Uefa has doubled the prize money available to teams for the women’s European Championship in 2022. England will host the tournament at 10 stadiums from 6-31 July next year. The 16 qualified teams will now share 16m euros (£13.73m). This doubles the 8m euros (£6.86m) that was distributed at Euro 2017 in the Netherlands. Uefa has made the change as…
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Crested Cranes provisional squad has been trimmed to 26 players from the initial 32. The team is preparing for COSAFA Women’s Championship. Team camp at FUFA Technical Centre, Njeru now has 24 players. Yudaya Nakayenze and Shiraz Natasha are yet to join the team. The aforementioned duo will join the rest of the team in South Africa before the start…
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Chelsea defender Marcos Alonso has stopped taking a knee before matches. Marcos Alonso thinks the anti-racism gesture is “losing a bit of strength”. Instead, the 30-year-old Spaniard says he prefers to stand and point to the No To Racism badge on his shirt sleeve. Crystal Palace winger Wilfried Zaha was the first Premier League player to stop taking a knee. “I…
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Erling Braut Haaland scored twice to take his tally to seven goals from five Bundesliga games. He reached the milestone as Borussia Dortmund survived a scare to beat Union Berlin. Erling Braut Haaland sealed victory with a sublime first-time volleyed lob after Berlin fought back from 3-0 down. Raphael Guerrero’s fine early strike, a Haaland header and Marvin Friedrich’s own…
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Jadon Sancho “is learning all the time and will improve” according to Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. Solskjaer says the £73 million starlet is capable of being “a top forward” for Manchester United over the next 15 years. United finally managed to get their hands on a long-term transfer target in July. Sancho was signed from Borussia Dortmund on a five-year contract. The…
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Juventus reported a loss of 210 million euros ($250 million) for the 2020-21 financial year on Friday. They attributed the loss to the pandemic’s effect on the transfer market and ticket sales. Revenue from player registration rights (transfer market) dropped 129 million euros. This is more than $150 million from 2019-20. Meanwhile, ticket sales fell more than 41 million euros ($48 million) from the year…
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Ghana captain Andre Ayew opened his scoring account in the Qatari Stars League. Al Sadd came from behind to beat Qatar SC 3-1 on Thursday. The winger’s second-half effort drew his club level. It was followed by two late goals ensured an away victory for Xavi Hernandez’s outfit in the matchday two fixture. This was his second game in the…
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Crested Cranes head coach George Lutalo was impressed with the performance of the team in the practice match against Uganda U20 Women’s National Team. Resty Nanziri scored the lone goal of the game played on Tuesday at the FUFA Technical Centre, Njeru where the two teams are camping. Lutalo indicated the progress and performance of the team is so far…
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South Africa has thrown their hat in the ring to host the 2021 Fifa Club World Cup in December. This comes after Japan dropped their commitment to host the global tournament. It was because of the Covid-19 pandemic having staged the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. South African Football Association president Danny Jordaan has now confirmed that the Southern African country is interested in hosting the Club World Cup.…
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Mohamed Salah joined an exclusive club of Premier League players – the centurions. Salah scored his 100th goal in Liverpool’s 3-0 win over Leeds on Sunday. The Egyptian becomes the 30th player to score a century of goals in the Premier League. But more impressively, he is the fifth-fastest to reach the tally. Salah’s 100th goal came in his 162nd…
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