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Irish Premiership: Blues beat Coleraine to stay top as Ballymena edge Ports
The game was only a minute old when Glenavon striker David McDaid had the first effort of the game, drilling a low strike from the edge of the box, but it was well saved by Daniel Gyollai.
It would be almost another 30 minutes until the hosts created their first chance, with James Singleton’s acrobatic effort sailing over the bar from 12 yards out.
Glentoran almost snatched the lead on half-time without having to touch the ball.
From a free-kick out on the right, a Glenavon defender hooked the ball inadvertently towards his own goal where it was destined to drop in over the head of Gareth Deane, but James Carroll was on hand to clear away to safety.
Frankie Hvid went close for the home side just after the break, but his header was straight at Deane – however, the best chance of the game fell to the visitors on 75 minutes.
Keith Ward’s free-kick from 25-yards out was half-saved by Gyollai onto the foot of James Carroll, but he could not find a way past the keeper from a yard out as he made another stop.
The ball then fell at the feet of Barney McKeown, but the defender could also only fire into Gyollai from close range.
Jay Donnelly went close at the other end before Glenavon could have won it five minutes from time.
A mistake from Frankie Hvid allowed Harry Lynch to gather the ball and race through on goal, but his effort was superbly saved by the advancing Gyollai as the two teams had to settle for a point apiece.
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Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler to face Bryson DeChambeau and Brooks Koepka in exhibition
Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler are to take part in an exhibition event against Bryson DeChambeau and Brooks Koepka at Shadow Creek in Las Vegas on 17 December.
The 18-hole challenge will pit two of the top-ranked PGA Tour players against two of the leading names from the Saudi-backed LIV Golf series, with organisers of the made-for-television event now confirming the location and date.
The details of the contest, which is being billed as ‘The Showdown’, were announced against a backdrop of ongoing talks between the PGA Tour and LIV’s backers, the Saudi Arabian Investment Fund (PIF) about a possible merger.
The format of the competition has yet to be finalised.
Shadow Creek Golf Course previously hosted the first version of ‘The Match’, the predecessor to ‘The Showdown’, between Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson.
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Arsenal star William Saliba ‘in transfer talks with Real Madrid’ as Spanish giants make Gunners star ‘top priority’
REAL MADRID have reportedly made William Saliba their top priority for a shock transfer.
The Arsenal star is widely considered one of the best centre-backs in world football.
His form for the Gunners has seen him cement himself as a regular in the starting XI for France.
And now Los Blancos want to take him to the Bernabeu.
According to Le10Sport, Real Madrid are hoping to follow up the signing of Kylian Mbappe this year by adding his compatriot Saliba next summer.
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Stones ‘deserves’ England captaincy in Kane’s absence – Carsley
England interim manager Lee Carsley says John Stones “deserves” England captaincy as he takes the armband from Harry Kane who will not be fit to start their Nations League match against Greece at Wembley.
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Jude Bellingham set for shock position change for England as Lee Carsley experiments with new formation in training
LEE CARSLEY could opt to play Jude Bellingham in a new position for England’s Nations League clash with Greece tonight.
Interim boss Carsley has been experimenting with using Bellingham as a STRIKER in training this week, according to the Mail.
Bellingham, who normally forms part of a midfield trio for the Three Lions, has reportedly been tested as a deep-lying striker in the training session’s building up to tonight’s game.
The news comes after it was confirmed that Harry Kane wouldn’t be starting against the Greeks after picking up a knock with club Bayern Munich.
Carsley even hinted that there may be a different look to how his team sets up as a result.
He said: “Along with a few of the players who can play at No.9, we’ve got plenty of options in that position.
“Harry’s been the outstanding player for so long for us now, but I feel like we’ve definitely got a Plan B.”
Carsely isn’t short of options if he did want to play a conventional striker, having called both Ollie Watkins and Dominic Solanke up the squad.
However, Bellingham could be a viable option with the 21-year-old occasionally playing in a more advanced role for Real Madrid last season.
While the former Birmingham City star has certainly proved he has an eye for goal, netting 23 times for Madrid last term.
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The absence of Kane won’t just leave a gap up top, but also means Carsley has to find a new man to wear the captain’s armband this evening.
The former England U21 boss has decided that role will be filled by John Stones.
On being given the honour of captaining his nation at Wembley, Stones said: “It’s everything I dreamed of as a kid. It’s a special moment and I cannot thank Lee enough.
“It was a great conversation but I didn’t know what to say. I was a bit speechless.”
Fans will be also eagerly watching on across both tonight’s clash against Greece and Sunday’s face-off with Finland to see if Carsley can find a way to play Bellingham, Phil Foden and Cole Palmer in the same squad.
Carsley is expected to start Bukayo Saka, Declan Rice and Anthony Gordon from the off under the arch this evening.
While Chelsea defender Levi Colwill is reportedly in line to partner John Stones at centre-back.
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Nile Ranger: ‘I’d still be playing in the Premier League if I had behaved’
Ranger’s promising career was almost over before it had even started.
He signed for Crystal Palace at the age of 10 but was released two years later for bad behaviour at school.
Aged 15, he was sentenced to 11 weeks in a young offenders’ institute for his part in an armed robbery in north London.
“We weren’t going around shooting or stabbing people,” he says. “We wanted to get some quick money so we said ‘let’s just take phones off people’.
“One of our entourage had a knife but I don’t know why because he wasn’t using it. We were acting like idiots.”
There is regret for the hurt he caused.
“Armed robbery is terrible. I wasn’t wanting to hurt them,” adds Ranger. “I was just thinking about getting the goods and running off.
“Now I’m older I do think I must have caused people trauma. At times I was a lunatic. I don’t know what else to call it.”
Ranger was a highly-promising £110-a-week player at Southampton’s academy when he was sentenced but the club supported him following his release and moved him into a flat with his mum, Karen, so she could keep an eye on him.
“My mum has had to come to meetings at every club I have been at to discuss my behaviour,” he says. “It’s been like that since my schooldays.”
Ranger was eventually kicked out of Southampton when he stole boots, training kit and even a staff member’s box of chocolates.
Where was his dad when all this was happening?
“He was around but I lived with my mum. Dad was in my life but what is he going to do? Punch me in the face? He could only speak to me.
“I’m my own man and he used to try to talk sense into me but I just didn’t listen.”
Ranger joined Swindon Town on trial before Newcastle came calling with a two-year contract and a £20,000 signing-on fee.
The 17-year-old headed to the north east hoping to put his troubled past behind him and make a name for himself playing alongside the likes of Fabricio Coloccini, Andy Carroll and Alan Smith.
“I went from nothing to something,” he says.
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