Jermain Defoe, who joined Sunderland from MLS’s Toronto FC in 2014 in a swap deal with Jozy Altidore, signed a contract extension with the Black Cats until 2019. Defoe scored 18 goals inall competitions last season and excelled after Sam Allardyce was installed as manager. Sunderland made a late run and avoided relegation.
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France bans cafes and bars from showing Euro 2016 on outdoor screens
In its latest security measures implemented for Euro 2016, cafes and bars — deemed “soft targets” for terrorists — have been banned by the French government from broadcasting games on outdoorscreens. “The security forces just don’t have the means to keep them safe,” France’s secretary of state for Sports Thierry Braillard said. “A game shown […]
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Euro 2016: Cristiano Ronaldo ready, says Portugal coach
Despite concerns about his fitness, Cristiano Ronaldo is ready for Euro 2016 “physically, mentally and in terms of morale,” says Portugal coach Fernando Santos, who was speaking beforePortugal’s friendly against Estonia in Lisbon on Wednesday night. Ronaldo was not at 100 percent for the Real Madrid-Atletico Madrid game in the UEFA Champions League final and […]
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Belgium: Euro 2016's most-expensive team
Belgium’s Euro 2016 cost team almost $462 million in transfer fees — an average of $20 million a player — more than team. Germany, England, France and Spain follow, according to an in-depth analysisof every one of the 552 players at the tournament and the last transfer fee that was paid for them. Twelve Red […]
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Platini has no plans to attend Euro 2016 matches
Will or will not UEFA invite its former president Michel Platini to Euro 2016 in his native France, where he captained the Bleus to the 1984 title? It all depends on what is the definition ofattending the games in a personal capacity. He was banned from soccer for four years and is not allowed to […]
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England's Wayne Rooney problem
Wayne Rooney has scored a record 52 goals for England and captained the national team for two seasons, but England coach Roy Hodgson has a Rooney problem ahead of Euro 2016. And it’s nota new one: where to play him. It’s actually a good problem. England is loaded with strikers, from Harry Kane, who topped […]
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Mike Piazza agrees to buy Reggiana
Former Major League catcher Mike Piazza, who will be inducted into the Hall of Fame this summer, has agreed to buy Italian Lega Pro (third division) club Reggiana. He had previously been linkedwith Parma, Como and Palermo, the club his father supported.
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Ireland coach apologizes for using the word 'queers'
Ireland coach Martin O’Neill has apologized for joking that he and assistant Roy Keanewere accompanied to the Super Bowl by front office staff so that people wouldnot think that he and Keane were “queers.” “If I have made inappropriate comments, I obviously apologize for it,” said O’Neill, who made the comment at while speaking in […]
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Italy names Giampiero Ventura as next head coach
Former Torino coach Giampiero Ventura will succeed Antonio Conte as Italy’s head coach after the European Championship in France. Ventura left Torino by mutualconsent May 25 after five years at the club. The national team job will be 68-year-old’s 21st since starting in 1976 with the Sampdoria youth team. Conte, Italy coach since 2014, who […]
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Chelsea and Mourinho settle with former doctor
Chelsea and former coach Jose Mourinho reached a settlement with former team doctor Eva Carneiro, whom Mourinho described as “impulsive and naive” for taking thefield to treat winger Eden Hazard after being called on by referee Michael Oliver. Carneiro workedfor Chelsea for six years until she left in September after clashing with Mourinho. Terms of the […]