By Rune Gjerulff @runegjerulff Here’s the draw for the DFB-Pokal quarter-finals. Photo: Sandro Halank, Wikimedia Commons, CC-BY-SA 4.0 The draw for the quarter finals of the DFB-Pokal took place on Sunday evening. With Bayer Leverkusen, Borussia Mönchengladbach and VfB Stuttgart, only three teams from the Bundesliga are left in the tournament. Two of them – Bayer Leverkusen and VfB Stuttgart, who just played to a 1-1 draw – were drawn against each other. Here’s the draw in full: 1. FC Saarbrücken – Borussia Mönchengladbach Hertha BSC – 1. FC Kaiserslautern Bayer 04 Leverkusen – VfB Stuttgart FC St. Pauli – Fortuna DüsseldorfRelated storiesBundesliga…
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Manchester United have confirmed midfielder Casemiro has returned to training following a lengthy injury lay-off. The midfielder has missed eight games so far thanks to a hamstring injury suffered during a 3-0 defeat to Newcastle United in the Carabao Cup on November 1. In a statement released on the club’s official website, Man Utd announced that Casemiro is now finally back training on grass: “Casemiro has started training on the pitch, as the Brazilian steps up his recovery for Manchester United.”On Sunday, the midfielder was spotted training alone on the grass at Carrington, while his team-mates took part in a…
Arsenal legend Ian Wright has slammed Manchester United defender Diogo Dalot after he failed to square the ball to Rasmus Hojlund in the recent Premier League defeat to Bournemouth. The Red Devils suffered an embarrassing 3-0 loss to the Cherries at Old Trafford yesterday. Man United barely threatened the opposition goal but things could have been different had Dalot spotted Hojlund’s run into the box. The Dane came off the bench to replace Anthony Martial at 1-0 down. Dalot had the perfect opportunity to square the ball to the striker for the equaliser, but he instead unleashed an effort into…
The poster for the first UFC pay-per-view card of 2024 has now been revealed, with a pair of title fights headed to Toronto, Canada on Jan. 20. The middleweight title will go up for grabs at UFC 297 when Sean Strickland clashes with Dricus du Plessis in the main event, while a new women’s bantamweight champion will be crowned when Mayra Bueno Silva takes on Raquel Pennington in the co-headliner. Check out the UFC 297 poster below. Strickland makes the first defense of his middleweight title after pulling off a shocking upset with a win over Israel Adesanya in September.…
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Bryce Harper narrates opening for Eagles-Cowboys game \n\n”,”providerName”:”Twitter”,”providerUrl”:”https://twitter.com”,”type”:”oembed”,”width”:550,”contentType”:”rich”},{“__typename”:”Markdown”,”content”:”\”I was a Cowboys fan. And then, I moved to Philly.\”\n\nThe Cowboys and Eagles share an age-old NFL rivalry. You’d be hard-pressed to find partisans on one side or the other switching allegiances.\n\nBut there’s a prominent Philadelphia resident who has done just that. It’s evidenced by the above statement, which Phillies superstar Bryce Harper made as part of an opening montage for Sunday night’s Eagles-Cowboys matchup on NBC.\n\n\”Kind of a work thing,\” Harper said. \”If you know my city, you know what the Eagles mean to us.\””,”type”:”text”},{“__typename”:”OEmbed”,”html”:”The perfect suit doesn’t exi— pic.twitter.com/uOIvrtVZsX— Philadelphia…
After the Milwaukee Bucks were eliminated from the NBA In-Season Tournament by the Indiana Pacers on Thursday, forward Bobby Portis passionately challenged head coach Adrian Griffin and teammates to be better, league sources tell Bleacher Report. The Pacers advanced to the IST Finals with a 128-119 victory. The Bucks offense collapsed in the fourth quarter as the Pacers won the final frame 37-25. -via Bleacher Report / December 8, 2023
NFL Nation, ESPNDec 10, 2023, 08:06 PM ETWeek 14 of the NFL season started Thursday night, when the New England Patriots downed the Steelers in Pittsburgh.On Sunday, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers beat the Atlanta Falcons to create a three-way tie for first place in the NFC South, Zach Wilson led the New York Jets to a dominant performance over the Houston Texans, and the Baltimore Ravens survived in overtime. Quarterbacks Jake Browning (right hand) and C.J. Stroud (concussion protocol) left their games with injuries.The San Francisco 49ers continued to roll in the late window with a win over the Seattle…
Captain Alex Dombrandt scored Harlequins’ third tryRacing 92: (14) 28Tries: Le Garrec 2, Gibert, Diallo Cons: Le Garrec 4Harlequins: (17) 31Tries: Smith, Esterhuizen, Dombrandt, Walker Cons: Smith 4 Drop-goal: SmithMarcus Smith’s superb display helped Harlequins beat Top 14 league leaders Racing 92 in a thrilling Investec Champions Cup pool match in Paris.England fly-half Smith kicked a drop-goal from near the halfway line and scored a dazzling solo try to help Quins take a 17-14 half-time lead.Nolann le Garrec and Ibrahim Diallo put the hosts ahead before Quins skipper Alex Dombrandt gave his side hope.Hooker Jack Walker went over moments later…
Matthew Mott has called for patience with England’s new-era white-ball team as a work in progress, stressing that they’ve only had three opportunities to play together.England succumbed to a four-wicket defeat in Barbados to lose their first series following a difficult World Cup campaign 2-1.A group which featured just four players to have played more than 10 ODIs, found themselves in strong positions in all three matches against a West Indies side going through a similar reboot having failed to qualify for the World Cup.However, a late-innings onslaught from Shai Hope and Romario Shepherd in the opening match saw England…