Cristiano Ronaldo s penalty gave Juventus a seventh consecutive Serie A victory as Torino s Simone Zaza endured a nightmare moment in a 1-0 defeat to his former club in the Derby della Mole.
Torino held their own for 70 minutes in a cagey affair until Zaza dribbled haphazardly back towards his own box with Leonardo Bonucci in pursuit.
The forward then sold Salvador Ichazo short with a terrible backpass and the substitute goalkeeper brought down Mario Mandzukic.
Ronaldo converted despite Ichazo s best efforts for his 11th Serie A goal of the season, extending Juve s lead at the summit to 11 points.
Salvatore Sirigu took a heavy blow to the hip early on and the Torino goalkeeper writhed in agony after making a fine reaction save from Ronaldo.
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Francisca Lara s late penalty miss saw Chile eliminated from the Women s World Cup as Cameroon and Nigeria celebrated qualification for the last 16.
Thursday s action saw the group stage come to a dramatic conclusion as Chile bowed out despite a 2-0 win over Thailand.
Needing victory by three goals to advance from Group F as one of the four best third-placed teams, La Roja led through Waraporn Boonsing s own goal and Maria Jose Urrutia s header.
Goalkeeper Boonsing then fouled the Chile striker in the box, but Lara s 86th-minute spot-kick thudded against the crossbar as the World Cup debutants were dumped out, with several players in tears at the final whistle.
5 Francisca Lara’s spot kick for Chile was the fifth penalty miss of the 2019 Women’s World…
Eden Hazard is a doubt for Belgium s friendly with Spain, whose centre-back Marc Bartra is expecting the European Champions to be sternly tested by the world s number one ranked team in Brussels on Tuesday.
Chelsea attacking midfielder Hazard did not train for Belgium on Sunday because of illness, while striker Laurent Depoitre was also missing from the session with an ankle injury.
Belgium go into the match unbeaten in five games, having produced a fine demonstration of their quality on Friday with a 3-1 defeat of Euro 2012 finalists Italy.
Italy took the lead through an Antonio Candreva goal in the third minute, but Jan Vertonghen, Kevin De Bruyne and Michy Batshuayi hit back to secure victory for Marc Wilmots men.
And Belgium, who reached the quart…
Manchester United will do everything to deny Manchester City a potential treble when they face their cross-city rivals in the FA Cup final, Erik ten Hag has promised.
United reached a record-equalling 21st FA Cup final with Sunday s penalty shoot-out victory over Brighton and Hove Albion at Wembley Stadium, Solly March blazing over the crossbar as the rest of the 14 spot-kicks were converted.
The two Manchester clubs will now face off in a major cup final for the first time on June 3, after a Riyad Mahrez hat-trick guided City to a 3-0 win over Sheffield United in the last four.
With City battling Arsenal in the Premier League title race and being drawn against Real Madrid in the Champions League semi-finals, Pep Guardiola s team could yet collect three major tr…
New Oldham Athletic boss Paul Scholes anticipates Jose Mourinho taking a keen interest in how he fares in management having often criticised the Portuguese as a television pundit.
Former England and Manchester United midfielder Scholes has made his first foray into management with League Two side Oldham, the club he supported as a boy.
The 44-year-old retired from playing in 2013 having spent his entire career at Old Trafford, and he initially moved into punditry.
It was in that role that he lambasted Mourinho s time at United, with Scholes having accused him of embarrassing the club before he was sacked in December.
Mourinho once said he hoped Scholes would be 25 per cent as successful as myself if he ever went into management, though the new Oldham bo…
Competition: Premier League
Market: Liverpool to beat Southampton
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The Premier League returns this weekend for yet another massive round of games. The league table is so tight that a single win can quite often see a team move up a number of places with the three points invaluable to their aspirations for the season. With this in mind, Southampton host Liverpool on Sunday.
Southampton have been struggling this season and they need to embark upon a run of games that will see them away from danger. After 26 games they have won five, drawn 11 and lost 10, scoring 28 goals and conceding 38 times. In their last five they have won once, drawn three times and lost once, which has seen them onto 26 points. The Saints are just two points clear of the…
Barcelona forward Lionel Messi has won the European Golden Shoe for a fifth time.
The Argentina international claimed the prize after scoring 34 goals in LaLiga this season, helping his club to a 25th league triumph.
Messi who came off the bench in Barcelona’s final-day win over Real Sociedad at Camp Nou on Sunday also won the award last year, as well as in 2010, 2012 and 2013.
His impressive tally came from 32 starts and saw him top the charts ahead of Mohamed Salah, who netted 32 goals in a stunning debut season for Liverpool, while Tottenham striker Harry Kane rounded out the top three after plundering 30 goals for his side in the Premier League.
Four-time winner Cristiano Ronaldo finished ninth in the rankings after scoring 26 goals for Real Madr…
Eintracht Frankfurt took Europe by storm last season as they went on a memorable and breathtaking run to the Europa League semi-final.
Spearheaded by Luka Jovic, Sebastien Haller and Ante Rebic, Eintracht were only spot-kicks away from their first European final since 1980.
Jovic, Haller and Rebic combined for 57 goals across all competitions and 41 in the Bundesliga, where Eintracht threatened to qualify for the Champions League before ultimately finishing seventh.
However, the star trio – put together by Eintracht mastermind and director of sport Fredi Bobic – have since departed for Real Madrid, West Ham and AC Milan respectively.
Thanks for everything, Ante!
— Eintracht Frankfurt (@eintracht_eng)
While pocketing a substantial …
Change is sweeping through Serie A with four of Italy s grandest clubs on the hunt for new coaches to lead them into the future.
Inter became the latest side to seek fresh ideas when they removed Luciano Spalletti on Thursday, continuing a period of upheaval started by Roma s dismissal of Eusebio Di Francesco in March.
Dissatisfaction extended right to the top of the table as Juventus, a model of stability in recent seasons, saw Massimiliano Allegri depart, while AC Milan maintained modus operandi.
Some members of the high-profile quartet appear to be on a collision course over coaching targets and, with queries over the direction of each, we set out to answer the key questions.
AC MILAN
Why the change?
Gennaro Gattuso guided hi…
Guus Hiddink claims Leicester City asked him to be their manager before appointing Claudio Ranieri to helm their glorious Premier League campaign.
Leicester were remarkably crowned Premier League champions on Monday after Hiddink s Chelsea came from two goals down to deny Tottenham the victory they required to take the title race into the final two games of the season.
Veteran Dutch coach Hiddink was appointed interim Chelsea boss for the second time in his career after a defeat at Leicester last December sealed the demise of Jose Mourinho.
But it might have been a different story had the 69-year-old former Real Madrid boss not decided to opt for some time off earlier in the year.
It is true that Leicester asked me [to be their coach] for this season, H…