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  According to the country's foreign ministry, the remains of former Ghana international footballer Christian Atsu, who died in a devastating earthquake in Turkey, were being flown home on Sunday. On February 6, a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck Turkey and Syria, killing more than 44,000 people in both countries. The former Chelsea and Newcastle player was reported to have been rescued the day after the earthquake, but this turned out to be false, and his body was discovered on Saturday. "The remains will be flown by Turkish Airlines to Accra (Ghana's capital) at 7:40 p.m. Sunday, accompanied by his family and Ghana's ambassador to Turkey," the foreign ministry said. According to the ministry, Atsu's older brother and twin sister were present at the site of the rescue when his body was recovered on Saturday. His widow, Marie-Claire Rupio, and their three children were in the stands at St James' Park in London on Saturday to pay their respects before Newcas...

  Barcelona vs Cádiz, La Liga: Team News, Match Preview Barça welcomes their archrivals in search of a victory to maintain their comfortable advantage at the top of the standings. FC Barcelona (1st, 56 points), will play  *Cádiz CF (16th, 22 points)  2022–23 Competition/Round La Liga, Day 22 of Play Barcelona Outs & Questions: Ronald Araujo, Ousmane Dembélé, and Pedri (out) Cádiz Joseba Zalda, Jon Ander Garrido, José Mari, Alfonso Espino, Victor Churst, Juan Cala, lvaro Negredo, David Gil, and Sergi Guardiola are outs and question marks (out) Date: February 19, 2023, 9 p.m. CET/WAT (Barcelona & Nigeria), 8 p.m. GMT (UK), 3 p.m. ET, 12 p.m. PT (USA), and 1.30 a.m. IST (India, Monday) Location: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain's Spotify Camp Nou Pablo González Fuertes is the referee. José Luis González González is the VAR. ESPN Deportes (USA), Not Available (Canada), Viaplay Sports 1 (UK), Sports18 (India), SuperSport (Nigeria), Movistar LaLiga (Spain), and others can be...

  0-2 Osasuna Real Madrid: Marco Asensio and Federico Valverde score late goals to cut the champions' lead over LaLiga leaders Barcelona to five points. Federico Valverde eventually opened the scoring, and with just over 10 minutes remaining, Marco Asencio sealed the three points for the champions. Moi Gomez scored for Osasuna in their best effort of the game. Real Madrid cut the gap at the top of La Liga to five points with a 2-0 win over Osasuna three days before facing Liverpool in the Champions League. It was a hard-fought victory won without Karim Benzema, Toni Kroos, and Aurelien Tchouameni, all of whom should be available for Tuesday's game. There were times when Benzema's absence was felt, but Alvaro Rodriguez's superb second-half performance as a substitute will have given Carlo Ancelotti food for thought for the next time he is without the Frenchman. After Fede Valverde scored the first, he set up Marco Asensio for the second. In the first half, he was the mai...

  Roberto de Zerbi © Gallo Images The Premier League refereeing standard is'very bad,' according to Brighton & Hove Albion manager Roberto de Zerbi, who was shown a red card following his side's defeat on Saturday. After a 1-0 loss to Fulham, the Italian's frustration erupted, and he confronted referee Darren England in the tunnel. Brighton, who dominated the game, had two goals disallowed for offside, dropping them to seventh place behind Fulham. After his team's goal was incorrectly ruled out by VAR last weekend, De Zerbi met with Professional Game Match Officials Limited chief Howard Webb in midweek for a face-to-face meeting. He explained his altercation with England and stated that he would not meet Webb again. "Because I told the referee that we had a meeting with his boss (Howard Webb) this week, and I lost time and time again in my work and my job because I think the level of refereeing in the Premier League is very bad," De Zerbi told reporter...

  Christian Atsu, a former Premier League player, was discovered under rubble 12 days after Turkey's devastating earthquake. Following the earthquake in Turkey, Christian Atsu was discovered dead. After the disaster on February 6, the 31-year-whereabouts old's were unknown. During his career, Atsu played for Porto, Chelsea, and Newcastle, among others. Christian Atsu, a former Chelsea player, was discovered dead following last week's devastating earthquake in southern Turkey and northern Syria. The 31-year-old had been missing since the 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck in the early hours of February 6 - but one of his agents has now confirmed his body was discovered beneath the rubble. 'Atsu's lifeless body was discovered under the rubble,' Murat Uzunmehmet told reporters on Saturday, 12 days after the disaster struck. Currently, more items are being removed. His phone was also discovered.' Nana Sechere, another of Atsu's agents, also announced the news. ...

  2-4 Aston Villa Arsenal: Mikel Arteta's side revive their title bid with two goals in added time, including an Emi Martinez own goal, to win a Premier League classic at Villa Park. Before Arsenal's comeback, Aston Villa took the lead twice through Ollie Watkins and Philippe Coutinho. Arsenal came back with three second-half goals from Zinchenko, Martinez's own goal, and Martinelli. Arsenal has now moved three points clear of Manchester City atop the Premier League table. The dream was evaporating little by little. Arsenal had come back from two goals down at Villa Park, but Martin Odegaard had missed an open goal with 12 minutes remaining, and it appeared that two more crucial points in the title race would be lost. It was an afternoon to pause and stare in disbelief as Arsenal's challenge imploded. A football game became a rubberneckers' convention. Everything changed after that. Jorginho smashed an unstoppable drive over Emiliano Martinez's dive three minute...