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Barcelona opened up a four-point lead at the top of LaLiga as Raphinha’s second-half brace helped secure an impressive 5-1 victory over Mallorca - a first win in four league matches for the Blaugrana.

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Manchester United suffered a £14 million ($17.6 million) drop in total revenue to £143.1 million, taking a hit from their absence from the lucrative Champions League, first-quarter results showed Tuesday. But the club announced a net profit of £1.4 million in the period from July to September, compared with a £25.8 million loss during the same period last year, which they attributed to favourable foreign exchange rates.

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When Mory Cisse dropped his 27-year-old brother off at a stadium in the southeastern Guinean city of Nzerekore to watch a football match after lunch on Sunday, he had no idea it would be the last time he saw him alive.

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A remarkable seventh Bundesliga hat-trick from Harry Kane helped Bayern Munich surge eight points clear at the top of the table, beating Augsburg 3-0 at the Allianz Arena to leave the visitors without a win in nine away league matches. Despite their unbeaten league record earmarking Bayern as clear favorites for this game, Vincent Kompany’s men started timidly, but their assuredness on the ball allowed them to slowly increase the pressure on their opponents.

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Inter Miami's Javier Mascherano (40) is ready to silence the sceptics as he takes the reins with little managerial experience under his belt, he told reporters on Tuesday on rejoining his former Barcelona and Argentina teammate Lionel Messi (37) at the MLS side.

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Manchester City have confirmed that manager Pep Guardiola (53) has signed a two-year deal to extend his tenure until the summer of 2027, over a decade since joining the club in 2016.

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The international break came at the perfect time for Real Madrid to try to speed up the recovery of some of their key players in an injury-plagued start to the season but they find themselves still depleted ahead of their trip to Leganes on Sunday. They returned to winning ways two weeks ago with a 4-0 victory over Osasuna at the Bernabeu following heavy home defeats by 4-0 to pacesetters Barcelona in LaLiga and 3-1 against AC Milan in the Champions League.