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US withdraws from U-17 World Cup in Qatar due to safety concerns
The US Soccer Federation cited a State Department advisory over travel to Qatar in a letter to players explaining the decision.
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Football gossip: Scott, Guardiola, Zubimendi, Nyoni, Collins, Bassey, Lavia, Ait-Nouri
Arsenal contact Bournemouth about midfielder Alex Scott, Manchester United add two defenders to list of potential targets, Aston Villa weigh up move for Chelsea midfielder Romeo Lavia, plus more.
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Arsenal join Scott chase - Thursday's gossip
Arsenal contact Bournemouth about midfielder Alex Scott, Manchester United add two defenders to list of potential targets, Aston Villa weigh up move for Chelsea midfielder Romeo Lavia, plus more.
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Meeting of two lost souls: can Pochettino make it work at Manchester United? | Barney Ronay
Manager has been hurt by experiences at elite clubs but several players at Old Trafford could fit his playing style Welcome, Mauricio, to the meat grinder. Or rather, welcome back. We’ve been expecting you. There is nothing surprising in the news Manchester United may be on the verge of appointing Mauricio Pochettino. United are always on the verge of appointing Pochettino. This is a club that has spent 13 years hiring and firing the same structurally doomed manager – same shellshocked eyes, same irresolvable macro-problems – and the last eight years almost but not quite doing this to Pochetti
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Paul Conroy: 2024 Footballer of the Year retires from inter-county duty
Galway's Paul Conroy calls time on his inter-county Gaelic football career after 19 years.
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Double amputee marathon runner criticises Badenoch for ‘weaponising his success’
Paralympian Richard Whitehead ‘gobsmacked’ at Tory leader’s speech over proposed £36bn welfare cuts
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GB and Wales' athlete Josh Griffiths banned after drug test
Great Britain and Wales athlete Josh Griffiths was banned after returning a positive drugs test in May.
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Pair deny fake passport plot for double murder suspect
Two men deny knowingly helping a murder suspect obtain a fake passport, court hears.
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England return to site of Ashes angst but Australia gaze stuck on sandpaper
England’s white-ball tour begins in Perth on Friday but there is only one story in Australian cricket right now and the tourists are not it
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‘I’ve had to prove people wrong’: Kane still striving before record England cap
Captain’s 126th cap against Croatia will top Peter Shilton’s record, and Kane aims to increase the record for younger players to catch
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Complaint filed to IRS in relation to Fifa head Gianni Infantino’s housekeeper
A complaint has been filed to the US Internal Revenue Service calling for an investigation into claims an individual on the Fifa payroll was working privately for Gianni Infantino
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Thomas Tuchel keeps laser focus on ‘unfinished business’ with England
Thomas Tuchel has revealed he did not insert a release clause when he extended his deal as England’s manager this year
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