabeu. Having won 1-0 away from home in the first leg, Madrid played a 4-4 draw, with Antonio Rudiger’s header as the decider to win 5-4 on aggregate. Sociedad opened the lead in the 16th minute,

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Leverkusen crumbles to third division side in DFB Pokal semis

Leverkusen crumbles to third division side in DFB Pokal semis

DFB Pokal holder, Bayer Leverkusen, suffered a disappointing loss to Arminia Bielefeld in the semi final. The third division side pulled off an extraordinary shock as they defeated Xabi Alonso’s side 2-1 to reach the DFB-Pokal final. Bielefeld, who have now eliminated four Bundesliga teams in consecutive rounds in the competition, became the fourth third-tier

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PSG stage comeback to reach Cup final

PSG stage comeback to reach Cup final

Paris Saint-Germain survived a big hurdle, as they claimed a comeback win from two-goal deficit against Ligue 2 side, USL Dunkerque. A double from Ousmane Dembele and goals from Desire Doue and Marquinhos sealed the comeback for PSG. The victory qualifies Les Parisiens for their 21st Coupe de France final. Dunkerque, who are making their

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