Adam Johnson, a former winger for Sunderland and Manchester City, who was found to have exchanged more than 800 messages with a 15-year-old girl, was found guilty on one count ofengaging in sexual activity with a minor. Johnson had already pleaded guilty to one count of sexual activity with a minor and one count of grooming. […]
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Curry's Golden State Warriors evoke the joy of Messi's Barcelona
There isn’t a place on earth where a little girl or an old man wearing a Barcelona jersey would raise an eyebrow anymore. Barcelona and Lionel Messi have captured theworld’s imagination unlike any team since Michael Jordan’s Chicago Bulls. A fusion of individual and cumulative genius extending beyond sport, gender and demographics,blurring lines to create […]
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Bundesliga race gets interesting
Bayern Munich lost for only the second time this season, falling 2-1 to Mainz 05 on Wednesday. Second-place Borussia Dortmund, which hosts Bayern in the “Klassiker” on Saturday, now trails by onlyfive points. Colombian Jhon Cordoba scored Mainz’s gamewinner in the 86th minute. Also on Wednesday, Borussia Dortmund won 2-0 at Darmstadt.
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Galatasaray gets one-year European ban
Turkish champion Galatasaray has been banned from European competition for one year over the club’s failure to meet Financial Fair Play (FFP) regulations. Galatasaray’s chairman told Reuters the clubhad lost about $178 million) over the last three seasons, overshooting guidelines set by UEFA.
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Ex-Guatemalan soccer boss pleads not guilty
Former Guatemala soccer federation Brayan Jimenez pleaded not guilty in federal court in Brooklyn to racketeering conspiracy and wire fraud charges, a day after being extraditedfrom Guatemala. He was arrested in Guatemala in January. U.S. Magistrate Judge Ramon Reyes set bond at $1.5 million, and directed that Jimenez, 61, be confined at a friend’shome in […]
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Liverpool thumps Man City
Manchester City’s title hopes suffered a severe blow on Wednesday with a 3-0 loss at Liverpool, which on Sunday had lost to Man City in the League Cup final on penalty kicks. With Tuesday’s loss,fifth-place Man City trails leader Leicester by 10 points. Man City has a game in hand. Adam Lallana, James Milner and […]
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Video Pick: Lewandowski leads Bundesliga golazos
The week’s Top 5 Bundesliga goals come from Josip Drmic (Hamburg SV), Adrian Ramos (Borussia Dortmund), Raffael (Borussia M’Gladbach), YunusMalli (Mainz 05) and Bayern Munich’s Robert Lewandowski, who has a league-leading 23 goals in 22 games.
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Yedlin helps lift Sunderland out of relegation zone
DeAndre Yedlin, again starting at right back for Sunderland, fed Italian Fabio Borini for the 90th-minute equalizer that earned the Black Cats a 2-2 tie against Crystal Palace and liftedthem out of the relegation zone in the English Premier League. The Black Cats were trailing on a pair of Palace goals by former Sunderland forward […]
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Video Pick: Top 5 EPL Goals of the Week
Teenager Marcus Rashford (Manchester United), Danny Rose (Tottenham), Michail Antonio (West Ham), Saido Berahino (West Brom) andConnor Wickham (Crystal Palace) scored the EPL’s Goals of the Week.
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Video Pick: Golazo from kickoff in Brazil
His team down, 3-0 to Ceara, 35-year-old Luiz Carlos got Guarany de Sobral a bit of consolation with this incredible shot into the net off the kickoff.