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Ajax's nightmare week continues as GK banned
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Friday, 05 February 2021 03:07
UEFA has banned Ajax Amsterdam goalkeeper Andre Onana for 12 months for a doping violation, just days after the club's record signing Sebastien Haller was mistakenly left off their Europa League list.Following a drugs test on Oct. 30 last year, the substance Furosemide was found in Onana's urine. The suspension is effective immediately and applies to all footballing activities, both…
Sources: Rojo heard of Utd exit on social media
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Friday, 05 February 2021 03:07
Marcos Rojo found out his Manchester United career was over on social media after reading that his contract would not be extended, sources have told ESPN.Rojo was still waiting to hear from United officials about whether they would take up their option to extend his deal by another 12 months to 2022 when manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer announced at a…
Club chief resigns over unexplained bag of $240k
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Friday, 05 February 2021 01:30
The president of Italian Serie C side Novara has resigned after police stopped him with a bag containing €2000,000 ($240,000), which he could not explain.Marcello Cianci, 50, was detained by the financial police in the southern region of Reggio Calabria and the money was seized.- Stream LIVE games and replays on ESPN+ (U.S. only)Reports in Italy's La Gazzetta dello Sport…
Soccer and AI: Could an algorithm really predict injuries?
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Friday, 05 February 2021 01:37
Artificial intelligence can drive a car, curate the films and documentaries that you watch, develop chess programmes capable of beating grandmasters and use your face to access your phone. And, one company claims, it can also predict when footballers are about to suffer an injury.Off the field, football has gone through a huge transformation in the 21st century, with the…
Pique ponders refs' Real motives, coy on Messi
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Thursday, 04 February 2021 15:37
Barcelona defender Gerard Pique has weighed in on a debate about refereeing by saying many officials in Spain were likely to favour his club's great rivals Real Madrid.Pique, in an interview on YouTube show "Post United" on Thursday, said that if the vast majority of La Liga referees supported Real Madrid, they would naturally be partial to that team when…
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Jankewitz racially abused after Man Utd red card
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