The coffin of England's World Cup-winning goalkeeper Gordon Banks being carried to the Stoke Minster church by four goalkeepers representing his three former clubs and England: Stoke's Jack Butland, Chesterfield's Joe Anyon, Leicester's Kasper Schmeichel, and Joe Hart. Yesterday, crowds of mourning fans joined luminaries of English football for a final farewell to Banks, a steelworker's son who became one of the world's greatest goalkeepers and will be remembered for his stupendous save against Pele at the 1970 World Cup in Mexico. The five-car cortege went on a procession through the city, stopping at Stoke's stadium, where ticket holders came to watch the funeral on the big screen. Banks, who died aged 81 on Feb 12, was Fifa goalkeeper of the year six times.
The £10million summer signing from Manchester City capitalised on woeful defending to head home Sebastian Larsson's corner on the half-hour, in the process cancelling out Juan Mata's opener.
Tottenham Hotspur's English striker Harry Kane (C) celebrates with defender Jan Vertonghen (L) and goalkeeper Hugo Lloris (R) during the EPL match between Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal at
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Man City surge clear through Sterling as Spurs suffer (Reuters) - Raheem Sterling's hat-trick in Manchester City's 3-1 win over Watford lifted the champions four points clear at the top of
Manchester City surge clear through Sterling as Spurs suffer
VALENCIA: Valencia eased into the Europa League semi-finals for the first time in five years with a comfortable 2-0 win at home to fellow Spaniards Villarreal in heavy rain on Thursday for a resounding 5-1 aggregate scoreline.
Valencia stroll into Europa semis with Villarreal win
Son moved to Tottenham from Bayer Leverkusen in 2015 and scored only four times in 28 league matches but he has since turned his fortunes around and looks set to have his best season in a Spurs
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MADRID (AFP) - Mauricio Pochettino will wait until the last minute to decide whether Tottenham Hotspur striker Harry Kane is fit enough to face Liverpool in the Champions League final on Saturday
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David de Gea has made three errors leading to goals in his last four games in all competitions for Manchester United, as many as in his previous 123 matches for the club As Manchester United lined
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LONDON: Former Manchester United and England midfielder Paul Scholes has been appointed manager of Oldham Athletic, the club announced on Monday. Scholes, 44, is taking on his first managerial role, signing a contract with the club he supported as a boy after spending his entire playing career at Old Trafford.
Man United great Scholes appointed manager of Oldham - qod16.com
Injuries open way for Sanchez and Lukaku to shine for United Alexis Sanchez and Romelu Lukaku must both take their opportunity to "They've been part of our training for a long time now
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LONDON (REUTERS) - Raheem Sterling's hat-trick in Manchester City's 3-1 win over Watford lifted the champions four points clear at the top of the Premier League after Tottenham Hotspur's challenge
Man City surge clear through Sterling as Spurs suffer - Reuters
MUNICH, Germany, May 18 - Bayern Munich won the Bundesliga title for a seventh straight season after beating Eintracht Frankfurt 5-1 to finish ahead of rivals Borussia Dortmund. The Bavarians, who can secure a domestic double if they beat RB Leipzig in the German Cup final on May 25, have now won the German league title a record 29 times.
Bayern Munich Win German Bundesliga Soccer Title for Seventh
Captain Hugo Lloris admitted he was worried about Tottenham's domestic form — and it had to change fast — after his Champions League quarter-finalists surrendered to strugglers Southampton. And with no "joker" left to play in the race for the top four, last summer's World Cup winning skipper challenged his two-faced team to win every
Fred warns Manchester United team-mates ahead of Spurs clash
An alarming run has brought just one point from the last four league games with Mauricio Pochettino, the manager, reacting to Saturday Hugo Lloris warns Tottenham teammates they have no margin for
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Crowds flock to Argentine village to pay tribute to footballer Sala I didn't come to pay my respects to a footballer; I came to pay my respects to an exceptional man, a real warrior," said
Watch: Argentine village of Progresso to pay tribute to
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