Here is Sportzwiki’s daily news round-up, featuring top sports news from around the world, on 26th February 2018. Here’s all the news from sporting events like cricket, football, WWE, Tennis and other sports took over the attention of all the sports enthusiasts.
English Premier League, Results
Crystal Palace vs. Tottenham
Harry Kane netted his 24th goal in the 2017/18 English Premier League season as Tottenham scored a late winner to bag all the three points against Crystal Palace. Crystal Palace defended well throughout the match, but the Spurs attack kept on testing the Palace defense. But it was in the 88th minute that the England striker finally found the back of the net.
Manchester United vs. Chelsea
Chelsea took the lead at Old Trafford, but the Manchester United pulled back things and won the match 2-1. Willian struck in the 32 minute, but United and Belgium forward equalized in the 39th minute. Jese Lingard who came in the second half as a substitute scored the winner for the home team to take Manchester United back to the second spot in the standings.
Football League Cup, Final
Arsenal vs. Manchester City
Pep Guardiola won his first title in England as Manchester City defeated Arsenal 3-0 in the final of the EFL Cup in Wembley. City won the match and completely dominated the Gunners. Sergio Aguero opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Vincent Kompany then scored in the 58th before David Silva scored the last goal of the match in the 65th minute.
Tennis
Rio Open
Diego Schwartzman defeated Fernando Verdasco 6-2, 6-4 in the final of the Rio Open, winning his second career title.