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31Jan

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Manchester City star Joao Cancelo set to join Bayern Munich on loan: Reports | Football News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Manchester City defender Joao Cancelo is set to join Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich on loan, before the January transfer window shuts, as per media reports.The Portuguese footballer, who played magnificent roles in Manchester City's back-to-back Premier League title triumphs (2020–21 and 2021–22), was named in the PFA (Professional Footballers' Association) Team of the Year for the past two seasons.Cancelo can play as a right back or left back. He is an attacking defender and has played a big role for City, but according to reports is not happy with his role at the club anymore after reportedly falling out of favor with manager Pep Guardiola since the Qatar World Cup.Since returning from the World Cup, Cancelo, who plays for the Portugal national team, has featured less and ...

30Jan

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Real Madrid frustrated in goalless draw against Real Sociedad | Football News – Times of India

MADRID: Battling Real Sociedad survived a pounding at Santiago Bernabeu on Sunday when they held Real Madrid to a goalless draw in a frantic LaLiga match.Real Madrid recorded 20 goal attempts compared to only seven created by the visitors who held their turf heroically to go home to San Sebastian with a point thanks to a string of saves by goalkeeper Alex Remiro.Vinicius Jr wasted two chances from close range, one in each half, with Remiro denying both. The keeper also made critical stops of efforts by Karim Benzema, Toni Kroos and Rodrygo."I'm happy with the point earned and with my personal effort," Remiro told Movistar Plus."Playing against these teams, they usually don't forgive you but we also missed the chances we had, we were not effective in front of the goal. But happy with the...

26Jan

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International soccer transfer market rebounds in 2022

Soccer’s international transfer market continued to rebound from the COVID-19 pandemic with a record 20,000 deals between clubs from different countries last year, FIFA said Thursday. Total spending worldwide was $6.5 billion in transfer fees for players who moved across borders between FIFA member federations — an increase of 33.5% from 2021, according to FIFA’s annual review of the transfers it processed. “While this figure is still below the levels of 2018 and 2019, clubs are clearly recovering,” FIFA said in a 75-page report. The biggest deals in the report included Erling Haaland to Manchester City, Antony and Casemiro to Manchester United, Aurélien Tchouaméni to Real Madrid and Darwin Núñez to Liverpool. International transfers of male professional players surpass 20,000 for the ...

26Jan

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Manchester City face Arsenal showdown, Liverpool eye revenge in FA Cup | Football News – Times of India

LONDON: Manchester City and Arsenal take a break from an intense Premier League title race this weekend -- only to face each other in a heavyweight FA Cup clash at the Etihad.Holders Liverpool will look to avenge their chastening recent defeat at Brighton, while Harry Kane could become Tottenham's all-time top scorer.AFP Sport picks out some of the highlights ahead of this weekend's FA Cup fourth-round ties.Unexpectedly trailing in Arsenal's wake in the Premier League, Manchester City have the chance to slow the leaders' momentum in their first meeting this season.City are five points behind Arsenal, who have a game in hand, but the champions still have to play the Gunners twice in the league, making their FA Cup showdown a tantalising appetiser ahead of the main course.Arsenal are ridi...

21Jan

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Troubled Juventus docked 15 points in suspect transfer trial | Football News – Times of India

MILAN: Juventus' troubled start to the new year slipped into disaster on Friday after the Italian Football Federation docked the Serie A giants 15 points for using transfers to artificially boost their balance sheet.The FIGC said in a statement that the points sanction was to be inflicted this season, a huge blow to Juve whose chances of qualifying for next season's Champions League are now greatly compromised.Juve drop down from third to 10th place on just 22 points, 15 from the top four positions in Italy's top flight.Missing out on Europe's top -- and richest -- club competition would be a further blow to the club's accounts which last season were nearly 239 million euros in the red.Juve's current sporting director Federico Cherubini was also banned for 16 months, another serious pun...

20Jan

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Al Nassr vs PSG Match Highlights: Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe Meets Cristiano Ronaldo | Times of India | Football News – Times of India

RIYADH: Cristiano Ronaldo recovered from a punch in the face to score twice against Paris Saint-Germain on Thursday in a lively reunion with his great rival Lionel Messi that demonstrated the financial firepower of the resource-rich Gulf.Ronaldo, 37, was decked by PSG 'keeper Keylor Navas's flailing fist but he drilled the resulting penalty and then added another in a 5-4 exhibition defeat, his first appearance since moving to Saudi Arabia in a deal said to total more than 400 million euros.For Qatar-owned PSG, Messi and Kylian Mbappe both scored and Neymar missed a penalty before they withdrew on the hour-mark alongside Ronaldo, who was representing a composite Saudi side, to leave the world's four best-paid players watching from the bench in Riyadh.Hundreds of millions of euros worth ...

19Jan

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Former Tottenham player Anton Walkes, 25, dies in Florida boat crash

Professional football player Anton Walkes has died from injuries he sustained in a boat crash off the coast of Miami, authorities said Thursday. Walkes, who was 25, was found unconscious and taken to a hospital after the crash between two boats Wednesday near the Miami Marine Stadium basin, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Walkes was operating one of the boats that crashed, the state agency said in a statement. It was unclear whether anyone else was injured. The agency’s investigation is ongoing. Walkes, a defender, was entering his second season with MLS club Charlotte FC. The team had arrived in Fort Lauderdale on Jan. 9 for its first leg of preseason training and had a friendly scheduled with St. Louis on Saturday. That match has been cancelled. Cha...

18Jan

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Former Barcelona player spotted leaving Shakira’s home with Pique diss song blaring in the background

Colombian singer Shakira and FC Barcelona defender Gerard Pique, who have been together since 2011 and have two children, announced their separation last year. Since then, a lot of drama has been unfolding, and it has not been an easy ride for the duo. In the latest, Shakira seemingly dedicated her latest record-breaking record, in which she appears to target her former partner Gerard Pique, to women worldwide. Spanish TV show ‘El Programa de Ana Rosa’ recently revealed how much money Shakira had made in total following her split and from her last three songs. “In these four days, Shakira has made more than 2,500,000 dollars with ‘BZRP Music Sessions #53’,” they noted. “As for the other recent songs in which she also refers to the ex-footballer, ‘Te felicito’, released in April 2022, ha...

16Jan

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WATCH: Richarlison tries to interrupt an Arsenal throw during Tottenham’s defeat, gets stopped by Tomiyasu

Richarlison de Andrade is as good a team player as you’ll get. Someone who’ll give it all to his team. Last year, ahead of Brazil’s 2022 World Cup campaign, he displaced Fred during the team photo op ensuring that Neymar Jr, one of the senior players in their team, got his due respect while seating in the middle. So it was only natural that he did something even before he came on as a substitute during Sunday’s North London derby fixture. In a video that is now doing rounds on the social media, the Spurs can be seen trying to interrupt an Arsenal throw in from the sidelines, with his side trailing against Arsenal. However, he is stopped in his tracks by Takehiro Tomiyasu putting a hand in between. Even though Richarlison smacks it down, he is unable to hinder Arsenal’s play. Takehiro T...

12Jan

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WATCH: Alexis Mac Allister leaves young Brighton fans delighted, lets them touch and pose with his World Cup medal

Alexi Mac Allister is the first ever Brighton player to win the World Cup. The 24-year-old was a key part of Argentina’s Qatar 2022 winning campaign and has rightly received a warm welcome back to his Premier League club having touched the greatest glory at the international stage. The midfielder was recently involved in yet another heartwarming gesture as he let three young Brighton fans touch his World Cup winner’s medal outside of the club facility. The video of the same has been rounds in social media, with Mac Allister asking the boys to touch the medal as he poses with them for a photo. Meanwhile, other fans in the background can be heard going ‘oh my god’, ‘you lucky boys’. Mac Allister stopped to show some young Brighton fans his World Cup winner’s medal 🏅👏💛 🎥 IG/ben.m.08 pic.t...

11Jan

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Jumping over fence, sneaking through bushes: David Beckham’s action movie exit on son Romeo’s Brentford B debut

Romeo Beckham made his debut for Brentford B team, coming on as a substitute in a 3-2 win against Erith & Belvedere on Tuesday. Among the 550 odd in attendance at the Park View Road was his father, one David Beckham. The former England and Manchester United star midfielder came dressed in a navy waterproof jacket, hooded up, but was quickly recognised and mobbed by the crowd for selfie and autograph requests. The 47-year-old was eventually forced to leave the venue, but not via the official exit gate. With crowd surrounding him, Beckham hopped the fence behind one of the stands and sneaked past bushes to make an exit. Romeo, 20, had earlier this year secured a loan deal to the Premier League club Brentford from Inter Miami II, the reserve side US Major League Soccer club owned by hi...

10Jan

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Women’s soccer bans ex-coaches and fines teams after misconduct report

The National Women’s Soccer League on Monday permanently banned four former coaches, suspended other league officials and fined several teams, following a report last month that detailed alleged abuse and misconduct across the league. Paul Riley, a former North Carolina Courage coach; Rory Dames, a former Chicago Red Stars coach; Richie Burke, a former Washington Spirit coach; and Christy Holly, a former Racing Louisville FC coach, were permanently banned from the league for alleged misconduct ranging from inappropriate comments to, in the case of Holly, groping a player. The Red Stars were fined $1.5 million, and Portland Thorns FC were fined $1 million for failure to properly act on allegations of misconduct. Craig Harrington, a former Utah Royal FC coach, and Alyse LaHue, a former g...

9Jan

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WATCH: Chelsea fans chant ‘we’ve got super Tommy Tuchel’ during 4-0 drubbing from Manchester City

By halftime, Manchester City were leading 3-0 and Chelsea had registered no shots on goal. In the second half, while City added another to their tally, Chelsea managed just one shot on target. It was as comprehensive a defeat as any. A 4-0 drubbing in the 3rd round of FA Cup at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester. And the Chelsea fans were reminded of what they had lost earlier this season. ‘We’ve got super Tommy (Thomas) Tuchel’, chanted the fans at the away end. The German manager had been sacked by the English Premier League club earlier in the 2022/23 season, only a season after he had managed to take the club to only their second Champions League title, beating the same team in the final as they faced on Sunday. “Weve got Super Tommy Tuchel” chants from the away end 💀 pic.twitter.com...

8Jan

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Danilo honours late hero Vialli by firing Juventus second in Serie A, Inter Milan slip at Monza | Football News – Times of India

MILAN: Danilo made sure that Juventus paid the perfect tribute to deceased former captain Gianluca Vialli by netting the only goal in Saturday's 1-0 win over Udinese which fired the Turin giants second in Serie A.Massimilano Allegri's team jumped one point above AC Milan and to within just four of league leaders Napoli thanks to a beautifully-constructed goal finished off by the Brazilian defender four minutes from the end at the Allianz Stadium.Danilo extended Juve's league winning streak to eight games, a run in which they haven't conceded a goal, after Federico Chiesa controlled fellow substitute Leandro Paredes' delicate chip and then played a perfect pass across goal.That was one of the few clear-cut chances Juve created against eighth-placed Udinese, who were missing their talisma...

7Jan

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Marcus Rashford stars as Manchester United beat Everton in FA Cup | Football News – Times of India

MANCHESTER: Marcus Rashford scored for the fifth straight game as Manchester United beat Everton 3-1 in the FA Cup third round on Friday, heaping the pressure on beleaguered boss Frank Lampard.Everton travelled to Old Trafford in trepidation after slipping into the Premier League relegation zone this week following a chastening 4-1 home hammering at the hands of Brighton.They made the worst possible start, with Brazil forward Antony scoring in just the fourth minute but were level 10 minutes later after Conor Coady pounced on a howler from United goalkeeper David de Gea.However, the Everton defender put the ball in his own net early in the second half to hand the initiative back to the home side.Rashford increased United's lead in the dying seconds, scoring from the penalty spot to main...

6Jan

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Manchester City beat Chelsea to close gap at top of Premier League | Football News – Times of India

LONDON: Defending champions Manchester City beat injury-hit Chelsea 1-0 on Thursday to close the gap on Premier League leaders Arsenal to just five points.Pep Guardiola's men were well below par in the first half but were transformed after the break, with substitutes Jack Grealish and Riyad Mahrez combining for the only goal, scored by the Algerian in the 63rd minute.Graham Potter's Chelsea came into game languishing in 10th place in the table and were expected to face a searching examination from second-placed City but they had the better of the first half.Chelsea, however, were up against it from the opening minutes, with forward Raheem Sterling forced off after suffering an apparent hamstring injury, replaced by Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.Potter was also without a string of senior pla...

5Jan

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Cristiano Ronaldo urged to highlight human rights issues in Saudi Arabia | Football News – Times of India

LONDON: Cristiano Ronaldo has been urged to speak out about human rights issues in Saudi Arabia after completing his big-money move to Al Nassr.The Portugal superstar, who was greeted by fireworks and deafening roars at Al Nassr's Mrsool Park stadium on Tuesday, said he wanted to "be part of the success of the country and the culture of the country".The 37-year-old left Manchester United in November after an explosive interview in which he criticised the club and manager Erik ten Hag.Amnesty International said Ronaldo's signing is part of a "wider pattern of sportswashing" in Saudi Arabia.The arrival of the former Real Madrid forward comes against the backdrop of a Saudi push into sports including golf, boxing, tennis and F1 as well as football, following the takeover of English Premier...

4Jan

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FIFA boss Infantino in Pele wake selfie row | Football News – Times of India

PARIS: FIFA chief Gianni Infantino insisted Wednesday he would never be disrespectful to Pele as he came under fire over a photo call at the Brazilian legend's wake.Infantino took a selfie with some of Pele's old teammates on Monday right beside the open coffin of the three-time World Cup winner.The Swiss said he took the photo as Pele's friends seemed unable to operate their mobile phones."I took the phone of one of them and took the photo of all of us for him," Infantino insisted."If being helpful to a teammate of Pele creates criticism I'm happy to take it and will continue to be helpful wherever I can to those having contributed to write legendary pages of football."I have so much respect and admiration for Pele and for that ceremony yesterday that I would never do anything that wou...

3Jan

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Marseille beat Montpellier 2-1 to preserve top-three spot | Football News – Times of India

A well-placed goal from Nuno Tavares and an own goal from Maxime Esteve handed Olympique de Marseille a 2-1 win over Montpellier, ensuring they maintained third place in Ligue 1 on Monday.The result allowed Igor Tudor's side to narrow the gap with leaders Paris St Germain to eight points. They have 36 points from 17 games, four behind Lens in second place.Lens beat PSG 3-1 on Sunday to hand the champions their first league loss of the season.Montpellier keeper Jonas Omlin denied Jordan Veretout a goal two minutes after the break but Tavares was quick to pounce and he fired the rebound into the top-right corner to break the deadlock.Esteve then sealed the win for the visitors in the 61st minute when he headed the ball into his own net after a set piece.Tavares was shown a straight red ca...

3Jan

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Cristiano Ronaldo arrives in Saudi Arabia ahead of grand Al Nassr unveiling | Football News – Times of India

RIYADH: Portuguese superstar Cristiano Ronaldo arrived in Riyadh ahead of his grand unveiling before thousands of fans at Saudi Arabia's Al Nassr club on Tuesday, after sealing a shock move estimated at more than 200 million euros.The 37-year-old, a five-time winner of the Ballon d'Or, touched down in the capital late on Monday, according to Al Ekhbariya state run TV, and is staying at a luxury hotel with his entourage."He brought a big team of assistants and even a private security firm," an official told AFP.There are high security measures around the airport with many police cars and checkpoints.Ronaldo, who left Manchester United under a cloud after slamming the club in a TV interview, will appear at Al Nassr's 25,000-capacity Mrsool Park stadium in Riyadh at 7:00 pm (1600 GMT) on T...