Manchester City 2 - 1 Swansea:Yaya Toure gives champions something to shout about as City sink Swans

The mood at the final whistle was one of crushing relief. Had Bafetimbi Gomis kept his nerve in front of goal in the closing moments or Jonjo Shelvey's horribly deflected free-kick gone the other side of Joe Hart's post, the sense of deflation would have been acute. "It was a really big win," said the City captain, Vincent Kompany. "We have had two weeks to clear our heads. I thought the performance was good other than in the first 20 minutes. It...

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Newcastle 1-0 QPR Moussa Sissoko strikes late to give Magpies sixth straight victory and continue resurgence

Newcastle are fourth. There was a need for a double-take yesterday, at ten to five, when the team embroiled in crisis for much of the campaign sat in a Champions League qualification place. This sixth successive victory embellishes a run that no one, not even the most wildly optimistic supporter or biggest Mike Ashley sympathiser, could have seen coming. Moussa Sissoko is the captain in waiting of this team according to Alan Pardew. That may take...

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Metz 2-3 PSG: Lavezzi's late winner sends champions top

Ezequiel Lavezzi netted a late winner as Paris Saint-Germainmoved top of Ligue 1 with dramatic 3-2 victory at Metz onFriday night.Boosted by the fit-again Zlatan Ibrahimovic returning to thestarting line-up for the first time since September, the reigningFrench champions looked set to ease to victory at the StadeSaint-Symphorien after claiming two early goals, with JavierPastore breaking the deadlock with a dinked finish beforeGaetan Bussmann put...

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Ghana 3-1 Togo: Black Stars qualify for Afcon2015

Wakaso Mubarak starred as Ghana beat Togo 3-1 on Wednesday to book their place in the Africa Cup of Nations finals. Having fallen to a 1-0 defeat at Uganda on Saturday, Ghana headed into their final AFCON qualifying Group E clash needing at least a point to progress to the biennial tournament – slated to start in Equatorial Guinea in January. And the managerless Black Stars did enough to pick up all three points at the Tamale Sports Stadium, with...

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Nigeria 2 South Africa 2: Defending champions fail to qualify for AFCON

Defending champions Nigeria failed to qualify for the Africa Cupof Nations following a 2-2 home draw with South Africa onWednesday.Stephen Keshi's men headed into the game needing to at leastmatch the result of Group A rivals Congo to make sure of theirplace in the finals in Equatorial Guinea.But they were undone by a clinical South Africa side and sawtheir spot in the tournament taken away by Congo, who beatSudan 1-0 to reach the finals for the...

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Origi wants early Liverpool return

Liverpool striker Divock Origi admits that he would prefer to join his new club in January rather than in the summer. The Reds purchased the highly rated forward from Lille in the summer transfer window, but then loaned him back to Grand Stade Lille Metropole. And while Origi was not supposed to return to Anfield before next summer, Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers wants the Belgian to arrive in January in an attempt to solve the attacking crisis. The...

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Turkey 3 - 1 Kazakhstan: Burak scored twice to earn hosts first point

Burak Yilmaz netted twice as Turkey registered their first victoryof the Euro 2016 qualifying campaign with a 3-1 triumph overKazakhstan.After seeing an early effort ruled out for offside in Istanbul, theGalatasaray frontman opened the scoring from the spot after 26minutes, before forcing a mistake from visiting goalkeeperAlexandr Mokin.Serdar Aziz stretched the advantage to three with a headedeffort seven minutes from the final whistle, but there...

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Belgium 0 - 0 Wales:Coleman hails battling Wales after Belgium draw.

Wales manager Chris Coleman heaped praise on his players after an "incredible performance" in their goalless draw in Belgium on Sunday. The Euro 2016 qualifying Group B leaders arrived in Brussels a point clear of Israel and fought hard to maintain a three-point advantage over favourites to top the pool Belgium. And Coleman revealed his pride at the display shortly after the final whistle. "It was exciting," he told Sky Sports. "My heart was in my...

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Italy 1-1 Croatia:match Report.

Crowd trouble forced a brief suspension in play as Italy drew1-1 with Croatia on Sunday in their Euro 2016 qualifier at SanSiro.The players were taken from the field by referee Bjorn Kuiperstowards the end of the second half, with a number of flareshaving been thrown onto the field.Play subsequently resumed following a short delay, duringwhich trouble appeared to break out in the area of the groundhousing visiting fans, but neither side was able...

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Italy 1-1 Croatia:Crowd trouble forced a brief suspension in play as Italy drew1-1 with Croatia

Crowd trouble marred Italy's 1-1 Euro 2016 qualifying drawwith Croatia on Sunday, with play interrupted on more than oneoccasion.Referee Bjorn Kuipers escorted the players from the field at SanSiro during the longest delay towards the end of the second half,as flares rained down onto the playing surface.Trouble appeared to break out in the area of the ground housingvisiting supporters while the game was suspended, but play wasable to resume.Both...

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