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Arsenal finish second as Olivier Giroud hat-trick sees off Aston Villa | TheNews Linzer

Premier League Emirates Stadium

It has happened again. For the 21st season in succession Arsenal finished above Tottenham Hotspur, and this time the result came coated in black comedy – at least, as far as the red half of north London was concerned.

Arsenal’s victory here against the most abject Aston Villa team in recent memory was never in doubt and, when it was coupled with Tottenham’s 5-1 capitulation at Newcastle United, the Emirates Stadium crowd could laugh and gloat loudly. A few weeks ago, Spurs were vying with Leicester City for the title. But they must now reflect on having somehow trailed in third in a two-horse race. How Arsenal gloried in it all and the Emirates Stadium has not felt this happy for quite some time.

Olivier Giroud was barracked by sections of the home crowd but he still managed to score a hat-trick and the occasion was completed when Mikel Arteta, the club captain, came on as a late substitute on his farewell appearance. He almost marked it with a goal, too, but his injury-time shot came back off the crossbar, hit the Villa goalkeeper Mark Bunn and went in for an own goal. Continue reading.. Mesothelioma Law Firm,Donate Car to Charity California





Published By - Theguardian.com- Tech News, Politics news, UK and world political comment and analysis:  Sunday 15 May 2016 00.33 BST

Olympics 2016: Brazil World Cup winner Rivaldo warns tourists to avoid Rio |TheNews Linzer

• Former Fifa world player of year says violence is ‘getting uglier’
• Wider public concerns over Zika virus and political turmoil

Brazilian World Cup winner Rivaldo is telling tourists to stay away from the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro because of the danger of endemic violence.

Rivaldo posted the warning on his Instagram account and alluded to the case of a 17-year-old woman killed on Saturday in a shootout.

“Things are getting uglier here every day,” Rivaldo wrote. “I advise everyone with plans to visit Brazil for the Olympics in Rio — to stay home. You’ll be putting your life at risk here. This is without even speaking about the state of public hospitals and all the Brazilian political mess. Only God can change the situation in our Brazil.”

The Olympics open in just under three months.

In a recent statement, Amnesty International said at least 11 people were killed in police shootings in Rio’s impoverished favelas in April. It said at least 307 people were killed by police last year, accounting for 20% of the homicides in the city. Continue reading...





Published By - Theguardian.com- Tech News, Politics news, UK and world political comment and analysis: Monday 9 May 2016 18.24 BST

Orlando Pride shine before record crowd, auguring well for women's game

An NWSL-record crowd of 23,403 turned up for the expansion Orlando Pride’s inaugural home match, a sign the women’s game is discovering real traction

The future of women’s soccer was on view in Orlando on Saturday night as a record 23,403 fans flocked to the Citrus Bowl for the inaugural home outing of the Orlando Pride in a part of Florida that is rapidly becoming synonymous with the beautiful game.

It was the future of a league, of a new team, of fans new to the sport and even of a possible matrimonial tie-up as one of the men’s team’s most recognizable supporters was joined by a female counterpart in a development that is sure to please unicorn-lovers everywhere.

The key feature was the highest attendance in the short history of the National Women’s Soccer League, as the crowd topped the previous best of 21,144 for the Portland-Seattle game last July. All week, the Pride – backed by the formidable marketing machine that is Orlando City SC – had flirted with the idea of a record turnout, and it was duly confirmed by press release almost three hours before kick-off with the sale of the 21,145th ticket.

Simon Veness at the Citrus Bowl

Published By - Theguardian.com - Sports New, LifeStyle News, Politics news, UK and world political comment and analysis: Sunday 24 April 2016 04.03 BST

Carli Lloyd leaves Houston Dash match with injured right knee

• USA star injures right knee during NWSL match on Saturday night
• Lloyd was injured in fourth minute and will have MRI on Sunday

US women’s national team star Carli Lloyd injured her right knee in the Houston Dash’s match against the expansion Orlando Pride on Saturday.

Lloyd was injured in the fourth minute of the National Women’s Soccer League match at the Citrus Bowl. She played until the 14th minute, and was later seen on the sideline icing her knee. She was set to have an MRI on the knee on Sunday.

Lloyd scored three goals in the first 16 minutes of the United States’ 5-2 victory over Japan in the final of the Women’s World Cup last summer in Canada. She was named FIFA World Player of the Year.

The US women’s national team has qualified for the Olympics in Brazil this summer.

Saturday’s match was the home opener for the Pride and drew an NWSL-record 23,403 fans.

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Published By - Theguardian.com - Sports New, LifeStyle News, Politics news, UK and world political comment and analysis: Sunday 24 April 2016 03.08 BST

Newcastle’s Vurnon Anita snatches brave point from Manchester City

With Cheik Tioté and Moussa Sissoko back to their best Newcastle United not only hinted at what might have been had Rafael Benítez’s appointment come a little sooner but also highlighted Manchester City’s slapdash tendencies. At the final whistle it felt like two points lost for a Newcastle team who at least confirmed that if they are to be relegated they will go down with all guns blazing but, significantly, Benítez’s players are in touching distance of Sunderland and Norwich, one and two points behind respectively.

If that pair have reason to be nervous Real Madrid – City’s Champions League semi-final opponents next week – should be quietly confident. As exceptional as Kevin De Bruyne and Sergio Agüero are, Manchester United, too, have cause for cautious optimism that Manuel Pellegrini’s sublime yet at times sloppy side may yet be leapfrogged in the quest for a Champions League place.

Published By - Theguardian.com - Sports New, LifeStyle News, Politics news, UK and world political comment and analysis: Tuesday 19 April 2016 21.57 BST

Anfield effect can be overstated but there’s no denying it is also spectacular

Liverpool’s victory against Borussia Dortmund was a memorable occasion with the crowd creating an intensity few clubs in the world can match. Football supporters are tribal creatures at heart, and remarkable as it may seem there were a few who professed not to enjoy Liverpool’s stupendous comeback against Borussia Dortmund on Thursday, the latest and arguably greatest drama yet in the long-running series of sublime-going-on-surreal European nights at Anfield. Messages appeared on social networks almost straight away, quite possibly from people with Manchester postcodes or Goodison Park season tickets, complaining that the way the media were (over)reacting anyone would think Liverpool had won the Champions League. Countinue....

Published By - Theguardian.com - Football News, Politics news, UK and world political comment and analysis: Saturday 16 April 2016 22.00

Randy Lerner’s Aston Villa head for relegation woefully unprepared

With the new Premier League TV deal about to come on stream there has never been a worse time to be relegated, and Aston Villa go down a shambles. It’s brutal, relegation. If you follow a team the chances are you have suffered it at some point or another and, as Aston Villa’s supporters can probably testify, it does not matter how prepared you think you might be, or how many times it might have happened in the past, it is still a desperately numbing feeling when the guillotine falls and the players are wandering around, like zombies, not knowing where to rest their eyes. Countinue....

Published By - Theguardian.com - Tech News, Politics news, UK and world political comment and analysis: Saturday 16 April 2016 20.00

Attacked Arsenal fans over anti-Arsene Wenger banner

Arsenal fans have to come an under fire for displaying an anti-Arsene Wenger banner in the during of the FA Cup victory at Hull on Tuesday night.

Supporters have been growing increasingly fractious as Arsenal's season has taken a turn for the worse in recent weeks, with their Premier League title challenge faltering and the prospect of another exit at the last 16 stage of the Champions League looming large.

North London club for book their passage to the FA Cup quarter-finals, where they have faced Watford on Sunday - with a crushing 4-0 win at Hull, So but the evening was overshadowed by a protest from fans who called for Wenger to leave the club.

Wenger himself was fast to dismiss the banner and said they "did not care" if fans chose to an exercise their right to protest.

There is nothing too disappointing for me, Wenger said. I do my job. Look at to the history of the club, since the club exists, and you will notice that I have nothing to be scared of.

So do you know someone who has to win it (the FA Cup) more than me? We have judged the season afterward and I'm a quite amazed so many to people judge it so early.

We haven't given up to anywhere and you will see be that in the coming weeks. This club has been for a much worse position than it's a today.

Wenger was to support by his opposite number Steve Bruce.I just couldn't understand that for the life of me, he said.

So but, then again, we are in a crazy industry at to the moment where the coach or the manager, So no matter who you are or what respect to you've got. people coming after you. We are going the talk about it, probably.

The fella has been a immense for an Arsenal for 20 years and maybe those idiots, who think they want a change until there have changed might rue that decision forever more.

He have been managing Arsenal since '96, which is a quite remarkable. He have been able to be shrug it off, dust to off. He is a very, most experienced man and we are talking about one of the greats here.

Arsenal striker Former (Ian Wright), who has himself been critical of the many aspects of Arsenal's for this season, became embroiled in a Twitter row after the attacking the fans who displayed the banner at the KC Stadium.