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UEFA set to meet clubs, leagues on Euro competitions future

Wednesday, 20 March 2019, 14:16 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

The future of the Champions League will be shaped in the coming weeks as UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin hosts talks with representatives of clubs and leagues. UEFA, European soccer's governing...

PSG scores legal win over UEFA in financial monitoring case

Tuesday, 19 March 2019, 20:04 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

Paris Saint-Germain won an initial legal battle with UEFA on Tuesday over the monitoring of its spending on player transfers and wages, and sponsorship deals linked to the club's Qatari...

Inter handed suspended sentence for more racist chants

Tuesday, 19 March 2019, 18:12 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

Inter Milan has been handed a suspended sentence of having one of its stands closed for a match after its fans were again found guilty of racist chanting. The Italian league says in a statement...

PSG condemns Patrice Evra for anti-gay slurs aimed at club

Tuesday, 19 March 2019, 17:43 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

Paris Saint-Germain has condemned anti-gay insults aimed at the club by former France and Manchester United captain Patrice Evra in an online video. In the video posted Monday on social networks,...

Japanese Olympic Committee head resigns amid bribery scandal

Tuesday, 19 March 2019, 14:56 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

Tsunekazu Takeda is stepping down as the president of the Japanese Olympic Committee amid a vote-buying scandal that French investigators suspect helped Tokyo land next year's Olympics. Takeda...

Swimmer Kenneth To dies at 26 while training in Florida

Tuesday, 19 March 2019, 12:02 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

Kenneth To, a swimmer who won a silver medal for Australia at the 2013 world championships, has died after becoming ill while training in Florida. He was 26. To won six medals for Australia at...

Olympic gold medalist Florent Manaudou returns to swimming

Tuesday, 19 March 2019, 10:52 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

Olympic gold medalist Florent Manaudou is making a comeback to swimming with the aim of competing at the 2020 Games in Tokyo. The Frenchman, who won the 50-meter freestyle title at the 2012...

Liverpool's Shaqiri injured, misses 2 Euro 2020 qualifiers

Monday, 18 March 2019, 23:05 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

Liverpool winger Xherdan Shaqiri has been ruled out of Switzerland's opening 2020 European Championship qualifiers with an injury. The Swiss soccer federation says Shaqiri has an inflammation...

Rio government takes back control of Maracana stadium

Monday, 18 March 2019, 23:00 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

Rio de Janeiro's state government will take back control of the crisis-ridden Maracana stadium and break the contract with its private administrators. Gov. Wilson Witzel said Monday that the...

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