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28Nov

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Watch: Cristiano Ronaldo wins a penalty then asks referee to overturn the decision

It is not something you see every day in football. On Monday, during the AFC Champions League match between Saudi Arabia club Al-Nassr and Iran’s Persepolis, Cristiano Ronaldo waved off his own penalty against Persepolis, telling the referee himself he didn’t believe it was a foul. In the second minute of the match, Ronaldo won a penalty for Al-Nassr when former Liverpool star Sadio Mane whipped a cross in in search of Ronaldo, but he immediately walked up to the referee and signaling it wasn’t a penalty. Cristiano Ronaldo waved off his own penalty against Persepolis, telling the referee himself he didn't believe it was a foul. 👀 Not something you see every day in football. 👏 pic.twitter.com/do8L58tFYJ — CBS Sports Golazo ⚽️ (@CBSSportsGolazo) November 27, 2023 Replays showed that th...

27Nov

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Amidst chaos, ‘Brazilian Pep Guardiola’ Fernando Diniz sparkles hopes of a revolution with Selecao

Fernando Diniz, the interim Brazilian coach, gets emotional when he talks about 1982. It’s the year he lost his father; it was also the year he fell in love with football. “It helped us (he and his brothers) forget the pain,” he would say in an interview with Globo.The ebullience of what the world calls the greatest team to have never won a World Cup would leave a lasting impression on young Diniz. “Although they didn’t win, they captivated many hearts and I was one of them.” Young Fernando and his brothers would paint the streets in canary yellow. drew the players on the walls, and tuned into every game on the radio. “The team awakened almost a certainty that they would win the title, so there was a lot of crying when they lost. But life is more art than science. Football has the power...

27Nov

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Watch: Alejandro Garnacho scores one of the greatest goals in the Premier League

Manchester United’s Alejandro Garnacho scored what can be termed as one of the best goals in the history of the Premier League as the Red Devils rode out 3-0 victorious over Everton at Goodison Park on Saturday. The Argentina winger scored an overhead goal to bring back memories of United legends like Wayne Rooney and Cristiano Ronaldo. Rooney had famously nailed an overhead kick against Manchester City in 2011 to help the side to a 2-1 victory at Old Trafford. The match was happening with Everton fans up in arms over sanctions handed to the club for financial mismanagement. The club’s supporters were livid at the 10-point deduction slapped on them by a disciplinary commission last week. The Associated Press reported that many Everton supporters were holding up pink cards featuring the...

25Nov

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Pep Guardiola defends Manchester City in financial fair play case, says the team must be considered innocent until proven guilty

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has claimed he is a “big fan” of financial fair play and that clubs who break its rules must be punished. There has been tremendous pressure on his club Manchester City of late regarding financial fair play rules, with them more than 100 charges of contravening the Premier League’s regulations. After Everton were deducted 10 points for a single breach, there has been speculation that if City’s charges are proven they may face more serious action, including relegation. City however continue to deny wrongdoing and Guardiola said on Friday he would not walk out on his contract, which runs to the end of next season, even if they were demoted to League One. Guardiola was asked whether he would consider his position should City be found guilty and releg...

25Nov

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Watch: Cristiano Ronaldo scores a stunning goal in Al-Nassr’s 3-0 victory to show that he’s still got it

Cristiano Ronaldo scored a braces, including an excellent 40-yard lob as Al-Nassr defeated Al-Akhdoud 3-0 in the Saudi Pro League. What a ridiculous goal from @Cristiano… How far out is he? 🤯#yallaRSL pic.twitter.com/AdA2zTNgkw — Roshn Saudi League (@SPL_EN) November 24, 2023 Sami Al-Naji had put Al-Nassr in front in the 13th minute. But thereafter, Al-Akhdoud made it difficult for Al-Nassr. Al-Nassr had to wait until the 77th minute, when Ronaldo scored from a difficult angle. Ronaldo’s brace continued his excellent season so far – he has now scored 15 goals in 13 league appearances. A thunderous strike from @Cristiano from a tight angle 🤏💥#yallaRSL pic.twitter.com/9dWZE3HHiX — Roshn Saudi League (@SPL_EN) November 24, 2023 Former Liverpool star Sadio Mane was an unused substitute ...

22Nov

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US court rejects appeal against Cristiano Ronaldo’s hush money settlement in Las Vegas rape case

A US appeals court has denied claims made against Cristiano Ronaldo by Kathryn Mayorga and her lawyers to pay more money than the $375,000 in hush money he had after she accused him of raping her in 2009. Mayorga’s lawyer had asked the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn the dismissal of the case in June 2022 and reopen the civil lawsuit she first filed in Nevada in 2018. The appeal argued the federal court judge in Nevada erred in repeatedly rejecting the victim’s attempts to unseal and include as evidence the confidentiality agreement she signed in 2010 in accepting payments from Ronaldo. This was disagreed by the three-judge panel of the San Francisco-based appellate court in the latest development. “The district court clearly recognized the gravity of dismissing the case and...

22Nov

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Leo Messi on the brawl in the Argentina-Brazil game: ‘We saw they were hitting the people, they were more focused on that than the game’

Argentina captain Lionel Messi had to guide his teammates back to the locker room when things became volatile at the Maracana Stadium during their game against Brazil. The two sets of fans in the stand were involved in a fight that eventually led to the local police force stationed at the venue opening up baton charge on the away fans. Brazilian police giving a baton to a Brazilian fan so he could attack Argentinians. This is crazy. Disgrace. pic.twitter.com/01ppZmVdqt — All About Argentina 🛎🇦🇷 (@AlbicelesteTalk) November 22, 2023 “We saw how they were hitting the people, it already happened in the Libertadores final. They were more focused on that than on the game. We went to the locker room because it was the best way to calm everything down, a tragedy could have happened,” Messi sai...

22Nov

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Watch: Lionel Messi takes Argentina team off the field after clashes between fans and police at Marcana

Lionel Mess has led his team off the field following a brawl between Brazil and Argentina fans which delayed their South American World Cup qualifier by 27 minutes at the Maracana Stadium. Argentina players asked fans in the stands for calm before heading to the locker rooms. Argentine goalkeeper Emiliano Martínez raced to one of the rails in front of the Argentina fans to ask police to stop the violence. Selvageria no Maracanã #brasil #argentina pic.twitter.com/Azz8RKE47p — Igor Rodrigues (@_igorrodrigues) November 22, 2023 Argentina told Brazil officials they would only return to the pitch after the situation was calm. They returned after 22 minutes in the locker rooms, and warmed up for several minutes before the game was finally started.Most Read 1 What happens ...

17Nov

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Everton deducted 10 points due to FFP breach, come down to 19th position in Premier League table

Premier League club Everton was on Friday deducted 10 points for a breach of the Premier League’s profitability and sustainability rules in the 2021-22 season which led to them going down the league table from 14th to the 19th position in the ongoing season. “During the proceedings, the club admitted it was in breach of the PSRs for the period ending season 2021/22 but the extent of the breach remained in dispute. The Commission determined that Everton FC’s PSR Calculation for the relevant period resulted in a loss of 124.5 million pounds ($154.70 million), as contended by the Premier League, which exceeded the threshold of 105 million pounds permitted under the PSRs,” the Premier League said in a statement after its independent commission’s report. The club, however, expressed their ‘s...

16Nov

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Coach Des Buckingham parts ways with Mumbai City FC to join Oxford United

Coach Des Buckingham has parted ways with Indian Super League club Mumbai City FC to join third-tier English side Oxford United. Buckingham began his professional coaching career at Oxford United at 18, and it’s no surprise that he jumped at the opportunity to coach the team which have been without a full-time manager since February 2023, when Karl Robinson left the club to join Leeds United as assistant manager. Craig Short has been in charge of the side since. Buckingham joined Mumbai City in 2021 and led them to the ISL League Winners’ Shield in an emphatic fashion. They set up the record for most goals, most wins, and fewest losses in the season, and at one stage they were on an unbeaten streak of 18 games.Most Read 1 South Africa vs Australia Live Score, World C...

5Nov

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Why injury to Neymar has sparked ticket reselling for clash against Mumbai City FC at DY Patil Stadium

In just five minutes, 22,000 people had pre-registered to witness Mumbai City FC take on Saudi Arabian giants Al Hilal SFC at the DY Patil Stadium for their Asian Champions League (ACL) match – a match which was then supposed to be headlined by Brazilian superstar Neymar. In 33 minutes after that pre-registration window opened, that number crossed 55,000, unheard of for a football match in Mumbai. Fast forward to Saturday, a couple of days before the match. Only around 30,000 tickets of the available 38,000-odd have been sold. Quite a few of those who have purchased those higher range (and even the base range) tickets are looking to sell them. Fans who booked tickets from different parts of the country are still contemplating whether making the trip is worth it. And there’s only one rea...

31Oct

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Why has FIFA effectively handed hosting rights of 2034 World Cup to Saudi Arabia

The venue for the 2034 FIFA World Cup was effectively decided on Tuesday after Australia pulled out of the race to host the 48-team event, essentially clearing the way for the world body to award the hosting rights to Saudi Arabia.Football Australia boss James Johnson had earlier said that his country was ‘exploring the possibility of 2034’, but amidst a host of challenging problems, it said that they would now focus on bids for the 2026 Women’s Asian Cup and the 2029 Club World Cup, which would feature 32 teams. Australia had also attempted to host the 2022 World Cup which was subsequently awarded to Qatar. Why was the 2034 World Cup awarded to the Asia-Oceania group? A mere 12 years after Qatar hosted the FIFA World Cup, the stage seems to have been set by FIFA itself to ensure that S...

18Oct

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Neymar stretchered off after knee injury, participation against Mumbai City FC on November 6 in doubt

Neymar left the field in tears after sustaining a knee injury during Brazil’s 2-0 loss to Uruguay in a World Cup qualifying match, leaving his participation against Mumbai City FC in the AFC Champions League in doubt. Neymar, who plays for Saudi Arabian club Al Hilal, was set to play in India for the group-stage ACL tie on November 6. Mumbai City FC had even booked a much-larger DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai to cater to the fan frenzy surrounding the match. Neymar’s injury occurred towards the end of the first half when he tripped while running. Instantly, players from both teams gathered around him as he clutched his left knee in pain. Neymar was immediately attended to by the medical team at the Centenario Stadium and was subsequently carried off the field on a stretcher. As he wa...

17Oct

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Belgium-Sweden Euro qualifier abandoned after killings in Brussels

The Euro 2024 qualifier between Belgium and Sweden was suspended at halftime following a gunman fatally shooting two Swedish people in Brussels before kickoff. The fans were kept inside the stadium for almost two and half hours as the match was played some 5 kilometers from the shooting in the center of the Belgian capital, and more than 35,000 fans attended the match. “Following a suspected terrorist attack in Brussels this evening, it has been decided after consultation with the two teams and the local police authorities, that the UEFA EURO 2024 qualifying match between Belgium and Sweden is abandoned,” UEFA said in a statement on its website. Following a suspected terrorist attack in Brussels this evening, it has been decided, after consultation with the two teams and the local poli...

6Oct

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Fast breaks in transition and relentless pressing see Newcastle thump star-studded Paris Saint Germain 4-1

The Paris Saint Germain players stood in stunned silence in front of a sea of black and white as Saint James Park practically bounced with glee after Newcastle’s dismantling of the French Champions 4-1 in a historic night of Champions League football. It has been a week of utter jubilation for the Magpies as Eddie Howe’s team eliminated Manchester City last Wednesday from the Carabao Cup, then beat Burnley in the weekend and now, have rubber stamped their credentials with a statement win over Kylian Mbappe and co. On the night, the Saudi backed club and the Qatar funded outfit had a stark difference. One was a team built on the back of individuals working as a unit while the other relies heavily on star power with brilliant individuals all around the pitch but they have failed to work t...

1Oct

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Ange Postecoglou, Tottenham Hotspur’s new coach: Inheriting football love from his immigrant father to becoming a father figure to Spurs

In less than three months, Ange Postecoglou, has transformed a perennially chaotic club to one of the bright lights of this premier league season so far. Post the Mauricio Pochettino era, where hopes flickered that Tottenham Hotspur would put decades of confusion and chaos behind, the club has swung between being aimless and directionless, with an occasional hope affirming performance only to be thrust back into the gallows of pain and futility.Curiously, in the season they lost their talisman and one of their greatest, Harry Kane, they have orchestrated the most attacking and attractive brand of football they had this century. Most staggering has been that the transformation has been smooth and seamless. It’s like he just came and sprinkled the proverbial magic dust. It’s not quite lik...

20Sep

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Before Bayern Munich vs Manchester United, Erik ten Hag talks about failure to sign Harry Kane

Harry Kane was one of the most sought-after strikers in the world during the summer transfer window of 2023. The England captain had expressed his desire to leave Tottenham Hotspur in search of trophies, and Manchester United were one of the clubs most interested in signing him. However, a move to Old Trafford failed to materialize, with Kane eventually joining Bayern Munich. Now as the two teams lock horns in the UEFA Champions League, United head coach Erik Ten Hag was asked if he has any regrets about not signing the England captain, he replied: “No. I think we’ve discussed it.” “We are happy with Rasmus. In the first game, he was injured. He played against Arsenal, he’s had a start (against Brighton), and now we have to integrate him in the team. You can see he’s a big talent.” Unit...

20Sep

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Champions League: Ukrainian fans feel at home and aim to raise awareness of their country in Germany

For Ukrainians displaced by the Russian invasion, a soccer stadium can feel like a home from home. Unable to play at its actual home because of the war, Ukrainian champion Shakhtar Donetsk is playing its Champions League home games in the German city of Hamburg this season, starting with a 3-1 loss to Porto on Tuesday. Ukrainian supporters said it was a chance to raise awareness of Ukraine and provided a sense of community against the backdrop of the war. “We have a difficult situation but despite that we come and show support because we are very proud of our team,” Valentyna Sushko, who is from the city of Kharkiv in north-eastern Ukraine and has been living in Hamburg since shortly after the invasion last year, told The Associated Press. “I would like to say thank you to Hamburg for g...

19Sep

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‘There was frustration’: Former Manchester United coach reveals why Cristiano Ronaldo lost the dressing room

Cristiano Ronaldo’s return to Manchester United in 2021 was met with great fanfare and excitement. However, Ronaldo’s second spell at the club has been marred by dressing room problems. In addition, Ronaldo’s public outbursts have also caused problems and ultimately led to his exit after a fall out with manager Erik Ten Hag. Former Manchester United coach Mike Phelan, who worked with Ronaldo during that period, revealed how the Portuguese superstar’s high standards may have led to losing the support of some of his team-mates. “The second time round, he came in a lot older and a lot more opinionated, strong-willed,” Phelan said. “He still had massively high standards and was terrific to work with. But I’d probably say a tougher mindset. He had been at Man Utd, he had been Portugal’s ever...

16Sep

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Asian Games 2023: Despite adding Jhingan, Chinglensana, midfield remains a concern for football team

After days of confusion over the composition of the squad and whether the national team coach would accompany it to Hangzhou, the All India Football Federation was able to prise players like Sandesh Jhingan and Chinglensana Singh away from their clubs to make up a customary 22-member squad for the Asian Games. The AIFF was also able to confirm that head coach Igor Stimac would indeed be heading to China with the players after initially being reluctant to go with the hastily-assembled 17-member squad led by Sunil Chhetri that had been announced earlier. The federation also announced that East Bengal attacker Naorem Mahesh Singh will undergo a medical test before any decision to induct him into the squad will be taken. All this has only added to the uncertainty with India’s opening group ...