The powerhouse Liverpool forward secured a record-breaking 90 per cent of the vote, while Arsenal’s Alessia Russo topped a wide field to win the women’s award, writes JAMES NALTON
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Losing is just part of the beautiful game
KADEEM SIMMONDS argues that calls for fans of losing teams to be refunded for their tickets miss the point of sticking by your club through thick and thin
The outcome of the Shakespearean modern-day classic, where legacy was reborn, continues to resonate in the mind of Morning Star boxing writer JOHN WIGHT
RECENTLY, contributors to the Star’s sport pages have been stumped trying to work out a question: should fans get their money back when their team is humiliated?
The discussion started when Aston Villa began losing every single week and fans grew more and more frustrated watching their team get pummelled.
Then, when PSG won the French title last month beating Troyes 9-0 away, one writer said that the home fans should be refunded their money as they shouldn’t have had to sit through that kind of loss.
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