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Football
Bangladesh U20 Start with Uzbekistan Setback
The danger of a difficult opening match is not only the defeat. It is the way it can shrink a…
U20s Chase Uzbek Upset After Long Wait
Youth football lives on belief, and belief is sometimes the only thing a team can carry into a match where…
Kings Licence Wait Keeps New Season on Edge
A football season does not begin only with a whistle. It begins in offices, documents, payment receipts, registration windows and…
Dooley Keeps Familiar Faces for Bangladesh Camp
A national camp rarely looks dramatic on paper. It is a list of names, a reporting date, a coach’s quote…
Alonso’s Chelsea Start With a Thriller at the Cottage
Half a minute. That was all the time Xabi Alonso needed to discover that managing Chelsea might be quite enjoyable,…
City Cash In as Savinho Joins £300m Spurs Rebuild
A club-record sale is usually a story about the player who is leaving. Every so often it is a story…
Ronaldinho Returns at 46 for One Last Dance
Some retirements are final. Others are merely pauses. Ronaldinho, the most joyful footballer of his generation, has decided his was…
Messi’s Emotional Goal After Father’s Death
There are goals that mean nothing and goals that mean everything, and on Wednesday night in Philadelphia, Lionel Messi scored…
Bezos Snaps Up Huge Liverpool Stake
A consortium including Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has bought close to 40 percent of Liverpool Football Club, a stake far…
Musiala Opens Up After Shocking Collapse
Jamal Musiala has revealed he is suffering from a neurological disorder after collapsing on the pitch for the second time…