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Arsenal and Visit Rwanda: Gunners for Peace call on club to ‘set aside financial gains’
25 April 2025 Off

Arsenal and Visit Rwanda: Gunners for Peace call on club to ‘set aside financial gains’

By Total Football News

The decades-long conflict in eastern DR Congo has intensified since January when M23 staged an unprecedented offensive, seizing the cities of Goma and Bukavu and sparking fears of a wider regional war.

Rwanda has said its forces are acting in self-defence against the Congolese army and allied militias, some of which it accuses of links to the 1994 Rwandan genocide.

DR Congo also accuses Rwanda of illegally exploiting its mineral

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Alan Shearer: ‘An incredible battle’ – why Premier League top-five race is ‘impossible to call’
21 April 2025 Off

Alan Shearer: ‘An incredible battle’ – why Premier League top-five race is ‘impossible to call’

By Total Football News

It is hard enough to predict results in the Premier League anyway, but at this stage of the season it is even more difficult.

Looking at each club’s remaining games now doesn’t really help in deciding what might happen, because some of the teams they face may have different priorities, or nothing to play for full-stop.

Chelsea’s game against Liverpool on 4 May is a good example of that. Liverpool

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Jack Grealish: Man City manager Pep Guardiola unhappy with England call
8 November 2024 Off

Jack Grealish: Man City manager Pep Guardiola unhappy with England call

By Total Football News

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has criticised Lee Carsley’s decision to pick Jack Grealish for England’s Nations League matches against Greece and the Republic of Ireland.

Grealish, 29, has not featured for City since their stoppage-time win at Wolves on 20 October, immediately after the previous international break.

In justifying his decision on Thursday, England’s interim boss Carsley said Grealish had been training “for a couple of days” and would

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Erik ten Hag: Decision over Manchester United manager ‘not my call’, says Sir Jim Ratcliffe
4 October 2024 Off

Erik ten Hag: Decision over Manchester United manager ‘not my call’, says Sir Jim Ratcliffe

By Total Football News

Ten Hag has won two trophies in two years at Old Trafford, but an impressive 2-1 victory against Manchester City in May’s FA Cup final proved vital to the Dutchman keeping his job.

Ten Hag ended the club’s six-year wait for silverware with victory against Newcastle in the Carabao Cup final in his first season at the club, also achieving a third-place finish in the Premier League.

But his second

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Everton: 777 Partners call in finance experts as takeover uncertainty grows
10 May 2024 0

Everton: 777 Partners call in finance experts as takeover uncertainty grows

By Total Football News

B Riley describe itself as providing “tailored financial solutions” to meet the “strategic, operational, financial advisory and capital needs” of clients.

Last Friday, 777 Partners and co-owner Josh Wander were accused of a “fraudulent scheme” by a lender in a civil court filing in New York.

Earlier in the week, an airline it owns entered voluntary administration, leaving thousands of passengers stranded around Australia.

BBC Sport understands 777-owned club Standard

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Everton takeover: Shareholders group call for 777 takeover ‘farce’ to end
7 May 2024 0

Everton takeover: Shareholders group call for 777 takeover ‘farce’ to end

By Total Football News

777 had initially aimed to complete their takeover before Christmas but that was pushed back to February, and it is now hoping to get the green light by the end of this month.

But on Friday, 777 and the firm’s co-owner Josh Wander were accused of a “fraudulent scheme” by a lender in a civil court filing in New York.

London-based Leadenhall Capital Partners LLP and Leadenhall Life Insurance Linked

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Impossible not to call hat-trick hero Cole Palmer top player, says Mauricio Pochettino
5 April 2024 0

Impossible not to call hat-trick hero Cole Palmer top player, says Mauricio Pochettino

By Total Football News
Chelsea teammates jump on Cole Palmer
Cole Palmer has scored each of his eight penalties this season

Mauricio Pochettino believes Cole Palmer has proved he is a “top player” after his hat-trick helped Chelsea secure a dramatic win against Manchester United.

The 21-year-old’s last two goals came in stoppage time, with the winner the latest scored in Premier League history, coming at 100 minutes 39 seconds.

Palmer is now one of four players on 16 goals

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Fulham 3-0 Tottenham: Son Heung-min says Spurs need a ‘big wake-up call’
18 March 2024 0

Fulham 3-0 Tottenham: Son Heung-min says Spurs need a ‘big wake-up call’

By Total Football News
Son Heung-min
Spurs have only kept two clean sheets across their last 19 games in the Premier League. Only Sheffield United have kept fewer in the competition in this period.

Tottenham “didn’t put in the effort” and need a “big wake-up call” after their defeat by Fulham at Craven Cottage, says captain Son Heung-min.

Knowing a win would take them back into the Premier League top four, Tottenham were well below par

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