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Football

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Watford oppose plans to use neutral venues for Project Restart

Premier League club, Watford have publicly expressed their opposition to plans of using of neutral venues as plans to restart the 2019/20 season gathers pace. Two other clubs in England's top division, Brighton and Aston Villa have already publicly stated...

Napoli suggest renaming San Paolo Stadium after Maradona

Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis has announced that the Neapolitan club's stadium could be renamed after Argentina legend Diego Maradona, who died on Wednesday. Former Napoli star Maradona – arguably football's greatest ever player – died at the age of...

Bafana name 26 to face Ghana, Sudan in AFCON qualifier

South Africa’s men’s national team, Bafana Bafana have named 26 players for this month’s back-to-back Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Ghana and Sudan. Head coach of Bafana, Molefi Ntseki decided to keep faith with veteran goalkeeper, Itumeleng Khune, who...

Pirlo names Juventus’ U23 coach

Andrea Pirlo has been named head coach of Juventus’ U23 side. He replaces Fabio Pecchia, who led the club’s second string to the Coppa Italia Serie C as well as the play-off quarter-finals for promotion to Serie B. The club made...

Shilton unhappy Maradona didn’t offer an apology for ‘Hand of God’ goal before demise

Former England goalkeeper Peter Shilton has admitted he remains unhappy Diego Maradona never issued an apology for his ‘Hand of God’ goal which he scored against the Three Lions at the 1986 FIFA World Cup in Mexico. Maradona stealthily...

Bale says Madrid making potential exit difficult

Real Madrid forward, Gareth Bale has insisted that the reason he is staying on at the club is that Real is making it difficult for him to leave. Reports in Spain have suggested the Welsh player wanted to remain...

Mourinho responsible for my loss of confidence – Sanchez

Chilean attacker, Alexis Sanchez has asserted that Portuguese manager, Jose Mourinho was responsible for his loss of confidence whilst he was still at Old Trafford with Manchester United.Sanchez, currently on loan at Inter Milan, spent 11 months under the...

Bundesliga Transfer round up

The summer transfer window has thrown up some interesting movements in and out. Defending champions Bayern Munich have brought in Min-jae Kim, Konrad Laimer and Raphael Guerreiro, big rivals, Borussia Dortmund have been busy as well with ...

Tottenham to offer Dier a contract extension

Premier League club, Tottenham Hotspur are keen to offer defender Eric Dier a new contract. This is according to the club's manager, José Mourinho. Dier, who is 26 years-old, has a contract with Spurs which runs out at the end...

Coman addresses Man City, United transfer speculations

Kingsley Coman has taken the time to address speculations linking him with a move away from German giants, Bayern Munich.Reports have been rife in recent days that Coman could be mulling a move away from Bavaria to join either...
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