Watford 1-5 Peterborough United: Carabao Cup Match Report
Peterborough United thrash a youthful, heavily-rotated Watford side 5-1 at Vicarage Road to reach the Carabao Cup third round, with Harry Leonard scoring twice.
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Lincoln City 1-3 Portsmouth: Match Report
Lincoln City's first Championship home game since 1961 ends in defeat as Portsmouth score twice inside sixteen minutes and hold on for a 3-1 win at the ProAmpac Stadium.
·5 min readFWA
Arsenal 2-3 Borussia Dortmund: Gunners Beaten In First Emirates Cup Encounter At The Emirates Stadium
The Premier League champions were beaten 3-2 by Borussia Dortmund in the first of two Emirates Cup encounters at the Emirates Stadium, with Ethan Nwaneri and a Viktor Gyokeres penalty not enough to prevent a second pre-season defeat in a week.
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Duckett 141 Powers England to 27 Run Win at Lord's to Seal ODI Series 2-1
Ben Duckett hit 141, the highest individual ODI innings at Lord's, to help England to 387 for 3 before they held off a spirited India, led by Rohit Sharma's 138, to win the decider by 27 runs and take the Metro Bank series 2-1.
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Spain 1-0 Argentina AET: Ferran Torres Wins the World Cup for Spain
Ferran Torres came off the bench to score the only goal in extra time as Spain overcame ten-man Argentina 1-0 to lift the World Cup for the second time, despite a record ten-save display from Emiliano Martinez at MetLife Stadium.
·4 min readFWA
EMIRATES CUP
Arsenal 2-3 Borussia Dortmund: Gunners Beaten In First Emirates Cup Encounter At The Emirates Stadium
6 min readFWA
Spain 1-0 Argentina AET: Ferran Torres Wins the World Cup for Spain
France 4-6 England: Saka Hat-Trick Seals Bronze in Ten-Goal Miami Thriller
Recent Results
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CHAMPIONSHIP
Lincoln City 1-3 Portsmouth: Match Report
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EMIRATES CUP
Arsenal 2-3 Borussia Dortmund: Gunners Beaten In First Emirates Cup Encounter At The Emirates Stadium
6 min readFWA
ONE-DAY INTERNATIONAL
Duckett 141 Powers England to 27 Run Win at Lord's to Seal ODI Series 2-1
6 min readFWA
Spain 1-0 Argentina AET: Ferran Torres Wins the World Cup for Spain
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William Powell
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