Football
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Stars in London
Football legends, including Figo, Cannavaro, Zola, Van der Sar and Rush, warming up for Ultimate Champions match. It is part of the Champions Festival which is held every year in conjunction with Champions League final. Actor Will Smith is also in...
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Hummels keen to end player exodus
Borussia Dortmund defender Mats Hummels is desperate to taste Champions League glory at Wembley tonight to remind his team-mates what they will be missing if they quit the club. After Shinji Kagawa's exit for Manchester United last summer, Mario...
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Sporting briefs
BENITEZ: Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis has denied media reports earlier yesterday that he had named former Chelsea manager Rafael Benitez as the new Napoli manager. “I’ve closed the deal for a new manager but I can’t officially announce it...
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Football news
The Duke of Cambridge joked his money is on Bayern Munich to win today’s all-German Champions League final against Borussia Dortmund. William, in his role as president of the FA, made the opening speech at the UEFA Congress in London, yesterday. He...
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Borg to ref Azzurri friendly in Bologna
Maltese FIFA referee Marco Borg will be in charge of the international friendly between Italy and San Marino at the Stadio Dall’Ara in Bologna next Friday (kick-off: 20.45). The match will be a warm-up for the Azzurri who play Czech Republic in a...
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Hibernians part ways with Woods
Hibernians yesterday announced that they had parted ways with coach Michael Woods by mutual consent. The announcement by the Premier League club came as a bit of a surprise as Hibs took the decision just a few days after Woods steered the club to...
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Mazzarri appointed Inter coach
Inter have parted company with head coach Andrea Stramaccioni after his first full season as a Serie A manager ended in huge disappointment, with Walter Mazzarri confirmed as his replacement. The 37-year-old Stramaccioni has paid the price after...
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Split vote disappoints the SFL clubs
Hamilton Academical FC chairman Les Gray signalled a potentially radical change to the structure of Scottish football after the Scottish Football League clubs failed to agree on merger plans with the Scottish Premier League at its annual general...
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Celtic favourites for double
The nets will come down in Scotland tomorrow at the end of the FA Cup final between Celtic and Hibernian at Hampden Park. Competition history shows there is simply no comparison between the two contestants regarding the winners of the silverware.
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Rome derby final a potential powder keg
Racism, bitter rivalry and dissatisfaction with their own teams will provide a combustible mix in the first-ever Italian Cup final featuring neighbours Roma and Lazio tomorrow. The match comes barely one month after a meeting in Serie A preceded by...
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Champions incentive
The Europa League winners in 2015 will qualify for the Champions League the following season, UEFA general secretary Gianni Infantino confirmed yesterday. Sixteen teams rather than the current six will also qualify directly for the group stages of...
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Platini repeats call for Euro sports police force
UEFA president Michel Platini renewed his call for the formation of a European sports police force yesterday, telling delegates at the opening of the UEFA Congress he was upset that his appeal for one had been ignored for six years. “Six years ago...
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Tradition meets modernism in all-German London showdown
The all-German Champions League final tonight pits traditional powerhouses Bayern Munich against modernists Borussia Dortmund at London’s Wembley Stadium (kick-off: 20.45) with more at stake than Europe’s premier club trophy. Bayern, four-times...
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FIFA plan five-match racism bans
FIFA is set to follow England's lead and bring in a mandatory five-match ban for players found guilty of racism plus points deductions for clubs where fans are serial offenders. The sanction is being proposed by FIFA's new task force on racism and...
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Platini warns of match-fixing mafia
UEFA president Michel Platini has warned of mafia involvement in match-fixing - but his call for a Europe-wide sports police force has fallen on deaf ears. Platini said match-fixers were not "petty criminals" but money launderers and that such a...
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UEFA orders Champions incentive
The Europa League winners will qualify for the Champions League from the 2015-16 season, it was confirmed at UEFA's Congress today. UEFA general secretary Gianni Infantino announced the rule change which aims to make the second-tier European...
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Pulis savours final honour
Hibernians ensured long-serving defender Adrian Pulis ended the last full season of his playing career with another honour under his belt after a straightforward 3-1 victory against Qormi brought a 10th FA Trophy success for the club from Paola. A...
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Muscat and Scicluna training with Cadiz
Birkirkara midfielders Rowen Muscat and Ryan Scicluna are currently training with Spanish club CF Cadiz. The duo left Malta for Spain on Tuesday after receiving the go-ahead from their club to link up with Cadiz who sent an official request to...
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Pressing tactical engagement for Bayern and Dortmund
Champions League finalists Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich are bitter rivals, yet in tactical terms they offer variations on the same theme. Both press their opponents high up the pitch, can move the ball from defence to attack with bewildering...
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Dortmund weaker without Goetze – Schweini
The absence of injured midfielder Mario Goetze has weakened Borussia Dortmund ahead of the Champions League final at Wembley stadium against Bayern Munich tomorrow, Bayern playmaker Bastian Schweinsteiger said. The 20-year-old Goetze, who will join...
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Milan ultras back Allegri to stay as coach
Muscat and Scicluna training with Cadiz
UEFA orders Champions incentive
Platini warns of match-fixing mafia
FIFA plan five-match racism bans
Tradition meets modernism in all-German...
Platini repeats call for Euro sports...
Champions incentive
Rome derby final a potential powder keg
