Promising 17-year-old midfielder Mickael Cuisance has joined the Bundesliga’s Borussia Moenchengladbach from Ligue 1 club Nancy. Cuisance, who plays on Nancy’s U-19 squad, signed acontract through 2022.
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Report: FIFA's chief ethics investigator and ethics judge replaced
Ethics judge Hans-Joachim Eckert and chief investigator Cornel Borbely will not have their mandates, which ran until Thursday’s FIFA congress, renewed despiteexpressing a desire to continue their work cleaning up FIFA. The pair have overseen the suspension and expulsion of a series of officials including former FIFA President Sepp Blatterand Secretary General Jerome Valcke.
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Brazil wins beach soccer title for fifth time
Brazil won its fifth beach soccer world championship when it captured the 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in the Bahamas after a 6-0 victory over Tahiti in the final in Nassau.
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Fans rip Guzan after display in Boro relegation clincher
Middlesbrough was relegated from the English Premier League after it lost to Chelsea, 3-0, on Monday, and fans took to Twitter to rip American keeper Brad Guzan after all three goals, scored byDiego Costa, Marcos Alonso and Nemanja Matic, went through his legs.
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Chelsea moves step closer to clinching EPL title
On Monday, Chelsea defeated Middlesbrough, 3-0. On Friday, the Blues can clinch their second English Premier League title if they beat West Bromwich Albion.
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Reed named new Canada Soccer president
Canada Soccer elected Steven Reed, a board member with the CSA since 2006 and vice president in 2012, as its new president on Saturday, replacing Victor Montagliani, who is now theConcacaf president. The CSA also approved the new Canadian Premier League — and Hamilton and Winnipeg as its first two markets.
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Manchester City handed transfer ban on academy players
The English Premier League banned Manchester City from signing academy players for an initial 12 months (with another 12 months suspended) and fined it for breaching rules governing youthtransfers. City was found to have made contact with members of the families of an 11-year-old from Everton last year and a 15-year-old from Wolves while they […]
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Muntari gets one-match suspension lifted
Considering the “particular delicacy” of the case, the Italian soccer federation overturned Pescara midfielder Sulley Muntari‘s one-match ban for protesting against racial abuse he received atthe Serie A game against Cagliari. “I hope this is a turning point in Italy and shows what it means to stand up for your rights,” said the Ghana international. […]
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FIFA lifts Messi's international ban on appeal
Lionel Messi had his international ban overturned on appeal after a FIFA appeal committee determined that while his behavior toward an assistant referee during Argentina’s 1-0 win overChile in March was “reproachable,” the evidence was not sufficient to merit the extended ban. Messi is now free to represent Argentina in critical World Cup qualifiers against […]
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West Ham puts dent in Spurs' EPL title hopes
It looks like Chelsea will win the English Premier League, and the Blues got a big boost from West Ham, which beat second-place Tottenham, 1-0, on Friday. Spurs could have moved to withina point of Chelsea with victory at London Stadium, but lost on Manuel Lanzini‘s goal.