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CONCACAF Chief Eyes World Cup Qualifying Overhaul Due to Coronavirus Disruption

CONCACAF chief Victor Montagliani said the current World Cup qualifying format will not work after lost time due to coronavirus.




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Bundesliga to Restart in Post-Covid World on May 15 After Angela Merkel Gives Go-ahead

Germany's top-flight will become the first of Europe's major leagues to return to the field in the post-coronavirus world.




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Three Players, 35 Others' Results Come Positive as Flamengo Tests 293 Employees for Covid-19

Flamengo conducted coronavirus tests on 293 employees, including all players, their families and their helps at home.




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Footballer Bala Devi Shows How to Turn Home Furniture into Gym Equipment for Leg Exercise

Bala Devi posted a video of herself stretching her legs, creating a gym experience for herself at home.




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K-League Set for Kick Off as Football Resumes in South Korea Post Covid-19 Suspension

With football around the world virtually shuttered amid the Covid-19 pandemic, the K-League has sold international broadcasting rights to more than 10 countries.




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Cesc Fabregas Feels Kylian Mbappe Will 'Fit in Very Well' at Real Madrid

Cesc Fabregas said Kylian Mbappe wanted to be the best and his style of play meant he was a great fit for Real Madrid.




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'It's Putting Players' Safety on the Line': Brescia Team Opposes Serie A Resumption

Brescia captain Daniele Gastaldello said resuming the Serie A season is not worth if the price is getting the players seriously injured.




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Tottenham Hotspur Hotshot Son Heung-Min Completes 3-Week Basic Military Training, Earns Top Performer

Tottenham Hotspur's Son Heung-min completed a three-week basic military training course in South Korea on Friday and picked up an award as the top performer among 157 trainees




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South Korean K-League Kicks Off With New Audience, Safety Measures

K-League is the first competition of any standing to come back to life, watched by sport-starved fans in a swathe of foreign countries.




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Return From the Death: Ex-Footballer Found Alive 4 Years After Being Reported Dead

Hiannick Kamba is working as a chemical technician after being reported to have died in a car accident.




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Italian Serie A Season in Limbo With New Wave of Positive Coronavirus Tests

Top clubs in Italy have begun testing players and staff as they prepare to return to training facilities this week for individual sessions.




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La Liga to Resume From June 20, Claims Leganes Coach Aguirre

Spain has suspended all sport in March as a precautionary measure against coronavirus pandemic.




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India Women's U-17 Coach Thomas Dennerby Impressed by Players' Fitness Regime at Home

India's Under-17 women's football team head coach Thomas Dennerby said the players need to be encouraged to maintain calm and not worry about missing training.




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Manchester City's Kyle Walker Says He is Being 'Harassed' after Admitting Lockdown Breaches

Kyle Walker was forced to issue an apology last month after media reports that he had hosted a party at his home.




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Zlatan Ibrahimovic Keeps Busy in Sweden, Fuelling Talk He Will Stay

Zlatan Ibrahimovic has been busy training in Sweden with players at Hammarby, a first-division club which he part owns.




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Premier League Does Not Yet Have 'Green Light', UK Minister Warns

Premier League clubs are understood to have been told that the use of a limited number of neutral venues is the only way to complete the campaign.




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We Have Discussed It: Ole Gunnar Solskjaer on Paul Pogba-Bruno Fernandes Partnership

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer opened up on the possibility of Bruno Fernandes with Paul Pogba joining forces in midfield for Manchester United.




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Player Performance May Suffer Behind Closed Doors, Says Dimitar Berbatov

A number of football leagues around the globe will resume after the Covid-19 stoppage in the coming weeks but the matches will be played without fans.




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Football to Allow Five Substitutes During Post-coronavirus Fixture Backlog

The International Football Association Board said in as statement that it had agreed to a proposal by world governing body FIFA for a temporary change to the rules




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Injury Prevention After Premier League Returns a Concern: Michael Carrick

Michael Carrick believes the stall in play due to the coronavirus can make footballer more susceptible to injuries.




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Inter Milan and AC Milan Back Training After 2-Month Lockdown in Coronavirus Epicentre

Inter Milan and AC Milan insisted they were taking the maximum precautions as the region of Lombardy has suffered around half of Italy's 30,000 coronavirus fatalities.




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South Korea's K-League Kicks Off With Fans Watching from Afar

K-League teams Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors and Suwon Samsung Bluewings played without fans in the stadiums.




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AIFF Technical Committee Recommends Foreign Players Cap in ISL, I-League

All India Football Federation recommended the implementation of the 3+1 foreigners' rule in Indian Super League and I-League starting XIs.




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AIFF President Praful Patel Encourages Indian Coaches to 'Keep Up the Good Work'

Igor Stimac, Shanmugam Venkatesh, Thomas Dennerby, Maymol Rocky, Bibiano Fernandes, Shuvendu Panda were in attendance from their respective homes.




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AC Milan President Says Some Club Players Recovering from Coronavirus

AC Milan president Paolo Scaroni said that they have to get used to living with coronavirus.




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Rangers Director Under Fire as Scottish Football Row Deepens

The other eight SPFL directors have issued a lengthy rebuttal of a number of allegations made in a dossier Rangers sent to clubs on Thursday.




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Barcelona Return to Training as La Liga Eyes Restart After Covid-19 Shutdown

Lionel Messi and company took the fields at Joan Gamper training centre for individual sessions.




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We're Going to Get Through it: Diego Maradona Autographs Shirt to Help Buenos Aires Poor

Diego Maradona sold a signed Argentina shirt and the sale raised money for an underprivileged area on the outskirts of Buenos Aires affected by quarantine rules.




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FC Barcelona Crowned Champions of Women's Liga Iberdrola as Covid-19 Ends Season

FC Barcelona Femeni topped the table by nine points ahead of Atletico Madrid and with the Liga Iberdola season unable to be completed, the Catalans have been awarded the title.




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US Women's Soccer Team Files Appeal After Legal Setback in Equal Pay Lawsuit

US women's national team's case against US Soccer Association for equal pay was dismissed by the federal court.




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Watford Slam Premier League's Neutral Venue Plan Upon Return from Covid-19 Suspension

Watford join Brighton & Hove Albion and Aston Villa in publicly disagreeing with Premier League's plan to play the rest of the game at neutral venues.




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MS Dhoni Used to Come Whenever We Had a Team Lunch: Chennaiyin FC's Anirudh Thapa

Anirudh Thapa revealed that MS Dhoni would often join the players at Chennaiyin FC for lunch and share different experiences.




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Lyon Men's and Women's Teams Test Negative for Coronavirus

Lyon men's and women's players were tested by club doctors at their training center and 'there were no positive cases'.




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Lewis Hamilton Wins French GP to Extend Mercedes' Unbeaten Run to 10

Lewis Hamilton won the French Grand Prix to claim his sixth win of the season and extend Mercedes' unbeaten run to 10 races.




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Charles Leclerc Plays Down Prospect of Ferrari Revival Ahead of Austrian Grand Prix

Mercedes hold a commanding lead over Ferrari in both the constructors' and drivers' championships after winning a record eight straight races this season.




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Austrian Grand Prix: Lewis Hamilton Ahead of Sebastian Vettel in 1st Practice

Austrian GP: Lewis Hamilton set a best lap time in one minute and 4.838 seconds on soft tyres in the first practice.




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Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel, Charles Leclerc Play Down Improved Pace at Austrian GP Practice

Austrian Grand Prix: Ferrari's Charles Leclerc topped in the second practice after Lewis Hamilton had won the first.




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Austrian GP: Ferrari's Charles Leclerc Grabs Pole Position, Focussed on 'Finishing the Job'

Austrian Grand Prix: Charles Leclerc of Ferrari outpaced Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton to claim the pole position.




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Lewis Hamilton Hit by Three-place Grid Penalty in Austrian Grand Prix

Austrian GP: Lewis Hamilton was sanctioned for impeding Kimi Raikkonen during qualifying.




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Austrian GP: Lewis Hamilton Demoted, Charles Leclerc and Max Verstappen on Front Row

Lewis Hamilton qualified second but was demoted to start from fourth for impeding, as Charles Leclerc and Max Verstappen will start from one-two.




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Austrian GP: Red Bull's Max Verstappen Retains Race Win After Stewards Investigate

Austrian Grand Prix: Red Bulls' Max Verstappen overtook Ferrari's Charles Leclerc with three laps remaining to win his second consecutive race at the Spielberg circuit.




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Max Verstappen's Win Scripts 'Perfect Day' for Red Bull

Max Verstappen of Red Bull broke Mercedes' ten-win streak this year with a close win over Charles Leclerc to seal the deal at the Austrian Grand Prix.




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Max Verstappen Reconciles With Charles Leclerc, Says His Austrian GP Win is Right for Formula One

Max Verstappen registered a dramatic Austrian GP win over Charles Leclerc by overtaking the Ferrari driver just three laps before the finish.




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Formula One: British Grand Prix to Remain at Silverstone Till 2024

Formula One signed a contract to keep the British Grand Prix at Silverstone till the 2024 season.




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British Grand Prix: Pierre Gasly Fastest in Practice, Romain Grosjean Crashes in Pits

Pierre Gasly posted the fastest time in the first session of practice at British Grand Prix, as Romain Grosjean of Haas, Albon and Williams' British rookie George Russell had spins and off-track excursions on the newly-resurfaced circuit.




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British GP: Charles Leclerc Fastest and Sebastian Vettel Second as Ferrari Set Pace

Ferrari drivers Charles Leclerc and Sebastian Vettel posted two fastest times in the third and final free practice session of British GP at Silverstone.




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Formula One: Valtteri Bottas of Mercedes on Pole for British Grand Prix

Valtteri Bottas of Mercedes secured pole at British Grand Prix, as he pipped teammate Lewis Hamilton by 0.006 seconds in qualifying at Silverstone.




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Formula One: Lewis Hamilton Shrugs Off Criticism After Missing Out on British GP Pole

Lewis Hamilton will start from second after his Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas pipped him to the pole at British Grand Prix




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Lewis Hamilton Wins Record Sixth British GP to Extend F1 Lead

Lewis Hamilton piped Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas to win the British Grand Prix as Ferrari's Charles Leclerc finished in third.




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Under-fire Sebastian Vettel Gets Support From Rival Lewis Hamilton After British GP

Sebastian Vettel finished a distant 16th in British Grand Prix and is now 100 points adrift of Lewis Hamilton on Drivers Championship board.