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Copa America 2021: Neymar Led Brasil to Win while Messi and Co Held Again at the Opener

Copa America 2021 officially began its fixture last the host Brasil and Venezuela whose 12 players had tested positive COVID-19. Selecao sealed an easy win over Jose Peseiro’s side 3-0 in Rio de Janeiro. Their winning goals were scored by Marquinhos, Neymar’s penalty and Gabi Barbosa’s tap into the back of the net. Tite’s men were dominating the game without much difficulty as Venezeuela could only deploy the remaining reserve players there. It was a better result co

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EURO news: Denmark Star's Future in Football in Doubt after His Sudden Collapse

Denmark key man Christian Eriksen who suddenly collapsed group B in EURO 2020 this weekend faces a doutful footballing future. He reportedly suffered a cardiac arrest which could prevent Inter Milan man from returning to the pitch. Such hypothesis has been stated by Professor Sanjay Sharma, professor of sports cardiology at London's St George's University. He was working with the Dane during his time in Tottenham. "This guy had normal tests all the way up to 2019 so h

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Copa America 2021: The Teams' Final Squad and Match Schedule Confirmed

After a number of controversies, from a lurking boycott tournament's future, Copa America 2021 is set to officially begin this weekend. Such will be marked with the encounter of Brasil and Venezuela as the opening match. The boycott threats from Selecao players plus Tite and possible halt from the Supreme Court eventually did not capitalise eventhough three major sponsors, Mastercard, drink company Ambev and alchohol drink Diageo have officially decided to pull out.

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EURO 2020: Covid-19 Disrupts Spain and Sweden Before Kick-Off, Several Favorites Set to Miss their Stars

Holding a sporting event during the coronavirus pandemic challenging, not only for the hosting nations but also for the contestants themselves, especially when there is a contraction case. Such circumstance is happening to Spain and Sweden, which are about to square off at the opening match of Group E in Estadio La Cartuja, Sevilla this weekend. Each sides has lost two players from their squad and bound to be absent in the first match. They are the skipper Sergio Busquets, Leeds

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Ligue 1: The Contestants Set to be Reduced to 18 Teams

Ligue 1 Uber Eats is about to undergo a big change 2023/24, by reducing the number of contestants from 20 to 18 teams. It was reported by L'Equipe last week that almost the entire clubs in the French top tier competition had reached the agreement at the general assembly. According to LFP (French Professional League), there were 97 percents of the teams agreeing on such decision. Metz was the only team which opposed to the proposal. LFP president, Vincent Labrune, release

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UEFA Super Cup 2021: UEFA Apparently Sticks to Belfast Instead of Moving to Istanbul

Last month, Istanbul was reported to be given a hosting 2021 as a compensation for their misfortune of missing out staging UEFA Champions League final two seasons in a row due to the rise of covid-19 contraction in Turkey. Those finals were eventually moved to Portugal. However, the Turkish' hope to finally see the important European matches on their home soil has not come to reality yet, at least not this time during the ongoing world pandemic. Such is believed to b

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Copa America 2021: The Potential Boycott and Cancellation are Looming

Copa America 2021 is seemingly destined with series Earlier this week, CONMEBOL stripped Argentina's right from the leftover initial host of the tournament following Colombia's failure to convince the football governing body in South America to delay it till November. Such decision led to the shocking selection of Brasil as the new host despite the fact that the Brasilian government has not gained full support from the parliament and their entire people. Now, another

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EURO 2020: Azzurri Includes Two Unfit Midfielders and U-21 Uncapped, Wales Left out EURO Hero

Italian national team, widely known as Gli Azzurri, City boss, Roberto Mancini apparently, names two injured midfielders plus one U-21 uncapped forward in their final squad. Those two unfit names are Inter Milan's Stefano Sensi and PSG man Marco Verratti while Sassuolo striker Giacomo Raspadori eventually makes the cut although he was intially crossed out for U-21 squad for the junior regional tournament. The uncapped 21-year old forward is now available after Italy U

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Some Clubs in Serie A, Valencia and Die Mannschaft Officially Appoint Their New Commanders

The 2020/21 season has just wrapped up. While the players the international fixtures this month and the teams are preparing for the new season. A number of clubs in major European leagues, especially in Italian Serie A, plus El Ches Valencia and Germany national team, Die Mannschaft, have officially named their new manager or head coach for next season. In Serie A, apart from Roma who already made an early start of preparation by announcing Jose Mourinho to replace Paul