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      Newcastle 4 Tottenham 0: Toon dent Spurs’ Champions League hopes & keep own dream alive after ripping visitors to shreds

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      TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR, it’s happened again. New manager? Check. New players? Check. Demolished at St James’ Park? Of course. Alexander Isak scored twice to put Newcastle in the Champions League raceCredit: AFPAnge Postecoglou’s side was not at the races at St James’ ParkCredit: ReutersAnthony Gordon also put Spurs to the sword todayCredit: ReutersHere’s how the game went on paperNewcastle proved too much for Spurs for most of the gameBattered 6-1 here last year, it was Ange Postecoglou’s turn to leave Tyneside feeling blue. The shellshocked Aussie couldn’t believe his eyes as his Champions League-chasing side crumbled to their heaviest defeat of his reign. Throw on a Spurs kit at St James’ and they just can’t help disintegrating. Newcastle started the mauling with two first-half goals in 95 seconds and the abject North Londoners never recovered. If you’re looking for the worst individual performance of the season then look no further than Micky van de Ven.The defender had a howler for the first three goals, though he was far from the only culprit.Alexander Isak was the Toon hero, scoring a brace to make it 17 Prem goals for the campaign and seven from his last seven.Anthony Gordon was the other tormentor-in-chief, bagging his 10th of the season and running bedraggled Tottenham ragged all afternoon in front of England boss Gareth Southgate.BEST FREE BET SIGN UP OFFERS FOR UK BOOKMAKERIt’s back-to-back wins for the first time since December, leaving a Europa League spot – unlikely just a few weeks ago – well within their grasp.Sorry Spurs have now won just two of their last 10 away games.Every Premier League stadium ranked by the number of pubs nearby with one boasting over 130 local boozersAnd after fluffing their lines in spectacular fashion, nervous fans will be left cheering on Arsenal today against Aston Villa to keep their Champions League dream alive.It didn’t take long for a sense of deja vu to take hold in the sunshine – and to think they started so brightly.Timo Werner had the best early opening after Brennan Johnson gassed Dan Burn down the right and put it on a plate at the back post, but the German skied his volley halfway up the Gallowgate.He was then teed up six yards out by James Maddison, only to completely shank it off his left peg.Butchering huge chances is what Werner does better than most, and these ones came at a huge cost as Newcastle scored two goals in the blink of an eye 30 minutes in.The Geordies were happy to sit back and counter, with Gordon looking threatening every time he got it.Eddie Howe was all smiles as Toon laid down their claim for a UCL spotCredit: RexPedro Porro had a horror show against the MagpiesCredit: AFPAnd the Scouse winger created the first, beating Destiny Udogie’s weak challenge to latch onto Bruno Guimaraes’ floated ball up field and feed Isak.The red-hot striker did the rest, cutting inside to leave Van de Ven on his backside before firing home.If that wasn’t embarrassing enough, the exact same thing happened to the hapless Dutch defender just 95 seconds later.Spurs quickly lost possession from the kick-off and Pedro Porro carelessly hooked it inside straight to Gordon, who left calamitous Van de Ven in a heap again and powered through Vicario.Tottenham were 5-0 down after just 21 minutes here last term, so this was some improvement.But the self-destruct button had been struck again, with potentially disastrous consequences for their Champions League hopes.Son Heung-min was hooked by Postecoglou as Newcastle ran rampantCredit: ReutersThe defence was all over the shop and they were fortunate not to have been further behind by the break.Whatever a furious Postecoglou said at the break had no impact as they quickly found themselves dead and buried at 3-0.And Van de Ven was at fault AGAIN. Supposedly the quickest centre-back in the Prem, Isak left him for dead on halfway to race onto Bruno’s long ball.Bearing down on goal, Vicario bizarrely stayed rooted to his line, making life so easy for Isak as he had all the time in the world to pick his spot and bury.Ange rang the changes with a triple sub, but it was too little too late.His rabble were well beaten and it quickly became a case of whether the Mags could match or even better last year’s hammering in the final half hour.Fortunately for Spurs, the hosts took their foot off the gas – though there was still time for one more.Emil Krafth came closest to getting the fourth, firing a volley off the post.And just as the Toon Army were happy with their lot as they eyed up celebratory pints on the Bigg Market, up popped Fabian Schar to nod home a brilliantly-worked corner.
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      Bournemouth vs Man Utd LIVE SCORE: Ten Hag’s men take on Cherries as they continue top four hunt – Premier League latest

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      MANCHESTER UNITED face Bournemouth TODAY in a crucial clash in the race for top four. Erik ten Hag’s side currently sit sixth in the table, 11 points behind Tottenham in fourth and Aston Villa in fifth with just seven games remaining.
      Kick-off time: 5.30pm BST
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      Man Utd XI: Onana; Wan-Bissaka, Kambwala, Maguire, Dalot; Casemiro, Mainoo; Garnacho, Fernandes, Rashford; Højlund
      Bournemouth XI: Neto; Smith, Zabarnyi, Senesi, Kerkez; Cook, Christie; Sinisterra, Kluivert, Ouattara; Solanke
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      Bournemouth lost their last Premier League game to Luton Town.
      Before that defeat, Andoni Iraola’s side had won three out of three as they cemented themselves in the league for another season.
      A win today could put the hosts on level points with 10th-placed Brighton.
      Copy linkCopiedUnited’s recent league form
      Erik ten Hag will be desperate for his side to pick up their first win since March.
      In the Premier League, United have not won since March 9 when they beat Everton 2-0 at Old Trafford.
      Since then they have drawn to Brentford and Liverpool and lost to Chelsea.
      Credit: Getty
      Copy linkCopiedUnited looking to avoid record
      Manchester United will be looking to avoid losing to Bournemouth for a second time this season.
      Should the Cherries win the match it will be the first time they have ever done the double over the Red Devils.
      Bournemouth won the reverse fixture 3-0 at Old Trafford earlier in the season.
      Copy linkCopiedWheatley makes team
      Ethan Wheatley is a new name for Man United as he was named on the bench to face Bournemouth.
      The 18-year-old gets the nod as Erik ten Hga manages an injury crisis.

      Copy linkCopiedCherries XI
      Here is a look at the Bournemouth team to face Man United.
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      Copy linkCopiedMan Utd team news
      Manchester United have named their XI to take on Bournemouth today.
      Credit: x
      Copy linkCopiedWelcome to Bournemouth vs Man Utd!
      Hello and welcome to Bournemouth’s clash with Manchester United at the Vitality Stadium.
      Erik Ten Hag’s men need a big win if they’re to keep up pace in the race for top four.
      But Dominic Solanke and Co will be looking to upset the odds in this evening’s Premier League kick-off.
      We’ll have all the latest from the south coast right here at SunSport.
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      Boxing LIVE RESULTS – Charlie Edwards vs Georges Ory: Edwards puts himself back into world title mix with brilliant win

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      CHARLIE EDWARDS put himself right back into world title contention with a superb win over Georges Ory at York Hall.Returning to the ring for the first time in almost a year, Edwards looked sharp and slick, eventually winning 98-92 on all three judge’s scorecards.The first couple of rounds in the fight were cagey, but eventually Edwards showed his class – showing off incredible speed and fancy footwork to tick off winning rounds.The win lands the former flyweight world champion the WBC International silver bantamweight title, with Edwards stating: “The gold rush is on.”
      Main event start time: 10.15pm BST
      TV channel: Channel 5
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      CASINO SPECIAL – BEST CASINO WELCOME OFFERSFollow our live blog below…Fetti wins 40-36
      Great debut for Christian Fetti who is handed a genuine test on his pro bow.
      A live opponent and a threat to his future.
      Fetti pushed the pace and chased a KO but he also had to defend and take digs.
      The perfect start.
      Copy linkCopiedFetti vs Quezada R4
      Smart defensive work from Fetti who rolls a hook and lands one of his own to the Quezada body.
      But the final 30 seconds is a shootout.
      Both men throw bombs and stand up to them before the bell stops the slugging.
      All over, the referee will score Fetti a win.
      Copy linkCopiedFetti vs Quezada R3
      Fetti lands a right that bumps Quezada back onto the ropes but he rebounds and gets stuck deeper in.
      The Spain-based journeyman remains a threat and will not want to be stopped.
      If Fetti steams in too much, he’s at risk of getting whacked on his debut.
      Copy linkCopiedFetti vs Quezada R2
      Conor Benn and Joe Cordina are ringside to support Fetti, who has sparred them both in Essex.
      Fetti gets greedy and takes a couple of blows but it’s good to prove your chin early.
      Quezada eats a right hand but launches a body attack in reply that the bell halts.
      Copy linkCopiedFetti vs Quezada R1
      Christian Fetti is making his debut.
      The St Albans talent has sold a bundle of tickets for York Hall.
      His fans are treated to a big right-hand start.
      But Quezada is tough and respected and will not want to be stopped by a novice.
      Hr throws back when he is hurt and makes it to the bell.
      Copy linkCopiedWelland wins 59-54
      The Brit gets the ref’s decision to move to 4-0.
      That was a major step-up and a high-risk fight.
      But aTOMic Welland stood up and delivered over game Marvin Solano.
      Copy linkCopiedWelland vs Solano – R6
      Violent end to the brilliant learning fight.
      Solano looks shattered but never stops slinging.
      Welland looks totally in charge but then at risk in the exchanges.
      Perfect matchmaking and great fight for the 19-year-old prospect.
      Copy linkCopiedWelland vs Solano – R5
      Solano slowly breaking down and he loses a point for getting Welland in a headlock.
      Uppercut from the Englishman lands but Solano hurls out hooks rather than blocks or parries.
      All of Welland’s punches are landing but Solano is still trying to trade and win.
      Copy linkCopiedWelland vs Solano – R4
      Solano is showboating a lot for a man leaking blood out of his battered nose.
      But 19-year-old Welland is learning so much from this experience.
      Solano doesn’t have it in him to get on his bike and survive, he will trade until the end.
      Copy linkCopiedWelland vs Solano – R3
      Solano buzzed by a perfect left hook, his legs stiffen.
      Welland smells blood and pushes the pace again.
      And Solano’s nose starts leaking the red stuff.
      Copy linkCopiedWelland vs Solano – R2
      Peach of a Welland right hand lands early in the session.
      But Solano hurls a lond left hook in defence.
      Welland ducks under a couple of haymaker hooks beautifully.
      Solano bullies back and pushes Welland to the floor, without a count.
      Copy linkCopiedWelland vs Solano – R1
      Essex prospect Tom Welland looks to go 4-0 against Marvin Solano.
      Double-jab-right-hand from from the young Brit pushes Solano back.
      Solano is not your average journeyman and throws right hands and uppercuts back.
      Teenage Welland lands a right hand that stuns Solano but he flicks into fight instead of flight mode.
      Copy linkCopiedBack to his blessed
      I loved every second of the fight and fight week.I hid a cut I got in my last week of camp.But now I have the first fight out of the way and I want everyone, all the people who ducked me.They can’t dodge and duck me forever.Charlie Edwards
      Copy linkCopiedReady, Eddie, go
      That was very special because I have been messed around, lied to and nobody wanted to know me.I worked my bum off and got myself back here.I have given everything to this sport and felt I was getting nothing back.Charlie Edwards
      Copy linkCopiedEdwards wins UD
      Ewards wins a unanimous decisin after one-sided win over tough Geores Ory.
      All three judges called it 98-92.
      The Epsom kid can now focus on becoming a two-world champ.
      Copy linkCopiedEdwards vs Ory – R9
      Ory keeps hunting but Edwards is enjoying the night, after 308 days out of the ring.
      No mistakes in the last six minues and Edwards is back in the big miz.
      Cornerman Sunny is tryig to talk his man over the line.
      Copy linkCopiedEdwards vs Ory – R8
      Ory steams in and bullies Edwards into a neutral corner.
      The Angers man is still swinging but Edwards has more gears to go up.
      Edwards almost showboats on the bell but rigtly feels the need for respect.
      Copy linkCopiedEdwards vs Ory – R7
      Edwards coasting now. Can’t be far off a shutout.
      Ory has a small cut over his right eye that is getting work on now.
      The cut doesn’t look too bad but it’s right above his eye and could drip down.
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      Copy linkCopiedEdwards vs Ory – R6
      Better body work from Edwards, a left hook and straight run score.
      Ory gets manhandled and pushed back into a corner until the ref breaks it up.
      Another Edwards round banked in the vault.
      Copy linkCopiedEdwards vs Ory – R5
      Ory takes a tumble and hits the canvas but it’s correctly not called a knockdown.
      Edwards almost fell on top of his rival.
      Ory has settled in now and doesn’t look like losing early.
      But Edwards is looking classy and more than capable of a UD win.
      Copy linkCopiedEdwards vs Ory – R4
      Edwards throws a couple of southpaw jabs and looks a better switchhitter than Ory.
      The uppercut and straight right hands and working for Edwards.
      And Ory’s relentlessness means he is happy to run on to a few meaty blows.
      Copy linkCopiedEdwards vs Ory – R3
      Ory throws a handful of punches at Edwards but the Brit tucks up and deflects them.
      The right uppercut is the Edwards honey shot, so far.
      But Ory likes a left hook and only likes fighting om the front foot, so Edwards will not get a breather.
      Copy linkCopiedEdwards vs Ory – R3
      Edwards has a couple of red marks around his face but nothing worrying.
      Ory looks so much more dangerous out of his usual southpaw stance.
      But he keeps switching in an effort to be unpredictable.
      Smooth footwork from Edwards reminds us of his world title heyday.
      Copy linkCopiedEdwards vs Ory – R2
      Two rasping hooks slash into Ory’s ribs but he seems a tough Frenchman.
      Edwards throws three jabs to head and body and scores with an uppercut.
      Ory is being tagged but not hurt. Edwards is blowing away the cobwebs but not the opponent – yet.
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      Bayer Leverkusen vs West Ham LIVE SCORE: Hammers face Xabi Alonso’s red-hot side in Europa League quarter-final

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      WEST HAM travel to Bundesliga leaders Bayer Leverkusen for the first leg of their thrilling Europa League quarter-final tie.Xabi Alonso’s men have not lost in 41 matches across all competitions which includes a dramatic 5-4 aggregate last-16 win against Qarabag.And they’ll be favourites to progress ahead of the Hammers who have lost talisman Jarrod Bowen to injury.
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      Liverpool vs Atalanta LIVE SCORE: Reds host Italian outfit in Europa League quarter-final first leg – updates

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      LIVERPOOL welcome Atalanta to Merseyside for the first leg of their Europa League quarter-final tie.Jurgen Klopp’s men humiliated Sparta Prague 11-2 on aggregate in the previous round.While the visitors pulled off an incredible 3-2 comeback against Portuguese giants Sporting Lisbon.
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      Atletico 2 Dortmund 1: Simeone’s men edge towards Champions League semi-finals with De Paul and Lino goals

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      JADON SANCHO’S bid to become the first Manchester United player to reach a Champions League Final in the post-Ferguson era remains alive after a late Sebastien Haller strike. The Borussia Dortmund winger, on loan from Old Trafford, was impressive as the Germans seized a lifeline in this quarter-final first leg, after Atletico had stormed into an early two-goal lead.   Samuel Lino relished doubling Atletico’s leadCredit: GettyLino slotted home to complete a brilliant team goalCredit: GettySancho was frozen out by Erik ten Hag after accusing his United boss of ‘scapegoating’ him – spending four months training with the kids before Dortmund tossed him a lifeline. But while United have long since departed the European stage – finishing bottom of their Champions League group – outcast Sancho has been eyeing a Wembley final at the German club with whom he first made his name. There were flashes of brilliance here from Sancho – the dribbles, the feints, the shoulder-drops – signs that he shaken off his ring rust and still has a serious future at elite level. Perhaps even at United, should Ten Hag be sent packing this summer, after the Dutchman’s tough-guy stance with Sancho having failed to pay dividends. Dortmund hope to re-sign him on a permanent basis this summer but United’s £34milion asking price may prove too steep. At 24, and with two and half years having passed since the last of his 23 England caps, Sancho remains a tormentor of full-backs, with rapid feet and supreme ball control.He was Dortmund’s most threatening player but that was not saying too much, as they were out-fought and out-classed until a strong late spell of pressure.    The idea of Sancho enjoying a Wembley date on June 1 is still on the cards, despite the defensive errors which gifted goals to Atletico’s Rodrigo De Paul and Samuel Lino. Jadon Sancho played the whole match but still saw Dortmund loseCredit: AlamySancho’s parent club haven’t reached the last four of the Champions League in 13 years, although Javier Hernandez did reach a semi-final while on loan at Real Madrid from United in 2015.Sancho’s return to Dortmund has not been a roaring success. He has one goal and one assist from ten Bundesliga appearances – a far cry from the stats he used to rattle up before leaving the German club for £73million in 2021. Jadon Sancho reveals football idol in snub to Cristiano Ronaldo as Man Utd loanee rejoices in new Dortmund shirt number But he did score in the last-16 victory over PSV Eindhoven in the previous round to help set up this quarter-final tie. With the Wanda Metropolitano Stadium jumping and Simeone’s boys flying out of the traps, it was another Premier League loanee who provided the unwitting assist for Atletico’s early opener.Ian Maatsen, the Dutch full-back on loan at Dortmund from Chelsea, produced a disastrous defensive pass which allowed Argentinian World Cup winner De Paul to stab the hosts into a fifth-minute lead.Axel Witsel almost added a quick-fire second with a flying back-heel that forced a fine save from Gregor Kobel.Sancho was switching from the right wing to the left and back again, but struggling to get a kick early on.Some nifty footwork from the Londoner did win Dortmund a corner on the half-hour, but soon Dortmund were further behind. Another defensive lapse, this time from Mats Hummels, allowed Antoine Griezmann to chip a gorgeous pass to Lino, who slotted home. As his team threatened to capitulate, Sancho was coming into the game far more and just before half-time he shot wide after cutting in from the right. Kobel denied Lino a second with an excellent save before former West Ham striker Haller, on as a sub, drilled in an 81st-minute strike.And then Dortmund’s other Englishman, 19-year-old sub Jamie Bynoe-Gittens, hammered a long-range shot against the crossbar as the visitors pressed hard for an equaliser.That late rally suggested a Dortmund comeback at the Westfalenstadion on Tuesday night is a distinct possibility.Sebastien Haller cut Dortmund’s deficit late onCredit: GettyRodrigo De Paul hailed his early opener for AtleticoCredit: Getty More

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      Atletico Madrid vs Borussia Dortmund LIVE SCORE: Sancho and Co travel to Spain for Champions League last-8 first leg

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      ATLETICO MADRID and Borussia Dortmund lock horns in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final clash.Diego Simeone’s side overcame last season’s finalists Inter Milan on penalties to book their spot in the last-8.While Jadon Sancho inspired Dortmund to a round of 16 win over Dutch giants PSV.
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      PSG vs Barcelona LIVE SCORE: Champions League quarter-final latest as European icons face off in first leg – updates

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      PSG host Barcelona for the first leg of their mouthwatering Champions League quarter-final tie.Kylian Mbappe and Co will be determined to repeat history from when they humiliated Barca in a 2021 round of 16 encounter.However, Xavi’s men are undefeated in their last 12 matches across all competitions.
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