World champion speed skater Lara van Ruijven, who had been diagnosed with an autoimmune disorder, has died aged 27. The Dutch short track skater won a bronze medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics.
Archive | July 12, 2020
Norwich City relegated from EPL after loss to West Ham….
Norwich City became the first club to be relegated from the English Premier League this season as Michail Antonio scored all four goals to ease West Ham’s troubles near the bottom of the table. A seventh successive league defeat left Daniel Farke’s side anchored at the foot of the table, 13 points from safety with only three games to play.
English Premier League Results….
English Premier League Results – 11 July, 2020
Norwich 0:4 West Ham
Watford 2:1 Newcastle
Liverpool 1:1 Burnley
Sheffield United 3:0 Chelsea
Brighton 0:5 Manchester City
Nigeria’s Kamaru Usman defeats Jorge Masvidal at UFC 251….
Welterweight champion Kamaru Usman retained his title with a unanimous decision victory over Jorge Masvidal at UFC 251 in Abu Dhabi. The emirate’s Yas Island had been transformed into ‘UFC Fight Island’, a closed-off region where four UFC events are set to be held during July.
Jordan Henderson out for the rest of the season….
Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson has been ruled out for the remaining four games of the season with a knee injury, according to manager Jurgen Klopp. Henderson scored in the 3-1 win against Brighton on Wednesday before limping off late on in the match. Klopp said the England international should be fit again for the delayed start to the 2020-21 season.
Manchester City to know result of appeal against European ban on Monday….
Manchester City will learn on Monday whether their appeal against a two-year ban from European club competitions has been successful. City appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) after UEFA’s Club Financial Control Body (CFCB) issued the ban in February.
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