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Man City Open Their Title Defense With A Win

Aug 19, 2024

Man City have opened their Premier League title defense with a 2-0 win away to Chelsea.

Erling Haaland was among the scorers, netting his 91^st goal in what was his 100^th appearance for City.

This was a poor start for the Blues under new manager Enzo Maresca, who also came under fire for leaving Raheem Sterling out of the squad.

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Real Madrid are off to a slow start in La Liga, after the defending champions were held to a 1-1 opening draw by Mallorca.

The match also saw Kylian Mbappe make his highly-anticipated league debut for the Spanish giants.

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While in the Serie A…Napoli have fallen to a 3-0 loss to Verona in Antonio Conte’s first league game in charge of the Naples club.

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Francesco Bagnaia has recorded his seventh win of the season, taking the chequered flag at the Austrian MotoGP ahead of Jorge Martin and Enea Bastianini.

The Ducati rider, who also won the sprint race on Saturday, now holds a five-point lead over Martin in the championship standings.

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And, the International Cricket Council says Malaysia will host the ICC Under-19 Women’s T20 World Cup in January and February next year.