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So instead of politicians getting on their high horses and telling footballers to forsake big chunks of their salaries, perhaps the Government should make sure football's contribution to our tax revenues goes to where it is needed most in a time of national emergency. … [Read more...] about Footballers are not greedy and will always be charitable to those in need

“You know that the championships are stopped in almost all countries because of the coronavirus pandemic,” the Dushanbe-based Istiklol manager, Vitaliy Levchenko, told a news conference on the eve of the Super Cup clash. “Thank God, there is no coronavirus in Tajikistan and the new football season begins in the country.” … [Read more...] about ‘At least the championship starts here:’ Tajikistan season opens amid shutdown

But because football is about people and lives, and the stories that bind and explain both, there was no lack of willingness to seek the words. Abdulah had left Bosnia in 1968 to become an iron worker in Adelaide. When Brazil 2014 began to seem a realistic proposition, he saved up and took three flights to Sarajevo for a six-week visit that would overlap with Bosnia’s final four games. Being on this journey to Kaunas had lifted his soul, he said. He felt united with long-distant countrymen in a way that had never seemed possible. … [Read more...] about My favourite game: Lithuania v Bosnia-Herzegovina, World Cup qualifier 2013

"When Paolo gave his salute on the pitch it was a gesture from the heart, and the way he is being treated now in England is not correct," said Ferrini, a lifelong fascist, who runs one of the string of memorabilia shops that line the main street of Predappio, Benito Mussolini's birthplace. When Di Canio visited the store a few years back on a trip to the town, Ferrini wanted to show his respect for the footballer. "I presented him with a bust of Mussolini," he recalls fondly. … [Read more...] about Busts of Il Duce and Di Canio T-shirts – welcome to Mussolini’s birthplace

That would see it slot in between the PGA BMW Championship at Wentworth and the Ryder Cup duel with the USA at Whistling Straits, Wisconsin. … [Read more...] about Coronavirus in sport LIVE: Premier League SUSPENDED indefinitely, Joshua vs Pulev POSTPONED, and UFC 249 latest