Embattled Angel Maria Villar was re-elected as the Spanish soccer federation’s president for an eighth consecutive term. The former Athletic Bilbao and Spain midfielder ran unopposed afterformer secretary general Jorge Perez withdrew from the race but instead brought a case against Villar to Spain’s highest sports court over alleged election irregularities. Villar wasbriefly interim UEFA […]
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Juventus completes purchase of Cuadrado
Colombian winger Juan Cuadrado, who has been on loan to Juventus from Chelsea for the past two seasons, has moved to the Italian club on a permanent basis for a transfer fee of $22.5 million.Juventus will pay Chelsea in three annual installments.
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Match-fixing attempt forces postponement of Swedish rivalry game
The IFK Goteborg-AIK Stockholm game — the biggest intercity rivalry in Sweden — was called off on Thursday because of an apparent match-fixing attempt that was reportedly aimed at Goteborg’s37-year-old backup keeper, Kyriakos Stamatopoulos, who was expected to start.
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Spain's Lopetegui leaves Fabregas out of team for June matches
Cesar Azpilicueta, Pedro and Diego Costa of EPL champion Chelsea are in Spain coach Julen Lopetegui‘s team for matches against Colombia and Macedonia in June, but theirteammate, Cesc Fabregas, missed the cut. Lopetegui admitted he had some tough decisions, leaving out Manchester United midfielder Ander Herrera and Real Madrid’s LucasVazquez as well as Fabregas. “There […]
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Wright: Something has to change at Arsenal
Former Arsenal star Ian Wright says something has to change with the Gunners — either manager Arsene Wenger must go or they must get a new owner willing to spend money. Uzbek-bornRussian billionaire Alisher Usmanov made a bid to take full control of the Gunners from American majority shareholder Stan Kroenke but it was rejected […]
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Argentina releases Sampaoli's first team
Sevilla coach Jorge Sampaoli hasn’t officially taken charge of Argentina’s national team, but his first squad — for friendlies against Brazil and Singapore — is out. It includes Inter Milanstriker Mauro Icardi, who has only one cap, Atalanta forward Alejandro Gomez and uncapped Roma midfielder Leandro Paredes. Argentina Roster: Goalkeepers: Romero (Manchester United), Guzman (Tigres), […]
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Steinhaus named first female Bundesliga referee
Bibiana Steinhaus, a 38-year-old police officer, will become the first female referee in the German Bundesliga after being named to list of referees for the 2017-18 season. She has workedBundesliga 2 matches since 2011 and also refereed the women’s gold medal match between the USA and Japan at the London Olympic Games in 2012. “When […]
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France: Strasbourg and Amiens win promotion
Strasbourg and Amiens, which were both in the third-tier National two years ago, sealed back-to-back promotions with wins on Friday. Strasbourg defeated Bourg en Bresse, 2-1, to clinch the Ligue 2title while a 96th-minute goal gave Amiens, hometown of new French president Emmanuel Macron, a 2-1 victory at Reims to clinch promotion to Ligue 1 for the […]
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EPL panel will target diving next season
The English Premier League will take aim next season at players who dive. After each weekend, a panel will review footage looking for cases of simulation and any player unanimously found guilty willbe suspended.
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Spurs' Kane scores four goals to take EPL scoring lead
Harry Kane scored four goals in Tottenham’s 6-1 win at Leicester City to claim the lead in the English Premier League scoring race with 26 EPL goals for the season, two more than Everton’sRomelu Lukaku.