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Simms strikes late as Everton earn valuable draw at Chelsea

LONDON: Ellis Simms grabbed a last-gasp equalizer as struggling Everton boosted their fight for Premier League survival with a dramatic 2-2 draw against Chelsea on Saturday. Sean Dyche’s side were moments away from a damaging defeat until Simms scored his first goal for the club to stun Stamford Bridge into silence. Everton’s show of defiance came after they twice trailed in west London.

Leeds earn big win; Tottenham throw away lead in EPL

LONDON: Leeds climbed out of the Premier League relegation zone with a big win on Saturday while Tottenham’s grip on a top-four place loosened after they threw away a 3-1 lead at last-place Southampton. Leeds were in danger of wasting a 3-0 lead at Wolverhampton as the hosts pulled two goals back before going down to 10 men, and Rodrigo put the game away with the fourth goal in injury time.

Marco Silva has '100 per cent' belief Fulham can knock Manchester United out of FA Cup

Fulham head coach Marco Silva admitted that Manchester United are the favourites ahead of their FA Cup quarter-final tie but is adamant that his team are capable of causing an upset.

Libya’s boxers recover from Qaddafi-era knockout

TRIPOLI: Omar Zlitni holds a decades-old, black-and-white photo of himself as a boxer in his prime, posing in shorts and a training vest before Libya’s then-dictator, Muammar Qaddafi, banned his beloved sport. Boxing was “in his blood,” said the 63-year-old Tripoli resident who proudly keeps the image as his phone’s wallpaper. In 1979, he was just 19 when boxing, along with wrestling and other combat sports, was banned by Qaddafi, who considered such contests a threat to his personality cult. “We were a whole group. We were going to fight in Italy. And then, suddenly, they banned it. Why?” Zlitni said, with anger clouding his usually peaceful face. “There were friendships and love; boxing was everything,” he said, adding he regretted their way of life had been taken away and that “everyone went his own way.”