Jose Mourinho takes over the hot seat at Tottenham Hotspur

By Agencies,

English Premier League side Tottenham Hotspur have appointed Portuguese coach Jose Mourinho their new manager on four-year contract just hours after A...

appointed , Jose Mourinho , Mauricio Pochettino , Tottenham Hotspur coach

Spain thrash Romania amid doubts about coach Moreno’s future

By Reuters,

Spain rounded off their Euro 2020 qualifying campaign with a 5-0 win at home to Romania on Tuesday amid doubts over Robert Moreno’s future as nation...

Euro 2020 , Luis Enrique , Robert Moreno , Romania , Spain

Liverpool under no pressure to lift Club World crown- Klopp

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Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp says he feels no extra pressure to deliver the team’s first Club World Cup title next month but expects an intense t...

Club World Cup , Doha , Juergen Klopp , Liverpool

SWILA: Moral lessons for Mariga in Kibra defeat

By Isaac Swila,

Isaac Swila The budding dream of Kenya’s soccer star MacDonald Mariga of following into the footsteps of Senator Chris Obure of leaping from the fo...

McDonald Mariga

Barca offered to delay salaries for Neymar return

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Barcelona were so keen to bring Neymar back from Paris St Germain that the players were ready to accept delays to salary payments in order for the clu...

FC Barcelona , Gerard Pique , neymar , Transfers

Bayern Munich fans injured in clashes at youth game in Athens

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At least six Bayern Munich supporters were injured during clashes with hooded people who stormed the pitch during a youth game in Athens, police offic...

Athens , Bayern Munich , fans , inured , Olympiakos

Seven Liverpool players make Ballon d’Or shortlist

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Virgil van Dijk is one of seven Liverpool players named on the 30-man shortlist for the 2019 Ballon d'Or. Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mane, Roberto Firmino,...

Ballon d'Or , Liverpool players , shortlist , Virgil van Dijk

UEFA bans Ajax fans for trip to Chelsea

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Ajax Amsterdam have been banned from selling tickets to their fans for next month’s Champions League game at Chelsea following crowd trouble in thei...

Ajax Amsterdam , champions league , Chelsea FC , UEFA

Lazio handed partial stadium ban for fans’ racist behaviour

By Reuters,

Lazio have been ordered to close four sections of their stadium for their next Europa League home game due to racist behaviour by the Italian club’s...

Europa League , Lazio , partial ban , racist behaviour , UEFA

Bulgaria coach apologises to England over racist chants

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Bulgaria coach Krasimir Balakov has apologised to the England team after fans taunted their black players with Nazi salutes and monkey chants during a...

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‘England wanted to make Bulgaria fans suffer’

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England players wanted to thrash Bulgaria to make their fans "suffer" for their racist abuse, said midfielder Jordan Henderson. Monday's Euro 2020 ...

bulgaria , Jordan Henderson , racism

England game should have been abandoned, says anti-racism body

By Reuters,

Anti-racism organisation Kick It Out has criticised European football’s governing body UEFA for failing to abandon Monday’s Euro 2020 qualifier in...

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Bulgarian football chief resigns over racial abuse of England players

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The president of the Bulgaria Football Union, Borislav Mihaylov, has resigned. It follows Bulgaria Prime Minister Boyko Borissov calling for him to...

Borislav Mihaylov , Bulgarian Football Union(BFU) , England players , Euro 2020 qualifier , prime minister , racist abuse , resigns

Racist abuse mar England’s victory over Bulgaria

By Reuters,

England bounced back from their first tournament qualifying defeat for 10 years with a 6-0 thrashing of toothless Bulgaria on Monday in a Euro 2020 Gr...

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AC Milan appoint Pioli as new coach on two-year deal

By Reuters,

AC Milan have appointed Stefano Pioli as their new coach, the Serie A club said on Wednesday, handing him a two-year contract in the hope he will turn...

AC Milan , Serie A , Stefano Pioli

England players ready to walk off pitch over racist abuse

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England’s players are ready to walk off the pitch if they are subjected to racist abuse in Euro 2020 qualifiers against Czech Republic and Bulgaria,...

Czech Republic , England players , Euro 2020 qualifiers , racist abuse , Tammy Abraham , walk off

Man City, Real among clubs charged by UEFA

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UEFA have opened disciplinary proceedings against six clubs including Manchester City and Real Madrid after incidents at Champions League games this w...

UEFA names final hosts, new ‘Europa Conference League’

By Reuters,

St Petersburg, Munich and Wembley Stadium in London will host the three Champions League finals from 2021, European football’s governing body UEFA s...

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I deserve more Ballon d’Or awards than Messi, says Ronaldo

By Reuters,

Juventus forward Cristiano Ronaldo said he deserves to end his soccer career with more Ballon d’Or awards than Barcelona counterpart Lionel Messi an...

Cristiano Ronaldo , Juventus , Lionel Messi

SWILA: In running for Kibra, Mariga scored own goal and tarnished his football CV

By Isaac Swila,

Isaac Swila The last two weeks have been bedecked by political noise - lot’s of it. Interestingly, the political brouhaha has mainly been direct...

Kibra , McDonald Mariga , Swila