football
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Bennell charged with eight further counts of non-recent child sexual abuseThe former football coach Barry Bennell has been charged with eight further counts of non-recent child sexual abuse
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Ibrahimovic to serve three-match ban after Mings elbow incidentThe 35-year-old will be suspended for Monday’s FA Cup clash at Chelsea and the Premier League fixtures with Middlesbrough and West Brom -
The future of football under video refereesOur resident cartoonist looks at the future of football with video assistant referees helping to clear up controversial decisions, among other things -
Arsenal must overcome timidity when pressure mountsArsenal cannot focus on much beyond picking themselves up and trying to feel a bit better about themselves as they face Bayern Munich in the Champions League
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news
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How Partizan Belgrade overcame QPR after losing the first leg 6-2QPR won the first leg – which was played at Highbury as they couldn’t use the plastic pitch at Loftus Road – but lost 4-0 in Belgrade and went out on away goals
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in depth
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More money, more football, but are we at saturation point?BT Sport has gambled on the Champions League with a new £1.18bn deal but could the competition’s predictability lead to more people switching off?
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world football
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Minnesota and Atlanta debut as Dempsey returnsA weekend of new beginnings in Major League Soccer saw expansion sides Minnesota and Atlanta United come up short in their debut matches
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opinion
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Relegate half the Premier League? It could just workWorried Premier League clubs could do worse than adopt Chapman’s 1926 suggestion to scrap transfers once the season starts – and to relegate half the division
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Sánchez mess is another example of how Wenger is hurting ArsenalArsène Wenger’s reaction to Alexis Sánchez’s behaviour was a halfway house that demonstrated Arsenal would be better off with a new manager
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Best film misses target but his genius still shines throughThe ante has been raised on sport documentaries in recent years – the Best film needed more footage of its dazzling subject and fewer talking heads
regulars
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Sign up for our free and funny email. OK, our free emailIn today’s Fiver: GK Chesterton, Hereford FC and football stopped in Argentina
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Sánchez to PSG? Spurs back in for Zaha?Massimiliano Allegri to Arsenal? | Wilfried Zaha to Tottenham Hotspur? | Daniel Sturridge to PSG?
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pictures & video
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The weekend's best Premier League photosYour weekend roundup of the best photography from England’s top flight
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Pochettino praises 'unbelievable' Kane after winMauricio Pochettino praises the performance of Harry Kane in Tottenham’s 3-2 victory over Everton, adding that the striker’s scoring rate in the Premier League is unbelievable
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Ibrahimovic comes from world of 'street football', says MourinhoManchester United manager José Mourinho dismisses the ‘altercation’ between Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Tyrone Mings in their 1-1 draw with Bournemouth on Saturday, saying that Ibrahimovic comes from the world of ‘street football’
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Shakespeare praises side's resilience after comeback against HullLeicester City’s caretaker manager Craig Shakespeare praises his side’s ‘character’ and ‘resilience’ to bounce back from conceding first to beat Hull City
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Why the CSL is investing so heavily in footballThe Chinese Super League is set to get under way, with clubs having spent over £330m on players this winter transfer window, we will see the impact of the investment. We take a look at the reasoning behind the spending
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Keeper pulls off incredible save while facing own goalConsett AFC goalkeeper Peter Jeffries pulls off a reflex-defying save against South Shields on Tuesday night
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Antonio Conte says his Chelsea players will not slip up in title raceAntonio Conte said his Chelsea players will not slip up in the title race after the Premier League leaders beat West Ham 2-1 at the London Stadium
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West Ham United 1-2 Chelsea: Premier League – as it happenedMinute-by-minute report: Chelsea moved 10 points clear at the top of the table thanks to goals from Eden Hazard and Diego Costa
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catch up
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Why I sacked myself at Maccabi after eight wins in nine gamesMaccabi Tel Aviv’s sporting director stepped in to transform their fortunes but says his late father's influence played a big part in his decision to move back upstairs
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A lot of my cousins and friends are either in jail or deadColin Kazim-Richards, an instant hit at Corinthians in Brazil, talks about being ‘a West Indian Turk from east London’, racism in football and playing for Turkey
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Goals going in off the woodwork, from Ronaldinho to ZidaneFrom Ronaldinho’s exocet against Sevilla to Darren Anderton’s both-posts rattler, via Zinedine Zidane versus Gianluigi Buffon
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Every night I was out till six. I was 95kg, swollen from drinkingLas Palmas’s former Spurs and Portsmouth midfielder talks about fighting racism, speaking at the UN and waking up one day ‘looking like 50 Cent: that’s not me’
the big picture
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