Tue 28 February 2023: Argentina’s World Cup-winning captain Lionel Messi has been named FIFA men’s player of the year while Spain’s Alexia Putellas, who won the Ballon d’Or last year, was named women’s player of the year. Messi, 35, scored two goals in the World Cup 2022 final against France, with Argentina emerging triumphant on penalties. “It’s […]
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Mon 27 February 2023: The French football club Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) is looking to include Liverpool’s Mohammed Salah as a player following the possible departure of Lionel Messi after the end of the current season. The Egyptian football star has received the attention of France’s PSG as a possible replacement for the Argentinian player who […]
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Sun 26 February 2023: Armand Duplantis of Sweden beat his own pole vault record at the World Athletics Indoor Tour Silver event in France, clearing 6.22 meters to increase it by one centimeter. The 23-year-old Olympic champion cleared the mark on Saturday with room to spare on the third try after knocking the bar in […]
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Thu 23 February 2023: Women’s sport in Saudi Arabia reached a new milestone this week as the conservative Kingdom sent their first female team to an International Tennis Federation (ITF) event, Reuters reports. The Asia/Oceania pre-qualifying event of Billie Jean King Cup Juniors, hosted this week in Colombo, Sri Lanka, is the first time Saudi Arabia has […]
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Sun 19 February 2023: A tennis journey lasting 30 years comes to an end in Dubai this week, with the Indian star playing her last tournament. For Sania Mirza, a tennis journey spanning 30 years that began on courts prepared from cow dung in south India is set to conclude in a tennis stadium nestled among […]
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Sat 18 February 2023: Ghanaian footballer Christian Atsu has been found dead under the building where he lived in southern Turkey after last week’s massive earthquake, the ex-Chelsea winger’s Turkish agent said. “Atsu’s lifeless body was found under the rubble,” Murat Uzunmehmet told reporters in Hatay, where the athlete’s body was found. “Currently, more items […]
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Fri 17 February 2023: Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad bin Jaber Al Thani, the chairman of one of Qatar’s biggest banks, has confirmed a bid to buy Manchester United. The move comes ahead of Friday’s 22:00 GMT ‘soft deadline’ for submitting proposals. Al Thani, chairman of one of Qatar’s biggest banks, has long been expected to […]
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Wed 15 February 2023: How Wednesday’s match between the top two teams could start a rivalry that may dominate English Premier League for the next few years. Arsenal versus Manchester City on Wednesday will not be your regular first versus second in the league match. Arsenal’s hopes of a first league title since 2004 rely […]
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Sat 11 February 2023: Turkish footballer Merih Demiral announced on Friday that the shirt of Argentinian star Lionel Messi would be auctioned online to collect donations for victims of the devastating earthquake in Turkiye. Demiral, who plays for the Italian team Atalanta B.C., tweeted: “Messi’s shirt worn in one of the matches and was personally […]
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Wed 08 February 2023: A joint bid has been made by the South American nations of Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, and Paraguay to host the 2030 FIFA World Cup, which will occur one hundred years after the first competition was hosted in Montevideo, Uruguay. Officials from the four countries came together on Tuesday with Alejandro Dominguez, […]
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