India could potentially host Italian super cup – Serie A commercial director
Serie A might consider India as a potential host for the Italian Super Cup, in an effort to broaden the tournament’s global audience, the Italian league’s commercial and marketing director Michele Ciccarese has said. The Italian Super Cup, which is played between the winners and the runners-up of the previous season’s Serie A and Coppa […]
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Lukaku recommits to Belgium’s cause
Belgium’s record scorer Romelu Lukaku said he considered quitting the national side after last year’s disappointing European Championship but has been sold on the vision of the team’s new management and is keen to press on. Lukaku, 31, has also been named co-captain of the team along with Kevin De Bruyne by new coach Rudi […]
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Italy’s Spalletti plays waiting game after Retegui injury blow
Italy will be without striker Mateo Retegui for both legs of their Nations League quarter-final tie with Germany, but Luciano Spalletti will wait before deciding to call up a replacement, the manager said on Wednesday. Spalletti’s side host Germany at the San Siro in Thursday’s first leg, and this season’s top scorer in Serie A, […]
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Deschamps praises Dembele
France manager Didier Deschamps commended forward Ousmane Dembele’s form as Kylian Mbappe returned to his squad ahead of their Nations League clash with Croatia on Thursday. France face Croatia in the quarter-final first leg in the Adriatic coastal city of Split, with the second leg on Sunday at the Stade de France. Dembele has netted […]
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Dangote set to halt its fuel supply to the Nigerian market due to a standstill in the naira-for-crude agreement.
Dangote Refinery is poised to suspend the loading of petroleum products destined for the Nigerian market, following a deadlock in the renegotiation of the naira-for-crude deal. Despite this setback, the refinery will continue its export activities, as it sources all its crude oil from the global market, conducting transactions in U.S. dollars. The refinery has […]
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Courtois faces the music and hopes controversy over self-exile is over
Belgium goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois said on Tuesday he had thrashed out the circumstances of his lengthy exile from the national side with teammates on his return and hoped the controversy over his almost two-year absence was now settled. Courtois, 32, has not played for Belgium since June 2023 when he walked out ahead of a […]
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Thuram drops out of France squad due to ankle injury
France forward Marcus Thuram will miss their two-legged Nations League quarter-final against Croatia due to an ankle injury. The French Football Federation made this known in a statement late on Monday. The 27-year-old Inter Milan striker, named in Didier Deschamp’s 24-man squad last week, said after Inter’s 4-1 aggregate win over Feyenoord in the Champions […]
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Insatiable Ingebrigtsen targets 1,500m world double
Despite the incredible success he has enjoyed so far in his career, Jakob Ingebrigtsen has never won a world title in the 1,500 metres and that is something he is determined to put right, indoors and out, in Nanjing and Tokyo this season. The Norwegian arrived in China at the weekend for next week’s world […]
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IOC session opens in ancient Olympia as presidential election looms
The International Olympic Committee kicked of its session in Olympia, site of the ancient Games, on Tuesday that will culminate with the election of a new president on Thursday. Outgoing President Thomas Bach, in his speech at the Olympic academy near the ancient stadium, made only a fleeting reference to Thursday’s key vote where seven […]
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Former Olympian and coach Phiri suspended after athletes test positive
Zambian former Olympic sprinter and current USA Track & Field coach Gerald Phiri has been provisionally suspended after three athletes coached by him tested positive for the prohibited substance cardarine, the Athletics Integrity Unit said on Tuesday. Phiri was suspended as part of an open joint investigation with the United States Anti-Doping Agency. The AIU […]
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