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Security increased in Kosovo before football game with Israel

AFP · 7 months ago

As Israel's footballers prepare to play Kosovo in a Euro 2024 qualifier on Sunday -- their first international fixture since the war broke out in the country in October -- Pristina police are on alert after a series of social media posts calling for the game to be cancelled.

PSG kid Zaire-Emery is French football's next big thing

AFP · 7 months ago

France's never-ending conveyor belt of footballing talent appears to have thrown up its next superstar in Paris Saint-Germain's midfield prodigy Warren Zaire-Emery, who earned a call-up to the full national team on Thursday.

Suffering French giants Lyon still winless

AFP · 7 months ago

A week after coach Fabio Grosso was injured in an assault by opposing fans Lyon remained winless and rock bottom of France's Ligue 1 despite clawing back a 1-1 home draw against fellow strugglers Metz on Sunday.

ELN concedes abduction of Diaz's father was 'mistake,' vows release

AFP · 7 months ago

The head of Colombia's ELN guerilla group on Saturday acknowledged the organization was responsible for last week's abduction last week of the father of Liverpool footballer Luis Diaz, calling it a "mistake"

Players 'abandoned' over rainbow armbands in Qatar: Deschamps

AFP · 7 months ago

France coach Didier Deschamps told a  French National Assembly committee on Thursday that national teams had been "abandoned"

Mainz 'surprised' after El Ghazi expresses 'no regrets' for Israel-Gaza post

AFP · 7 months ago

German Bundesliga club Mainz on Wednesday reacted with "surprise and incomprehension"

French football under microscope after Lyon team bus attack

AFP · 7 months ago

French football clubs on Monday came under intense pressure to bring their supporters under control after Lyon coach Fabio Grosso suffered cuts to his face when his team's bus was pelted with stones near Marseille's stadium.

Football helps migrant youths find their place in Spain's Canary islands

AFP · 7 months ago

When Younousse Diop was just 13, he said goodbye to his family in Senegal and boarded a packed  boat bound for Spain's Canary Islands, part of the influx of migrants to the Atlantic archipelago.

No suspension for Bayern's Mazraoui over pro-Palestinian posts

AFP · 7 months ago

Bayern Munich on Friday said defender Noussair Mazraoui would not be suspended, after a probe into the Moroccan player over his social media posts on the Israel-Hamas conflict.

Benzema, French minister clash over 'Muslim Brotherhood' claim

AFP · 7 months ago

The lawyer of Karim Benzema has hit back at France's interior minister after he accused the French football star who plays for Saudi team Al-Ittihad of links to the Muslim Brotherhood Islamist group.

France investigates footballer for glorifying terror

AFP · 7 months ago

French prosecutors on Monday launched a preliminary investigation into a top-flight footballer on suspicion of glorifying terrorism after he reposted an allegedly anti-Semitic message on social media relating to the Israel-Hamas conflict.

French footballer asked to explain laugh during minute's silence

AFP · 7 months ago

France international Jean-Clair Todibo has been requested by the French football federation (FFF) to explain why he laughed during a minute's silence before last week's Euro 2024 qualifier.

Blow for Ligue 1 as French pay TV giant pulls out of rights auction

AFP · 8 months ago

The French league's ambitious aim of selling the television rights to Ligue 1 for one billion euros per year received a blow on Monday when the competition's longest-standing broadcast partner ruled itself out of the upcoming bidding process.

France vows 'firm response' to homophobic chants at football match

AFP · 8 months ago

The French government vowed Monday to punish football fans who chanted homophobic slurs at a top Ligue 1 clash at Paris's Parc des Princes stadium.

Lens claim first win of French season

AFP · 8 months ago

Lens claimed their first win of the French Ligue 1 season on Sunday, coming from behind to beat Toulouse 2-1 thanks to a late Morgan Guilavogui goal.

Convicted paedophile football coach dies in UK prison

AFP · 8 months ago

Former football coach Barry Bennell, who was convicted of a series of child sex offences, has died in prison, Britain's Ministry of Justice confirmed on Monday.

Benjamin Mendy picked in French club Lorient's squad for first time

AFP · 8 months ago

Benjamin Mendy, acquitted in a sex offences trial in England in June, has been included in the Lorient squad for the Ligue 1 match against Monaco on Sunday.

Garcia the key as Napoli begin their title defence

AFP · 9 months ago

Napoli head into their first title defence in over three decades with questions as to whether new management will be up to replicating last season's stunning charge to glory.

UEFA postpones AEK Athens-Dinamo Zagreb match after fatal stabbing

AFP · 10 months ago

A Greek football fan was fatally stabbed during a brawl near Athens between rival fans, leading UEFA to postponed Tuesday's match between Greek hosts AEK Athens and Croatian club Dinamo Zagreb.