Wayne Rooney Scores Hattrick Against West Ham
The Premier League witnessed lots of drama last night, from Raheem Sterling’s 95th minute winner for Manchester City, to Mesut Ozil’s brilliant double assists and a goal in the space of 5 minutes to Mo Salah’s double from coming off the bench in Liverpool’s win. However, the highlight of the day remains Wayne Rooney’s man of the match show: he grabbed an hattrick for Everton in an emphatic 4-0 bashing of West Ham and his last goal was a screamer from the halfway line. Meanwhile Chelsea needed only a goal from Antonio Rudiger to see off Swansea.
No Widespread Doping In Russian Football – Fatma Samoura
The Secretary General of Fifa, Fatma Samoura, says that there is no doping scandal going on in Russian football and that the country will host the 2018 World Cup. This assurance was given after concerns from football fans everywhere that the Russian football federation may adopt the trend that was going on in their Winter Olympic sports counterpart that saw them stripped of their medals and in line for a ban from the sport.
Rugby: John Hardie Banned For Three Months Over Cocaine Use
Edinburgh and Scotland flanker John Hardie has been handed a three-month suspension by Scottish Rugby for “gross misconduct” over alleged cocaine use and he will not be available for selection by Edinburgh until mid-January 2018. The ban is “part of a range of sanctions”, running from the date of his initial suspension in mid-October.
Boxing: Anthony Joshua May Have A Fight Fixed With Joseph Parker In Two Weeks
That is according to Joshua’s promoter, Eddie Hearn, who had said: “There’s a good chance [Parker’s promoter] David Higgins will fly over in the next week to try and close the deal.” However he has revealed that the fight with Wilder is still not set to happen as he says the boxer wants a deal cut that is unrealistic.
Alfie Hewett Wins Opening Game In Masters
World number two Alfie Hewett won his opening men’s singles match on day one of the season-ending Wheelchair Tennis Masters in Loughborough. Hewett held off Swedish sixth seed Stefan Olsson to win 7-6 (7-5) 3-6 6-3.
Chelsea May Lose David Luiz To Real Madrid
Despite the coach’s reassurances, Antonio Conte and David Luiz have reportedly developed a bad relationship that have made Spanish giants Real Madrid step in to snatch the Brazilian but Chelsea will be looking to Alex Sandro as his replacement if the deal goes through.
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