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/ 881 days agoFIFA exempt from Women's World Cup tax while players pay big
A new report showed that players at the Women's World Cup in Australia, not FIFA, paid taxes on match earnings. FIFA reached an agreement with the Australian Tax Office (ATO) to not pay for earnings during the tournament. However, players in the competition paid up to 32.5% of their match fee income to the ATO. […]
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/ 881 days agoManchester City drops $27 million on Argentine teenager
Manchester City is re-upping young talent by purchasing Claudio Echeverri. The 17-year-old River Plate sensation is one of the brightest talents coming out of South America, and Manchester City has had recent success dipping into the Argentine Primera. For example, the club purchased Julian Alvarez from River Plate in January 2022. In his lone season […]
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/ 881 days agoPremier League goalkeeper pushes ball boy for timewasting
Bernd Leno made headlines for the wrong reasons when he shoved a ball boy during Fulham's game at Bournemouth. With 15 minutes left in the 90 at Vitality Stadium, Fulham trailed Bournemouth by two goals. Desperate to restart the game, the Fulham goalkeeper hunted a ball from one of the ball boys behind the Fulham […]
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/ 882 days agoTottenham loses Cristian Romero for a month to injury
Ange Postecoglou will need to find a replacement for Cristian Romero at Tottenham with the latest injury to his side. The Argentine center-back picked up a hamstring injury during Spurs' win over Everton two days before Christmas. The injury is a major miss for a Tottenham side that has rattled off three straight wins after […]
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/ 884 days agoEPL Commentators on NBC: Dec. 26 to 28
Matchday 19 is the halfway point in the Premier League. Barring a Club World Cup postponement and rescheduling Luton Town against Bournemouth, each team will have played the other 19 clubs once in the 2023/24 Premier League campaign. Boxing Day is a celebratory time in the Premier League as the festive fixtures truck on. Yet, […]
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/ 887 days agoEuropean Super League organizers promise free streaming of games
The European Super League took a major step toward actualization on Thursday. The European Court of Justice ruled UEFA acted out of its boundaries in punishing clubs for competing in different leagues or tournaments. Consequently, the discussions about the future of the European Super League continued to ramp up. Granted, there is no concrete future […]
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/ 887 days agoFinal chance to get $20 off Fubo plans
Time is running out on the last Fubo coupon code that offers $20 in discounts. The holiday savings only last for one month, but it is still sizeable given the cost of streaming services in the current market. Fubo's Pro, Elite, and Premier plans are all $20 off the first month. Reminder, this only lasts […]
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/ 887 days agoEPL Commentators on NBC: December 21 to 24
It's the holiday season, so what better way to celebrate than a slew of Premier League games from before Christmas through the new year? There are games on 11 of the 13 days between December 21 and January 2. The festive fixture season will be a hectic time for the clubs in the Premier League. […]
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/ 888 days agoLiverpool crushes West Ham, sets up semifinal versus Fulham
Liverpool dismantled and dominated a poor West Ham side on Wednesday to advance to the League Cup semifinals for the 19th time. A five-goal outburst with four players on the scoresheet took advantage of a leaky West Ham defense at Anfield. Jürgen Klopp's side had the advantage in every statistical category on the night. For […]
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/ 889 days agoWhere are the American stars in MLS?
When one thinks about the stars of American men's soccer, they do not look to Major League Soccer, or MLS. Christian Pulisic is unequivocally 'Captain America,' but he plies his trade with Milan in Italy. Weston McKennie, Tim Weah, and Yunus Musah join Pulisic in Serie A. Then, a slew of players who are the […]
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/ 889 days agoChelsea through to League Cup semis after defeating Newcastle
Chelsea needed penalties to defeat Newcastle in the League Cup quarterfinals on Tuesday. Newcastle held the lead for the majority of the game after Callum Wilson's opener. However, a mistake at the back from Kieran Trippier allowed Mykhailo Mudryk to equalize in stoppage time. Chelsea then scored all of its spot kicks while Newcastle erred […]
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/ 893 days agoEPL Commentators on NBC: Dec. 15 to 17
The Premier League season is ramping up as we approach the end of 2023. With two weeks left in the calendar year, Premier League sides rattle off four games as part of the league's festive fixtures. That starts this weekend with several high-profile games as Liverpool looks to defend its spot at the top of […]
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/ 895 days agoPSG survives fervid final day to reach Champions League last 16
A dramatic final day of the UEFA Champions League group stage transpired on Wednesday as five teams battled for two spots in the knockout stage. In the end, PSG and Porto did enough in their games to advance to the last 16. Also, Milan's stunning comeback win against Newcastle ensures the Italian side will enter […]
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/ 895 days agoTurning the page to the next UEFA Champions League format
The 2022/23 UEFA Champions League campaign signals the end of the group-stage format. With 32 teams in play, there are eight groups of four. The top two teams from each group advance to the round of 16, which brings two-legged knockout ties. Next season, the UEFA Champions League changes drastically. For the first time, the […]
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/ 896 days agoXabi Alonso can make history by breaking Bayern's hegemony
Xabi Alonso has Bayer Leverkusen reaching new heights, and the club is a candidate, if not the favorite, to dethrone Bayern Munich's monopoly of dominance. After 14 games in the Bundesliga, Bayer Leverkusen is unbeaten with 11 wins and three draws. Xabi Alonso's side is the last unbeaten team in the biggest five leagues by […]