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Platini considers return to football after ban
AFP, Published on 22/02/2020
» LONDON: Michel Platini revealed on Friday he is considering a return to football as the former UEFA president bids to restore his tarnished reputation following his ban from the game.
Italian football witnesses player revolt over virus
AFP, Published on 09/03/2020
» ROME: Italy's chaotic football season witnessed a player revolt Sunday over the idea of having to play matches during the coronavirus outbreak -- and the league demand for the games to go ahead.
German football outlines plan for May return
AFP, Published on 23/04/2020
» BERLIN: The German football league is set to announce plans Thursday for the Bundesliga to restart without spectators in the first half of May, but a move hailed as a welcome return to normality by some is meeting opposition from some scientists and fans.
French football, rugby seasons off until September
AFP, Published on 28/04/2020
» PARIS: French professional sports leagues including football and rugby cannot restart before September because of coronavirus restrictions, Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said on Tuesday.
Football films can be a mixed bag
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 09/05/2020
» Last week I watched on TV a couple of half-decent films on American sports -- Moneyball (2011) starring Brad Pitt as a baseball manager and Any Given Sunday (1999) with Al Pacino as coach of an underperforming American gridiron team.
Football legend Maradona dead at 60: spokesman
AFP, Published on 26/11/2020
» BUENOS AIRES - Argentine football legend Diego Maradona has died at the age of 60, his spokesman announced Wednesday.
Female kicker makes college American football breakthrough
AFP, Published on 29/11/2020
» WASHINGTON: Vanderbilt University kicker Sarah Fuller made collegiate American football history Saturday as the first woman to play in a "Power Five" contest in the Commodores' 41-0 loss to Missouri.
Chinese football clubs ordered to change names
AFP, Published on 03/12/2020
» SHANGHAI - Next season's Chinese Super League will take on a new look after the 16 teams were told to drop the corporate part of their names, infuriating some fans.
Vietjet fined for football-bikini inflight stunt
Reuters, Published on 30/01/2018
» HANOI: Vietnam's aviation authority on Tuesday fined budget airline Vietjet for a semi-naked and celebratory display by bikini-clad models aboard a special flight carrying home the country's under-23 football team from a competition in China.
Students: Watches mockery banned at football match
Online Reporters, Published on 02/02/2018
» The political mockery involving luxury watches and military figures was allegedly banned during the 72nd Chulalongkorn-Thammasat Traditional Football Match scheduled at the National Stadium in Bangkok on Saturday.