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Standard Liege troubles shine light on Everton's would-be buyers
AFP · 1 week ago
The Miami-based investment firm that has been trying to buy English Premier League outfit Everton is already mired in difficulties at some of the existing clubs in its portfolio, with recent events at Standard Liege in Belgium shining a particularly unfavourable light on 777 Partners.
Germany set for massive security challenge at Euro 2024
AFP · 1 week ago
Keeping fans and players safe will be a mammoth task for Germany as it hosts Euro 2024 this summer in a tense global climate with major conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East.
North Africa football fans use stadium freedoms to back Palestinians
AFP · 2 weeks ago
In North Africa, where political speech is often harshly policed, football stadiums have long been an exception.
'Rabbit Girls': Thai football's last women promoters
AFP · 1 month ago
At a rowdy Bangkok stadium, BG Pathum United's "Rabbit Girls" dance to a drumbeat and cheer their team on -- the Thai football league's last band of women promoters.
Swedish midfielder Olsson in rehab after brain illness: club
AFP · 2 months ago
Sweden's Kristoffer Olsson, hospitalised last month with a rare brain illness that has left him without motor or verbal skills, has left hospital for a rehab centre, his Danish club said Monday.
Nancy 'proud but not happy' to be first Black coach to win MLS Cup
AFP · 5 months ago
Frenchman Wilfried Nancy became the first Black coach to win the Major League Soccer title after his Columbus Crew beat Los Angeles FC on Saturday but said the moment held mixed emotions for him.
Frenchman Nancy's journey reaches MLS summit
AFP · 5 months ago
Columbus Crew coach Wilfried Nancy had a modest playing career as a journeyman in the lower divisions of French football but now, as a coach, he finds himself one game away from a place in Major League Soccer history.
'Matilda' Australia's word of the year after Women's World Cup run
AFP · 6 months ago
"Matilda" was picked as Australia's word of the year on Wednesday after the national football team's historic run to the semi-finals of their home Women's World Cup.
Football helps migrant youths find their place in Spain's Canary islands
AFP · 6 months ago
When Younousse Diop was just 13, he said goodbye to his family in Senegal and boarded a packed boat bound for Spain's Canary Islands, part of the influx of migrants to the Atlantic archipelago.
Kiss row highlights Spain revolt over 'old world' machismo
AFP · 8 months ago
The huge outcry in Spain over football federation chief Luis Rubiales' forcible kiss of World Cup player Jenni Hermoso highlights the waning power of male chauvinism in a country that has become a benchmark for feminism, experts say.
Missed chance? Majority of games behind paywall in World Cup hosts
AFP · 9 months ago
It was France versus Brazil and one of the biggest matches so far at the Women's World Cup, but unless you paid, you could not watch it on primetime television in host nation Australia.
Kerr spearheads Australia's Women's World Cup squad
AFP · 11 months ago
Australia's women's football team continued their World Cup preparations on Monday when the co-hosts named a provisional squad, including 10 players currently with English clubs.
Former footballers three times more likely to suffer dementia, study finds
AFP · 11 months ago
Former professional footballers are almost three-and-a-half times more likely to be diagnosed with dementia than the general population, according to a study commissioned by the English Football Association (FA) and Professional Footballers'
