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Ratcliffe pleads for patience after agreeing Man Utd deal
AFP, Published on 27/12/2023
» LONDON - Jim Ratcliffe has directly contacted Manchester United fans to plead for patience after agreeing to take a stake in the struggling English football giants.
Irish World Cup dream threatened by Barrett's Gaelic Games schooling
AFP, Published on 12/10/2023
» PARIS - Beauden Barrett seeks revenge against the Irish in Saturday's Rugby World Cup quarter-final but the All Blacks star owes a debt of gratitude to Ireland because he learned the basic skills thanks to -- Gaelic football.
Pakistan parliament to dissolve for an election without ex-PM Khan
AFP, Published on 09/08/2023
» ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's parliament was due to be dissolved Wednesday, ushering in a technocrat-led interim government to oversee an election that will not include the country's most popular politician, Imran Khan.
Qatar's Sheikh Jassim makes final bid to buy Man Utd
AFP, Published on 29/04/2023
» LONDON - Qatari banker Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani has made a third and final offer to buy Manchester United, sources told AFP on Friday.
Man Utd's future still uncertain as deadline for third bids looms
AFP, Published on 28/04/2023
» MANCHESTER, England: The future of Manchester United could be decided on Friday when the deadline passes for a third round of bidding to buy the Premier League giants.
Fans group says any new Man Utd owner must respect 'rights of all people'
AFP, Published on 20/02/2023
» MANCHESTER (UNITED KINGDOM) - One of Manchester United's leading supporters' groups warned Sunday against a takeover of the club emerging from a country where same-sex relationships are illegal.
Qatar bid for Man Utd as Saudis linked with takeover
AFP, Published on 18/02/2023
» LONDON: The race to buy Manchester United became a little clearer on Friday when a consortium led by Sheikh Jassim Bin Hamad Al Thani, chairman of Qatar Islamic Bank (QIB), announced that it had submitted an offer to take full control of the Premier League club.
Lukaku strikes on return to help send Inter through and Barca out
AFP, Published on 27/10/2022
» MILAN: Romelu Lukaku scored on his Inter Milan return on Wednesday in a 4-0 thumping of Viktoria Plzen to help his side make the Champions League last 16 and knock Barcelona out of the competition.
Qatar's glitzy World Cup is ready and expensive
AFP, Published on 19/10/2022
» DOHA: The bill being paid by Qatar for the most expensive World Cup ever held is set to rise to fantasy levels in the one-month left to the Nov 20 kick off.
Trial opens for fallen football chiefs Blatter and Platini
AFP, Published on 08/06/2022
» BELLINZONA: Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini, once the chiefs of world and European football, went on trial in Switzerland on Wednesday over a suspected fraudulent payment.