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February 19, 2021 Gareth Bale Impressive As Totteham Ease Past Wolfberger In Europa Last-32 First Leg

Gareth Bale Impressive As Totteham Ease Past Wolfberger In Europa Last-32 First Leg

Tottenham manager Jose Mourinho said they had "one foot in the next round" after Gareth Bale inspired them his side to victory over Wolfsberger in the Europa League last 32 first leg.

Bale crossed for Son Heung-min to head the opener and then got on the score-sheet after blasting home their second goal. That was the first time since April 2013 that he scored and assisted a Tottenham goal in the same game.

Lucas Moura added a fine solo goal before half-time in Budapest.

But Michael Liendl's penalty gave Wolfsberger hope and Christopher Wernitznig hit the bar - before Carlos Vinicius probably killed the tie.

Wolfsberger were limited opposition, sitting sixth in the Austrian league and in a European knockout game for the first time. The game had to be played six hours away in Budapest, Hungary because of Covid19 restrictions.

 

February 19, 2021 Mertens, Sabalenka Win Australian Open Doubles Title

Mertens, Sabalenka Win Australian Open Doubles Title

Elise Mertens and Aryna Sabalenka eased past Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova to clinch their maiden Australian Open double trophy on Friday.

The Belgian-Belarusian pair proved too formidable for the third-seeded Czech pair, winning 6-2, 6-3 on Rod Laver Arena after sealing the victory on their fourth championship point.

The victory at the tournament is their second Grand Slam triumph as a team after the 2019 US Open and sixth title overall as they both bounced back from fourth-round defeats in singles at Melbourne Park.

The duad made their debut together at 2019 Australian Open and have since established themselves as one of the tour’s top teams, along with two-time Grand Slam winners Krejcikova and Siniakova.

 

February 19, 2021 Super Eagles Slip To 36th In Latest World FIFA Ranking

Super Eagles Slip To 36th In Latest World FIFA Ranking

The Super Eagles of Nigeria dropped one place from 35th to 36th position in the FIFA World Ranking for the month of February.

The three-time Africa Cup of Nations winners, however, remained unmoved in Africa as they retained their fifth position behind Senegal (20th in the world), Tunisia (26th in the world), AFCON holders Algeria lie in third place (31th in the world) while Morocco are fourth (33rd in the world).

The ranking, which was released Thursday, also had Benin Republic, Super Eagles opponents in next month’s 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers move up one spot from 83 to 82.

Lesotho, who battle the Eagles on March 30, are ranked 143rd in the latest ranking.

While Belgium remained top of the FIFA World Ranking while world champions France come in second.

Brazil, England, Portugal, Spain, Argentina Uruguay, Mexico and Italy complete the top 10 list in that order.

The next FIFA World Ranking will be published on April 8.

 

 

February 18, 2021 Haaland Fires Dortmund To Victory In Spain

Haaland Fires Dortmund To Victory In Spain

Erling Braut Haaland continued his stunning scoring run in the Champions League as Borussia Dortmund put aside their domestic woes to take control of their last-16 tie with Sevilla.

They trailed early on to a Suso shot that deflected in off Mats Hummels.

Mahmoud Dahoud levelled before Haaland got his 17th goal in 13 games in the competition to put them ahead.

It was 18 soon after via a neat finish, with Luuk de Jong scoring late on to give Sevilla hope in the tie.

The substitute's side-foot finish from a free-kick was reward for a concerted push from the home side that ultimately came too late to level the score on the night.

There was a video assistant referee check for a penalty for the Spanish side in added time for a potential foul by Thomas Meunier on De Jong but the officials deemed the contact between the two legal.

The second leg in Germany is on 9 March.

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