Marcus Rashford - The African Mirror

Mar

2024

Ivory Coast star Diallo scores winner to send Man Utd into FA Cup semis

AMAD Diallo scored deep in extra time after Marcus Rashford made amends for a bad miss to lift Manchester United to a breathless 4-3 victory over northwest rivals Liverpool and into the FA Cup semi-finals. United's victory at Old Trafford kept alive their only hope of silverware this season and spoiled Liverpool's dreams of hoisting four trophies in manager Juergen Klopp's final campaign with the team. Erik ten Hag's side will face Championship (second-tier) outfit Coventry City in the semis after they upset Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-2 on Saturday. "Listen to the noise, you can tell what a big game it…

Feb

2023

By The African Mirror

Red-hot Rashford nets double as Man United outclass Leicester

SPORT

MANCHESTER United striker Marcus Rashford's superb run of form continued as he netted a goal in each half of his side's 3-0 Premier League win over Leicester City to extend his scoring streak to five games. It was exactly what his side needed as they weathered an early storm from the visitors, with keeper David De Gea pulling off a superb save to deny Harvey Barnes in the eighth minute and topping that with an even better effort to keep out a Kelechi Iheanacho header. Leicester was left to rue those near misses when Rashford latched onto a pass down…

Feb

2023

By The African Mirror

Rashford fires Man Utd to 2-1 win over Palace, Casemiro sees red

SPORT

MARCUS Rashford won a first-half penalty before scoring himself in the second half as Manchester United survived a straight red card for Casemiro to beat Crystal Palace 2-1 in the Premier League at Old Trafford. The visitors found themselves behind early when a VAR check showed Will Hughes had handled a ball from Rashford in the box, and Bruno Fernandes sent Vincent Guaita the wrong way from the spot in the seventh minute. Palace had their best chance just before the break when Jeffrey Schlupp struck a dipping, swerving shot from a distance that David de Gea had to get…

Jul

2022

By The African Mirror

UEFA steps up fight against online racist abuse of players

SPORT

UEFA is to launch a programme to combat online racist abuse of footballers by working with social media companies to remove harmful content from platforms and raise awareness, it said. Europe's soccer governing body added that the programme, which will start at the July 6-31 Women's European Championship, will work to "actively monitor, report and remedy" cases of online abuse. England's Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka were the targets of online racist abuse after they missed penalties in a 3-2 shootout loss to Italy in last year's European Championship final. A report published by FIFA last month revealed…

Sep

2021

By The African Mirror

UK’s Johnson calls racist abuse of England players in Hungary ‘disgraceful’

WORLD

BRITISH Prime Minister Boris Johnson called on world soccer's governing body FIFA to take action over what he described as "disgraceful" racist abuse aimed at England players by Hungary fans during a World Cup qualifier. "It is completely unacceptable that England players were racially abused in Hungary last night," he wrote on Twitter. Johnson urged FIFA to take "strong action against those responsible to ensure that this kind of disgraceful behaviour is eradicated from the game for good." FIFA said on Friday that it had opened disciplinary proceedings into the incidents at the match and reiterated an earlier statement reaffirming…

Jul

2021

By The African Mirror

England’s Black players face racial abuse after Euro 2020 defeat

SPORT

MICHAEL HOLDEN and MITCH PHILLIPS BLACK players in the England soccer team have been subjected to a storm of online racist abuse after their defeat in the final of Euro 2020, drawing wide condemnation from the squad's manager Gareth Southgate along with royalty and politicians. Marcus Rashford, 23, Jadon Sancho, 21, and Bukayo Saka, 19, were the targets of the abuse after they missed spot-kicks in a penalty shootout with Italy which settled Sunday's final after the game finished as a 1-1 draw. The comments have prompted a police investigation and wide condemnation, although critics accused some ministers of hypocrisy…

Nov

2020

By The African Mirror

Burberry launches ‘voices of tomorrow’ campaign with Marcus Rashford

BEAUTY AND FASHION

MPHO RANTAO BRITISH fashion giants Burberry, have decided to mix sports and fashion together for a good cause with the launch of their new campaign, in partnership with successful England and Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford MBE. The fashion label the campaign was inspired by the youth in Britain and around the world and it is used to promote the ideas of dreaming big and being fearless in society. The inspiration by the youth for the brand is largely linked to the efforts of the 23 year-old football star, who has successfully petitioned the British government to supply poor children…