Newcastle 1-0 Leicester City:

Newcastle eased the pressure on manager Alan Pardew after Gabriel Obertan 's goal earned the struggling Magpies their first Premier League win of the season against Leicester City on Saturday. The Frenchman hit home in the 71st minute to give Newcastle victory at the eighth time of asking and cap an unconventional day at St James' Park. Kick-off on Tyneside was delayed by an hour due to issues with the newly installed big screen at St James' Park,...

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Lens 1-3 Paris Saint-Germain

Paris Saint-Germain overcame their injury crisis to beat Lens 3-1 following a bizarre spell of three dismissals in six minutes on Friday. Referee Nicolas Rainville produced three red cards in quick succession early in the second half at the Stade de France, as the champions had Edinson Cavani sent off just moments after he had scored a penalty while Lens saw Jean-Philippe Gbamin and Jerome Lemoigne given their marching orders. PSG coach Laurent Blanc...

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Sudan defeat a sad end for Keshi

There is no getting around it now. Stephen Keshi’s cycle as coach of the Super Eagles has come to an end. There is no anger, there is no bitterness. There is just… nothing. The final whistle in Khartoum was a knell that rung hollow in Nigerian hearts. When Keshi became the trustee of Nigeria’s footballing hopes and dreams, the day was bleak. The Big Boss overhauled a team that had failed to qualify for the 2012 Cup of Nations, installing youth and...

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Estonia 0-1 England

Wayne Rooney's precise free-kick maintained England's 100 per cent start to Euro 2016 qualifying with a laboured win over 10-man Estonia in Tallinn. The England captain curled home a free-kick 17 minutes from time on his 99th international appearance at the A Le Coq Arena in Tallinn on Sunday to ensure Roy Hodgson's side made it three wins from three in Group E. Rooney's 43rd international goal extended England's perfect start after they had endured...

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