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Unai Emery likely to sell misfit Perez to West Ham

Arsenal misfit Lucas Perez is closing in on a move to West Ham, with the forward keen to remain in the Premier League.

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Here's what happened in all the World Cup qualifiers tonight

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Stephen Kenny: Dundalk still look good to qualify for Europa League knock-out stages

Daryl Horgan puts club before country

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Jeff Hendrick: We have got to be better at keeping the ball

Defensive headaches continue for Belgium after narrow win against Norway

Belgium 3 Norway 2

Mon, 06 Jun, 2016

Gareth Bale swoops as Welsh Dragons roar

Wales 1 Belgium 0: Wales produced one of the best victories in their history to beat Belgium 1-0 and take a massive step towards qualifying for next summer’s European Championships.

Sat, 13 Jun, 2015

Why has the Russian football advance stalled?

The odd eye-catching European result aside, the march of Russian football has been stopped in its tracks. Paul Little investigates the reasons.

Fri, 27 Feb, 2015

Relieved goal hero Higuain takes pressure off Messi

Argentina 1 Belgium 0

Mon, 07 Jul, 2014

Subs to the rescue as Belgium win ugly

Belgium 2 Algeria 1

Wed, 18 Jun, 2014

Fellaini kickstarts Belgium comeback

Substitutes Marouane Fellaini and Dries Mertens prevented Belgium's much-hyped World Cup campaign falling flat as they came from behind to beat Algeria today.

Tue, 17 Jun, 2014

Dortmund ease into last eight despite loss

Borussia Dortmind 1 Zenit St Petersburg 2 (Dortmund win 5-4 on aggregate)

Thu, 20 Mar, 2014

Rodgers hails ‘incredible’ Reds as comeback just falls short

Liverpool 3 Zenit St Petersburg 1 (3-3 on agg, Zenit win on away goals)

Fri, 22 Feb, 2013

Reds still in the fight, says defiant Rodgers

Europa League last 32: Zenit St Petersburg 2 Liverpool 0

Fri, 15 Feb, 2013

Luiz to start for Chelsea

David Luiz has overcome an ankle injury to start Chelsea’s Champions League quarter-final, second leg against Benfica tonight.

Wed, 04 Apr, 2012

Kalou puts Chelsea in charge

There can be little doubt that Frank Lampard was right when he said that Chelsea are no longer the force of old, but they still have the knack of winning games they don’t deserve to.

Wed, 28 Mar, 2012

Zenit undone by Benfica’s double blast

Benfica produced a dynamic performance to overturn a first-leg deficit against Zenit St Petersburg and earn a place in the last eight of the Champions League last night.

Wed, 07 Mar, 2012

Dynamic performance secures victory for Benfica

Benfica 2 Zenit St Petersburg 0 (Benfica win 4-3 on aggregate)

Tue, 06 Mar, 2012

Zenit St Petersburg secured a narrow advantage in their Champions League last-16 tie against Benfica as Roman Shirokov’s brace helped the hosts to a hard-fought win at a frigid Stadion Petrovskiy last night.

Thu, 16 Feb, 2012

Rooney absent for United

Wayne Rooney was missing from Manchester United’s squad for this evening’s Champions League Group C clash with Benfica at Old Trafford.

Tue, 22 Nov, 2011

Lindegaard stars as Giggs comes to United rescue

ALEX FERGUSON praised goalkeeper Anders Lindegaard’s performance in the 1-1 Champions League draw with Benfica as United came from behind to salvage a point.

Thu, 15 Sep, 2011

De Gea out of Utd side

Benfica v Man Utd

Wed, 14 Sep, 2011

Belgium boosted by win in Austria

Austria 0 Belgium 2

Fri, 25 Mar, 2011

Walcott on the bench for Gunners

Arsenal winger Theo Walcott is on the bench for the Champions League clash against Standard Liege and Carlos Vela has been handed his first start of the season.

Tue, 24 Nov, 2009

Inevitable Eduardo would have last word, says Wenger

ARSENE WENGER felt it was inevitable Eduardo would have the last word in last night’s Group H Champions League clash against Standard Liege, with the Croatia striker netting the winner as Arsenal recovered from going two goals down inside five minutes.

Thu, 17 Sep, 2009