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Top 10 Portuguese Players to Play in the Premier League

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Joao Cancelo has won three Premier League titles with Manchester, recording 11 assists. Half of these goals were scored in the 2020/21 season and earned him an appearance in the PFA Team of the Year in 2021. Ronaldo rejoined the Premier League at the beginning of the 2021-22 season.

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The Premier League Striker Who Spent Three Years in Jail: Who is Lee Hughes?

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The Sporting Blog tells the FULL story! Lee Hughes at West Brom Born in Smethwick, West Midlands in 1976, Hughes joined West Bromwich Albion at the age of 11 and spent four years with the Baggies before his release in 1991. Read more footballer profiles on our football blog So, what exactly went wrong?

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Frankel: The Story of a Legendary Racehorse

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So far, in 2021, Galileo's offspring have generated a further £3,302,921 in prize money, beaten only by the mighty Frankel himself. The most notable of those was Montjeu (135) with 11 wins from 16 runs and £2,263,832 in earnings. This crop included 9 individual winners at the top level, with 5 of those winning Classics.

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The 5 Tallest Male Tennis Players of All-Time

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Ivo Karlovic at 6’ 11” When Andre Agassi, one of the greatest returners in the game, played Ivo Karlovic for the first time in the 2005 US Open, the American only broke serve once over the course of two-and-a-half hours. This was the longest match in history, at just over 11 hours stretched across three days.

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5 English Wonderkids Who Flopped

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The Sporting Blog looks at 5 young English players destined for greatness - and exactly why they flopped! The Sporting Blog has compiled five names from the history books who were meant to be football stars! Check out our football blog for more top lists But who are these wonderkids? Have we missed anyone from our list?

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Locked Up: 10 English Footballers That Went to Jail

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The Sporting Blog tells all. After a stint at Fleetwood Town (2018 - 2021), he took charge of Bristol Rovers (2021 - present). Watford stood by him after the jail term and Deeney went on to make 419 appearances between 2010 and 2021. Read more on our football blog

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Danny Drinkwater: The Rise and Fall of an England International

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The Sporting Blog tells the full story. The Sporting Blog tells all! The academy graduate made appearances for Huddersfield Town (2009/10), Cardiff City (2010/11), Watford (2011) and Barnsley (2011/12) but wasn’t close to breaking into the senior squad after three years. So what EXACTLY happened to this football star?