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  Football

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  CONMEBOL shoots down biennial World Cup idea

  South American football governing body CONMEBOL on Wednesday rejected a FIFA proposal to hold the World Cup every two years. “There...

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  Football

  / 3 years ago

  West Ham end Man City’s four-year hold on League Cup

  West Ham ended Manchester City’s four-year hold on the League Cup on Wednesday as Liverpool and Tottenham booked their places in...

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  Football

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  Bayern Munich suffer historic 5-0 cup thrashing at Moenchengladbach

  Shell-shocked Bayern Munich suffered their heaviest defeat in the German Cup Wednesday when their star-studded team was thrashed 5-0 at Borussia...

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  Football

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  Watch: Sassuolo stun Juve with last-gasp win

  Maxime Lopez stunned Juventus with a 95th minute winner at the Allianz Stadium which earned Sassuolo a 2-1 win on Wednesday...

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  Football

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  Falcao rolls back the years to pile on misery for Barcelona

  Radamel Falcao’s remarkable return to La Liga took its most dramatic twist yet on Wednesday as the 35-year-old fired Rayo Vallecano...

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  Football

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  Football’s five-substitutes option to be made permanent

  Football competitions can decide to make the originally temporary five-substitutes rule permanent, the sport’s rule-making body IFAB recommended on Wednesday. “FAP-TAP...

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  Football

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  Italian FA probing suspect player transfers

  The Italian Football Federation confirmed to AFP on Wednesday media reports that it has opened an investigation into a series of...

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  Football

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  Watch: Maltese-Australian player Cavallo comes out as gay in A-League first

  Adelaide United midfielder Josh Cavallo revealed on Wednesday that he was gay, becoming the first openly homosexual footballer to come out while still...

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  Olympic Games

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  Beijing Games organisers say virus ‘biggest challenge’, 100 days from start

  Beijing Winter Olympics organisers said Wednesday that protecting the Games from the coronavirus is the “biggest challenge”, as China races to...

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  Football

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  France footballer Hernandez avoids jail as Madrid court accepts appeal

  Bayern Munich defender Lucas Hernandez will not go to a Spanish jail for violating a restraining order in 2017 after a...

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