Source link The terrorist group has issued a call to “kill them all” ahead of the upcoming Champions League quarter-finals The terrorist group Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) has called for attacks on major UEFA Champions League games ahead of the tournament’s upcoming quarter-finals, according to a message issued on Monday by the Al-Azaim Foundation […]
Source link Russian football star, Lokomotiv striker Artyom Dzyuba, has commented on the recent news that Russian developers are making a counterpart to EA Sports’ FIFA series of football simulators. “I honestly doubt that we can do it at a decent level. Those guys [at EA Sports] have been doing it for a long time, […]
Source link Having professional football players on the team is no guarantee of winning the Games of the Future gold in Kazan, said Roman Shishkin, the leader and founder of the Phoenix team, in an interview with RT. According to the former player of Spartak Moscow, his team could face competition from Lokomotiv and Rotor, as […]
Source link A group of Middle Eastern soccer associations has reportedly demanded that FIFA bar Israeli teams from competition Football federations from a dozen Middle Eastern countries, including Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates, have written to global governing body FIFA to demand that Israel be banned over its offensive in Gaza, Sky […]
Source link Sagiv Jehezkel displayed a hand-written message in support of hostages held by Hamas during a Turkish league game An Israeli football player from the Turkish club Antalyaspor, Sagiv Jehezkel, has been questioned by prosecutors following his arrest on charges of “inciting people to hatred and hostility” and is set to be deported from […]
Source link Diego Maradona had been subject to a three-decade battle with Italy’s revenue authorities Italy’s highest court has cleared the late Argentinian football icon Diego Maradona of tax evasion charges, bringing to a close a 30-year legal battle with the country’s revenue authorities. World Cup winning captain Maradona, who represented Napoli between 1984 and […]
Source link The Russian Football Union (RFU) will “fight” for its membership in European football’s governing body, according to a top sports official. The Russian national team and clubs were banished to the periphery of the sport due to sanctions imposed by FIFA and UEFA in the wake of Moscow’s conflict with Ukraine in February […]
Source link Russian football authorities had been considering a switch to Asia’s 47-member confederation The Russian Football Union (RFU) has voted against pursuing membership in the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) as it seeks renewed ties with European football’s governing body, UEFA, according to an official. Russian teams have remained suspended from participation in most major […]
Source link Terry Venables, known to many as ‘El Tel,’ led England to the semi-finals of Euro ‘96 in a distinguished management career Former England football manager Terry Venables, for years one of the most buoyant personalities in British sport, has died at the age of 80 after a long illness, his family confirmed on […]
Source link Sanctioned Russian football is looking East and weighing its options as next year’s season approaches The Russian Football Union (RFU) is to make a decision on a possible switch from the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) to the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) by the end of December, according to the union’s president, […]