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UEFA Champions League: Liverpool begins title defense at Napoli

Tuesday, 17 September 2019, 13:00 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

Defending champion Liverpool and Barcelona open their Champions League campaigns with difficult away games on Tuesday as Europe's top club competition returns. Liverpool travels to Napoli, where...

Liverpool favoured for 1st Club World Cup in Qatar

Tuesday, 17 September 2019, 10:30 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

Nine years after winning the right to host the 2022 World Cup, Qatar will get to show it can stage a FIFA soccer tournament when the Club World Cup goes to Doha. Champions League winner Liverpool...

BOV Div. I: Qormi and St.George’s share four goals in entertaining match

Monday, 16 September 2019, 20:54 Last update: about 8 years ago Chris Cassar

Qormi and St. George’s shared four goals yesterday in an entertaining match that could have gone either way. However the result is a fair one, even though Qormi had the edge for most of the game, even though playing with ten men for the last half an hour of the match....

Saudi prince wins legal battle to control Sheffield United

Monday, 16 September 2019, 17:31 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

A Saudi prince has won a London court battle for full control of Premier League club Sheffield United. Prince Abdullah Bin Mosaad Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and co-owner Kevin McCabe were locked in a...

Juventus 'ultra' fan leaders arrested in tickets probe

Monday, 16 September 2019, 15:51 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

Police arrested 12 hardcore Juventus "ultra" fan leaders Monday for a series of accusations, including making illegal demands to the club to obtain more tickets. Police said fans threatened to...

Kessie and Lukaku subjected to more racism in Italy

Monday, 16 September 2019, 11:05 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

AC Milan midfielder Franck Kessie was reportedly subjected to racist chants over the weekend, and Inter Milan striker Romelu Lukaku was insulted by an Italian TV commentator. Hellas Verona...

Cycling: Roglic flies high after winning Spanish Vuelta

Sunday, 15 September 2019, 23:38 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

Less than a decade ago, Primoz Roglic was flying through the air on a pair of skis with no thoughts of ever being earthbound on a bike. On Sunday the Slovenian claimed one of cycling's biggest...

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