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Euro leagues tell UEFA to cut extra Champions League games, special spots
ZURICH — Europe’s leagues told UEFA on Friday to scale back its plans aimed at adding more Champions League matches and helping teams to qualify based on their historical performances in the competition.“An increase of more than 50% of games will hurt the vast majority of clubs and benefit very few,” European Leagues chairman Claus Thomsen said after a meeting in Istanbul. “We need to have a lower number of rounds.”The divisions within European soccer come a year after UEFA united with the leagues to thwart a Super League breakaway by elite clubs which would still benefit from the changes planned to the Champions League from 2024.The competition is due to expand from 32 to 36 teams with two slots set aside for teams with a strong five-season European record which fail to...
April 29, 2022

Euro leagues tell UEFA to cut extra Champions League games, special spots

Liverpool manager Jürgen Klopp.
Klopp signs contract extension with Liverpool through 2026
LONDON — Liverpool manager Jürgen Klopp has signed a two-year contract extension to keep him at the Premier League club until 2026.If he sees out the deal announced on Thursday, Klopp will have been at Liverpool for more than a decade after joining in October 2015.Klopp’s previous deal was set to expire in 2024. The 54-year-old Klopp has won the Champions League (2019) and Premier League (2020) in his time at Anfield, as well as the League Cup this year.This season could be his best yet at Liverpool, which is also into the final of the FA Cup, is on course to reach the Champions League final and is tussling with Manchester City for the Premier League title with five games left. — Agencies
April 29, 2022

Klopp signs contract extension with Liverpool through 2026

No mandate: Novak Djokovic gets a shot at Wimbledon title defense
LONDON — Unvaccinated players are not barred from participating in Wimbledon, clearing the path for Novak Djokovic to defend his men's singles title in June.The CEO of All England Lawn Tennis Club, Sally Bolton, said the tournament would not mandate vaccination against COVID-19, adding participants are not required to quarantine on arrival ahead of the tournament."The requirements set up do not include mandatory vaccination," Bolton said. "It will not be a condition of entry for the championships this year."Wimbledon begins June 27, when Djokovic has a shot at becoming a seven-time champion on the grass court.Djokovic was in Australia and even practiced on the court after being sent to a quarantine hotel in a litigious tug of war with the top officials in the...
April 27, 2022

No mandate: Novak Djokovic gets a shot at Wimbledon title defense

Newcastle in English Premier League top half
NORWICH — Joelinton scored twice in his 100th English Premier League appearance for Newcastle as they climbed into the top half of the standings after beating host Norwich 3-0.The Magpies’ first win at Carrow Road since January 1994 left Norwich closer to relegation. Norwich was eight points from safety with five games left.Joelinton broke the deadlock in the 35th minute with a curled strike into the top corner, and slotted home again just six minutes later.Another Brazilian, Bruno Guimaraes, wrapped up Newcastle’s fourth successive win at the start of the second half, when he beat a defender to Tim Krul’s attempted pass out from the back, before taking a touch and cleverly lobbing the goalkeeper.Newcastle was up to ninth, its highest position this late in the season in eight...
April 24, 2022

Newcastle in English Premier League top half

Camp Nou breaks own record for women’s game with 91,648 fans
BARCELONA — Camp Nou broke its own world record for a women’s soccer match on Friday when more than 91,600 fans reveled in Barcelona’s 5-1 rout of Wolfsburg in the first leg of their Women’s Champions League semifinal.The 91,648 spectators counted by club officials surpassed the 91,553 who turned out to see Barcelona beat Real Madrid last month. Previously, the record for a women’s game was 90,185 for the 1999 Women’s World Cup final between the United States and China at the Rose Bowl.Alexia Putellas led Barcelona with a brace. The Ballon d’Or winner was one of four goal-scorers for Barcelona in the first half before she earned and converted a late penalty to give her a competition-leading 10 goals.“We are very happy not just for the result but also for the atmosphere at...
April 23, 2022

Camp Nou breaks own record for women’s game with 91,648 fans

Former professional boxer Mike Tyson
Mike Tyson briefly detained for punching plane passenger
SAN FRANCISCO — Former heavyweight boxer Mike Tyson punched a fellow airline passenger after the person "threw a water bottle at him," Tyson's spokesperson has said.Video taken on the plane shows Tyson leaning over his seat as he lands repeated punches an unidentified man.A spokesperson for the boxing Hall of Famer confirmed Tyson had an "incident with an aggressive passenger" who was "harassing him".Police were dispatched and temporarily detained two individuals.One person was treated at San Francisco International Airport for non-life threatening injuries."That subject provided minimal details of the incident and refused to co-operate further with the police investigation," a spokeswoman for the San Francisco Police Department said in a...
April 22, 2022

Mike Tyson briefly detained for punching plane passenger

The Kenyan town of Iten is famous for training marathon runners
Kenya police launch manhunt after athlete killed
NAIROBI — Kenyan police have launched a manhunt after the body of a female athlete was found with stab wounds in the town of Iten, famous for its center for long-distance runners.Police say they are looking for the Ethiopian boyfriend of Damaris Muthee Mutua, 28, who was born in Kenya but competed for Bahrain.She is the second female athlete to be killed in Iten in a year.Last year, Kenyans were shocked by the killing of Olympic runner Agnes Tirop.Her husband remains in custody and denies murder.Police say Mutua's body was found in "a state of decomposition" in the Rift Valley town of Iten, local police chief Tom Makori told the AFP news agency.Mutua's boyfriend was training at the same high-altitude center as her and may have left the country, police say."The...
April 20, 2022

Kenya police launch manhunt after athlete killed

Russian Daniil Medvedev replaced Novak Djokovic at the top of the world rankings for three weeks in 2022.
Wimbledon bans Russian and Belarusian players
LONDON — Russian and Belarusian players will not be allowed to compete at Wimbledon this year because of the invasion of Ukraine.Men's world number two Daniil Medvedev of Russia and women's world number four Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus are the highest-ranked players to be affected.Players from both countries have been allowed to compete on the tennis tour but not under their national flags.Wimbledon takes place from 27 June to 10 July.It is understood the All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) will confirm the move later on Wednesday.Sabalenka reached the semi-finals of last year's tournament, while Medvedev, who has been announced as one of the star draws at the grass-court warm-up event at 's-Hertogenbosch in the Netherlands reached the fourth round.Russian world number 15...
April 20, 2022

Wimbledon bans Russian and Belarusian players

Ronaldo had announced in October he and partner Georgina Rodriguez were expecting twins.
Football world sends condolences to Cristiano Ronaldo and family following son's death
LONDON — The football world has been offering support and sympathy to Manchester United star Cristiano Ronaldo and his family following the announcement on Monday of his baby son's death.The Manchester United and Portugal star had announced in October he and partner Georgina Rodriguez were expecting twins. In December, they announced they were expecting a boy and a girl.United wrote to their star player, saying: "Your pain is our pain. Sending love and strength to you and the family at this time, Cristiano."Manchester United teammate Marcus Rashford tweeted Monday: "Thoughts are with you and Georgina brother. I'm so sorry."Brazilian women's star Marta wrote to Ronaldo on Instagram, saying: "Lots of strength to you, your partner and all your...
April 19, 2022

Football world sends condolences to Cristiano Ronaldo and family following son's death

It was also agreed that from the same season, teams will be able to sign eight foreign players, one more than currently allowed, though only seven can play at any one time.
Saudi Pro League expands to 18 clubs from 2023-24 season
RIYADH —Saudi Arabia’s Professional League will increase from 16 clubs to 18 from the 2023-24 season onward, the Saudi Arabia Football Federation announced on Thursday.To facilitate the expansion, only two teams, instead of the usual three, will be relegated from the top tier at the end of next season. Four teams will be promoted.It was also agreed that from the same season, teams will be able to sign eight foreign players, one more than currently allowed, though only seven can play at any one time. Saudi Arabia’s foreign player limit has been higher than most other leagues, but the rest of Asia is catching up.The federation is keen to expand the league at a time when Saudi Arabia is enjoying a period of achievements in football. The national team qualified for its sixth World Cup...
April 15, 2022

Saudi Pro League expands to 18 clubs from 2023-24 season

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