Category: Rest of world

Lewandowski, Bronze win FIFA Awards
December 17, 2020 No Responses

Lewandowski, Bronze win FIFA Awards

Robert Lewandowski has been named FIFA player of the year at The Best FIFA awards for 2020. The Bayern Munich and Poland forward beat competition from Barcelona’s superstar and current holder, Lionel Messi and Juventus and Portugal’s football legend, Cristiano...
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France Football announce three Dream Team squads
December 15, 2020 No Responses

France Football announce three Dream Team squads

France Football has revealed its Ballon D’Or dream team squads after collating votes from 140 journalists. The squads, which have been drawn out in three places were selected based on a 3-4-3 formation with players from different generations making the.....
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Les Lions De La Téranga : How Senegal captured the heart of an entire continent in 2002
December 12, 2020 No Responses

Les Lions De La Téranga : How Senegal captured the heart of an entire continent in 2002

In 2002, the Senegalese senior men’s football team announced themselves not only in Africa, but also on the world stage. Nicknamed “Les Lions De La Téranga” which directly translates to The Lions of Téranga or as some people love to...
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Messi, Ronaldo and Lewandowski up for FIFA Best Player award
December 11, 2020 No Responses

Messi, Ronaldo and Lewandowski up for FIFA Best Player award

The finalists for The Best FIFA Men’s player of the year 2020 have been released by FIFA with Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Robert Lewandowski making the cut. Ronaldo led Juventus to their ninth successive Scudetto triumph last season and...
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Court orders Santos to pay Barcelona €2.9m
December 10, 2020 No Responses

Court orders Santos to pay Barcelona €2.9m

Santos have been ordered by the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) to pay the sum of €2.9m to Barcelona for breaching an agreement with the Spanish club during the sale of Gabriel Barbosa – commonly known as Gabigol –...
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Robinho’s prison sentence upheld
December 10, 2020 No Responses

Robinho’s prison sentence upheld

Former Manchester City and AC Milan forward, Robinho has seen his nine-year prison sentence for gang rape upheld by an Italian court according to news outlet, Football Italia. In November 2017, Robinho, his friend and five others were found guilty...
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Paolo Rossi passes away at 64
December 10, 2020 No Responses

Paolo Rossi passes away at 64

Italian World Cup winner and former Juventus and AC Milan forward, Paolo Rossi has passed away at the age of 64. The 1982 FIFA World Cup winner passed away after what was described as a brief illness according to several...
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Alejandro Sabella has passed away
December 8, 2020 No Responses

Alejandro Sabella has passed away

Reports coming out of Argentina say that former Argentina national team coach, Alejandro Sabella has passed away. Sabella, 66, had reportedly been in the hospital for over a week after an illness. His condition is reported to have gotten worse...
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DONE DEAL: Perotti to join Fenerbahce
October 3, 2020 No Responses

DONE DEAL: Perotti to join Fenerbahce

Diego Perotti is expected to leave AS Roma to join Turkish Super Lig side, Fenerbahce on a permanent basis. The 32-year old Argentine winger arrived at the Italian capital in 2016 from Genoa for a reported fee of about 9...
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DONE DEAL: Tottenham to sign Vinicius
October 1, 2020 No Responses

DONE DEAL: Tottenham to sign Vinicius

Tottenham are on the verge of completing a move for Benfica’s 25-year old attacker, Carlos Vinicius. The North London club has been in the market for a striker as they looked to improve the depth in that department mainly because...
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