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Wimbledon: England’s garden Grand Slam
AFP, Published on 26/06/2025
» LONDON - Wimbledon head gardener Martyn Falconer is the only man at the All England Club who welcomes a drop of rain.
US hands FIFA $201m confiscated taken from corrupt officials
AFP, Published on 25/08/2021
» PARIS: The US Department of Justice has agreed to hand FIFA $201 million confiscated from corrupt football administrators, the governing body of world football announced on Tuesday.
EU gets vaccine boost as WHO dampens herd immunity hopes
AFP, Published on 13/01/2021
» THE HAGUE - The European Union started the approval process for its third vaccine on Tuesday as WHO scientists warned that herd immunity from coronavirus is unlikely this year even with mass inoculation schemes.
New bribe details on 2018, 2022 World Cup votes as execs charged
AFP, Published on 07/04/2020
» NEW YORK - Two former executives with US media giant Fox were charged with corruption, bank fraud and money-laundering on Monday as US federal prosecutors shed fresh light on the scandal-tainted bidding war for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.
Premier League stars face pay-cut pressure
AFP, Published on 03/04/2020
» LONDON: Highly paid Premier League players are coming under pressure to follow the example of some of their fellow professionals at the biggest clubs in Europe and take a cut in salary during the coronavirus pandemic.
Being a child mascot is not cheap
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 12/01/2019
» Anyone familiar with the Premier League will be used to seeing 11 child mascots running out with each team every weekend. It's kind of nice to witness the different reactions of the kids, especially the younger ones, as they briefly find themselves in the limelight, holding hands with their heroes. Mind you, some of the players look a little uncomfortable with the whole procedure.
Chinese football imposes salary cap in new spending crackdown
AFP, Published on 20/12/2018
» SHANGHAI - Chinese football on Thursday imposed a salary cap of 10 million yuan ($1.45 million) a year for domestic players and vowed to kick teams out for so-called "yin-yang contracts".