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Telegraph Sport – Saudi deal lifts Trumps Open hope The Daily Telegraph’s back page leads with an exclusive: Trump family backed LIV golf all the way and could leverage their support with PIF helping to persuade the R&A to remove its ban. The back page also notes Declan Rice is set to leave West Ham after the club won the Europa League. Read the back pages here

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Is Messi heading to the Premier League? Seven-time Ballon d’Or winner and World Cup champion Lionel Messi is expected to leave Paris Saint-Germain this summer as his contract is set to expire at the Parc des Princes. His former club Barcelona are said to be attempting to bring the footballing legend back to the Spanish league after a messy fallout saw Messi head to France. It’s reported the American MSL league and Saudi Arabia’s league…

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2023 Women’s World Cup: Countdown begins as tickets sell quick Ticket sales for the 2023 Women’s World Cup, being hosted by Australia and New Zealand, have almost reached the 1 million mark. With just 50 days to go, there are currently over 850,000 tickets sold for the tournament.  Fifa Secretary General Fatma Samoura expressed her excitement, stating that 2023 will be a pivotal moment for women’s football. The World Cup, featuring 32 nations including England…

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Telegraph Sport – Everton back from abyss Monday’s back pages of course lead with the final day of the 2022/23 Premier League season. Man City were crowned champions ahead of Sunday’s game so the real battle was focused towards the bottom half of the table. Southampton were already relegated, but who would be joining them was the battle. Everton managed to cling on to their top-flight football position with a 1-0 win over Bournemouth. But…

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The i Sports – ‘Down and out’ Monday’s back pages of course lead with the final day of the 2022/23 Premier League season. Man City were crowned champions ahead of Sunday’s game so the real battle was focused towards the bottom half of the table. Southampton were already relegated, but who would be joining them was the battle. Everton managed to cling on to their top-flight football position with a 1-0 win over Bournemouth. But…

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Mirror Sport – ‘Dou or die’ Monday’s back pages of course lead with the final day of the 2022/23 Premier League season. Man City were crowned champions ahead of Sunday’s game so the real battle was focused towards the bottom half of the table.  Southampton were already relegated, but who would be joining them was the battle. Everton managed to cling on to their top-flight football position with a 1-0 win over Bournemouth. But Leeds…

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Express Sport – Ab Fab Monday’s back pages of course lead with the final day of the 2022/23 Premier League season. Man City were crowned champions ahead of Sunday’s game so the real battle was focused towards the bottom half of the table.  Southampton were already relegated, but who would be joining them was the battle. Everton managed to cling on to their top-flight football position with a 1-0 win over Bournemouth. But Leeds (lost…

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The final day of the Premier League season: What games are on and who’s getting relegated? Despite Manchester City already being crowned Premier League season 2022/23 champions, the final day of this season still has a lot left to play for. Every team is in action this Sunday, with all games starting at 16:30. Here’s what’s left to play for and where to watch. The final-day fixtures Arsenal vs Wolves Aston Villa vs Brighton -…

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Mundo Deportivo – Messi operacion retorno Monday’s edition of Mundo Deportivo led with Lionel Messi but did report on Sunday’s incident – ‘Vinicius mess,’ stated Mundo Deportivo at the top of their first page. ‘He ended up being expelled despite suffering insults.’ Tuesday’s front page however leads with the story as its main – “Enough is enough!” says the papers headline.

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SPORT – Impacto Messi On Monday, SPORT focused solely on Lionel Messi’s potential return to Barcelona from Paris Saint_Germain, but they did at least mention Sunday’s incident calling it a ‘scandal’ as they described Vinicius being ‘expelled for an act of aggression after being insulted by a member of the public.’ Tuesday’s edition didn’t provide much more, still only offering up a small section of the front page for Vini, instead the popular sports daily…

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AS – Una Undecima para la eternidad Diario AS did mention the Vinicius drama on their front page but below the basketball Diario AS on Monday led firmly with the basketball but did at least mention the racist incident on their front cover – albeit right at the bottom. ‘Mestalla Vinicius madness’ ran a sub-deck headline with a small corner picture of the player pointing out his alleged abuser in the stands. ‘The Brazilian forces…

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Marca – Puro Madrid Madrid-based Marca devoted their entire Monday front page to Real’s dramatic 79-78 win over Olympiacos in the EuroLeague basketball final, with no reference to Vinicius. In a review of the match, before the widespread condemnation of the crowd’s behaviour, an online article barely even mentioned the racism, affording only one mention. “After an incident involving Vinicius Junior, he pushed Hugo Duro in the face and was shown a red card, but…

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‘La Liga belongs to racists’ – Spanish newspapers finally react to Vinicius Jnr abuse Monday’s Spanish newspapers brushed over the shocking racist abuse suffered by footballing star Vinicius Jnr during a Real Madrid game at Valencia in La Liga – Spain’s top-flight footballing league. But following a mass outpouring of support for the Brazilian international, Spain’s newspapers have finally given the story the front page coverage it deserves. ‘Sorry for the Spaniards who do not agree,…

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A breakdown of the racist abuse that Vinicius Jnr has been subjected to this season alone. The abuse on Sunday has garnered worldwide attention and people want answers from La Liga. Brazilian Football players targeted by racists It comes amid a treaty between Spain and Brazil to fight racism but the reports that the Brazilian footballing players being targeted by racists in Spain have continued. Especially Vinicius Jnr who is considering if he wants to…

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What a weekend for City fans, gifted the league by a deflated Arsenal, who lost to Brighton the day before. You can just hear Noel Gallagher pulling the pints in the local pub and then swagging his way around Manchester taunting the likes of Gary Neville and another United fan foolish enough to take to the streets yesterday. Manchester in Blue! In fact, the whole of England is without a doubt blue. There is no…

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