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Barca given fresh start as Laporta elected new club president
AFP, Published on 08/03/2021
» MADRID: Joan Laporta returned as Barcelona president on Sunday after winning the club's elections by a landslide, with his central pledge to try to persuade Lionel Messi to stay.
Most in Japan oppose holding Olympics in 2021: polls
AFP, Published on 15/12/2020
» TOKYO: A majority of Japanese people oppose holding the coronavirus-postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympics next year, favouring a further delay or outright cancellation of the massive event, new polling showed Tuesday.
Garber says MLS lost nearly $1 billion in 2020 revenues
AFP, Published on 09/12/2020
» NEW YORK - Major League Soccer lost nearly $1 billion in revenues in a pandemic-hit 2020 season, commissioner Don Garber said Tuesday, and it must make key decisions for 2021 without knowing when spectators might fill stadiums again.
Premier League clubs forget coronavirus crisis in transfer splurge
AFP, Published on 10/09/2020
» LONDON: Just five months after Premier League clubs consulted their players about taking a 30 percent wage cut, the English top-flight is again blowing Europe's other top leagues out the water when it comes to splashing the cash.
PSG, a club transformed, allow Qatar to bask in limelight of Champions League final
AFP, Published on 22/08/2020
» LISBON: If Paris Saint-Germain beat Bayern Munich in Sunday's Champions League final in Lisbon, the pictures will probably be of Neymar's tears of joy or wild scenes of celebration in the French capital, but basking in the glory of it all will be the Emir of Qatar.
Premier League's international appeal faces coronavirus test
AFP, Published on 14/06/2020
» LONDON - When the 100 day-wait for Premier League football comes to an end on Wednesday, the anticipation will be felt as keenly in Mumbai and Beijing as in Manchester and Birmingham.
La Liga gets its wish for season return but not without compromise
AFP, Published on 09/06/2020
» MADRID - La Liga president Javier Tebas said the games would have to go on and from Thursday they will, with stadiums full of virtual fans, crowd noise from a computer game and fewer than 300 people allowed to attend.
Doubts grow over Premier League restart
Published on 01/05/2020
» LONDON: Premier League clubs were due to hold talks later on Friday on how to finish the season as Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero admitted players were scared about being rushed back into action.
Coronavirus crisis presents opportunity for Saudi's Newcastle project
AFP, Published on 22/04/2020
» LONDON - A Saudi-backed takeover of Newcastle United appears to be nearing completion at a time when the rest of the football industry is on its knees due to the economic crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
Premier League's transfer market bubble set to burst
AFP, Published on 20/04/2020
» LONDON: The financial squeeze put on Premier League clubs by the coronavirus crisis could be felt across the continent in the coming months as the well to fund massive transfer fees runs dry.