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“Greed,” money and power. These were the three defining words of a week that shook European football’s very foundations. On April 18, 12 of Europe’s biggest, most successful and financially powerful clubs — subsequently dubbed the “Dirty Dozen” — announced their intention to breakaway from the current UEFA competition format and create their very own
Continue ReadingFormer Manchester United star Ryan Giggs, who is the manager of the Welsh national football team, has been charged with assaulting two women and “coercive and controlling behaviour,” police said on Friday. Giggs has been charged with “causing actual bodily harm to a woman in her 30s and common assault of a woman in her
Continue ReadingZlatan Ibrahimović has signed a one-year contract extension at AC Milan that will enable him to play beyond his 40th birthday. “AC Milan is the Club for which Zlatan has played the most in Italy,” said Milan statement. “After scoring 84 goals in 130 appearances with the Rossoneri, the Swedish striker will continue to be
Continue ReadingBasketball player Terrence Clarke, who last month declared for the 2021 NBA draft after playing his freshman season for the University of Kentucky, died Thursday after sustaining fatal injuries in a car accident in Los Angeles, according to the Kentucky athletics department. He was 19 years old. The accident occurred Thursday afternoon as Clarke’s vehicle
Continue ReadingEight witnesses and a confession from the real perpetrator couldn’t save Valentino Dixon from being handed a prison sentence of nearly 40 years for a crime he didn’t commit. But a drawing of the famous 12th hole at Augusta National Golf Course did. The New York native was sentenced in 1992 for the fatal shooting
Continue ReadingTen of the 12 founding members might have officially pulled out of the European Super League, but Barcelona has reiterated its commitment to the idea. On Tuesday, the new project collapsed spectacularly — less than 48 hours after it was announced — following the withdrawal of the six Premier League teams from the competition. Italian
Continue ReadingBasketball player Terrence Clarke, who last month declared for the 2021 NBA draft after playing his freshman season for the University of Kentucky, died Thursday after sustaining fatal injuries in a car accident in Los Angeles, according to the Kentucky athletics department. He was 19 years old. The accident occurred Thursday afternoon as Clarke’s vehicle
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It isn’t the end. It’s just the beginning. This isn’t about Derek Chauvin. It’s about George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, Jacob Blake, Eric Garner, Tamir Rice, Tony Robinson, Philando Castile, Alton Sterling and so many others — too many more Black people being killed on a regular basis by police officers for whom those
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Seán McCabe is concerned. Not about Bohemian FC’s next opponents, nor those who lie in wait in the weeks and months ahead. It’s of a greater, invisible opponent — one that is discernibly shaping the present and threatens to leave an indelible mark on the future. The opponent: the climate emergency. “It’s already occurring […]
Continue ReadingAs crowds gathered outside Chelsea’s Stamford Bridge stadium, there was a moment — almost like the flick of a switch — when angry jeers turned to whooping cheers. Fans, currently unable to watch Premier League games amid Covid-19 restrictions, had come together on Tuesday to protest Chelsea’s participation in the European Super League ahead of
Continue ReadingOne by one, they began to fall. First it was Manchester City and then, like dominoes, the other five Premier League clubs soon followed, before none were left in the so-called European Super League. The dramatic collapse of the multibillion-dollar league came less than 48 hours after it was first launched. In a video posted
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The architects of the European Super League appeared to strike a defiant tone Tuesday, promising to “reshape the project” following the withdrawal of all six English clubs from the controversial breakaway competition. The dramatic collapse of the multibillion-dollar league comes less than 48 hours after it was first launched, sparking a furious continent-wide backlash among
Continue ReadingLess than 48 hours after the formation of a new European Super League, several English clubs have already withdrawn from the controversial competition. Liverpool, Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester United and Manchester City have confirmed in public statements that they will no longer participate, some citing feedback from fans and other stakeholders. The withdrawal announcements came
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A dozen of Europe’s top soccer clubs have agreed to form a breakaway league, producing howls of indignation from the sport’s governing bodies, the elected leaders of France and Britain, and legions of their own fans. Why make such an unpopular move? Money, of course. The announcement of the European Super League on Sunday has
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Less than 48 hours after the formation of a new European Super League, English Premier League Manchester City said it had begun the process of withdrawing from the exclusive competition. “Manchester City Football Club can confirm that it has formally enacted the procedures to withdraw from the group developing plans for a European Super League,”
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The 12 members of the breakaway Super League are meeting to discuss the future of the exclusive competition, according to multiple reports on Tuesday. TalkSPORT was the first to report news of the meeting. CNN has reached out to the Super League for comment but has not heard back. Earlier on Tuesday, a number of
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A number of clubs, including Chelsea and Manchester City, are reportedly preparing to leave the newly announced European Super League competition According to multiple reports on Tuesday, including The Athletic and Sky News, Chelsea is preparing documents to formally withdraw from the exclusive group of 12 clubs. Later on Tuesday, The Sun newspaper reported Manchester
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The recent proposals for a European Super League have created severe headaches for the political leaders of the three nations involved. However, the pain is uniquely acute for British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. The English Premier League is the wealthiest football league in the world and six of the 12 teams initially signed up to
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One of the week’s most prominent sports stories — plans for a new European Super League (ESL) featuring 12 of the top soccer teams on the planet -— is not really a sports story. It’s a media story. On Sunday six English clubs — Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, and Tottenham Hotspur —
Continue ReadingWhen Los Angeles Lakers great Kobe Bryant is posthumously enshrined in the basketball Hall of Fame next month he’ll be welcomed in by arguably the sport’s greatest player — Michael Jordan. Bryant’s family selected Jordan to present him at the May 15 ceremony at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Connecticut, according to a statement from
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