Pep Guardiola sends warning to Man City squad as Vincent Kompany makes Erling Haaland claim
Here are your Manchester City evening headlines on Friday, March 17.
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Kerttu Niskanen and Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo ease to 10km distance victories at World Cup event in Falun
Kerttu Niskanen and Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo prevailed in the 10km individual start classic races at the World Cup event in Falun. Finnish star Niskanen was favourite for victory in the women's event with home stars, Sweden's Ebba Andersson and Frida Karlsson, absent due to injury and Maja Dahlquist opting to focus on Saturday's sprint race. Ad And she justified her favourite tag with a commanding display, her winning time of 27:08.5 seeing her finish 15.9s ahead of silver medallist Katharina Hennig.
Gianni Infantino re-elected FIFA president until 2027
The 52-year-old Swiss lawyer, who succeeded the disgraced Sepp Blatter in 2016, was waved in for a third term by acclamation, just as he was four years ago, by delegates from the 211 member federations.
Erling Haaland backed to break astonishing record at Man City
Former Manchester City goalkeeper Shay Given believes that Erling Haaland is on track to break the 50-goal mark for the Blues this season.
Niskanen and Klaebo ease to distance victories in Falun
Kerttu Niskanen and Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo prevailed in the 10km individual start classic races at the World Cup event in Falun. Finnish star Niskanen was favourite for victory in the women's event with home stars, Sweden's Ebba Andersson and Frida Karlsson, absent due to injury and Maja Dahlquist opting to focus on Saturday's sprint race. Ad And she justified her favourite tag with a commanding display, her winning time of 27:08.5 seeing her finish 15.9s ahead of silver medallist Katharina Hennig.
Norway edges Switzerland to win mixed team parallel event at World Cup Finals
Norway won the mixed team parallel event at the World Cup Finals on Friday after Timon Haugan beat his Swiss opponent Semyel Bissig in the decisive run.
Norway narrowly win Mixed Team Parallel World Cup
Norway won the season-ending Mixed Team Parallel World Cup title with a narrow victory over Switzerland in the final in Soldeu. Switzerland had fought back from 1-0 down in the four-race final only for Timon Haugan to sweep Norway to victory by virtue of a faster tie-break time.
Alpine skiing World Cup finals 2023: Norway edge out Switzerland in closely-fought team event
Norway edged out Switzerland in the mixed team parallel event at the World Cup finals in Soldeu on Friday. A closely-fought final was level at 1-1 as Thea Louise Stjernesund won her head-to-head for Norway and Livio Simonet took his heat for Austria. Ad Andrea Ellenberger stunned Therese Maria Tviberg in the third heat, which left Timon Haugan needing to win, with a fast time.