FIFA President Gianni Infantino has stressed that no football match is worth a life and health remains the top priority, but that football needs to take its own responsibility to ensure the sport “survives and moves forward” in his address to the 72nd Ordinary CONMEBOL Congress. “Football is not the most important thing, health comes…
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Eddie Howe (PA/Supplied) Bournemouth’s Eddie Howe became the first Premier League manager to take a voluntary pay cut due to the coronavirus on Wednesday.Cherries boss Howe, 42, agreed to take a “significant” cut to his reported £4 million-per-year contract to help offset the financial damage caused by the pandemic.The League Managers Association, the Professional Footballers…
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LONDON: Bournemouth’s Eddie Howe became the first Premier League manager to take a voluntary pay cut due to the coronavirus on Wednesday (Apr 1).Cherries boss Howe, 42, agreed to take a “significant” cut to his reported £4 million-per-year (US$4.9 million) contract to help offset the financial damage caused by the pandemic. The League Managers Association,…
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LONDON, ENGLAND – FEBRUARY 27: Mesut Ozil of Arsenal during the UEFA Europa League round of 32 second leg match between Arsenal FC and Olympiacos FC at Emirates Stadium on February 27, 2020 in London, United Kingdom. (Photo by Chloe Knott – Danehouse/Getty Images) Use your ← → (arrows) to browseArsenal, Mesut Ozil (Photo by…
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Belgium attacker Eden Hazard (Photo: Nike) Eden Hazard has admitted that his first season at Real Madrid after leaving Chelsea FC last summer has been “bad”. The Belgian playmaker has been settling into life at the Bernabeu this season after having signed for the Spanish giants from Chelsea FC last summer. However, Hazard has endured…
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(MENAFN – NewsBytes) Belgian international Eden Hazard has said his debut season at Real Madrid has been “bad” as he continues his recovery from surgery. Hazard, who moved from Chelsea in the summer of 2019, made just nine league starts in 2019-20, scoring once. Looking back at what he went through, the player feels he…
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My first crack at projecting the first round of the NFL draft on April 23: 1. Cincinnati: Joe Burrow, QB, LSU. The Bengals were active in free agency (three defensive starters) and tagged receiver A.J. Green, which should be good signals to Burrow about the franchise’s commitment. 2. Washington: Chase Young, DE/OLB, Ohio State. Don’t…
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Real Madrid Looking ahead to 2020/21 campaignHazard, en un partido en el Bernabéu. RAFA CASALEden Hazard has had an injury-hit debut season at Real Madrid, which has led to the Belgian recognising that it has not been how he wanted it to go.His recent injury, an ankle knock picked up against Levante on February 22, required…
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Manchester City have reignited their interest in Bayern Munich’s David Alaba as they seek to shore up their leaky defence.The Citizens are top scorers in the Premier League with 68 goals so far.However, they have also conceded 31 which is a major factor in why Liverpool have managed to open up a 25-point lead.Barcelona-based newspaper…
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The 32-year-old Belgian international midfielder has a normal temperature and is feeling fine, Shandong said, but “is under observation and having treatment at a designated medical facility”. “The club will do its best… to help in the treatment and recovery of the player.” Fellaini is just the latest high-profile name in football to catch the…
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One of the golfing greats from the African-American stock is Pete Brown who despite not being the first to play the PGA Tour event was the first African-American to win it. He won the 1964 Waco Turner Open to great fanfare from the black community who only a few years earlier had to resign themselves…
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Mar 18, 2020Joon LeeESPN ClosePreviously a Staff Writer at Bleacher Report Cornell University graduateThe sports world has seen so much change in the past week, as the coronavirus flips human existence on its head. Still, when Tom Brady announced he would not be returning to the New England Patriots, he sent shockwaves through Boston. For…
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The inside of the Carrier Dome the day the roof was inflated on July 24, 1980.The Carrier Dome roof was deflated for the final time this morning.With the world turned upside down by the coronavirus scare, this Syracuse skyline altering event received just a fraction of the attention it might have in normal times.When the…
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Ezequial Garay has tested positive for coronavirus. The Valencia player is isolated and doing what the authorities saying. He is the first LaLiga or Segunda player to have tested positive for the virus. “It’s obvious that 2020 has started on the wrong foot,” he said in an Instagram post. “I have tested positive for coronavirus.…
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Given the current situation and following the recommendations of the medical staff at the Club, the first team has suspended all activity until further notice. This decision has been taken after a meeting between the football first team, president Josep Maria Bartomeu, Dr.Jaume Padrós, president of the Barcelona Medical College and head of workers’ health…
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