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Fifa’s best player: Ronaldo, Modric and Salah in final three
By Agencies,
858, September 4, 2018 (EAT)
Cristiano Ronaldo, Luka Modric and Mohamed Salah are the finalists for Best Fifa Men's Player award for 2018. Barcelona and Argentina forward Lione...
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Messi out to put heat on Iceland
By AFP,
1415, June 16, 2018 (EAT)
Lionel Messi's bid for World Cup redemption begins on Saturday when he leads Argentina against tiny Iceland, in Russia this afternoon. Messi's eter...
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Platini says FIFA must now end his ban, but probe goes on
By AFP,
1527, May 26, 2018 (EAT)
Former UEFA president Michel Platini said Saturday he hoped FIFA would lift his ban over a controversial 1.8-million-euro payment after Swis...
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Russia seeks monkey chant solution ahead of World Cup
By AFP,
2048, April 30, 2018 (EAT)
Russian football's anti-racism chief wants the World Cup hosts to start using fan ID cards at league matches to combat monkey chants. Ape noises ha...
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FIFA probes Russia over racist chants
By AFP,
1719, April 17, 2018 (EAT)
FIFA has opened disciplinary proceedings against World Cup hosts Russia over monkey chants heard during a friendly international against France, a spo...
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George Weah: From football icon to Liberia president
By AFP,
1116, January 22, 2018 (EAT)
George Weah emerged from Liberia's slums to become a superstar footballer in the 1990s, and has spent the last 13 years building political credibility...
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First results expected in watershed Liberian presidential poll
By AFP,
1009, December 28, 2017 (EAT)
Initial results were expected Thursday in Liberia's landmark presidential poll, the country's first democratic transfer of power in decades, pitting f...
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George Weah: ex-football star who could be Liberia’s next President
By AFP,
1249, December 26, 2017 (EAT)
George Weah emerged from Liberia's slums to become a superstar footballer in the 1990s, and has leveraged his status as a revered figure among the cou...
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FIFA threatens to boot Spain out of World Cup
By AFP,
1453, December 16, 2017 (EAT)
The governing body of world football (FIFA) confirmed on Friday that it has written to the Spanish federation (RFEF) warning they could be suspended f...
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Kremlin the grand setting for World Cup draw
By AFP,
1520, November 30, 2017 (EAT)
Germany will find out who stands between them and a successful defence of the World Cup as the draw for the 2018 finals in Russia is held in a glitzy ...
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Pochettino, Zidane take contrasting roads to the top
By AFP,
1215, October 31, 2017 (EAT)
When Tottenham clash with Real Madrid in the Champions League at Wembley on Wednesday, the glamour tie will provide the backdrop for a fascinating tou...
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What’s gone wrong at Real Madrid?
By AFP,
1632, October 30, 2017 (EAT)
Following a shock 2-1 defeat to newly-promoted Girona, European champions Real Madrid's La Liga title challenge is fading fast as they trail leaders B...
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‘Magnificent’ Kane would cost 250 million – Perez
By AFP,
1355, October 24, 2017 (EAT)
It would take a world record 250 million euro ($294 million) fee to land the on-fire Harry Kane from Tottenham Hotspur according to Real Madrid presid...
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Ronaldo eyes more FIFA success as Real Madrid dominate awards
By AFP,
942, October 24, 2017 (EAT)
Cristiano Ronaldo has set his sights on a "lucky seventh" piece of FIFA silverware after collecting his fifth Men's Player of the Year award on Monday...
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Hayatou speech to CAF Congress
By Citizen Team,
1255, March 16, 2017 (EAT)
May I, first and foremost, thank Ethiopian authorities, the African Union and the Ethiopian Football Federation, which is hosting us today, for the su...
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Russia’s Deputy PM Mutko ‘barred from FIFA post’
By AFP,
1109, March 10, 2017 (EAT)
FIFA has barred Russian Deputy Prime Minister Vitaly Mutko, chief organiser of the World Cup to be held in his country next year, from sitti...
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Ranieri sacking stuns football – smashes Leicester fairytale
By AFP,
1918, February 24, 2017 (EAT)
The sacking of Claudio Ranieri as Leicester City manager just nine months after guiding the unfashionable club to a sensational Premier League title s...
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Footballers prone to brain damage – study
By AFP,
1443, February 15, 2017 (EAT)
Professional footballers are at heightened risk of developing a brain disease that can cause dementia and is usually found in boxers and American foot...
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WADA alarmed by lack of La Liga drug testing
By AFP,
1705, February 10, 2017 (EAT)
The World Anti-Doping Agency expressed "alarm" on Friday after it emerged no binding drug testing has taken place in football by Spanish anti-doping a...
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Ronaldo hails amazing year after collecting FIFA award
By Reuters,
1127, January 10, 2017 (EAT)
Cristiano Ronaldo thanked his Real Madrid and Portugal teammates as well as coaches Zinedine Zidane and Fernando Santos after being named Best FIFA pl...
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