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SportYahoo Sport UK‘Use lessons from the ESL fallout for the good of the game,’ says Arsenal boss Montemurro
Arsenal boss Joe Montemurro believes lessons can be learnt from the European Super League fallout to help both the men’s and women’s game grow in the future.
SportAFP NewsBayern coach Flick defends embattled Salihamidzic
Bayern Munich head coach Hansi Flick on Friday said a "line had been crossed" by fans who are furious with sports director Hasan Salihamidzic over the pair's recent spat.
NewsAFP NewsDublin, Bilbao dropped by UEFA as Euro hosts, Munich confirmed
UEFA on Friday dropped Dublin and Bilbao as Euro 2020 hosts over a failure to guarantee fans' attendance, with matches destined for the Irish capital switched to St Petersburg and London while Seville steps in for the Basque town.
SportAFP NewsBenghazi win to throw CAF Cup group wide open
Muttasem el Taib scored to give Al Ahly Benghazi of Libya a 1-0 win over Enyimba of Nigeria Friday, and throw Group A of the CAF Confederation Cup wide open.
SportAFP NewsGerman Cup final to be held without fans again in Berlin
Next month's German Cup final will again be held behind closed doors due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the German FA confirmed Friday.
SportYahoo Finance UKJP Morgan promises to 'learn' from European Super League mistake
The US bank made its first statement about its involvement in the competition, following a furious public backlash to the project.
SportAFP NewsFrance bars unruly Paire from Olympics
The French Tennis Federation on Friday barred outspoken world number 35 Benoit Paire from the Tokyo Olympics.
SportAFP NewsSuper League backer JPMorgan says 'clearly misjudged' football impact
US investment bank JPMorgan, which agreed to financially back the breakaway European football Super League, said Friday it had "clearly misjudged" the failed project's impact.
SportAFP NewsRodgers pleads for Leicester to stay focused on Champions League race
Brendan Rodgers warned his Leicester players not to be distracted from their task of qualifying for the Champions League by the FA Cup final after they tightened their grip on a top-four spot.
SportAFP NewsMan City, Spurs clash in League Cup final after Super League debacle
Treble-chasing Manchester City face a Tottenham side desperate to end their trophy drought in the League Cup final as two members of the failed European Super League clash at Wembley on Sunday.
SportReutersArsenal owners have 'no intention' of selling after Super League backlash
Arsenal were one of six English clubs who signed up for the project before withdrawing amid a storm of protest from fans, players and the British government alongside threats of bans and sanctions from the game's European and world governing bodies. Kroenke, whose father Stan Kroenke struck a deal to take full control of Arsenal in 2018, said they had "no intention of selling" and that they believed they were fit to "carry on in our position as custodians" of the club.
SportReutersOnline racism reaching crisis point, says UK sports minister
A host of players at Premier League clubs have been targeted in the past few months, including Manchester United's Anthony Martial and Marcus Rashford, Liverpool's Trent-Alexander Arnold and Sadio Mane, and Chelsea's Reece James. On Thursday, Huddleston, along with current and former players and representatives of English football's governing bodies, took part in a virtual meeting with social media companies to discuss the problem.
SportAFP NewsPremier League top-four race back in focus after Super League fiasco
The focus is firmly back on the race for the top four in the Premier League this weekend after the brief distraction of the ill-fated European Super League.
SportAFP NewsLewandowski back with Bayern on verge of ninth straight league title
Bayern Munich can be crowned Bundesliga champions for the ninth successive season on Saturday with top-scorer Robert Lewandowski returning from injury and eyeing the league's all-time record of 40 goals in a single campaign.
SportAFP NewsInter's 'orchestra' search for right key as Serie A title approaches
Antonio Conte compared his jittery Inter Milan team to an orchestra as they approach a first Serie A title in over a decade having endured back-to-back draws before travelling to Hellas Verona this weekend.
SportAFP NewsSmarting Garcia eyes Lille coup as PSG lie in wait
Lyon coach Rudi Garcia will attempt to shake off his side's bitter midweek French Cup quarter-final exit to Monaco and derail the Ligue 1 title hopes of his former club Lille on Sunday.
SportAFP NewsBrazil wants Neymar at Tokyo Olympics
Brazil's Olympic football coach, Andre Jardine, said on Thursday he wants to pick star forward Neymar for the Games in Tokyo later this year, but admitted it would be "difficult."
SportAFP NewsSweeping English football review to study ownership, role of fans
A wholesale review of the way English football is run that was ordered after the European Super League debacle will consider creating a new regulator and changing the "fit and proper person test" for owners.
SportAFP NewsBordeaux mayor 'in contact' with potential buyers for Ligue 1 stalwarts
The mayor of Bordeaux told reporters on Friday that the city is in contact with two potential buyers for the famous Girondins Bordeaux football club after the shock announcement that its American owners wanted to pull the plug.
SportAFP NewsVardy strikes as Leicester beat West Brom to boost top-four bid
Jamie Vardy ended his two-month goal drought as Leicester blitzed West Brom 3-0 on Thursday to strengthen their grip on a Premier League top-four place and snuff out the Baggies' revival.
SportAFP NewsPliskova fights back to set up clash with Barty in Stuttgart
Karolina Pliskova will face world number one Ashleigh Barty in the quarter-finals of Stuttgart's WTA clay-court tournament after seeing off Jelena Ostapenko in a three-set battle on Thursday.
SportAFP NewsIbrahimovic signs new Milan deal to take him past 40th birthday
Zlatan Ibrahimovic, the 'Benjamin Button' of Serie A, on Thursday extended his contract with AC Milan until 2022 which will take him past his 40th birthday.
SportAFP NewsBarcelona cling to Super League wreckage as 'dirty dozen' fear punishment
Barcelona joined Real Madrid in clinging desperately to the wreckage of their doomed Super League project on Thursday as the breakaway tournament's 12 founders faced mounting calls for reprisals.
SportAFP NewsMessi double fires Barcelona to victory over Getafe, Atleti beat Huesca
Lionel Messi gave up the chance for a hat-trick on Thursday as Barcelona held off a late fightback from Getafe to win 5-2 and stay in the race at the top of La Liga.
SportAFP NewsAtalanta held in Rome as five-goal Napoli crush Lazio to boost Champions League hopes
Ten-man Atalanta missed the chance to move second in Serie A on Thursday with a 1-1 draw against Roma.
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