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First victories for Attard and Gudja in Second Division League

Tuesday, 10 October 2017, 22:31 Last update: about 10 years ago

Attard finally registered their first win of the season when they beat St George's by two goals to one in the first match at the Sirens Stadium. Matthew Bajada gave them the lead on 10 minutes...

The thunderclap heads to Russia: Iceland gets World Cup spot

Tuesday, 10 October 2017, 07:19 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

The Icelandic thunderclap is making its way to Russia. Iceland added to its incredible European Championship campaign by becoming the smallest nation ever to qualify for the World Cup on Monday....

Michael Mifsud (Valletta FC) wins BoV August award

Monday, 9 October 2017, 15:28 Last update: about 10 years ago

Valletta FC striker Michael Mifsud is the BOV Premier League Player of the Month for August 2017. The nippy Valletta striker opened his scoring account for the 2017/2018 season in their 1-0...

Prolific Lewandowski leads Poland into World Cup finals

Monday, 9 October 2017, 06:49 Last update: about 10 years ago

With a record-setting 16th goal in European qualifying, Robert Lewandowski led Poland's charge into a first World Cup since 2006 on Sunday. The Bayern Munich striker has long been one of the most...

Popular Italian journalist, Aldo Biscardi, dies aged 86

Sunday, 8 October 2017, 12:27 Last update: about 10 years ago

Popular Italian journalist Aldo Biscardi died today aged 86, Italian media report. Biscardi was the first to introduce a football talk show in 1980 and later launched Il Processo del Lunedi, a...

Malta face Slovakia in Ghedin’s last match at the helm

Sunday, 8 October 2017, 08:00 Last update: about 10 years ago

Pietro Ghedin's second term at the helm of the national team comes to an end this evening in Bratislava when Malta faces Slovakia in the last match of the 2018 World Cup qualifying group. It will...

Spain make it to World Cup; Serbia unable to clinch a spot

Saturday, 7 October 2017, 07:22 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

Spain secured its 11th straight World Cup appearance aided by Italy's home draw against Macedonia on Friday, while Serbia blew a chance to make it to next year's finals in Russia after a loss at...

England engulfed in pessimism despite earning World Cup spot

Friday, 6 October 2017, 15:33 Last update: about 10 years ago

Before Harry Kane finally broke the tedium with a late goal, the extent of the excitement at Wembley Stadium on Thursday was fans ripping out pages of the program, folding them into paper airplanes...

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