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Löw stays with Neuer over ter Stegen as Germany's No. 1

Friday, 4 October 2019, 15:07 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

Germany coach Joachim Löw is staying with Manuel Neuer as first-choice goalkeeper and called up Bayer Leverkusen midfielder Nadiem Amiri for the first time on Friday for games against Argentina...

Former Nigerian national team player Promise Isaac dies

Thursday, 3 October 2019, 23:57 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

Promise Isaac, who captained Nigeria to the 2008 Olympic silver medal and scored 79 goals in 11 professional seasons in Turkey, died after collapsing at his apartment gym in Austin, Texas, authorities...

BOV Premier League: More woes for Valletta as Maroons prevail

Thursday, 3 October 2019, 21:01 Last update: about 8 years ago Simon Farrugia

Gzira registered their second consecutive win and scored as many as they had in the previous five matches when they beat Valletta by a 3-1 scoreline. It was a well deserved win for the Maroons who were the better team, the most clinical and motivated to grab the maximum points....

Aubameyang calls Dortmund's CEO ‘a clown’ for criticism

Thursday, 3 October 2019, 15:47 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

Former Borussia Dortmund striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang called the club’s chief executive “a clown” for insinuating he joined Arsenal for money. Aubameyang reacted Thursday...

Liverpool fined for fielding ineligible player in League Cup

Wednesday, 2 October 2019, 19:42 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

Liverpool has been fined 200,000 pounds ($250,000) for fielding an ineligible player in the English League Cup. Half of the fine is suspended until the end of next season. Pedro Chirivella,...

FIFA bans former vice president for life for taking bribes

Wednesday, 2 October 2019, 18:04 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

Former FIFA vice president Eugenio Figueredo has been banned for life for bribery worth millions of dollars that was exposed by a sprawling American federal investigation of corruption in...

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