UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin continued his push against an effort to change World Cup hosting rules so China could bid in 2030. He told BBC Sport: “It’s simply time for us[Europe] to host the World Cup in 2030. I cannot say which country will place a bid from Europe, but we cannot just sell the […]
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Sergio Ramos: Real Madrid must act like it is aiming for first UCL trophy
Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos, who scored the deciding goals in the 2014 and 2016 UEFA Champions League finals, says Los Blancos, 11-time European champions, must start from zero when theyface Juventus in Saturday’s UEFA Champions League final against Juventus. “Tomorrow we have a date with history, although in this aspect we forget what we […]
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Former Guatemalan judge pleads guilty in soccer bribes case
Former Guatemalan judge Hector Trujillo pleaded guilty to wire fraud and conspiracy in the soccer corruption probe after admitting to Federal authorities he took hundreds of thousands of dollars inbribes for sports marketing contracts from a Miami, Florida, sports marketing company. Trujillo, general secretary of Guatemala’s soccer federation when he was arrested in December 2015 […]
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UEFA president: Europe's turn in 2030 to host World Cup
Aleksander Ceferin, the UEFA president, says it will be “Europe’s turn in 2030” to host the World Cup and doesn’t want FIFA to relax a ban on a country from the same confederationhosting the tournament every four or eight years. Since Qatar will host the 2022 World Cup, it could not go to Asia in […]
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Monaco turns down $112 million from Arsenal for Mbappe
Monaco rejected a $112 million bid by Arsenal for 18-year-old striker Kylian Mbappe this week after he claimed he could leave this summer. The French club also turned down $135 million fromReal Madrid.
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PSG names Antero Henrique as sporting director
Paris St. Germain’s hired Antero Henrique, Porto’s vice president until last year, as its sporting director., taking over for taking over from Olivier Letang. He’ll be”charged with instilling a new dynamic in the sports strategy of the club to maximize the first-team’s competitiveness and reinforce the capacity of the club to detect, recruit and develop […]
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Aston Villa executive Keith Wyness suspended three weeks for retweet
Aston Villa chief executive Keith Wyness was suspended from all soccer-related activity for three weeks for a retweet of a video of Villa being denied a penalty with a caption asking ifreferees had “disabilities.” He was also fined 10,000 pounds ($12,900) for what he admitted was an “abusive and/or insulting and/or improper” comment and the […]
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Buffon: Winning Ballon d'Or would be 'happy ending to a fairy-tale'
Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon, tipped to win the Ballon d’Or if the Italian club beats Real Madrid in the Champions League final on Saturday, said it would be “a happy endingto a fairy-tale.” The only keeper to win the Ballon d’Or was Lev Yashin in 1963.
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Lyon equals record with fourth European women's title
Lyon matched German club FFC Frankfurt when it won the its fourth European women’s title by beating French rival Paris St. Germain, 7-6, in a penalty shootout after their UEFA Women’s ChampionsLeague final ended 0-0. OL keeper Sarah Bouhaddi scored the decisive penalty in the eighth round after her opposite number, Pole Katarzyna Kiedrzynek, missed […]
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Griezmann: Future is in Atletico's hands
French star Antoine Griezmann, heavily linked with Manchester United in recent weeks, says his future will be decided by Atletico Madrid this summer and insists he is happy at the Spanish club.