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By Martyn Herman LONDON (Reuters) – Roberto Firmino scored a late equaliser in his last home game for Liverpool to salvage a 1-1 draw for his side against Aston Villa that just about kept their hopes of a Premier League top-four finish alive on Saturday. Liverpool had won seven games in succession to make a late run for Champions League qualification but defeat by Villa would have guaranteed that Newcastle […]

By Martyn Herman LONDON (Reuters) – The only real surprise about Manchester City’s march to a fifth Premier League crown in six seasons is that a callow Arsenal side managed to keep Pep Guardiola’s serial winners honest for such a long time. Even until a few weeks ago the outcome of the title race looked, on paper at least, too close to call. The reality, however, is that once City […]

By Lori Ewing MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) – Erling Haaland arrived at Manchester City nearly a year ago to questions about how a “battering ram” of a centre-forward would fit into mastermind manager Pep Guardiola’s nuanced and tactically demanding style.     But Haaland has since bulldozed his way to several scoring records – and past countless defenders – in an astonishing debut campaign. The striker has quickly become the face of […]

By Martyn Herman LONDON (Reuters) – Manchester City were confirmed as Premier League champions for the fifth time in six seasons on Saturday without even having to kick a ball after second-placed Arsenal’s challenge ended in defeat away at Nottingham Forest. Arsenal, who enjoyed an eight-point lead over City as recently as mid-March, needed at least a point to stay mathematically in the hunt, but went down 1-0. City, who […]

By Martyn Herman LONDON (Reuters) – Manchester City were confirmed as Premier League champions for the fifth time in six seasons on Saturday without even having to kick a ball after second-placed Arsenal’s challenge ended in defeat away at Nottingham Forest. Arsenal, who enjoyed an eight-point lead over City as recently as mid-March, needed at least a point to stay mathematically in the hunt, but went down 1-0. City, who […]

By Martyn Herman LONDON (Reuters) – Manchester City were confirmed as Premier League champions for the fifth time in six seasons on Saturday without even having to kick a ball after second-placed Arsenal’s challenge ended in defeat away at Nottingham Forest. Arsenal, who enjoyed an eigth-point lead over City as recently as mid-March, needed at least a point to stay mathematically in the hunt, but went down 1-0. City, who […]

LONDON (Reuters) – Manchester City were confirmed as Premier League champions for the fifth time in six seasons on Saturday after second-placed Arsenal were beaten away at Nottingham Forest. Arsenal needed at least a point to stay mathematically in the hunt, but went down 1-0. City, who play Chelsea at home on Sunday, have 85 points with three games to play with Arsenal on 81 with one game left. (Reporting […]

SARAJEVO (Reuters) – Rescuers found the remains of a light aircraft that crashed on Saturday in the mountainous region of the northwestern Croatia but could not confirm if any crew members were found, the HINA state news agency reported. The search for the “Cirrus 20” aircraft that went off radar after noon during a flight from the Slovenian town of Maribor to the Adriatic city of Pula was conducted by […]

SARAJEVO (Reuters) – Rescuers found the remains of a light aircraft that crashed on Saturday in the mountainous region of the northwestern Croatia but could not confirm if any crew members were found, the HINA state news agency reported. The search for the “Cirrus 20” aircraft that went off radar after noon during a flight from the Slovenian town of Maribor to the Adriatic city of Pula was conducted by […]