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Premier League to close transfer window before season

London, United Kingdom | AFP | English Premier League clubs voted on Thursday to shut the 2018 close-season transfer window before the start of the 2018-19 campaign. Following complaints by managers that transfer activity disturbs their preparations, clubs will not be able to register new players after 1600 GMT on the …

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Rooney faces Everton drink-driving punishment

London, United Kingdom | AFP | Everton forward Wayne Rooney will be punished “internally” after being charged with drink-driving, manager Ronald Koeman said on Thursday. Rooney, England’s all-time record goalscorer and former captain, was pulled over by police near his home in Cheshire, northwest England in the early hours of Friday …

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La Liga chief says PSG make mockery of system

Manchester, United Kingdom | AFP |  Qatari-owned French side Paris Saint-Germain are “laughing” at the financial fair play (FPP) system, a combative Javier Tebas, president of Spain’s La Liga, said on Wednesday. The 55-year-old also warned that if he was not satisfied with UEFA’s response to La Liga’s concerns regarding …

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Mbappe turned down Arsenal to seal PSG switch

London, United Kingdom | AFP |  Paris Saint Germain forward Kylian Mbappe says he rejected an approach from Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger in favour of moving to the French giants. Mbappe spoke with Wenger over the possibility of leaving Monaco to join the Gunners, but instead he decided to return …

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FIFA orders SAfrica to replay Senegal WC qualifier

Paris, France | AFP |  FIFA on Wednesday ordered a World Cup qualifier between South Africa and Senegal to be replayed after the referee was banned for match fixing. The November 2016 tie, which will be restaged in November, was won by South Africa 2-1 after Ghanaian referee Joseph Lamptey …

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Brazil police say Rio Olympics were bought in corrupt scheme

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | AFP |  Brazilian officials said that the country’s Olympics chief was the “lynchpin” in a plot to bribe the International Olympic Committee into awarding Rio de Janeiro last year’s Games. Brazilian police said in a statement they were probing “an international corruption scheme” aimed at …

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Keino to step down as Kenyan Olympic chief

Nairobi, Kenya | AFP |  Kenyan Olympic chief Kipchoge Keino said Wednesday he will not stand for re-election during the General Assembly in Nairobi on September 29. The 77-year-old double Olympic gold medallist has been at the helm of the National Olympic Committee of Kenya (NOCK) since 1999 when he …

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Argentina, Chile stumble again, Uruguay on brink

Montevideo, Uruguay | AFP | Argentina and Chile’s World Cup qualification hopes were left on a knife edge Tuesday after the South American heavyweights slipped up once again on the road to next year’s finals in Russia. Argentina needed a second-half own goal to help them snatch a 1-1 draw …

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