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Man City crush Man Utd as Liverpool show support for absent Diaz
AFP, Published on 30/10/2023
» LONDON - Manchester City underlined the vast gulf in quality between themselves and Manchester United on Sunday as Liverpool showed their support for absent team-mate Luis Diaz, whose parents were kidnapped in Colombia.
World Cup countdown enters final week as focus sharpens on Qatar
AFP, Published on 14/11/2022
» DOHA - The week-long countdown to the World Cup in Qatar began on Monday as the world's leading footballers focused their attention on one of the most controversial tournaments in history.
Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich hit by UK sanctions
AFP, Published on 11/03/2022
» LONDON: Chelsea Football Club's Russian owner Roman Abramovich was on Thursday hit with a UK assets freeze and travel ban, throwing his plans to sell the European and world club champions into disarray.
Five takeaways from the Premier League weekend
AFP, Published on 23/06/2020
» LONDON: All 20 Premier League sides have now had at least one experience of their 'new normal', adapting to empty stands and strict hygiene protocols to try and complete the season despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
Football but not as we know it: Odd sights from Bundesliga comeback
AFP, Published on 17/05/2020
» BERLIN: Germany gave football-starved fans reason to be cheerful on Saturday with the Bundesliga's return to action behind closed doors, on a day in which Borussia Dortmund hammered local rivals Schalke in an echoing Signal Iduna Park.
Qatar faces rocky road to 2022 World Cup after athletics test
AFP, Published on 06/10/2019
» DOHA - Despite triumphs on the track, Qatar has come under fire for its hosting of the World Athletics Championships with questions raised over Doha's ability to deliver the football World Cup successfully in three years' time.
Victorious US women's team back on home soil
AFP, Published on 09/07/2019
» NEWARK (UNITED STATES) - The United States' Women's World Cup-winning team arrived back on American soil Monday, a day after clinching a record fourth title in the football showpiece.
Cardiff striker Sala feared missing in plane crash: French police
AFP, Published on 22/01/2019
» NANTES, France: Premier League club Cardiff City's record new signing, Argentina-born striker Emiliano Sala, was on board a light aircraft that disappeared over the English Channel on Monday night, police sources told AFP.
'He made us champions': Leicester fans honour Vichai
AFP, Published on 28/10/2018
» LEICESTER, England: Fans laid down hundreds of football scarves, shirts and flowers outside Leicester City's stadium on Sunday, a day after a helicopter belonging to the club's Thai billionaire owner crashed outside the grounds.
Cristiano Ronaldo header sinks Morocco
AFP, Published on 20/06/2018
» MOSCOW: Cristiano Ronaldo scored his fourth goal of the World Cup on Wednesday as Portugal beat Morocco 1-0, condemning the north African team to an early exit while 2010 champions Spain prepared to play Iran.