Anti-discrimination charity Kick It Out says it received record-high reports of discrimination during the 2023-24 season, with levels of sexism, misogyny and racism on the rise.
Across all levels of English football last season, there were 1,332 incidents reported – a 32% increase from last season and the most ever received by the organisation. Reports of sexism and misogyny rose 44% from 80 in 2022-23 to 115 last season, having already previously increased by more than 400%. Analysis of the language […]
Crowd trouble forced the first football match of the Olympics to be delayed by more than an hour.
Morocco had been 2-0 ahead against Argentina, but Cristian Medina appeared to have equalised in dramatic fashion with a header in the 16th of 15 scheduled minutes of injury time at the end of the second half. A number of cups and bottles were then thrown at the celebrating Argentina side before what appeared to […]
Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca does not think there will be “any problems at all” when midfielder Enzo Fernandez joins up with his squad on Monday on their US pre-season tour, amid ongoing disciplinary proceedings into alleged racism.
The midfielder, 23, was accused by the French Football Federation of singing a “racist and discriminatory” chant after Argentina won the Copa America. The song contains lyrics which question the heritage of France’s black and mixed race players. Fernandez’s Chelsea team-mate Wesley Fofana, who has one cap for France, posted an image of the video […]
Andy Murray says it is the “right time” for him to retire from tennis after the Paris Olympics – and he is “happy” with the decision.
The two-time Olympic singles champion confirmed on Tuesday the Games, where he will play in the doubles with Dan Evans, will be his final event. Murray, 37, said recent injuries, which prevented him playing singles in his Wimbledon farewell earlier this month, mean he is now content with ending his career. “I didn’t feel that […]
Three more Australian women’s water polo players have tested positive for COVID ahead of the Paris Games, the country’s Olympic team chief Anna Meares said on Wednesday, taking the total number of confirmed cases in the team up to five.
Two players had tested positive on Tuesday. Meares added that the cases were confined to the water polo team. “There have been five athletes in total who have tested positive,” Meares told a press conference. “There is training this afternoon. And again, if those five athletes are feeling well enough to train, they will and […]
The sporting action at the Paris Olympics kicked off with two soccer matches on Wednesday, two days before thousands of athletes and artists are set to take part in an ambitious opening ceremony at the heart of the French capital.
After years of preparation, and as more than 10,000 athletes are getting ready for their shot at one of the 329 gold medals that will be up for grabs in 19 days of competition, the first two events of the Paris Games kicked off. Spain’s men’s team faced Uzbekistan at a less than full Parc […]
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola says he cannot be sure Ederson will remain at the club this summer.
The Brazilian goalkeeper has been the subject of interest from the Saudi Pro League. Guardiola said at the end of last season he still regarded Ederson as his first-choice goalkeeper, even though he chose back-up Stefan Ortega for the first-leg of their Champions League quarter-final with Real Madrid. Speaking after his side’s 4-3 friendly defeat […]
France has provisionally been chosen to host the 2030 Winter Olympics and Paralympics.
The French Alps bid, put forward as the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) preferred vote in June, was approved on Wednesday – providing France provides financial guarantees. The French government has been unable to provide the necessary state and regional guarantees to the IOC because of the recent elections. France President Emmanuel Macron has said he […]
World number one Jannik Sinner has withdrawn from the Paris Olympics with tonsillitis.
The Italian struggled with illness during his Wimbledon quarter-final loss to Daniil Medvedev earlier in July. Sinner was one of the favourites for the gold medal on the Paris clay, reaching the French Open semi-finals after winning his first major title at the Australian Open in January. “After a good week of clay training I […]
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