Brazilian football legend Edson Arantes do Nascimento, better known as Pele, has died aged 82 in Sao Paulo. Pele’s passing at the Albert Einstein Hospital in Brazil’s largest city follows a prolonged period of ill-health and a battle with colon cancer. The football icon had a tumor removed from his colon …
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Seven English football fans have been arrested by Munich police ahead of a UEFA Nations League match between their country and Germany on Tuesday night. The English Football Association (FA) had feared trouble ahead of the Three Lions’ first major post-pandemic away trip with police confiscating the passports of 880 …
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Former Manchester United, Manchester City and Juventus star Carlos Tevez has announced his retirement from football following the death of his father. The 76-times capped Argentina international made his name in the Premier League, first helping West Ham avoid relegation in 2007 before spending two campaigns at Manchester United where …
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President of the Russian Football Union (RFU) Alexander Dyukov has stated that his organization “categorically” disagrees with FIFA and UEFA’s joint decision to remove Russian teams and clubs from international competitions. The move was made as a response to Russia’s military operation in Ukraine and on an International Olympic Committee (IOC) …
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Russian football chiefs and figures have reacted to UEFA’s latest decision to ban Russian teams and clubs from a number of upcoming competitions. Such outfits were already prohibited from taking part in international competitions after UEFA and FIFA announced joint bans on February 28 as a response to Russia’s military …
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The president of UEFA, Aleksander Ceferin, says that the nature of the sanctions being imposed on both Russian and Belarusian football is regrettable given that the footballers in questions bear no responsibility towards the military situation in Ukraine. Figures within both UEFA and FIFA imposed a ban on the Russian national team …
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One of football’s most well-known power brokers, Mino Raiola, is in ‘critical condition’ but contrary to reports has not succumbed to a serious illness. It was claimed on Thursday that Raiola had passed away at the age of 54 after a battle with an unspecified illness, although those reports have …
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Former Liverpool and Scotland star Kenny Dalglish says that Ukraine should be handed automatic entry to the 2026 World Cup which is set to take place in the US, Canada and Mexico, if they are unable to fulfil their current fixture schedule. Ukraine had been due to play Scotland on March …
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A French far right politician was ejected from a football club established by France ’98 icon Zinedine Zidane by the former player’s brother Noureddine. On the eve of the French presidential election, anti-immigration candidate Eric Zemmour went to the Z5 five-a-side football club in Aix-en-Provence for an informal game. Having hardly …
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National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) franchise Orlando Pride have issued an apology after allegedly telling a supporters’ group that they could not display a banner in their stadium containing the word ‘gay’ during a home match at the weekend. The Black Swans Drinking Club wanted to put the banner up …
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