Football

Saudia, the flag carrier of Saudi Arabia, has flown the new Gen3 Formula E car to St. James’ Park in the UK to coincide with Newcastle United’s final home game of the season. The carrier has a strategic partnership with the Premier…
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Brazil winger Vinicius Junior said his desire to play football was reducing as incidents of racial abuse aimed at him piled up in Spain, during a tearful media appearance Monday. The Real Madrid forward has suffered abuse from opposition…
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German soccer and Adidas are breaking up. American sportswear giant Nike will supply all of Germany’s national teams with its apparel and equipment from 2027, the German soccer federation (DFB) surprisingly announced Thursday. The new…
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Hosts France will play the US to kick off the men’s football tournament at the Paris 2024 Olympics after the two teams were drawn together on Wednesday. The game will be played in Marseille on July 24, two days before the opening…
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On Jan. 19, 2023, Cristiano Ronaldo played his first match on Saudi soil since his sensational move to Riyadh in a friendly match between a combined Al-Nassr-Al-Hilal XI and French champions Paris Saint-Germain. As fate would have it,…
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Legend Franz Beckenbauer, who left a unique imprint on German football as player, captain and coach, has died at the age of 78, the German football association said Monday. “Franz Beckenbauer was definitely the biggest German footballer…
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Australia and New Zealand will play this year for the “Soccer Ashes,” sporting officials said Tuesday, a long-forgotten trophy recently rediscovered almost 70 years after it was lost. The ornate wooden trophy houses a silver razor case…
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Lebanese politicians have marked the 48th anniversary of the country’s civil war — a 15-year conflict that cost more than 120,000 lives and forced 1 million people to flee — by playing a football match. Former energy and water minister…
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King Charles III on Friday visited Wrexham in north Wales on Friday, and met the Hollywood actors who have bought the new city’s football club. The king and his wife, Queen Consort Camilla, visited Wrexham to celebrate the small town…
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Chinese authorities said on Saturday they have launched an investigation into former national men’s football coach Li Tie, with the ex-English Premier League player suspected of “serious violations of the law”. A statement on the website…
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