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Will Man Utd become football's latest Gulf-backed project?

United's current American owners, the Glazer family, opened the door to fresh investment in the English giants in November, either in the form of a minority stake or a full takeover.

published : 16 Feb 2023
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Football captain from 2018 Thai cave rescue dies in UK

Reports in Thailand said Duangpetch had slipped over and suffered a head injury and was in the hospital on a respirator for two days before he died.

published : 15 Feb 2023
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Czech soccer player Jakub Jankto comes out as gay

Jankto posted a video on Twitter saying: “I’m homosexual. And I no longer want to hide myself.”

published : 14 Feb 2023
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Jankto: Football's most prominent player to come out as gay

Jankto, who is on loan at Sparta Prague from La Liga side Getafe, revealed he was gay in an emotional video on social networks on Monday.

published : 14 Feb 2023
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Czech international midfielder Jankto comes out as gay

"I am homosexual and I no longer want to hide myself," Jankto said in English.

published : 14 Feb 2023
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Mbappe injury and poor form leave PSG in crisis before Bayern tie

The pressure is firmly on coach Christophe Galtier, given that these big European matches are what define every season for PSG in the Qatar era and their worrying habit of imploding on such occasions.

published : 13 Feb 2023
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Canada women's football team call off strike after legal threat

The strike had been launched on Friday, with players aiming to press for changes with less than six months to the start of the World Cup.

published : 12 Feb 2023
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Arrest warrant against ex-Indian U-17 women's football coach in POCSO case

Coach Alex Mario Ambrose has been booked under Section 12 of the POCSO act for an alleged "misconduct" involving a minor player during the team's trip to Europe in June 2022.

published : 10 Feb 2023
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European Super League 'progressing', says Barcelona's Laporta

Laporta said he expected the European Union's top court to provide a ruling in April and that the Super League's promoters would be able to organise the competition.

published : 10 Feb 2023
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FIFA use Club World Cup to trial referee microphones

If deemed successful, the system may be given the green light for the Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand in July and August.

published : 09 Feb 2023
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Manchester United 'in talks' with Qatari investors over sale

The unpopular Glazers saddled United with huge debts and further angered fans by backing the failed European Super League project in 2021.

published : 09 Feb 2023
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Football: Four things we learned about Spain's La Liga over the weekend

It was a strange weekend for results in La Liga, with Barcelona the only team that started the round of games in the top seven to win, while Cadiz were the only side to start in the bottom six to lose

published : 07 Feb 2023
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Man City accused of misleading Premier League over finances

The league also accused City of 30 more breaches relating to its alleged failure to co-operate with the investigation since December 2018.

published : 07 Feb 2023
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How Manchester City came to face Premier League charges

Dozens of charges allege breaches of the league's financial monitoring rules dating from 2009, or the first full season Man City was owned by the ruling family of Abu Dhabi.

published : 07 Feb 2023
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Qatar hires coach Carlos Queiroz through the 2026 World Cup

As host of the 2022 World Cup, Qatar lost all three group-stage games on its tournament debut in November. This time it will try to advance through the qualifying program for the first time.

published : 07 Feb 2023