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Andrew Cesare Richardson

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FA Cup holders Manchester United sneaked into the fifth round thanks to a controversial stoppage-time winner by Harry Maguire.
The defender headed home Bruno Fernandes’ free-kick to complete a turnaround against his former club, but did so from an offside position.
Yet, with no VAR at this stage of the competition, the goal stood and United beat Leicester 2-1.
Bobby De Cordova-Reid had given the visitors, managed by former United forward Ruud van Nistelrooy, a first-half lead before Joshua Zirkzee equalised with a close-range finish into an empty net.
It was the first time a United forward had found the back of the net since he netted a similar goal in the 4-3 defeat to Tottenham on December 19.

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Pep Guardiola denied that Manchester City spent big in January in case the club were hit with a transfer embargo for alleged Premier League financial rule breaches.
City splashed out around £170 million (US$211 million) on Omar Marmoush, Abdukodir Khusanov, Vitor Reis and Nico Gonzalez before last Monday’s transfer deadline.
They were much-needed reinforcements for a side who are well off the pace in the English Premier League and who just scraped into the Uefa Champions League play-offs.
Guardiola, whose side meet third-tier Leyton Orient in the FA Cup fourth round on Saturday, was asked whether the club’s striking outlay was triggered by the possibility they would be hit by a transfer ban and said he was expecting the outcome of the hearing into 115 alleged breaches of Premier League financial regulations within the coming weeks.
“In the last five years, we are the last team in the top six for net spend,” he said. “Even after what we have spent in this transfer window, we are away from Chelsea, [Manchester] United, Arsenal, Tottenham, even from Liverpool.
“The reason why is we have sold a lot in the last seasons but, even with that, I know [people say about] this club, it is always ‘just about the money’.
“Respect the other ones but in one month I think there will be a verdict and a sentence and after we will see my opinion of what happened so far. Still, at the end, every club can do whatever they want.”
Woods to return

Tiger Woods has committed to playing the Genesis Invitational at Torrey Pines, returning to one of his favourite venues for his first PGA Tour start since the British Open last July.
Woods will be playing – and walking – 18 holes in competition for the first time since he had a microdiscectomy in September to alleviate pain down his legs, his sixth surgery on his lower back. He will compete just over a week after the loss of his mother, Kultida Woods, who died Tuesday at age 80.
Woods is the host of the Genesis Invitational, which was moved from Riviera Country Club because of wildfires that devastated the surrounding Los Angeles community of Pacific Palisades.
He has never won at Riviera, but his eight wins at Torrey Pines include the 2008 US Open. The public course along the Pacific Ocean is also the site of his most recent top-10 finish on the PGA Tour, a tie for ninth at the Farmers Insurance Open in 2020.
Alcaraz’s history bid

Spanish tennis superstar Carlos Alcaraz swept into the Rotterdam Open semi-finals with a comfortable 6-2, 6-1 win over compatriot Pedro Martinez.
The world No 3, bidding to become the first Spaniard to triumph in Rotterdam, will next face Hubert Hurkacz of Poland for a spot in Sunday’s final.
Eighth-seeded Hurkacz defeated Andrey Rublev, the Russian fourth seed, 6-7, 6-3, 6-4.
“I’m really happy with my performance today,” Alcaraz said. “I think I played at a really high level.
“No ups and downs in the match, which is something I’m really focused on. It is always tough playing Pedro, so I knew I had to be really focused from the first ball to the last.”


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Harry Maguire secured the FA Cup holders a place in the fifth round but his goal would not have stood had VAR been used at this stage


Harry Maguire secured the FA Cup holders a place in the fifth round but his goal would not have stood had VAR been used at this stage.


Man Utd’s controversial Fergie time winner, Tiger Woods back, Carlos Alcaraz eyes history

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Harry Maguire secured the FA Cup holders a place in the fifth round but his goal would not have stood had VAR been used at this stage