Roma hammer Empoli 7-0 in 1st win of season

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September 18, 2023

Roma hammer Empoli 7-0 in 1st win of season

Jose Mourinho’s AS Roma earned their first win of the 2023/2024 season.

This was after two quick-fire goals set them on their way to a 7-0 home trashing of bottom-placed Empoli in Serie A on Sunday.

After a horror start to the season, the victory lifted Roma out of the relegation zone to 12th on four points from four games.

Five different Roma players were on target against powerless Empoli, who remain the only team in Serie A yet to score a goal and collect their first point this season.

“We played well, but we didn’t have a 7-0 game,” Mourinho told reporters.

“We played to win calmly and the team played a good match. A bit of ups and downs, even on a physical level.

“You can see that there are people who don’t have the condition to play a 90-minute match.”

Paulo Dybala gave Roma the lead, converting from the spot in the second minute after a penalty was awarded for a handball.

Renato Sanches doubled the advantage in the eighth, nodding home a cushioned cross by Rasmus Kristensen, before Empoli’s Alberto Grassi made it 3-0 to Roma with an own goal in the 35th minute.

Empoli did not pose a challenge to Mourinho’s Roma who were even more comfortable after the break.

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Dybala scored his second of the night, placing a low finish inside the bottom left corner.

The Argentine striker has opened personal scoring account this season in his second game.

Bryan Cristante fired home from outside the box to make it 5-0, 11 minutes from time before new signing Romelu Lukaku added one more with a low shot into the middle of the net.

It was Lukaku’s first Roma start since joining on loan from Chelsea.

Captain Gianluca Mancini completed the rout with a header from Cristante backheel cross following a corner on an entertaining night at the Stadio Olimpico.

Empoli became the third team in the Serie A history to have lost their first four games of a season without scoring, after Mantova in 1964-65 and Padova in 1994-95.

“I believe that at this moment the responsibility isn’t just the coach’s: It’s everyone’s, including me,” said Empoli sporting director Pietro Accardi.

“It’s clear that we will take some time to reflect. There is something that isn’t going right.”

They next host leaders Inter Milan.

Roma travel to Sheriff Tiraspol in Moldova in the Europa League on Thursday before they visit Torino in the league next Sunday.

Roma hammer Empoli 7-0 in 1st win of season

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Aston Villa stun Chelsea at Stamford Bridge

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September 24, 2023

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Aston Villa stun Chelsea at Stamford Bridge

Aston Villa stunned Chelsea 0-1 at Stamford Bridge Stadium on Sunday to compound the Blues’ miserable start to the 2023/24 Premier League campaign.

The defeat has condemned Chelsea to the 14th position on the league table with five points from six matches, the worst in decades.

Ollie Watkins scored the only goal of the match at Stamford Bridge.

The opening minutes of the first-half saw Chelsea with most of the possession as Moises Caicedo had an early chance from outside of the box after Nicolas Jackson won the ball off Douglas Luiz, but the low shot was an easy save for Emiliano Martinez.

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Chelsea thought they had broken the deadlock moments before half-time after a header from Axel Disasi, but the flag immediately went up for offside after Disasi mistimed his run from Raheem Sterling’s cross, a decision which VAR quickly confirmed.

The hosts began the second-half quickly, but their joy in Villa’s half was quickly dampened after Malo Gusto’s studs-up tackle on Digne resulted in a sending-off. Referee Jarred Gillett had initially given him a yellow, but after a VAR check at the monitor, the card was upgraded to a red.

Villa used their numerical advantage to break the deadlock after Watkins surged into the box during a counter-attack. Defender Levi Colwill managed to block his first attempt, but Watkins was able to react quickly to finish his second attempt from a tight angle.

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Renowned wrestler, Hulk Hogan, gets married for the third time at 70

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September 24, 2023

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Renowned wrestler, Hulk Hogan, gets married for the third time at 70

Seventy-year-old Georgia United States born wrestling legend and actor, Terry Gene Bollea known by the ring name “Hulk Hogan” has married for the third time.

The retired professional wrestler Hulk Hogan in a
low key ceremony; tied the knot with his fiance Sky Daily over the weekend in Clearwater, Florida United States.

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Neither Hulk Hogan nor his wife Daily wanted an over-the-top wedding ceremony but a small affair with their dearest to declare their deep love and commitment to each other.

Earlier in July the wrestling star proposed to his Yoga teacher partner Daily; with a ‘six carat’ diamond engagement ring worth $100,000.

The former World Wrestling Entertainment and World Championship Wrestling star Hulk Hogan has two children, Brooke 35 years and Nick 32 years from his first marriage to Linda Boella.

Renowned wrestler, Hulk Hogan, gets married for the third time at 70

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Africa Women Handball :Nigeria hit Angola 28-24 to claim 3rd position

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September 24, 2023

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Africa Women Handball :Nigeria hit Angola 28-24 to claim 3rd position

NIGERIA’s under-18 Women Handball Team on Saturday in Monastir, Tunisia, defeated their Angola counterparts 28-24 in the third place match of the ongoing Africa Women’s Youth Handball Championship.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) report that Nigerian bounced back from their semi final game loss to Egypt by 18-32 on Friday.

They fought hard to beat Angola girls with five points difference in the first match 12-7.

They continued with the winning spirit in the second half to defeat the Angolans with a final score 28-24.

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Speaking later, Shittu Agboola, Coach of the Nigerian side, said his team played well.

“We wanted to play the final instead of the third place; unfortunately we lost the semi final against Egypt yesterday.

“The most important thing which was a success to us is that we have qualified for the 2024 IHF Women’s Youth World Championship,” he said.

NAN reports that in the final match, defending champion, Egypt retained their title as they comfortably hammered their counterparts, Guinea 29-16 to be crowned champion of the 2023 Africa Women’s Youth Handball Championship.

The competition, being the 19th Africa Women Championship which started on Sept. 16, has concluded.