Awer Mabil made a decisive impact as a 79th-minute substitute, winning a 97th-minute penalty as Sparta Prague beat rivals Slavia Prague 3-2 to move five points clear with three games left in the Czech 1.Liga on Sunday. Mabil launched a good shot from outside the box in the 84th minute forcing a good save, before…
Sam Kerr scored the winner as Chelsea lifted the English Women’s FA Cup with a 1-0 victory over Manchester United at a sold-out Wembley Stadium for Sunday’s final. Kerr shrugged off last weekend’s injury scare to take her place from the start and netted the game’s only goal in the 68th minute. After a United…
Chelsea manager Emma Hayes has downplayed the injury that forced Sam Kerr to be substituted off in the 32nd minute of the Blues’ 7-0 win over Everton in the Women’s Super League on Sunday. Matildas supporters were left concerned ahead of the Women’s World Cup when Kerr remained on the ground requiring treatment to her…
Mat Ryan continues to impress in the Dutch Eredivisie, keeping his fourth straight clean sheet as AZ Alkmaar secured a 0-0 draw away to giants Ajax on Saturday. Ryan has been exceptional lately for AZ, having joined the fourth-placed Eredivisie club in January from FC Copenhagen. The Socceroo’s latest performance drew praise from AZ defender…
Courtney Nevin provided two assists and Remy Siemsen laid off one assist as Leicester City routed Liverpool 4-0, while Sam Kerr’s UEFA Champions League campaign was ended. Siemsen kept the ball alive from a short corner before passing to Josephine Green whose deflected strike went in for the opener as Leicester beat Liverpool in the…
Awer Mabil scored a double after coming on at half-time as Sparta Prague won 3-1 at Liberec in the Czech Republic’s 1.Liga on Sunday. Mabil had failed to score in 14 appearances for Sparta since his January loan move from Spanish La Liga club Cadiz but came to his side’s rescue with two injury-time penalties.…
Mary Fowler scored her first-ever Women’s Super League goal with a headed-finish from a corner as Manchester City won 6-2 over West Ham United on Sunday. Fowler came off the bench in the 71st minute and headed in City’s sixth goal in the 82nd minute with a bouncing finish which eluded fellow Matilda Mackenzie Arnold…
Jackson Irvine was on the scoresheet in the Hamburg derby but it was a costly defeat for St Pauli in their bid for promotion, while Jimmy Jeggo was sent off in Scotland. St Pauli were beaten 4-3 by Hamburg SV, with Irvine netted his side’s third goal to make it 4-3 in the 79th minute,…
Sam Kerr scored the winner as Chelsea clinched a spot in the English Women’s FA Cup final with a 1-0 victory over Emily Gielnik’s Aston Villa in Sunday’s semi-final. Kerr scored the game’s only goal in the 59th minute, nodding home in trademark style with a close-range header from Guro Reiten’s cross from the left-side…
Harry Souttar came up against Erling Haaland as Leicester City’s relegation concerns worsened with a 3-1 loss to Manchester City in the English Premier League on Saturday. Souttar earned a 5/10 rating from Leicestershire Live who wrote: “One on one with players running at him, he does struggle, comically falling over for one attempt at…