Liverpool Thrashes Stoke City At Anfield, Keeps Pace In Premier League Title Rac…

Share this: Liverpool returned to second place in the Premier League with a 4-1 victory over Stoke City on Tuesday at Anfield. Jurgen Klopp’s team recovered from going behind to an early Jonathan Walters header and took the points through strikes from Adam Lallana, Roberto Firmino and Daniel Sturridge, plus Giannelli Imbula’s own goal. The Reds’ third consecutive win again closed the gap to leaders Chelsea to six points, with Manchester City next up on home soil on December 31. The key points: Walters headed home the opener in the 12th minute Lallana’s seventh of the season levelled in first half Firmino put Reds ahead before the interval Imbula own goal and Sturridge strike sealed win Read more on LiverpoolFC.com >> Thumbnail photo via LiverpoolFC.com More Stories Source link

Conor McGregor Denies UFC Stripped Him Of Featherweight Title Belt

Share this: Conor McGregor says he still has the UFC featherweight title belt, and if you want him to give it up, you’ll have to do so in the Octagon. UFC recently announced McGregor vacated the featherweight belt he won at UFC 205 last month after beating Eddie Alvarez. UFC rules prohibit fighters from holding two belts simultaneously, but McGregor, who also owns the lightweight belt, doesn’t appear to care. He even went as far to deny he relinquished the featherweight belt. “I’m also in something going on with the UFC, they’re trying to strip me and I was like, ‘Well, I ain’t stripped. I still got that belt, that belt is still at home right now’,” McGregor recently said at an event in Northern Ireland. “I’m

Blues’ Road Woes Could Spell Good News For Bruins In Game At TD Garden

Share this: The St. Louis Blues might as well be two different teams. At home, the Blues are 8-1-2 and pretty much unstoppable. They are scoring an average of 2.5 goals in those games, while allowing only 1.5 goals per contest. But the road Blues have been a different story. St. Louis is 2-5-1 away from home, and while they still are averaging 2.5 goals per game, their goals against average is 4.1 in those games. That sounds like music to the Boston Bruins’ ears, as they’ll welcome the Blues to TD Garden on Tuesday night. Hear more about the Blues’ road woes from NESN’s Dale Arnold and Billy Jaffe in the video from “Bruins Face-Off Live” above. Thumbnail photo via Christopher Hanewinckel/USA TODAY Sports Images More Stories Source

Kornfeil: career best result at home for SIC Racing Team

After high rates of attrition at Phillip Island, the Moto3™ race in Malaysia proved no different – despite the lightweight class having the only race of the day in mostly dry conditions, on slicks. With a crash for no less than four of the initial front group at Turn 7 in the early stages, it was an “in it to win it” – with Jakub Kornfeil (Drive M7 SIC Racing Team) emerging behind eventual winner Francesco Bagnaia (Pull&Bear Aspar Mahindra) to battle Bo Bendsneyder (Red Bull KTM Ajo) over P2. Source link

Indians Crush Cubs 7-2 To Come Within One Win Of World Series Victory

Share this: The Indians are on the brink of winning their first World Series in 68 years. Cleveland took a 3-1 series lead over the Chicago Cubs on Saturday behind a dominant start from Corey Kluber. The right-hander threw six innings of one-run ball in a 7-2 win, Kluber’s second victory of the series already. The Cubs jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the first inning when Dexter Fowler hit a leadoff double and first baseman Anthony Rizzo brought the center fielder home with a one-out single. But it didn’t take the Indians long to strike back, as Cleveland first baseman Carlos Santana hit a solo home run off starter John Lackey to lead off the top of the second. Kluber then helped his own cause by hitting

Juventus can seal qualification with Lyon repeat win

Juventus can seal qualification with Lyon repeat win

One more victory will put Juventus through to the knockout rounds and, after beating Olympique Lyonnais through Juan Cuadrado's goal on matchday three, they will be confident of completing the job.• Gianluigi Buffon saved a penalty from Alexandre Lacazette and continued to keep the home team at bay even after Juve had lost Mario Lemina to a second yellow card. Previous meetings• Juventus won home and away when the sides met in the 2013/14 UEFA Europa League quarter-final.• Samuel Umtiti's own goal gave Juve a 2-1 second-leg win in Turin (and 3-1 success overall) after Jimmy B... UEFA.com - News

Astana v Olympiacos background

Astana v Olympiacos background

Astana need to make home advantage count against Olympiacos, knowing they will be out of contention for a UEFA Europa League round of 32 place if they lose or draw and APOEL win.Previous meetings• Olympiacos won 4-1 in Piraeus when the teams met for the first time on matchday three. • That was only the fifth encounter between Greek and Kazakh clubs in UEFA competition with Greek sides now 3-2 ahead in terms of victories. Tobol Kostanay beat OFI Crete 1-0 home and away in a 2007 UEFA Intertoto Cup tie, while PAOK overcame Shakhter Karagandy 2-1 at home and