Tue 16 January 2024: Italian football club Roma on Tuesday dismissed famous head coach Jose Mourinho. “AS Roma can confirm that Jose Mourinho and his coaching staff will leave the club with immediate effect,” the club statement read. “We would like to thank Jose on behalf of all of us at AS Roma for his […]
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Tue 16 January 2024: Inter Miami’s Argentine superstar Lionel Messi was named the FIFA Best Men’s Footballer while Barcelona’s Aitana Bonmati was named the FIFA Best Women’s Footballer in the 2023 Best FIFA Football Awards ceremony held on Monday in London. Manchester City’s treble-winning Spanish manager Pep Guardiola bagged the 2023 FIFA Best Men’s Coach […]
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Sat 30 December 2023: The Turkish Super Cup final between Galatasaray and Fenerbahce scheduled to be played in Saudi Arabia’s capital Riyadh was called off over an apparent disagreement about the players’ jerseys. The Turkish Football Federation (TFF) and the two teams – who returned to Istanbul on Saturday after Friday’s postponed match – said […]
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Mon 25 December 2023: India’s Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports has suspended the newly-elected governing body of the scandal-hit wrestling federation, accusing it of ignoring rules by hastily announcing championships. The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) has “been instructed to suspend all its activities until further orders”, the ministry said in a statement on […]
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Mon 25 December 2023: International Cricket Council (ICC) stopped Usman Khawaja’s latest attempt to show his support for human rights awareness on Sunday, December 24. The Australian cricketer displayed a ‘peace symbol’ on his shoes and bat during the training session at Melbourne Cricket Ground ahead of the upcoming Boxing Day Test against Pakistan but was denied […]
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Sun 24 December 2023: The sale of a 25% share by Manchester United to Sir Jim Ratcliffe, the wealthy British petrochemicals entrepreneur, has been confirmed. United supporters, who feel the team has been deprived of funding under the Glazer family’s ownership, will probably applaud the sale. Sir Jim has agreed to buy a 25% stake […]
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Fri 22 December 2023: Bahrain’s sovereign wealth fund Mumtalakat is set to take full control of McLaren Group after the British supercar and racing group’s shareholders approved a full recapitalisation of the Woking-based company. According to a report by Sky News, the Gulf state’s investment fund is “on the brink of a deal” which would see […]
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Thu 21 December 2023: Roman Abramovich, a billionaire Russian and the former owner of Chelsea, a Premier League team, has lost a legal battle to have his name removed from the list of individuals subject to EU sanctions as a result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The 27-member bloc sanctioned Russian officials and businessmen, freezing […]
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Sun 19 October 2023: At the International Olympic Committee’s recent session in Mumbai, India it officially ratified five sports being added to the existing 28 core sports for the 2028 Los Angeles summer games. Of these five, several will be making their first-ever appearance, namely squash and flag football, while others have had a long gap between inclusion […]
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Tue 31 October 2023: Lionel Messi won the eighth Ballon d’Or of his remarkable career, while Spain’s World Cup-winning star Aitana Bonmati took the women’s prize at a glittering ceremony in Paris. For Messi, the trophy awarded to him on Monday rewards, above all else, his inspirational performances at last year’s World Cup in Qatar, when […]
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