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Mosengo-Omba said to run CAF as a 'proprietorship'Employee: 'Anyone who dares speak up is terminated'The Confederation of African Football's general secretary, Véron Mosengo-Omba, has been accused of running the organisation as his "proprietorship” and creating a toxic culture of fear where employees are fired for speaking out against...
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Clubs' plan to open new ground in 2031 has been met by local opposition but is required for hosts to stay competitiveA protester outside held a sign insisting "San Siro belongs to the citizens” but Milan's city council was about to change all that, voting to sell one of the world's most famous football stadiums to tenants who plan to tear it...
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Greaves edges out world champion 6-5 in semi-finalShe will now face Gian van Veen in November finaleBeau Greaves won a thrilling last-leg decider to shock Luke Littler 6-5 in the semi-finals of the PDC world youth championship in Wigan.Greaves, a three-time WDF women's world champion who has secured a PDC Tour card for the 2026-27 season, had gone...
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Keeper has kept eight clean sheets in succession but is keen to acknowledge the team ethicAs they like to say in the US, dee-fense wins championships. The sentiment is not an exclusively American thing. "Attack wins you games, defence win you titles,” Sir Alex Ferguson once said. And he should know, having won quite a lot of them with Manchester...
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It wasn’t quite the same drama as the Hail Mary that decided these teams’ game a year ago, but Caleb Williams and the Bears did get the better of Jayden Daniels and the Commanders on a final-play score Monday night, with Chicago defeating Washington 25-24 on Jake Moody’s 38-yard field goal.
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In this mailbag edition of his newsletter, Jonathan answers questions about the evolution of tactics, heat and World Cup outsidersSign up for Soccer with Jonathan Wilson hereDo you believe playing styles are developing incrementally or cyclically? Will things naturally come back around, or is it more a matter of rock, paper, scissors where one...
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Sports integrity experts to improve collaboration to combat illegal bettingWomen's Asian Cup is next global event to come with increased riskThe threat of organised crime and the emergence of new offshore wagering havens in tiny jurisdictions such as Vanuatu will be a focus of Australia's largest gathering of sports integrity professionals this...
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Brian Branch floors receiver after Chiefs victorySafety says team were at wrong end of decisionsThe Detroit Lions' matchup with the Kansas City Chiefs was expected to be feisty, but few thought it would end in a literal fight on Sunday night.The Chiefs had started the season poorly, by their high standards, and were coming off a painful loss to the...
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Max Muncy came within inches of hitting a grand slam for the Los Angeles Dodgers to open the scoring in the National League Championship Series. Instead, the Milwaukee Brewers turned it into one of the most incredible double plays in post-season history.
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Kosovo win 1-0 in Stockholm to keep playoff hopes aliveFrance held 2-2 by Iceland in ReykjavikSweden's faint hopes of qualifying for the World Cup were all-but extinguished as the 2018 quarter-finalists lost 1-0 against Kosovo in Stockholm. Fisnik Asllani fired a first-half effort that allowed the Kosovans to complete a remarkable double over their...
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Blue Sharks beat Eswatini 3-0 to top qualifying groupCameroon second in Group D after draw with AngolaCape Verde have booked their place as debutants at the 2026 World Cup after a 3-0 home victory over Eswatini secured top spot in their African qualifying group.With a population of around 525,000, the tiny Atlantic island nation will become the...
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Anybody seeking confirmation that Florian Wirtz was worthy of a £116m transfer fee would not have found it in Belfast. Instead, it was Nick Woltemade, courtesy of his maiden goal for his country, who endorsed his status as Germany's man of the moment. It would not be a World Cup without Germany and it surely will not be a World Cup without...
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Craig Bellamy cited Nostradamus in the buildup, advising to expect the unexpected given the 4-3 thriller that unfolded the last time these nations met. But while Wales gave Belgium an early fright, two Kevin De Bruyne penalties and a Thomas Meunier strike paved the way to a comeback victory that all but quashes their hopes of automatically...
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Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!Having watched his Scotland players win their second match in four days at Hampden Park, guaranteeing themselves a Geopolitics World Cup playoff spot at the very least, Steve Clarke was in typically upbeat and buoyant mood after a record 72nd game in charge. "I'm really disappointed – really,...
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Plenty of franchises spend decades looking for a star quarterback. New England appear to have found one after a few short years in the wildernessYou have to feel for the Browns, Jets, and Bears. Those franchises have spent decades in quarterback purgatory, rotating through prospects and placeholders. Meanwhile, after just five years of searching,...
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Chelsea defender played key role in Euro 2022 triumph and transformed how Lionesses viewed successOnly two footballers have had the honour of captaining England in a senior World Cup final: the late Bobby Moore and Millie Bright, who announced her international retirement on Monday. That alone ensures the 32-year-old's Lionesses career will leave...
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'He needs to push himself … there are no limits'Head coach opens door for Jude Bellingham role Thomas Tuchel believes Marcus Rashford can still become one of the best in the world, but the England head coach has warned he will end up with regrets unless he pushes himself to the limit and improves in the final third.Tuchel, who also cautiously...
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Updates from the 7.45pm BST kick-off in CardiffLive scores: all the goals as they go in | Email MichaelIn other World Cup qualification news …The teams are out at the Cardiff City Stadium. The anthems are belted out, Wales fans in their bucket hats, Belgium supporters with the devil horns on their heads. Ben Davies, holding his young son, looks...
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