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Owona is finally back

BOOST: Terengganu’s top striker returns but may have to skip Kelantan match

Race to fourth place

PRIMERA LIGA: Sociedad out to bounce back against Real

St Etienne still clinging to Champions League hope

PARIS: Ten-time French champions St Etienne go into their final Ligue 1 match of the season still clinging to an outside hope of qualifying for the Champions League for the first time.

Three-goal comeback lifts Man City

ST. LOUIS (Missouri): Micah Richards scored in the 90th minute to complete a stunning comeback from a three-goal deficit and give Manchester City a 4-3 victory over Chelsea in an exhibition thriller on Thursday.

City of dreams

DAUNTING: Next manager has a target of five trophies in as many years to fulfil

Europa League winners to get Champions League place

LONDON: The Europa League winners in 2015 will qualify for the Champions League the following season, UEFA general secretary Gianni Infantino said yesterday.

Young Tigers A beat Slavia Prague

THE Young Tigers A team claimed their first win after more than two months touring Europe when they defeated Czech club Slavia Prague's Under-21 side 2-1 in a friendly match in Prague on Thursday.

Darul Takzim an obstacle for Pahang

DARUL Takzim's Super League form has improved, and this is not good for Pahang who hope to end their barren run of five years without a trophy.

National squad go down under

TOUR: Cancellation of Causeway Challenge forces team to test their skills against second-tier clubs in Australia

Tunku Ismail: News report a lie

JOHOR Football Association president Tunku Ismail Ibrahim hit out at a newspaper report of a pitch invasion by Darul Takzim fans during a Super League match against Kelantan at Larkin Stadium on Wednesday.

All-German sizzler coming up

POWERHOUSES: Tradition meets modernism in Bayern-Dortmund showdown

Pulis comes to grips with losing job

LONDON: Tony Pulis (pic) was disappointed to lose his job at Stoke City but said on Wednesday he understood the decision of the board to take the club in a different direction.

The facts and figures en route

TOMORROW'S final will be the 58th since the competition began in the 1955-56 season, with Real Madrid winning the first five finals.

Door opens for City to sign Pellegrini

MADRID: Malaga coach Manuel Pellegrini has announced that he will leave the Primera Liga side at the end of the season, a club spokesman said on Wednesday.

In a fix against the fixers

QUANDARY: Lack of evidence and indifference of some state FAs a stumbling block