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Holders Barcelona to face Wolfsburg in Women’s Champions League quarter-finals

NYON: Barcelona have been drawn against Wolfsburg in the quarter-finals of the UEFA Women’s Champions League in a repeat of the 2023 final while Chelsea face Manchester City in an all-English tie. Barcelona, who have won three of the last four titles, famously fought back […]


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Unlucky 13 VAR errors conceded in Premier League

LONDON: Some 13 video assistant referee mistakes have been conceded in the Premier League so far this season – down from 20 at the same point last term. Four incorrect VAR interventions and nine missed interventions from the first 23 rounds of games have been […]


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International transfers keep climbing

ZURICH: An all-time record of 78,742 international player transfers were completed in 2024 across men’s and women’s professional and amateur football in 2024, according to FIFA in its Global Transfer Report. Clubs’ spending on transfer fees had set a record in 2023 ($9.66bn), the total […]


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Denis Law: ‘Hero of a generation’ for Manchester United and much more

KEIR RADNEDGE COMMENTARY —- Denis Law, King of the Stretford End and for many fans the undisputed No1 of Manchester United’s so-called ‘Holy Trinity in the 1960s, has died aged 84. Law, the only Scot ever to win the original European Footballer of the Year […]


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