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Raheem Sterling has bought 550 tickets for Manchester City’s FA Cup semi-final against Brighton at Wembley on Saturday and donated them to his old school close to the stadium. The 24-year-old winger attended Copland community school, now Ark Elvin academy, when growing up in London and is aware that many of the students come from similar minority ethnic backgrounds to his own. More than 50 languages are spoken at the establishment, which serves the estate in Wembley where Sterling was brought up after coming to England from Jamaica at the age of five. The academy’s principal, Rebecca Curtis, said she felt Sterling was a role model for her pupils. “To know he still thinks about the community he came from despite how his life has changed is really powerful for us,” she said. “The vast majority of our pupils have never been inside Wembley, let alone seen such a big game with one of our old boys playing.” Sterling said: “I have a close connection … [Read more...] about Raheem Sterling buys 550 FA Cup tickets for children at his old school

The teenage Liverpool winger Harvey Elliott has been banned for 14 days from domestic club football for using offensive language in a social media video mocking Harry Kane. The 16-year-old, who admitted breaching FA rules, must also complete an education course and pay a £350 fine. Elliott’s video was filmed while he watched the Champions League final between Tottenham and Liverpool in June. He later issued an apology on social media, saying he was “truly sorry”. Elliott joined Liverpool from Fulham this summer and has made a first-team appearance, playing the full match in the Carabao Cup tie against MK Dons last month. Topics Liverpool The FA news Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on WhatsApp Share on Messenger Reuse this content … [Read more...] about Liverpool’s Harvey Elliott banned by FA over video mocking Harry Kane

The Japanese have had precious little to cheer about over the past four months, so they could be forgiven for the enthusiasm with which they greeted a historic victory in a football match played in the dead of night thousands of miles and several time zones away. The celebrations began as soon as Saki Kumagai smacked the ball high into the net to seal victory over the USA in the Women's World Cup final in Germany in the early hours of Monday morning. Supporters filed out of bars in Tokyo and chanted the team's name on the streets in scenes reminiscent of the men's World Cup in South Africa last summer, when Japan confounded their critics and reached the knockout stage. Many more had set their alarms in time for the 3.45am kick-off, secure in the knowledge they could watch the match live and then go back to bed, as sunrise marked the start of a national holiday. For those who had chosen to sleep though the final, TV networks ran endless replays of the match's highlights, culminating in … [Read more...] about Women’s World Cup victory brings joy to Japan

Long-time foes North and South Korea played a World Cup qualifier on Tuesday, their first football match in the North in 30 years, but no fans were allowed in the stands and Pyongyang refused to broadcast the game live. There were also no goals. The last time the two sides met in a World Cup qualifier was in Seoul 10 years ago, when the North lost 1-0 before accusing South Korea of poisoning their players’ food ahead of the match. Reclusive North Korea and the rich, democratic South are technically still at war because their 1950-53 civil conflict ended in a truce, not a peace treaty. National anthems of both sides were played before the match kicked off at the Kim Il Sung Stadium and the flags of the two countries were on display, the South’s Korea Football Association said. Two earlier qualifiers that had been scheduled for North Korea had to be switched to Shanghai after Pyongyang refused to raise the South’s flag or play its anthem. North Korea had promised to … [Read more...] about No fans, no media and no goals as Koreas play out World Cup qualifier in empty stadium

Japan awoke on Monday morning, appropriately the Sports Day national holiday that commemorates the hosting of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, to revel in the historic 28-21 victory of its rugby team against Scotland. However, the celebratory mood accompanying Japan’s first qualification for the World Cup quarter-finals was dampened by news of the growing death toll from Typhoon Hagibis, which had come close to causing the match to be cancelled. The Asahi Shimbun ran a photo of the victorious national team in the locker room after the game “celebrating with pizza” and detailed the praise heaped on Japan by the international media, players and pundits. The newspaper also trumpeted the history-making nature of Japan’s win: the first team from outside the top tier nations to make it to the knockout stages since Fiji in 2007 and the first Asian team to make it that far. The Mainichi Shimbun described the unusually animated commentary by Nippon TV’s announcers during … [Read more...] about Japan marks shining moment at Rugby World Cup in wake of Typhoon Hagibis