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Friday November 22

ARGENTINA: Two days after he resigned as coach of Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata, Diego Maradona returns, demanding: “I hope that they will provide the reinforcements promised to me.”

HOLLAND: Excelsior and Volendam players stand still for the first minute of their second-tier game to protest against racism following the abuse directed at Excelsior’s Ahmad Mendes Moreira by Den Bosch fans the previous Sunday. Every match in the country’s top two divisions will follow suit over the weekend.

Saturday November 23

AFCON UNDER-23 CHAMP: Egypt beat Ivory Coast 2-1 in the Final and they will be joined at next year’s Olympics by South Africa.

COPA LIBERTADORES: Flamengo come from behind with two goals from Gabriel Barbosa to beat River Plate 2-1 in the Final.

Altyn Asyr win 2-1 away to

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