All posts tagged "Football"
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When will football fans return?
As a result of the global Coronavirus crisis, no UK football fans have stepped inside a stadium since early March and football is missing them. Even after the season resumed months later, it was behind closed doors.
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Too well paid to move | 5 players stuck because of their wages
With the transfer window open for business, there should be some high-profile moves in the coming weeks unless the financial impact of the Coronavirus crisis leads to less business than usual. That could leave a series of star players who are out of favour or unhappy at their clubs being left in limbo and they are too well paid to move.
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New stadiums in Europe – top 5
The benefits of a modern football stadium are plenty. For clubs to compete at the highest level they must have an arena befitting of their ambitions. Tottenham Hotspur became the envy of the sporting world in 2019 when they opened their futuristic 62,000 seat mega-stadium.
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Are drones used in football?
Like any sport, football is a game of advantages. Small changes both on and off the pitch can turn last season’s relegation escapees into this year’s playoff favourites. Up and down the country, teams are seeking out new ways to get a leg up on the competition.
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Who are the most dominant clubs in Europe?
For any club, winning the league is is the pinnacle of domestic club success and something to be hugely celebrated. However, some clubs defend their titles year after year, surely taking away quite how special each league title is.
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The 5 best female footballers in the world
According to FIFA, a record 1.12 billion viewers tuned in to watch the 2019 women’s World Cup held in France. Although not yet as big as the men’s game, women’s football is more popular than ever.
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The biggest football stadiums in the world – Top 10
With clubs and countries around the world constantly competing for the biggest and best stadia, we take a look at the ten biggest football stadiums in the world. Ten biggest football stadiums in the world 10.
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The 8 best Japanese football players in the world
Although Japan has never been a major force in world football, they are known for playing the game very passionately. At the 2018 World Cup in Russia, the Japan national team almost knocked out Belgium, one of the favourites for the tournament.
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Worst football haircuts of all time – top 10
Many footballers are style and fashion icons who earn as much from their lucrative sponsorship and modelling deals as they do from playing the beautiful game. However, there are a few who don’t play by the rules and go rogue in their quest to look stylish.
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The history of the offside rule
The offside rule The offside rule was introduced in 1883 to prevent players from hanging around the goal of the opponent. The rule was drawn up by the English Football Association (FA) and stipulated that a player would be offside if the player was in front of the ball: “When a player has kicked the ball, any one of the same side who is nearer to the opponent’s goal line is out of play and may not touch the ball himself, nor in any way whatever prevent any other player from doing so, until he is in play.
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Five English sleeping giants
Following reports that Newcastle are set to be taken over by a mega-rich and morally dubious Saudi Arabian consortium, they could finally be set to justify their often-used tag as one of English football’s sleeping giants.
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