Football
Football clubs forced to rethink recruitment strategy
While the German Bundesliga returns in stadiums devoid of fans, the sport is preparing for an economic crisis, which will impact all levels of the game.
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A month into lockdown, football forced to play waiting game
A crowd of 50,000 filled Ibrox Stadium in Glasgow on Thursday, 12 March to see Rangers lose 3-1 to Bayer Leverkusen in the Europa League.
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Study finds footballers 3.5 times more likely to die from brain trauma
Their records were matched against more than 23,000 individuals from the general population, with the study led by consultant neuropathologist Dr Willie Stewart of Glasgow University.
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EWN Sport’s Fantasy Football Gameweek 6: How did you do that?!
In this week’s episode of EWN Sport Fantasy Football, we find out how one manager scored an incredible 109 points in one game week. His strategy will surprise you.
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Thierry Henry: Playing with Bafana was my beginning and end
Football legend Thierry Henry is in South Africa to share the experience of the Uefa Champions League with local fans. He spoke to EWN Sport about the past season, but remained tight-lipped on who he wanted to win.
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Nottingham Forest to appoint O'Neill as new manager - reports
The Championship club parted company with Spaniard Karanka last week after just 12 months in charge at the City Ground.
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Capello says players should stage sit-down protests against racism
Italian football has struggled to stop racist behaviour by fans and the problem returned to the spotlight on Boxing Day when Napoli’s Senegalese defender Kalidou Koulibaly was taunted during a match against Inter Milan at San Siro.
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Exhausted Croatia must draw on reserves for France final
On Sunday they will play the biggest match of their lives against a France side bursting with youth and vigour.
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[OPINION] Of course I'm a Juventus fan...
Marc Lewis says that with the news that Cristiano Ronaldo is moving from Real Madrid to Juventus, millions of fans will soon tell you that they have actually always liked Juventus.
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[CARTOON] Death Penalties
Dr Jack & Curtis
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[OPINION] Football & religion: two competing domains with much to offer Africa
Africa is a deeply divided continent along ideological, ethnic and territorial lines. Religion and football can produce consensus.
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[OPINION] Why African football fans should welcome VARs at World Cup
Video assistant referees at the World Cup finals in Russia might help African teams to do better than they have done so far.
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Soccer 'headers' may do more brain harm than most collisions
Researchers examined more than 300 adult amateur soccer players and found the ones who headed the ball most often had poorer performance on tests of psychomotor speed, attention and memory.
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Stunned Italy fail to reach World Cup
The match was also the tear-jerking end to the career of their 39-year-old goalkeeper and captain Gianluigi Buffon.
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[WATCH] Germany Fifa's first female referee
Bibiana Steinhaus refereed her first Bundesliga match in September 2017, becoming the first woman to referee a top-flight football match in Europe.
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Bournemouth captain Francis targets big November
Simon Francis is backing his team to deliver results, despite his concerns over injuries picked up by Junior Stanislas and Benik Afobe on Saturday.
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Manager Koeman backed by Everton board despite poor start
Ronald Koeman believes he has no reason to worry about his job just yet after holding talks with Everton majority shareholders.
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Who has qualified for 2018 World Cup so far?
Map of national teams that have qualified for the 2018 World Cup in Russia, along with the overall number of teams taking part in the qualifying round, broken down by regional confederations.
