Peter Copeland, 29, admits two offences after tweeting racist comments in a row with a Newcastle fan A football fan who caused outrage on Twitter by sending racist tweets has admitted two offences. Sunderland fan Peter Copeland, 29, was arguing with a Newcastle United fan on the site when he made the remarks. Copeland tweeted one comment about the Newcastle star striker Demba Ba’s lips exploding …
After 30 minutes of this game the Wolves dressing doom door was in danger of again being darkened by an outraged owner. Tuesday’s 3-0 home defeat by Liverpool had provoked the club’s chairman, Steve Morgan, into furiously berating the players for a performance he considered unacceptable. But that dressing down did not stimulate the reaction he desired, as Wolves were a goal down and being …
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QPR 1-2 Wolverhampton Wanderers | Premier League match report
• New signing in line for debut in Alan Pardew’s side • Senegal team-mate Demba Ba returns for Magpies A key subplot of Newcastle United v Aston Villa on Sunday will involve an attacking beauty contest featuring Papiss Demba Cissé, Demba Ba and Darren Bent. While Alan Pardew, Newcastle’s manager, is looking forward to fielding Cissé, his new £9m signing from Freiburg, alongside Ba he will be …
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Newcastle United prepare to unleash Papiss Demba Cissé on Aston Villa
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Soccer: Chicago Fire, D.C. United play scoreless draw to capacity crowd at FGCU
After the phantom handshake, this FA Cup tie barely lit up and had only one potential powderkeg moment, which was happily a good old-fashioned football incident: the disputed Juan Mata penalty that won the game. On an incessantly sour and hostile afternoon, it was Daniel Sturridge who caused the one moment of on-field acrimony. When he went down close to Clint Hill in the area from a Mata cross …
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QPR 0-1 Chelsea | FA Cup fourth round match report
Real Madrid put their Copa de Rey exit to Barcelona firmly in the past when they came from behind to beat the La Liga strugglers Real Zaragoza 3-1 at home on Saturday. José Mourinho’s side recorded their 17th league victory from 20 games to move to 52 points. Angel Lafita gave the visitors a surprise early lead at the Bernabeu after a quickly taken free-kick in the 11th minute, but thoughts of a …
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Real Madrid 3-1 Real Zaragoza | La Liga match report
Bolton Wanderers climbed out of the bottom three with one of the most improbable results of their season, surprising not only Liverpool but possibly some of their own supporters with the quality of their football and the neatness of their execution. Liverpool were never allowed to settle, conceded early in both halves, and did not display too much appetite for getting back into the game. Where …
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Bolton Wanderers 3-1 Liverpool |Premier League match report
• Atalanta 0-2 Juventus • Roma 5-1 Cesena Second-half goals from Stephan Lichtsteiner and Emanuele Giaccherini sent Juventus four points clear in Serie A after they defeated Atalanta 2-0 in Bergamo on Saturday to finish the first half of the season unbeaten. In the day’s other match, Francesco Totti struck twice to set a league scoring record, as resurgent Roma climbed to sixth by crushing …
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Serie A round-up: Juventus four points clear after beating Atalanta
• Email jacob.steinberg.casual@guardian.co.uk • Or hit him up on Twitter if that’s your thing • Click here for the Serie A Table • And click here for all the latest live scores 40 min: After an absolutely dreadful period of play, full of misplaced passes, poor control and errors, at last the game awakes from its slumber. Nagatomo breaks down the left and sends a high cross into the area. With …
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Milan v Internazionale – live!
Wolves, without a win in any competition since 4 December, look ill-equipped to break Tottenham’s increasingly confident stride. Their strength is their wing play but Spurs’ is stronger. Wolves did do the double over Harry Redknapp’s team two seasons ago thanks to wasteful finishing by their opponents and, with Emmanuel Adebayor in profligate form recently, that seems their only chance of a …
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Squad sheets: Tottenham Hotspur v Wolverhampton Wanderers
David Wheater’s header salvaged Bolton’s pride and their place in the FA Cup and denied Macclesfield a place in the fourth round for the first time in their history. The defender, who may have been fortunate to be still on the pitch after pulling back Matthew Hamshaw in the first half, powered home Martin Petrov’s free-kick with Macclesfield scenting victory. Had Petrov not struck the bar with …
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Macclesfield Town 2-2 Bolton Wanderers | FA Cup third round
Series tickets for the elimination-round matches of the 2012 CONCACAF Men’s Olympic Qualifying Tournament at LIVESTRONG Sporting Park go on sale next week, U.S. Soccer announced on Tuesday.
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Sporting Kansas City Weekly Update: Jan. 4, 2012
