Tie by tie Stjarnan (ISL) v Rossiyanka (RUS)Stjarnan*• Round of 32 record: W0 L3• Best performance: round of 32 (2013, 2015, 2016)Have gone out to Russian clubs in all of their three previous campaigns (including Zvezda in 2014/15 and 2015/16).Rossiyanka• Round of 32 record: W6 L0• Best performance: quarter-finals (2008, 2012, 2013)Have a new-look squad this year based mainly around teenage Russian talent.Fiorentina (ITA) v Fortuna Hjørring (DEN)Fiorentina< ... UEFA.com - News
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Here’s Why Gordon Hayward Believes Celtics Can Be Championship Contenders
Share this: The worst kept secret in Boston was made official Friday. The Boston Celtics finally announced the signing of swingman Gordon Hayward, who revealed his decision to join the C’s on a wild Fourth of July. The official announcement didn’t come until Friday, though, as Boston worked to trade Avery Bradley and clear salary cap space for its new star. Without Hayward, the Celtics already were one of the best teams in the NBA, as they made it to the Eastern Conference finals before falling to LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers. And Hayward made it clear that the C’s are capable of going even further than that in the 2017-18 season. “That’s our goal,” Hayward said of Boston being championship contenders this upcoming
Women’s EURO: contenders get ready
The latest from the 16 teams NetherlandsEarlier last week the hosts played two friendlies, losing 1-0 to Japan in Breda but beating Austria 3-0 in Deventer, Vivianne Miedema scoring her 39th international goal on her 50th appearance, more than a month before her 21st birthday.Coach Sarina Wiegman, appointed in January, announced her squad in June – by which time it was confirmed that all three of the hosts' group games had sold out. They face Wales in Rotterdam on 8 July.SquadGoalkeepers: Sari van Veenendaal (Arsenal), Angela Christ (PSV Eindhoven), Loes Geurts (Pa... UEFA.com - News
Europa League contenders: domestic results
20 December Boluspor 1-1 Beşiktaş (Turkish Cup group stage)Borussia Mönchengladbach 1-2 Wolfsburg Hamburg 2-1 Schalke Villarreal 1-1 Toledo (agg: 4-1, Copa del Rey last 32 second leg) #CVFEnglish 🇬🇧 | 1-1 FT | That's it here at El Madrigal! Villarreal go through to the next round of the #CopaDelRey! 👏👏👏 #VillarrealToledo— Villarreal CF (@VillarrealCF) December 20, 2016< ... UEFA.com - News
Cubs, Simone Biles Among SI’s 2016 Sportsperson Of The Year Contenders
Share this: It’s been one heck of a year in sports, to say the least. We had the 2016 Summer Olympics, the Chicago Cubs winning the World Series for the first time since 1908, Cleveland finally winning a title again thanks to the Cavaliers, Peyton Manning riding off into the sunset with a Super Bowl title and much, much more. So it must have been a pretty difficult task for Sports Illustrated to come up with just 12 contenders for its annual Sportsperson of the Year award, which was given to women’s tennis star Serena Williams in 2015. Five athletes who starred in the 2016 Rio Olympics are contenders, including Michael Phelps (men’s swimming), Katie Ledecky (women’s swimming), Simone Biles (women’s gymnastics), Usain Bolt (track
Meet the UEFA Women’s Champions League contenders
Seeded clubs:Lyon (FRA, holders)• Round of 32 record (round introduced in 2009/10): W7 L0• Best performance: winners (2011, 2012, 2016)Won their third European title last season, one behind FFC Frankfurt’s record. Their summer arrivals include Dzsenifer Marozsán, Caroline Seger, Jessica Houara-d'Hommeaux and Kheira Hamraoui after the departures of Amandine Henry and Lotta Schelin, plus Louisa Necib's retirement and on Wednesday signed New Zealand goalkeeper Erin Nayler.
Group stage contenders’ weekend results
There were big wins for some of the UEFA Champions League group stage teams as the likes of Barcelona, Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain all made light work of domestic opposition.Liga champions Barça began their new season in blistering form, with Luis Suárez hitting a hat-trick and Lionel Messi registering twice in a 6-2 defeat of Betis. UEFA Europa League holders Sevilla also racked up half a dozen goals, downing Espanyol 6-4, before Gareth Bale scored two in Madrid's 3-0 victory at Real Sociedad.Robert Lewandowski hit the ground running as well with a hat-trick for Bayern in their 5-0 German Cup succ... UEFA.com - News