Liverpool expect Mohamed Salah to return from injury before end of season

Fears that Salah had played last game for Reds have eased Injury sustained against Palace found to be minor Mohamed Salah is expected to play again for Liverpool before the end of his farewell season after being diagnosed with a minor muscle injury. Salah was substituted in the 59th minute of Liverpool’s 3-1 win over Crystal Palace on Saturday with a hamstring problem. The 33-year-old’s reaction at the time – applauding all four sides of Anfield before heading straight down the tunnel – raised concerns that he was facing a lengthy spell on the sidelines and might have played his final game f

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Veteran goalkeeper, 70, to return to pitch for official game in Spain

Ángel Mateos González due to play for CD Colunga, making him oldest player to take part in official match At an age when many veteran footballers might prefer to be regaling grandchildren, friends and assorted barflies with slightly embroidered tales of their former sporting prowess, 70-year-old Ángel Mateos González is heading back on to the pitch. The Spaniard, who retired from competitive football 27 years ago, is due to play in goal for the Asturian team CD Colunga in a fifth-tier match this Sunday. If all goes to plan and he pulls on his gloves, he will reportedly become the oldest player

Aston Villa chase destiny against resurgent Nottingham Forest in all-English showdown

While Unai Emery’s side are hoping to right past wrongs, their opponents are a serious threat under Vítor Pereira It is eight years since Aston Villa and Nottingham Forest played out a Championship classic, a topsy-turvy 5-5 draw at Villa Park in which Tammy Abraham got four goals. John McGinn was also in the Villa side and Matty Cash scored to earn Forest a 3-2 lead with 22 minutes on the clock, before more drama ensued. Forest were reduced to 10 men but Lewis Grabban, who played for Villa the previous season, struck the final goal to earn a point. It is the first top-flight meeting between

Goalkeeper, 70, set to feature for Spanish club

When he pulls on the gloves for CD Colunga against CD Praviano in the fifth tier of Spanish football on Sunday, Angel Mateos Gonzalez will become the oldest player to appear in an official match in Spain.

McIlroy skips Cadillac Championship at Trump's golf course

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Erling Haaland feels the heat in Norway for ‘tragic’ World Cup beer commercial

Campaigners hit out at striker’s role in ‘Let It Pour’ video ‘He is a great hero for many young people’ Erling Haaland’s collaboration with a leading American beer brand has caused a backlash in his native Norway, where alcohol advertising is banned. World Cup sponsors Budweiser’s hiring of the Manchester City and Norway striker to help launch its “Let It Pour” promotional video together with the former Liverpool manager Jürgen Klopp has led to criticism from campaigning groups, who described Haaland’s commercial deal in the build up to this summer’s tournament as “tragic”. Continue reading.

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Billam-Smith to fight Rozicki live on Sky Sports on June 6

Chris Billam-Smith returns to Bournemouth on June 6 to fight Ryan Rozicki, live on Sky Sports .

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Football’s greatest games: from Messi’s magnificence to the mighty Magyars

PSG 5-4 Bayern, arguably the wildest match in Champions League history, has sparked a debate about football’s finest dramas – here are six to savour It’s hard not to start with the most recent World Cup final , which for entertainment is surely the finest in the tournament’s 96-year history. Two protagonists, each the heartbeat of their sides, stole the show: Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappé, the former scoring twice and dictating play after he singlehandedly dragged Argentina to the final. Mbappé netted a hat-trick (including two inside 95 seconds) to haul France back into the game. A word, to

Football: Afghan women's team recognized in blow to Taliban

Banned from playing football and sent into exile, Afghanistan's women's team has had to fight to regain international status. That newly awarded recognition is a "hard slap to the face" of the Taliban, a player told DW.