Dimitar Berbatov has predicted who will finish in the Premier League top four this season - and it's bad news for his former club Manchester United. Manchester City won a second Premier League title in as many years under Pep Guardiola last season. But the Citizens didn't run away with the division in the same way they did in the previous season, which they won by a staggering 19 points. Liverpool were right on City's heels throughout the campaign, but Guardiola's men did enough to come out on top on the final day. Chelsea and Tottenham meanwhile completed the top four with just a single point separating the London rivals. Berbatov reckons the season will pan out in almost identical fashion as last year with both Arsenal and Man United again missing out on a place in the Champions League. "Unfortunately I need to say it but I think Manchester City will be champions again, then Liverpool. They are the top two," Berbatov told Mirror Football. "Then I think Spurs and then … [Read more...] about Dimitar Berbatov makes Premier League top four prediction
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The Real Thing: Pepsi League Update—Champions Valur Not Champing
One of the top stories of this year’s domestic Icelandic football division—named The Pepsi League, because everyone knows that sugary soft drinks enhance fitness and sporting performance—is the situation of Valur, the reigning champions. Having romped to a notable triple last year by winning the league title, the League Cup, and the Super Cup all in one season, hopes for 2019 were high. The club signed Iceland’s goalkeeping hero, Hannes “Wild Claws” Halldórson—a half-man-half-giant, with huge hands said to be able to reach up and grasp the moon itself. With this Messi-smiting World Cup behemoth in goal, surely the champions would be unassailable. Surprising slump But that’s not how the first half of the season has played out. Valur suffered a surprising slump in form, languishing in the table’s lower reaches for the opening weeks. Meanwhile, their deadly rivals—Vesturbær posh boys KR—pulled a Man City by … [Read more...] about The Real Thing: Pepsi League Update—Champions Valur Not Champing
Champions League top scorers
Lionel Messi is set to be crowned as this season’s Champions League Golden Boot winner... but he will not lift the European Cup this year. The Barcelona star, who has scored 110 Champions League goals in his career – second only to the all-time top scorer Cristiano Ronaldo on 126 – hit 12 goals this season, but the Blaugrana were stunned as Liverpool won 4-0 at Anfield to overturn a 3-0 first-leg loss in the semi-finals. Second to Messi is Robert Lewandowski, who hit eight goals before Bayern Munich’s campaign was brought to an end by Liverpool at the last-16 stage. Two of the competitions surprise stars, Ajax’s Dusan Tadic and Porto’s Moussa Marega, finished with six goals to their name, along with Manchester City’s Sergio Aguero and Juventus star Ronaldo. The Portuguese legend has been the Champions League’s top scorer in seven different seasons, but finished on six goals after Juventus were dumped out of the quarter-finals by Ajax. … [Read more...] about Champions League top scorers
Honiton Netball league Winter League top title for HNC Hotshots
PUBLISHED: 10:01 18 May 2019 | UPDATED: 10:01 18 May 2019 Steve Birley The Honiton Netball Winter Season 2018-2019 has come to an end, writes Steph Upson. Twenty-four teams each played 124 matches across the season, and that number of teams makes it the busiest season the Honiton Netball League has ever seen. The league was played out across three divisions and, in the top division, it was as close as ever with just four points separating the top three teams in the final table!Hotshots finished the season as overall winners having won 12 of their 14 games, drawing one and being beaten just the once! Their 39 points tally was two better than runners-up Hi Q and a further two points back were third placed TNC Otters.Division Two was dominated from first whistle to last by the outstanding young tam that are SNC Eagles who won all 14 of their matches.Michaela Sydenham, the umpiring secretary of the league says of the Division Two champions: "They played so … [Read more...] about Honiton Netball league Winter League top title for HNC Hotshots
St Leonards ace seeks to secure Premier League top spot
Darts star Rob Cross will be aiming to secure top spot in the regular season of the Unibet Premier League tomorrow night (Thursday). The world number two from St Leonards will top the league phase - and clinch the £25,000 league leader bonus - if he beats James Wade at the First Direct Arena in Leeds.Anything less than a victory, though, and he will have to hope second-placed Michael van Gerwen slips up against Mensur Suljovic in one of the other matches on the final night of the regular season.See also: * St Leonards star stays top of Premier League and books Play-Offs spot* St Leonards star back on top of Premier League* Cross sinks Taylor to win world titleCross moved a step closer to joining Phil Taylor and Van Gerwen as only the third player in history to top the league phase with an 8-4 victory over Suljovic in Sheffield last week.If he does finish top, the former world champion would end Van Gerwen’s record of topping the league phase every year since his 2013 … [Read more...] about St Leonards ace seeks to secure Premier League top spot