Klopp vs Nagelsmann - Germany's coaching heavyweights face off
AFP - Germany - 15/02/2021
Julian Nagelsmann has the chance to inflict more misery on Jurgen Klopp when the two German coaching heavyweights do battle as RB Leipzig take on Liverpool in the first leg of their last 16 Champions League tie on Tuesday.
Klopp, 53, has earned cult status on Merseyside…
Premier League to continue during new English lockdown
AFP - International - 05/01/2021
Premier League football and other forms of elite professional sport in England will be allowed to continue despite new national lockdown restrictions announced by the British government on Monday.
Nearly 56 million people in England will return to a full coronavirus…
"Anything that can be said against a black person is always a sign of racism"
O Jogo - Portugal - 09/12/2020
The PSG-Basaksehir game was interrupted and suspended after the fourth referee’s allegedly racist comments against the Turkish club’s assistant coach.
During Wednesday’s press conference of the game between Standard Liège and Benfica, Jorge Jesus…
Meet Portugal's opponents in qualifying for the World Cup 2022
O Jogo - Portugal - 07/12/2020
Portugal got to know on Monday which opponents it will face in qualifying for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
Portugal was included in the European qualifying group A for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, together with Serbia, Republic of Ireland, Luxembourg and Azerbaijan…
Homosexuality in football is still taboo
Plataforma - Macau - 04/12/2020
Since 2012, no player has openly come out as a homosexual
Homosexuality continues to be a “non-issue” in sports king. So far, few players have gone public, and when they did, it was after they had the last kick in the ball. However, the most popular example was that…
Blatter, Platini probe shifts to fraud accusation
AFP - Switzerland - 28/11/2020
Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter and ex-UEFA chief Michel Platini are now being investigated for “fraud” and “breach of trust” in Switzerland, a source with access to the probe said on Friday
The former power brokers of world football were…
Belgium and Italy in the final four of the Nations League
Jornal de Notícias - Portugal - 19/11/2020
Belgium and Italy completed this Wednesday the batch of teams qualified for the final four of the League of Nations, joining the world champion France and Spain.
In League A Group A, Italy confirmed their qualification with an away triumph over the already relegated…
Barcelona's new "golden generation" with Fati and a Portuguese at the head
O Jogo - Portugal - 19/11/2020
Barcelona is going through a transition phase with Ronald Koeman at the helm and the threat of a possible exit from Messi, at the end of the season, hovering. As such, the Catalan club attacked the market thinking about the future and, with the constant focus on training, is…
Brazilian Hulk is a target for January at FC Porto
O Jogo - Portugal - 17/11/2020
Dragons study the possibility and Sérgio Conceição will always decide. There is no proposal for now, but the striker is willing to go to the limit to be happy at home again. You already said goodbye.
The hiring of Hulk, already in January, is a hypothesis that is on…
Javier Mascherano ends his career at 36
Jornal de Notícias - Portugal - 16/11/2020
Footballer Javier Mascherano announced this Sunday, with some surprise, the end of his professional career, after his team’s (1-0) home defeat, Estudiantes de La Plata, against Argentinos Juniors, for the Argentine League Cup.
In the third round of the competition…
