Johnnie Jackson: Omar Bugiel reported being victim of alleged racist abuse

AFC Wimbledon boss Johnnie Jackson said his striker Omar Bugiel reported being the victim of alleged racist abuse during Saturday’s goalless draw at Bradford.Play was briefly stopped by referee Ross Joyce towards the end of the game after a complaint was made about something shouted from the Valley Parade crowd towards Bugiel.Jackson said he was unaware of what was said but revealed Lebanon

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‘Warrior’ Leon Balogun suffers facial injury in Rangers’ win over Livingston

Boss Philippe Clement revealed defender Leon Balogun “probably broke something in his face” in Rangers’ 3-0 cinch Premiership win over Livingston which put them in striking distance of leaders Celtic.The 35-year-old had to be replaced by John Souttar after just 22 minutes at Ibrox after clashing with Livi’s Shaun Donnellan.Portuguese striker Fabio Silva, who arrived on loan

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Boss Enzo Maresca brushes off fans’ criticism as Leicester march on

Leicester boss Enzo Maresca is content to ignore criticism from some Foxes fans after seeing his side move 11 points clear at the top of the Championship with a 5-0 demolition of Stoke.Doubles from Patson Daka and Jamie Vardy helped the visitors take another step toward an immediate return to the Premier League.Daka opened the scoring with a tap-in shortly before Kasey McAteer’s deflected lo

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Birmingham’s Juninho Bacuna makes racist abuse allegation during West Brom loss

Birmingham’s Juninho Bacuna has alleged he was racially abused at West Brom as boss Tony Mowbray called for stronger punishments.The midfielder raised an incident with the fourth official Tom Nield in injury time of the 1-0 defeat at The Hawthorns.Bacuna was seen pointing at the crowd at full-time, having also spoken to referee David Webb, while West Midlands Police are expected to launch an

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Wealdstone snatch last-gasp draw at Barnet

Corie Andrews salvaged a dramatic point for Wealdstone in the final minute of second-half stoppage time in their 1-1 draw at Barnet.The hosts opened the scoring in the 14th minute when Ben Coker sent the ball across the face of goal, where Callum Stead tapped home.Barnet won an 80th-minute penalty but Harry Pritchard could not find the finishing touch as his spot-kick was saved by Marcus Dewhurst.

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Stephen Robinson savours St Mirren’s best win at Hibernian since 1985

Stephen Robinson savoured “a fantastic performance” after his St Mirren side eased to their biggest away win over Hibernian for 39 years.The Buddies ran out convincing 3-0 victors in the Premiership, with first-half goals from Alex Gogic, Greg Kiltie and Mikael Mandron putting the feeble hosts to the sword.Saints – who won by the same scoreline in their last away match against Ab

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Marti Cifuentes hopes tide has turned as QPR revival continues

QPR head coach Marti Cifuentes hailed an ‘important’ 2-1 win at Blackburn that bolstered his side’s chances of Sky Bet Championship survival.Rangers came into this game with only one away win since September but deservedly put that statistic to bed with a two-goal haul in the space of three second-half minutes.The 61st-minute opener came when Ilias Chair’s shot hit the wood

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Kieran McKenna hails Ipswich debutant Kieffer Moore after loss to Preston

Ipswich boss Kieran McKenna caught a glimpse of target-man Kieffer Moore’s potential impact despite his side going down 3-2 at Preston.A nightmarish opening 10 minutes saw the Tractor Boys go 2-0 down, with the final result seeing them drop out of the automatic promotion places.Bournemouth loanee Moore was introduced at the interval and changed the game with two goals in 12 second-half minut

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Under-the-weather Matt Bloomfield proud of Wycombe players after rare away win

Wycombe boss Matt Bloomfield overcame illness to take his place on the sideline and watch his side earn a rare away win with a 3-1 success at Cheltenham.The Chairboys boss had been unwell this week, but recovered sufficiently enough to see them claim their first League One success on the road since October 7.Jack Grimmer and Garath McCleary both scored and Curtis Davies put through his own net bef

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Stuart Kettlewell: Motherwell ‘blown out the water’ in Kevin van Veen pursuit

Stuart Kettlewell refused to hide his disappointment at missing out on bringing Kevin van Veen back to Motherwell – but believes the goalscoring form of Theo Bair can help soften the blow.Bair netted his fifth goal in his last five Premiership appearances to earn the Steelmen a throughly deserved share of the spoils in a 1-1 draw against Kilmarnock.Much of the pre-match chat surrounded Van V

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