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Rooney makes history
Wayne Rooney made history by breaking Sir Bobby Charlton’s all-time England goalscoring record in the Euro 2016 qualifier against Switzerland at Wembley today. England captain Rooney equalled...
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Panic response
FIFA reform adviser Domenico Scala has suggested that future presidents of that organization have their terms in office limited in the wake of the corruption scandal engulfing the hierarchy of...
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Valcke suspended
FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke has been put on leave and released from his duties until further notice. A FIFA statement said it had “been made aware of a series of allegations involving the...
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Jack Warner’s extradition case going ahead
PORT OF SPAIN –– United States authorities are one small step closer to getting their hands on former FIFA vice-president Austin “Jack” Warner. However, the embattled former CONCACAF boss and Trinidad...
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Offside
The FIFA scandal took a dramatic turn today with the biggest administrator in world football coming under intense scrutiny. Swiss prosecutors have opened a criminal investigation into Sepp Blatter,...
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A Brazilian judge has accused Barcelona striker Neymar of tax evasion and frozen 188.8 million reais ($47.6 million) of his assets, authorities said today. Neymar is accused of not paying 63.3 million...
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Man Utd at the top after win over Sunderland
Manchester United moved above rivals Manchester City to the top of the Premier League with a comfortable win over struggling Sunderland. After a slow start, Memphis Depay scored his fourth of the...
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Wins for Arsenal, Spurs
Arsenal forward Alexis Sanchez rediscovered his goal-scoring touch as his hat-trick ended Leicester’s unbeaten start to the season. Jamie Vardy had put the Foxes ahead with a superb finish from a tight...
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Chelsea falter
Chelsea’s poor start to the season continued as they were beaten by Porto in the Champions League today. Andre Andre gave Porto the lead, volleying in after Asmir Begovic pushed away Yacine Brahimi’s...
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Platini in the hot seat
Swiss authorities are treating UEFA head Michel Platini as somewhere “between a witness and an accused person” in a soccer corruption probe that was widened last week to include FIFA President Sepp...
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BFA loyalty
The Barbados Football Association (BFA) will only review its support of Michel Platini to be the new FIFA boss if he is found guilty of corruption. That was the word from BFA president Randy Harris...
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Clarke gives back to academy
Ian Clarke, former member of the Barbados Soccer Academy, recently presented a quantity of soccer balls to the Barbados Soccer Academy’s under-nine age football team. Clarke was one of the first...
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Aguero scores five goals for Man City
Sergio Aguero scored five goals in the space of 20 minutes as Manchester City demolished Newcastle to return to the top of the Premier League table. Aleksandar Mitrovic nodded Newcastle in front but...
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Liverpool, Everton draw
Everton and Liverpool fought out a Merseyside derby deadlock at Goodison Park as Romelu Lukaku equalised Danny Ings’ opener for Brendan Rodgers’ side. Ings escaped Ross Barkley to head James Milner’s...
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Arsenal crush Man Utd
Arsenal stunned Manchester United with three goals in the opening 20 minutes as the Gunners moved up to second in the Premier League table. United had no answer to Arsenal’s opening burst as Alexis...
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Football flowing
Starting next season, the Barclays Premier League will have a new home in the Caribbean. Cable & Wireless Communications Plc (CWC) has won the exclusive rights to broadcast live all 380 matches per...
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Adidas worried about effect of scandal on brand
Investors in Adidas are increasingly worried that the FIFA corruption scandal risks tarnishing the German sportswear brand after the company declined to join other major sponsors and demand the...
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FIFA’s top three suspended
FIFA today officially handed out provisional suspensions to its president Sepp Blatter, secretary general Jerome Valcke and vice-president Michel Platini for 90 days. The punishments were meted out by...
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Special talent show on Friday
Barbados will have the first opportunity this Friday to see the young footballers who recently brought pride to the nation by capturing a silver medal in the 2015 Los Angeles Special Olympics World...
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Beckenbauer being probed
ZURICH –– German football great Franz Beckenbauer and FIFA vice-president Angel Maria Villar have been investigated by ethics prosecutors and are awaiting verdicts in their cases, the governing body’s...
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