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Footballer leaves new club weeks after signing, without playing

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Former Liverpool defender Martin Skrtel has terminated his contract with Atalanta just weeks after signing for the club. The 34-year-old was a free agent after leaving Fenerbahce in the summer and put pen to paper on a one-year deal at the Serie A club on August 9. The centre-back did not even make his debut for the club having been an unused substitute in… Read More
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Gambia’s coach won’t ‘beg players to play’ for the Scorpions

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Gambia coach Tom Saintfiet says he will not beg players to represent the Scorpions. He was responding to questions over players he omitted from The Gambia’s squad for upcoming 2022 World Cup preliminary round qualifiers against Angola. Saintfiet left out Hadjuk Split midfielder Hamza Barry, Saudi-based Bubacarr Steve Trawally and former Swansea winger Modou Barrow. The trio all declined invitations… Read More
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Champions League draw: Holders Liverpool drawn with Napoli

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Holders Liverpool will face Napoli, Salzburg and Genk in the Champions League group stage this season. Premier League champions Manchester City were drawn alongside Shakhtar Donetsk, Dinamo Zagreb and Atalanta. Last year’s runners-up Tottenham are in a group with five-time European Cup winners Bayern Munich, plus Olympiakos and Red Star Belgrade. Chelsea must negotiate a group including 2019 semi-finalists Ajax,… Read More
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World’s ‘fastest woman’ racing driver dies trying to break own record

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Racing driver Jessi Combs, considered the “fastest woman on four wheels,” was killed in a car accident trying to break her own record, police said Wednesday. Combs’s jet car crashed Tuesday in the Alvord Desert where she was pronounced dead at the scene, officers in the northwestern US state of Oregon said in a statement. Combs, 39, earned her “fastest… Read More
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Guinea-Bissau’s Ansu Fati gets the world talking

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On Sunday Barcelona‘s newest star Ansu Fati made his debut and the wonder-kid from Guinea-Bissau has got the world talking. He became Barca’s second youngest player of all time at the age of just 16, coming off the bench in their 5-2 win over Real Betis. Fati joined the Catalan giants refusing an offer from Real Madrid despite Los Blancos… Read More
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Marcus Rashford suffers racist abuse after penalty miss

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People who post racist abuse on social media “hide behind fake identities”, said Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer after Marcus Rashford was targeted on social media. The England international was abused after missing a penalty in Saturday’s 2-1 defeat against Crystal Palace. He is the second United player to get abused this week after Paul Pogba. Campaigners Kick It… Read More
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Ex-Ghanaian footballer Junior Agogo dies aged 40

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Tributes have been pouring in for the former Black Stars striker Junior Agogo.  He reportedly died in London on Thursday aged 40. Agogo is reported to have died after battling stroke for several years. He suffered a stroke in 2015 and struggled with his speech afterwards. He said in a BBC Four documentary in 2017 that he felt anxious about his language.… Read More
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Champions Barcelona suffer defeat in La Liga opener

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Champions Barcelona suffered a defeat on the opening day of the La Liga season after a sublime winner by Aritz Aduriz handed Athletic Bilbao victory. Barca produced a lacklustre performance and were punished when substitute Aduriz, 38, found the net with a stunning 89th minute scissor-kick. Luis Suarez and Rafinha both hit the woodwork for Barca but the visitors struggled… Read More
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FIFA gives former Nigerian player Samson Siasia life ban

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Former Nigeria coach Samson Siasia has been banned for life and fined $50,000 by Fifa for agreeing to ‘the manipulation of matches.’ Siasia was coach of Nigeria between 2010-2011 and for a spell in 2016 but the time period when Fifa believes he committed his infractions is unclear. He has also served as coach of the country’s Under-20 and Under-23… Read More
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Gambian football player with ‘double identity’ in Germany ?

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The Gambian footballer Bakery Jatta is currently facing a probe from Germany’s football federation the DFB after reports of him having a double identity. Jatta plays for Hamburg and first arrived in Germany at the age of 16 in 2015. Now 21 there are doubts over his true identity. Germany daily Sport Bild reports that Jatta is rather older than… Read More
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