Author: Michael

City need win against struggling Leicester to boost Champions League hopes
Manchester City’s fight for a Champions League spot continues with a must-win clash against a struggling Leicester City side at the Etihad. A win is non-negotiable.
Pep Guardiola’s side enters this match on the back of an FA Cup comeback victory over Bournemouth. It was far from vintage City, but the introduction of Nico O’Reilly changed everything. The academy star provided assists for both Erling Haaland and Omar Marmoush, securing their place in yet another Wembley semi-final.

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Di Vaio: ‘Historic Bologna, but we respect Empoli’ in Coppa Italia
Bologna director Marco Di Vaio assures they ‘respect Empoli a great deal’ in tonight’s Coppa Italia semi-final, but want to focus on both this tournament and Serie A.
It kicks off at the Stadio Castellani at 20.00 UK time (19.00 GMT).
You can follow all the build-up and action as it happens on the Liveblog.
The second leg of this semi-final will be on April 24, while tomorrow Inter and Milan go head-to-head.

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Maryland basketball has finished its search for a new head coach, with this one brewing for a while. Multiple sources tell OutKick that Texas A&M’s Buzz Williams has agreed to a deal to become the Terrapins’ new coach. 
All of this comes after Kevin Willard took the Villanova job last week, after a few months of talking about how bad the situation was at Maryland. That did not stop Buzz Williams from putting his name into the hat for the opening, with sources telling OutKick that Williams has been looking for a new place to call home for the past year.

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PALM BEACH – Pittsburgh Steelers owner and president Art Rooney II spoke with a group of local reporters on Tuesday and said the club feels “pretty good” about closing a deal with free agent quarterback Aaron Rodgers based on multiple signs.
But here’s the little stipulaton on those signs: None are definitive and some aren’t coming from Rodgers directly.
“We keep hearing that he’s headed in our direction,” Rooney said. “All signs are positive so far.”
He added later: “We keep getting positive sort of signals about it.

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Wiping your nose or doing ‘finger guns’ is now a penalty in the NFL. Here’s why.
The NFL oftentimes stands for the “No Fun League”, and last season they cracked down hard on celebrations. We all remember our favorite players getting 15-yard unsportsmanlike penalties for pointing forward after getting a first down because it looked like finger guns. Well, the NFL has redefined their rules for unsportsmanlike celebrations and gestures, that include those and much more.

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