Category: NEWS
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Nigerian striker wins another title with Barcelona
Nigerian striker Asisat Oshoala has added another feather to her crown as she has emerged league champion with the female Barcelona team. Though already on course for the league triumph with her great displays alongside her teammates, Oshoala’s Barcelona emerged Spanish Primera Iberdrola champions following the abrupt ending of the 2019-20 season forced by the…
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USA women to appeal equal pay rules
USA Women co-captains Alex Morgan and Megan Rapinoe said they will appeal against their defeat in a lawsuit for equal pay with the men’s national team. A California judge threw out the players’ claims that they were underpaid in comparison with the men’s team. “We were just shocked – we will definitely be appealing,” said Morgan, speaking…
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Egyptian tennis player banned for life
Youssef Hossam has been banned for life by the Tennis Integrity Unit after being found guilty of multiple match-fixing and other corruption offences. The TIU found that the Egyptian, 21, had committed 21 breaches of anti-corruption rules between 2015 and 2019. It also ruled he conspired with others to carry out betting-related corruption at the lower…
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Corona virus : 10 positive cases from top two flight in Germany
Clubs in the top two German divisions have returned 10 positive results from 1,724 coronavirus tests, says the German football league. Clubs have been training in groups, with the tests taken before a planned return to training as teams. Measures including “the isolation of the affected person” have been taken, said the DFL. Top-flight side Cologne have had…
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No decision on contract for Nigeria’s coach Kohr
Gernot Rohr, coach of the Nigeria men’s national team, has said months-long talks between himself and the Nigeria Football Federation over the renewal of his contract have not been finalised. The German told BBC Sport Africa “we have still not taken a decision”, two weeks after a proposed contract was sent the way of the France-based…
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Tennis bodies set up funds to support players
Tennis’ governing bodies have confirmed the creation of a Player Relief programme to support players affected by the coronavirus pandemic. The fund, which is already worth at least $6m, will target around 800 singles and doubles players from the ATP and WTA Tours. The figure is likely to rise as donations from players, including Briton…
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Germany’s bundesliga season to resume this month
The German Bundesliga season can resume this month, Chancellor Angela Merkel has confirmed. It will become the first major league in Europe to return to competition, with a date for resumption to be confirmed by the German Football League (DFL) on Thursday. All matches will be played behind closed doors. With nine games remaining, Bayern…
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Ruddy Goldberg tells commenter on stream switch “Go to school pussy”
Oh, Rudy… what are we going to do with you, my friend. It seems like years ago, although it was only two months ago, that the Thunder and Jazz were minutes away from tipoff and then suddenly everybody left the court without an explanation. Now, Rudy has since recovered and is trying to stay in…
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Barry bonds tell his entire story
Barry Bonds changed Major League Baseball. When the Arizona State University product became the sixth overall pick of the 1985 MLB Draft, it took just 71 minor league games before Bonds arrived in The Show. But after 22 seasons, 14 All-Star selections, 12 Silver Sluggers, seven National League MVP Awards, eight Gold Gloves, numerous MLB…
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NFL’s famous kicked pigeon honoured a missing player
Some things in life are impossible to explain. A few are even harder to believe. They can come and go in the blink of an eye, but those specific moments will always be remembered. There’s one in NFL history that remains crazy and actually has a pretty unreal legend attached to it. Back on October…
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