Southampton relegated to Championship after 11-year Premier League run

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Southampton relegated to Championship after 11-year Premier League run Southampton were relegated from the Premier League after losing 2-0 to Fulham on Saturday afternoon. They needed a win to have any chance of beating the drop but second-half goals from Carlos Vinicius and Aleksandar Mitrovic in his first outing since serving an eight-game ban, crushed their hope. Southampton relegated to Championship after 11-year Premier League run The visitors took the lead in the 48th minute when Vinicius tapped home unmarked after Harrison Reed’s sliding challenge on Lyanco diverted the ball across goal. Mitrovic was a second-half substitute for Fulham on his return from an eight-game ban and just six minutes after his introduction, the Serbia striker rose to meet Harry Wilson’s cross to compound Southampton’s despair. This brings an end to Southampton’s 11 years in the Premier League. They included four successive top-eight finishes days under Mauricio Pochettino and Ronald Koeman. They had a widely admired setup and churned out talent for a carrion elite to feed off. Southampton relegated to Championship after 11-year Premier League run When Southampton were last relegated from the Premier League in 2004/05, it took them seven years to win promotion back to the top flight. Championship football for the first time since 2012 looked a foregone conclusion after failure to beat Nottingham Forest last weekend. Fulham’s seventh away win of the Premier League season moves them up to ninth in the table and on track for a first top-half finish since 2012.

Shakira, Pique announce split after 11-year relationship

Shakira, Pique announce split after 11-year relationship

Barcelona defender, Gerard Pique and Colombian superstar, Shakira have announced they were calling off their 11-year relationship.
“We regret to confirm that we are separating,” Pique and Shakira said in a statement.
“For the well-being of our children, who are our top priority, we are asking for respect for their privacy. Thank you for your understanding,” the statement added.

They share two sons and had been living together for years on the outskirts of Barcelona.
Their split-up is coming just over a week after Spanish court documents inched Shakira closer to standing trial in Spain for tax Fraud after a Barcelona court dismissed an appeal from the singer.
Spanish prosecutors accused her of defrauding the Spanish tax office out of 14.5 million euros ($15.5 million) on income earned between 2012 and 2014.
They say she moved to Spain in 2011 when her relationship with Pique became public but maintained official tax residency in the Bahamas until 2015.
Her defence lawyers say she moved to Spain full time only in 2015 and insist that her “conduct on tax matters has always been impeccable in all the countries she had to pay taxes”.