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Italy have now gone 37 games without defeat

Sep 09, 2021

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Italy have stretched their unbeaten run to 37 matches…after a comfortable 5-0 win over Lithuania in their World Cup qualifier this morning.

Roberto Mancini’s side have not lost a game since their Nations League defeat to Portugal…all the way back in September 2018.

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Meanwhile, Poland snatched an injury-time equalizer to salvage a 1-1 draw with England, denying the Three Lions what would have been their sixth straight victory in the qualifiers.

Despite the draw, England remain four points clear at the top of their qualifying group…with four matches remaining.

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Premiership clubs are appealing a five-day suspension by FIFA…on selecting their Brazilian players who were barred from playing for their country.

The ban was imposed at the request of Brazil…after the five clubs refused to release the players for international duty…because of the lengthy quarantine upon their return to the UK.

The suspension will affect Liverpool, Man United, Man City, Chelsea and Leeds…who will not be allowed to field their Brazilian players for this weekend’s round of league fixtures.

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British teenager Emma Raducanu has made the semifinals of the US tennis Open with an upset win over 11^th seed Belinda Bencic.

At just 18 years old she is the youngest British woman to reach a Grand Slam semis in nearly half a century.