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FC Barcelona's Lionel Messi (left) and Luis Suarez during the Spanish Copa del Rey, semifinal, first leg soccer match between FC Barcelona and Valencia at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain on Thursday.

February 3, 2018

Suarez scores as Barcelona beat Valencia 1-0 in Copa semis

AP, Madrid :Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez thrived again, leaving Barcelona closer to its fifth straight Copa del Rey final.Suarez scored a second-half winner off a cross by Messi as Barcelona defeated Valencia 1-0...

West Bromwich Albion manager Alan Pardew watches as Manchester City's David Silva leaves the pitch with an injury and is consoled by manager Pep Guardiola during the English Premier League soccer match Manchester City versus West Bromwich Albion at the E

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February 2, 2018

Man City score 100th goal of season in 3-0 win against West Brom

AP, Manchester :Manchester City scored its 100th goal of the season on the way to a 3-0 win over West Bromwich Albion on Wednesday to extend its lead in the Premier League to 15...

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February 1, 2018

Mbappe sent off as PSG reach League Cup final

Holders Paris Saint-Germain edged into the French League Cup final by beating Rennes 3-2 at Roazhon Park on Tuesday, despite seeing Kylian Mbappe sent off on his return from injury.Thomas Meunier put the visitors...

Juventus players celebrate their 1-0 win at the end of the Italian Cup, first-leg semifinal soccer match between Atalanta and Juventus in Bergamo, Italy on Tuesday.

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February 1, 2018

Juventus players celebrate their 1-0 win at the end of the Italian Cup, first-leg semifinal soccer match between Atalanta and Juventus in Bergamo, Italy on Tuesday.

West Ham United's Joao Mario (front) is fouled by Crystal Palace's Timothy Fosu-Mensah during their English Premier League soccer match between West Ham United and Crystal Palace at the London stadium in London on Tuesday.

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February 1, 2018

Nishikori-less Japan face Italian job in Davis Cup

AFP, Tokyo :Japan will be without talisman Kei Nishikori when they host Italy this week for a place in the Davis Cup quarter-finals.With Nishikori only just returning from a wrist injury that had sidelined...

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January 30, 2018

AFC Cup: Saif SC face TC Sports in Male today

Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) side Saif Sporting Club will play Maldives Premier League team TC Sports Club in their away match of the AFC Cup Preliminary stage at the National Stadium in Male today...

Bosnia and Herzegovina defender Marko Mihojevic(5) kicks the ball away during the second half of an international friendly soccer match against the United States Sunday in Carson, Calif. The game ended in a 0-0 draw.

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January 30, 2018

Inexperienced US draw with Bosnia-Herzegovina

AFP, Los Angeles :The US national team continued rebuilding after their World Cup failure by drawing 0-0 with Bosnia-Herzegovina in their opening game of 2018 on Sunday night.Just 11 weeks after a humiliating qualifying...

Former Barcelona French player Eric Abidal (right) gives the La Liga player of the month award to FC Barcelona's Luis Suarez prior to the Spanish La Liga soccer match between FC Barcelona and Alaves at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain on Sunday.

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January 30, 2018

Former Barcelona French player Eric Abidal (right) gives the La Liga player of the month award to FC Barcelona’s Luis Suarez prior to the Spanish La Liga soccer match between FC Barcelona and Alaves at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain on Sunday.

FC Barcelona's Luis Suarez celebrates after scoring during the Spanish Copa del Rey, quarter final, second leg, soccer match between FC Barcelona and Espanyol at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain on Thursday.

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January 27, 2018

Messi and Suarez strike again as Barca advance in Copa del Rey

AP, Madrid :With Philippe Coutinho making his debut and Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez adding to their scoring run, Barcelona advanced to the Copa del Rey semifinals for the eighth straight year on Thursday.First-half...

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January 27, 2018

A moment of the match of the Walton Independence Cup Football between Chittagong Abahani Limited and Arambagh Krira Sangha at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Friday. The match ended in a 1-1 draw.

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January 26, 2018

SEMS School Football begins

The first-ever SEMS Inter-English Medium School Football Festival, organized by BAF Shaheen English Medium School (SEMS), began on Thursday at the school campus here.Air Officer Commanding of BAF Base Bashar Air Vice Marshal Ehsanul...

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January 26, 2018

Zidane takes blame as Real Madrid suffer humiliating defeat

Real Madrid crashed to a humiliating Copa del Rey exit on Wednesday when they were knocked out by little Leganes in the quarter-finals with under-fire coach Zinedine Zidane taking the blame. European champions Real...