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Manchester City avoids transfer ban for signing young players

Tuesday, 13 August 2019, 19:07 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

Manchester City has been fined for improperly signing young soccer players but avoided a ban on transfers. FIFA said Tuesday the fact that the English champion "accepted its responsibility" for...

2006 World Cup organizer rejects charges over payment

Tuesday, 13 August 2019, 15:43 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

Former German soccer federation president Theo Zwanziger has again declared his innocence over a 6.7 million euros ($7.5 million) payment made before the 2006 World Cup. Zwanziger held a press...

Bayern sign Croatia's Ivan Perisic on loan from Inter Milan

Tuesday, 13 August 2019, 11:46 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

Bayern Munich has signed Croatian winger Ivan Perisic on loan from Inter Milan for one season. The Bundesliga champion says it has secured an option to sign the 30-year-old Perisic to a permanent...

Liverpool's Alisson out for a "few weeks" with calf injury

Monday, 12 August 2019, 20:16 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

Liverpool manager Jürgen Klopp says he expects goalkeeper Alisson's calf injury to keep him on the sidelines for "the next few weeks," starting with Wednesday's Super Cup game against...

Racism: UEFA sanctions Partizan Belgrade, Lokomotiv Plovdiv

Monday, 12 August 2019, 18:15 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

UEFA has punished Serbia's Partizan Belgrade and Bulgaria's Lokomotiv Plovdiv following incidents of racism at their Europa League matches last week. Partizan Belgrade will have to play its next...

Formula 1: Red Bull demotes Pierre Gasly, promotes Alexander Albon

Monday, 12 August 2019, 13:00 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

Red Bull Racing has demoted Pierre Gasly after just 12 races of the Formula One season and promoted Alexander Albon to race alongside Max Verstappen. The team says French driver Gasly will return...

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