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As Lisandro Martinez launches a blistering attack on the Manchester United hierarchy, do you remember these famous past examples of well-known football figure calling out leadership figures? Image source, Getty Images/BBC SportByJoe RindlBBC Sport journalistPublished6 minutes agoManchester United defender Lisandro Martinez launched a blistering attack on the club's hierarchy on Tuesday night. The Argentine was speaking after United's 2-0 defeat by Atletico Madrid - but he is not the first.

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World Cup sell-off, Balogun and peace prize on agenda Opponents will press home need for independent review Gianni Infantino will be grilled by Fifa council members over his involvement in the aborted World Cup sell-off plan, the Folarin Balogun affair and the decision to award Donald Trump the inaugural Fifa peace prize at what is expected to be a heated meeting at the world governing body’s headquarters on Thursday. The.

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Black Cats can reboot season against Torreense in Europa League in break from tough start to the Premier League There is a pleasing symmetry about Sunderland’s Europa League trip to Portugal to face Torreense on Thursday night. The club’s last competitive venture on European soil, 53 years ago, was the second leg of a European Cup Winners’ Cup second-round tie against Sporting in Lisbon for the FA Cup holders, then.

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The red card controversially shown to Brighton defender Pascal Struijk against Sunderland is overturned. Struijk was sent off after 57 minutes of Saturday's match at the Stadium of Light when he was adjudged to have fouled Sunderland forward Wilson Isidor as he tried to run on to a through-ball. Neither referee Thomas Bramall nor his assistant gave a foul initially, but VAR Neil Davies intervened and called the on-field official.

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Tucked away on a Peak District hillside is an inn bursting with memorabilia and stories left by touring teams As the modern cricketer hops from Crowne Plaza to Holiday Inn, well rewarded and with plenty of time for golf, he or she might feel perfectly content. But life has not always been a merry-go-round of air-con and airports. Hop off the train at Grindleford, where homemade bunting loops along the.

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Tweaked hamstring to keep Exeter wing out at Toulouse Genge and Lawes want England restrictions lifted England’s game-breaking winger Manny Feyi-Waboso should be fit for international duty next month despite tweaking a hamstring playing for Exeter against Newcastle on Sunday. Initial scans have not revealed any major damage and Rob Baxter, the Chiefs’ director of rugby, is hopeful the 23-year-old will be back in action before too long. Medical staff.