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Everton fans fear bleak future as Premier League status hangs by a thread
AFP, Published on 03/02/2023
» LIVERPOOL - Mired in the Premier League relegation zone and at war with the club's board, Everton fans fear a 69-year stay in English football's top flight is heading towards an inevitable end.
Rugby scandals pave way for 2023 Six Nations
AFP, Published on 02/02/2023
» LONDON - This year's Six Nations Championship starts on Saturday -- and for officials confronting mutiple crises among Europe's elite, kick-off cannot come soon enough.
F1 tensions with FIA surface over 'inflated price tag' row
AFP, Published on 30/01/2023
» PARIS - Formula One is never more than a chicane away from an unseemly spat as last week's surfacing of tensions between the sport's custodians the FIA and its owners Liberty Media demonstrated
US Soccer crisis deepens as top team officials quit
AFP, Published on 27/01/2023
» MIAMI: The United States men's national football team, already without a permanent coach, was plunged further into turmoil on Thursday with both the federation's Sporting Director and the national team General Manager quitting their jobs.
Premier League Newcastle, Forest, Bournemouth dumped out of FA Cup
AFP, Published on 08/01/2023
» LONDON - Premier League high-flyers Newcastle suffered a shock FA Cup exit against third tier Sheffield Wednesday, while top-flight strugglers Nottingham Forest and Bournemouth were also dumped out by lower-league opposition on Saturday.
EU legal adviser backs UEFA in battle with Super League
AFP, Published on 15/12/2022
» LUXEMBOURG: The European Court of Justice's top legal adviser said on Thursday that the football governing bodies UEFA and Fifa had acted within the law when they threatened to expel clubs or players who joined a proposed Super League.
Football takes centre stage after troubled World Cup build-up
AFP, Published on 18/11/2022
» DOHA: After a 12-year build-up engulfed by a desert storm of controversy, the World Cup finally kicks off in Qatar on Sunday with Lionel Messi aiming to crown his glittering career by winning football's greatest prize.
Arab fans' World Cup fever cooled by Qatar costs
AFP, Published on 14/11/2022
» DUBAI: Qatar's World Cup will be the first on Arab soil but despite excitement in the Middle East, the fervour is not universal in a region usually united by its passion for football.
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.
'Confidence' about Rugby World Cup despite Champions League fiasco
AFP, Published on 08/09/2022
» PARIS: World Rugby chief executive Alan Gilpin says he is "confident" about fan safety with one year to go to the Rugby World Cup in France despite the security issues surrounding May's Champions League final held in Paris.