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Chelsea continued their 100% record in this season’s UEFA Conference League (UECL) as they defeated Kazakhstani champions Astana 3-1 away from home. Any Chelsea fan that thought a trip to Azerbaijan’s capital Baku – even for such an event like the 2019 UEFA Europa League final – was too far to travel will unlikely have relished flying out to Eastern Kazakhstan.

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When Mory Cisse dropped his 27-year-old brother off at a stadium in the southeastern Guinean city of Nzerekore to watch a football match after lunch on Sunday, he had no idea it would be the last time he saw him alive.

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Manchester United were made to come from behind to snatch a 2-1 win at Viktoria Plzeň - their third in succession in the UEFA Europa League (UEL) - marking their first away win in Europe in 20 months, and the first time they’ve opened a European campaign by going six games unbeaten since 2013/14.

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Inter Miami's Javier Mascherano (40) is ready to silence the sceptics as he takes the reins with little managerial experience under his belt, he told reporters on Tuesday on rejoining his former Barcelona and Argentina teammate Lionel Messi (37) at the MLS side.

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Manchester United didn't earn a single corner against Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium on Wednesday night while giving the hosts 13 attempts. That was too big a risk. The apprentices of set-piece coach Nicolas Jover have already scored 22 goals since the start of the last Premier League season - with the most recent two coming against United's Andre Onana.

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Barcelona opened up a four-point lead at the top of LaLiga as Raphinha’s second-half brace helped secure an impressive 5-1 victory over Mallorca - a first win in four league matches for the Blaugrana.

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Manchester United suffered a £14 million ($17.6 million) drop in total revenue to £143.1 million, taking a hit from their absence from the lucrative Champions League, first-quarter results showed Tuesday. But the club announced a net profit of £1.4 million in the period from July to September, compared with a £25.8 million loss during the same period last year, which they attributed to favourable foreign exchange rates.