Chelsea manager Guus Hiddink held out hope for the Blues after their 2-1 loss to Paris St. Germain in Paris in the first leg of their Champions League series but he admitted he was envious ofPSG’s depth. Hiddink had to dress new American signing Matt Miazga because his two starting center backs — John Terry […]
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English FA chairman has doubts about Sheikh Salman
English FA chairman Greg Dyke questioned the fitness of FIFA presidential candidate Sheikh Salman of Bahrain. Sheikh Salman’s role in pro-democracy demonstrations by the Shiite majorityhas been questioned, though the Bahraini royal and his legal team that vigorously pushed back on media criticism. “The question is, said Dyke, “does it matter whether or not he […]
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Cahill's exit from Shanghai Shenhua is 'heartbreaking'
Australian Tim Cahill says he terminated his contract with Chinese Super League club Shanghai Shenhua. The move comes just months after he signed a new contract. “I’m verysorry to announce that I have reached an agreement with Shanghai Shenhua to terminate my contract after being told that I’m not part of the new coach Manzano‘s […]
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Concacaf holds off making endorsement in FIFA election
Four of the five FIFA presidential candidates made presentations to Concacaf leaders in Miami, but the regional body announced it had not yet endorsed a candidate. CONCACAF deputy generalsecretary Jurgen Mainka said no decision has been made on whether a blanket endorsement for a particular candidate would be made. Mainka said the issue may be […]
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Wenger admits Arsenal let Mahrez slip through cracks
Arsenal’s success was built in large part on its scouting network’s ability to find the top talent in France, where its manager, Arsene Wenger, hails, but he admitted Leicester City starRiyad Mahrez, who has scored 14 goals and 10 assists in 24 league games, slipped through the cracks. The Algerian was playing last season with […]
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Everton's Martinez: Tim Howard still has respect of fans
Everton manager Roberto Martinez said he understands fans have a right to be frustrated and express their emotions, but he insisted that Tim Howard still has the support of Everton fansas his EPL career starts to wind down. “There is a respect towards Tim for what he has done at Everton over the past 10 […]
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Van Gaal at least wants to know what's going on …
Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal says he would be “disappointed” if the club had spoken to Jose Mourinho about replacing him but hoped it would tell him what’s going on. “Infootball,” van Gaal said of the reports of succession talks, “that is possible, but I do not think that.” He said he hoped United […]
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FIFA's Jerome Valcke gets 12-year soccer ban
Former FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke, Sepp Blatter’s longstanding right-hand man, was banned from soccer for 12 years for breaching seven counts of the FIFA ethics code.They included taking private flights over commercial ones “without any business rationale for doing so,” attempting to grant the TV and media rights for the 2018 and 2022 World […]
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IOC president: No one intends to pull out of Rio Olympics
Thomas Bach, the president of the International Olympic Committee, said Friday that no countries intend to pull out of the Summer Olympics because of the Zika virus. He said he has “fullconfidence” in what Brazilian authorities and global health organizations are doing to combat the outbreak of the mosquito-borne virus but he added that the […]
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Youngest Bundesliga coach ever: Hoffenheim hires Julian Nagelsmann
Second-to-last Hoffenheim has hired Julian Nagelsmann to replace Dutchman Huub Stevens. The 28-year-old Nagelsmann becomes the youngest Bundesliga coach in history.Nagelsmann was a teammate of U.S. international Fabian Johnson in 1860 Munich’s youth program before joining FC Augsburg, where his playing injury ended because of a knee injury atage 20. Nagelsmann has been serving as […]