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Olympique de Marseille is no stranger to being a trailblazer in French football, and it has set yet another benchmark by becoming the first Ligue 1 club to establish an amputee football team. This new side will play its first French championship match at the weekend in a four-team league, which includes amputee teams set…
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Serie A side AS Roma and Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt have been sanctioned for the behaviour of their supporters in a Europa League clash last month, European football’s governing body UEFA said on Friday. Roma secured its place in the tournament’s playoffs with a 2-0 home win over Frankfurt, while the visitor still secured a…
The Argentine Primera Division match between Godoy Cruz and Talleres Cordoba was suspended late on Tuesday after an assistant referee was struck by an object from the crowd. The main referee, Yael Falcon Perez, picked up what looked like a thin tube from the pitch after he called for medical assistance for linesman Diego Martin,…
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has admitted he is “disappointed” by the club’s failure to sign a new striker before the transfer window closed on Monday. Arsenal could not lure England forward Ollie Watkins away from Aston Villa after its £60 million ($75 million) bid was rejected last week. Having failed to pivot to another deal…
Time was when sport was seen as soft power, like movies and cultural exchange programmes. Not anymore. As Miguel Delaney tells us in States of Play, the most significant recent book on sports (or indeed politics) football is hard power. Its world is ruled by kings, Presidents and Prime Ministers. It is an extraordinary story…
Police have arrested eight Udinese supporters after they were part of a large group that attacked a train carrying rival fans. Around 1,200 Venezia supporters were travelling back after watching their team lose 3-2 at Udinese when their train was targeted at Basiliano station, about 14 kilometres (nine miles) outside Udine, by a group of…
Galatasaray has opened talks to sign AC Milan striker Alvaro Morata on loan, the Turkish Super Lig club said on Sunday. The 32-year-old Morata, captain of Spain’s national team, joined Milan from LaLiga club Atletico Madrid last year for 13 million euros on a four-year contract. READ: UEFA Champions League 2024-25: Real Madrid’s Rudiger a…
Olympique Lyonnais have appointed former AC Milan manager Paulo Fonseca as its new head coach on a two-and-a-half-year contract, the Ligue 1 club announced on Friday. Lyon sacked Pierre Sage earlier this week but made it into the last 16 of the Europa League after a 1-1 home draw with Ludogorets in its final group-stage…
It took champions Real Madrid time to click into gear this season but they visit Espanyol on Saturday in La Liga sitting top of the table. The trip is its final league match before facing rivals Atletico Madrid, who trail Carlo Ancelotti’s side by four points. Kylian Mbappe is showing the form that made Madrid…
