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Burnley and Leicester can both draw comfort from stalemate

Date published: Wednesday 3rd March 2021 8:30 – Dave Tickner If a 1-1 draw was a result that will leave both Burnley and Leicester rueing what might have been, there were plenty of reasons for encouragement for both in the performance. Burnley desperately needed to show… something after the dispiriting goalless draw against 10-man West…

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Sheff Utd 1-0 Aston Villa: 10-man Blades shock Villa

10-man Sheffield United hung on against Aston Villa to earn just their fourth Premier League win of the season. David McGoldrick’s first-half goal put the bottom-of-the-table Blades in front but they faced an uphill task to hang on to that lead when Phil Jagielka was sent off early in the second half. But the remaining…

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Burnley 1-1 Leicester: Foxes held at Turf Moor

Burnley and Leicester City both had chances to win the game but they are made to settle for a point. After Matej Vydra’s first Premier League goal in more than a year was cancelled out by Kelechi Iheanacho’s fantastic first-half volley, Schmeichel came to the fore for a Leicester side without several first-team players. Schmeichel…

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Verstappen US GP penalty was “toughest decision”

Verstappen passed Kimi Raikkonen for third place on the last lap of the Austin race. However, the Red Bull driver was quickly deemed by the stewards to have gone off the circuit and gained a lasting advantage while making the move. Immediately after the race he was given a five-second penalty that reversed the positions.…

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Kobayashi, Nakajima finally test Toyota hypercar

The two Japanese drivers made their belated debut at the wheel of the GR010 Hybrid in what was effectively a replacement for last month’s snowed-off test at the same track. The rest of Toyota’s 2021 FIA World Endurance Championship roster – Sebastien Buemi, Mike Conway, Jose Maria Lopez and Brendon Hartley – were also in…

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NASCAR Mexico champion Max Gutiérrez moving to ARCA East

Max Gutierrez, a six-time Super Kart Champion and last year’s NASCAR Mexico Challenge Series champion, will compete in the No. 30 Ford for Rette Jones Racing in the ARCA Menards Series East. The 18-year-old Mexico City native will make his debut Monday night in the series season-opener at New Smyrna (Fla.) Speedway. “First, I’m very…

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Transfer rumours: Varane, Donnarumma, Bale, Mbappe, Haaland, Hofmann

Real Madrid are willing to sell France centre-back Raphael Varane to Manchester United after conceding the 27-year-old will not sign a new deal at the Bernabeu. (Manchester Evening News)external-link Tottenham’s on-loan forward Gareth Bale, 31, will insist Real Madrid honour the final year of his £600,000-a-week contract, even if the Wales international leaves the Spanish…

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