Potter: Owners 'smart' enough to keep me on as manager
Graham Potter vehemently denied implications that he might not see out the season at Chelsea despite their disappointing record under his tenure.
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Erike ten Hag hails 'unstoppable' Marcus Rashford after FA Cup win over Everton
Erik ten Hag said Marcus Rashford can be "unstoppable" for Manchester United after the England striker scored his fifth goal in as many games and set up two others in a 3-1 FA Cup win over Everton.
Marcus Rashford again to the fore as Manchester United advance past Everton in FA Cup
Marcus Rashford scored his fifth goal in as many games after creating two others to help Manchester United into the fourth round of the FA Cup with a 3-1 win over Everton.
Dakar legend Peterhansel crashes out, Al-Attiyah wins stage six — weather hits Saturday’s stage
RIYADH: France’s Stephane Peterhansel, a record 14-time winner of the Dakar Rally, crashed out of the 2023 edition on Friday as Qatari Nasser Al-Attiyah won the sixth stage in his Toyota.The 57-year-old Peterhansel, whose nickname is ‘Mr Dakar’ after eight car victories and six on a motorbike, “had an accident after 212km of the day’s special,” organizers said.“His co-pilot Edouard Boulanger has been injured by the impact leaving him with pain in the back. He has been evacuated by the Dakar medical team to the hospital in Buraydah to undergo further examinations.”Peterhansel told AFP that he did not remember the car landing such was the violence of the accident, suggesting that Boulanger had taken hold of the steering wheel before their car came to a halt.Peterhansel’s Audi team-mate Carlos Sainz, a three-time former Dakar car winner, also suffered an accident at the same place.Sainz and his co-pilot were unharmed, according to organizers, but any hopes of victory were washed away after hours spent trying to fix their Audi in the middle of the desert.In the absence of Peterhansel and in light of Sainz’s problems, Al-Attiyah made no mistake in notching up his third stage victory despite mechanical problems of his own.The defending champion won the stage 3min 29sec ahead of nine-time world rally champion Sebastien Loeb (Prodrive), with South African Henk Lategan (Toyota) 8:52 adrift.Lategan moves into second in the overall standings, 1hr 06min behind Al-Attiyah, with Brazilian Lucas Moraes (Overdrive) in third, a further 7min off the pace.“It was a very tough stage, not easy,” said Al-Attiyah.
Ex-Crawley manager John Yems banned for racism to his own players
Former Crawley manager John Yems has been banned from football for 15 months following multiple "aggravated breaches" of racism.
Saudi Arabia get Arabian Gulf Cup campaign off to perfect start with win over Yemen
BASRA: Saudi Arabia defeated Yemen 2-0 in their opening game of the 25th Arabian Gulf Cup on Friday to move top of Group A.
Goalkeeper Ronwen Williams goes 671 minutes without conceding as Sundowns sink Richards Bay
Mamelodi Sundowns goalkeeper Ronwen Williams stretched his run without conceding in the DStv Premiership to 671 minutes as the leaders won 2-0 at third-placed Richards Bay on Friday.
Aaron Connolly completes loan move to Hull City
Aaron Connolly has returned to England after signing a loan move to Championship side Hull City.