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Oh Cower Of Scotland – Celtic Triumph In Real Glasgow Derby
Oh Cower Of Scotland – Celtic Triumph In The Real Glasgow Derby…

Union Bears with flares.Scottish Cup quarter final on Sunday 8 March 2026. Photograph by Vagelis Georgariou
As a shadow Celtic side defied overwhelming odds to beat a seething the Rangers outfit at a seething Ibrox, the reality of this toxic fixture became evident before, during, and after the Scottish Cup quarter-final ended in blood and tears.

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Bayer Leverkusen CEO Fernando Carro on when he thinks they can win the title again: 2028 or 2029
In an interview with Bild, Bayer Leverkusen CEO Fernando Carro has spoken on when he thinks the club can win the title again. 
Die Werkself are the most recent Bundesliga winners not named Bayern Munich, following their unprecedented unbeaten season and title win in 2024 under Xabi Alonso. 
However, since then, there has been a mass exodus of players as well as the departure of the head coach who masterminded the win, and it has meant this season is a transitional one.

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A dramatic scene unfolded at a German second-division football match on Sunday when a masked fan emerged from the stands to unplug the video assistant referee (VAR) monitor, in an apparent protest against the technology.
The incident occurred as referee Felix Bickel was deciding on a penalty.
The unidentified individual, clad in white overalls and a ski mask in Muenster green, interrupted Bickel during the game between Preussen Muenster and Hertha Berlin.
Muenster later confirmed the fan came out of the stands to unplug the monitor.

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Journalist: Liverpool ready to pay €80m to sign Premier League star
Liverpool Prepare €80m Move for Murillo as Defensive Succession Plan Takes Shape

Liverpool are reportedly ready to test Nottingham Forest’s resolve with a blockbuster bid for Brazilian centre-back Murillo, a move that could place them in direct competition with Manchester United for one of the Premier League’s most promising young defenders.

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Relegation-haunted Tottenham Hotspur head to Atletico Madrid for the first leg of their UEFA Champions League last 16 tie on Tuesday.
MORE — UEFA Champions League bracket, schedule
Igor Tudor has overseen three-straight league defeats since taking over as Spurs manager as they now sit just one point above the Premier League’s relegation zone with nine games to go. But somehow Spurs have been able to produce some brilliant displays in the Champions League this season and it has been a wonderful distraction for them.

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Varvara Voronchikhina returned to international competition in January [Getty Images]
Para-alpine skier Varvara Voronchikhina won the first Paralympic gold medal for Russia since 2014 with victory in the women’s standing super G.
It comes two days after the 23-year-old won standing downhill bronze on Saturday to claim her nation’s first medal of the Games.
These Games mark the first appearance of the Russian flag at a Paralympics since staging the event in Sochi 12 years ago.

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Colchester United boss Danny Cowley has criticised match officials after forward Micah Mbick suffered a potentially serious injury in their game at Newport County.
The 19-year-old, who is on loan from Charlton Athletic, was stretchered off in the 35th minute in south Wales following a tackle by Cameron Evans, having only returned to the side four days earlier following a previous injury.
The club are waiting to learn the extent of the latest setback for a player who has impressed with nine goals in 26 appearances this season.
“It looks a really bad one, unfortunately.

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Predicted Liverpool XI vs Galatasaray – Wirtz back in the side

Liverpool will head to RAMS Park on Tuesday night for a high-stakes Champions League round-of-16 first leg against Galatasaray.
The Reds are out to avenge a 1-0 defeat in Istanbul during the league phase earlier this season and travel to Turkey buoyed by five wins from their last six matches in all competitions.
Liverpool have been handed a major boost by the return of Florian Wirtz.

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Bayer Leverkusen boss sets sights on new Bundesliga title
Bayer Leverkusen won the Bundesliga for the first time in the 2023/24 season — and the club’s CEO, Fernando Carro, is determined to do it again in a not too distant future.
Speaking to Sport Bild, Carro said he wants the club to lift the German top-flight trophy again in “2028 or 2029.”
At present, however, Die Werkself are a long way from that goal, sitting sixth in the league – 22 points behind leaders Bayern Munich, who themselves are 11 points clear of closest challengers Borussia Dortmund.

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Real Madrid not surprised by 18-year-old starlet’s recent breakthrough
Thiago Pitarch has been around the first-team squad at Real Madrid since the start of the season, but has had to bide his time.
However, over the past couple of weeks, the teenage midfielder has finally gotten his opportunities under Alvaro Arbeloa and he has made the most of them.
Real Madrid not surprised
Now, according to AS, nobody at Real Madrid is surprised by Thiago’s emergence and breakthrough at the first-team level.
His dynamism had already impressed former coach Xabi Alonso in daily training sessions.

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