Barcelona, Barcelona’s CEO has said the club supported the European Super League to enforce tighter financial controls on teams as UEFA’s financial fair play (FFP) model plays into the hands of state-backed clubs such as Paris St Germain and Manchester …
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Player charged with attempted murder after attacking referee
Sao Paulo, A Brazilian soccer player has been charged with attempted murder after he brutally kicked a referee in the head during a lower league game in the south of the country.
The player, William Ribeiro of Sport Club Sao …
Read moreVerstappen: losing F1 title race ‘won’t change my life’
Berlin, Max Verstappen is not obsessed with winning the Formula One world championship as he said losing a tense title duel with Lewis Hamilton won’t be the end of the world for him.
“You cannot force things. You just have …
Read morePublic Displays of Corpses Signal Return of Hard-Line Afghan Taliban
For weeks since the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan in mid-August, many Afghans had been wondering if the militants would resume meting out public punishments of the sort that made them notorious during their first rule in the 1990s.
On …
Read morePalestinian judoka player Wissam Abu Rmilah eliminated very early from the Tokyo Olympics
Palestinian judoka player Wissam Abu Rmilah today lost to the German Dominic Ressel in the 32nd round of qualifiers for the men under 81 kg and was therefore eliminated from the Tokyo Olympics very early in the contest.
Abu Rmilah’s …
Read moreAlgerian Olympian withdraws due to potential matchup with Israeli competitor
Algerian judo athlete Fethi Nourine says he has chosen to withdraw from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics rather than face an Israeli competitor.
Nourine told Algeria’s Echorouk TV that he “decided to withdraw out of conviction, because this is the very …
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