ZURICH, Dec 9 (Reuters) - Swiss prosecutors are preparing to return money to the South American soccer association that was seized from Swiss bank accounts during a sweeping global probe of corruption involving world soccer officials. One of the bank accounts, at Credit Suisse, contains nearly $500,000 and was owned by Eduardo Carlos Deluca, the former head of the South American Football Confederation, and Andres Castelli, a former Latin America regional director at world soccer association FIFA, prosecutors said.
This is what black players want. What they're saying is, 'we want a level playing field, because when we have a level playing field we can then be the best that we can be'. This is what they deserve. The reality is the data speaks for itself over the last 15, 20 years with regards to the disproportionate amount of [black] coaches in the game. Elliott said he was confident England's men's national team would one day have a black manager, without the person's ethnicity or gender being referenced.
We are grateful for the support we have received from all our stakeholders, including our commercial and broadcast partners and agencies, as we try to protect the safety and well-being of all our players, officials and spectators while also ensuring the integrity of the competitions. The Asian Champions League has already been severely affected by the outbreak, with all-but one game involving Chinese clubs postponed until April at an earlier meeting held in Kuala Lumpur.
After eight months maybe some players are a little tired, so we need to think about that. Millwall manager Gary Rowett told BBC Radio London:"We were superb in different ways today. In the first 45 minutes, from an attacking sense, I thought all three goals were very, very well worked and we had some other opportunities which was pleasing. We could have come here and gone 5-2-3, but I felt there was an opportunity against Forest to exploit certain areas and one of those was a little bit of direct play on the angle to big Smudge (Matt Smith).
Porto need to get a win from this game to keep their title hopes alive. A draw wouldn't be a disaster but losing at home to Benfica most certainly would be. The home side take on a side that have scored in all their away games this season and are averaging over two goals a game on their travels. Porto beat Benfica earlier in the season so know how to get past their defenders. A bet on both teams to score is the one to go for here.
There's also been no shortage of shooting action when MK Dons have been involved of late. In their last three matches, they've conceded a total of 40 shots, 15 of which hit the target, and have registered a total of 44, 22 of which have testing the opposing keeper. Such stats bode well for goals backers ahead of Tuesday's clash.
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Top of the table and confirmed as champions of the 2019/20 season after City's loss to Chelsea, Liverpool will receive a guard of honour. City are currently second in the table, 23 points behind the Reds, an embarrassing deficit considering the quality of their squad. However, Liverpool have been incredible this season, so much so that they could afford to drop eight points from their remaining seven games and still break the Premier League points tally record.
City looked to be back to their old ruthless selves in sweeping aside Burnley on Tuesday, and they know that another win is imperative. In fact, a long sequence of wins is what City need to really apply some pressure to leaders Liverpool. Are Pep Guardiola's side capable of putting together a dozen or so wins in a row? Of course they are. No title has ever been won in December. VIEW FROM THE DUGOUTManchester City manager Pep Guardiola: "It's Man United; I respect what they've done for English football, European, and world football.
The young defender is in line for his first-team debut, a year after undergoing chemotherapy after being diagnosed with testicular cancer at the age of just 18. Video - United want 'new Totti' in Roma transfer shuffle - Euro Papers01:34 With 10 points from four games, Group L leaders United are assured of a place in the last-32 and Solskjaer said it was "common sense" to rest most of their senior players while a number of youngsters expected to make their senior debut.
Arsenal have done well in their last four matches, and have seen a significant rise in the standings too courtesy of three straight league wins. It has been a good period for the Gunners and getting to play at home against Leicester should excite them, having registered their best results at home this season. This fixture has favored the home team in recent times, and Arsenal will hope luck is also on their side. They have been scoring consistently and have had a good break in defence. On the other hand, though Leicester beat Palace comfortably, they have not been very convincing and their away record in recent matches is not so great. Arsenal have six wins in the last eight home matches and are unbeaten in six home league matches, winning five. Eight of their 12 wins this season have come at home and they have failed to score in just one of the 16 home league matches. With their recent form, Leicester head to London as underdogs and a bet on Arsenal winning this could pass.
Chelsea boss Frank Lampard has defended Antonio Rudiger after he was criticised for his part in Tottenham forward Son Heung-min's red card on Sunday. Spurs manager Jose Mourinho was unhappy with the Blues defender's reaction to Son's challenge in Chelsea's 2-0 win. Lampard said it was "disappointing" to question Rudiger's integrity while an investigation into alleged racial abuse directed at the German is ongoing.
When I was injured or suspended, I really wanted to go in there but it wasn’t right to do it. But now every time I have chance to go back, I always stand with them and sing. There is always 10 people standing in the space of five seats, but that doesn’t matter. It’s always entertaining listening to Pontus Jansson talk, particularly with his current side Brentford facing his former team Leeds this evening.
The Chiefs have only lost twice this season. Tampa have lost five matches this season. Tampa have only beaten two teams this season that had a winning record for their season. The NFL season reaches its climax as defending champions Kansas City Chiefs take on Tampa Bay Buccaneers and a certain Tom Brady.
Former Republic of Ireland internationals Damien Duff, Keith Andrews and Alan Kelly will join new manager Stephen Kenny's backroom staff. Kenny, 48, replaced Mick McCarthy at the helm after Euro 2020 was postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic. Meanwhile, Jim Crawford succeeds Kenny as the Republic's Under-21 manager. Ex-Chelsea, Newcastle and Fulham winger Duff will join on 1 August, having spent the last year on the coaching staff of Scottish champions Celtic.
Redditch and Stratford will face each other in the upcoming match in the Southern League. Redditch this season have the following results: 2W, 3D and 19L. Meanwhile Stratford have 5W, 3D and 17L. This season both these teams are usually playing attacking football in the league and their matches are often high scoring.
Emma Hayes' side now sit just a point adrift of, and with a game in hand on, new table-toppers Manchester City, who won 2-0 against Birmingham City and usurped Arsenal's position at the summit following Chelsea's emphatic result at Meadow Park. Blues make a statement New signing Sam Kerr notched her maiden Chelsea goal in a first-half blitz that saw Joe Montemurro's side concede three in the opening 20 minutes, with Beth England, Sophie Ingle and Guro Reiten also scoring to inflict a first home defeat of the season on Arsenal.
FRANCE: PARIS ST GERMAIN: Owned by Qatar Sports Investments - established by the son of the emir and heir to the Qatari throne Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani - which bought a 70% stake in PSG in 2011. The remaining 30% was purchased from Colony Capital the following year, at a price that valued the entire club at 100 million euros ($110 million).
This team has dropped five points in 29 games. They are reigning European champions and world champions. Good luck selling the idea that they don’t deserve to win the league. Dusk falls over Anfield Stadium, the home Liverpool Football Club on March 13, 2020 in Liverpool, United Kingdom. Getty Images Heaton is impressed by the way the city’s clubs have reacted to the Coronavirus emergency.
Nottingham are unbeaten in their last five Championship matches. Nottingham have three straight wins at home in the Championship. The last four meetings between the two sides have yielded under 2.5 goals. Reading have lost just one of their last 10 matches. Reading have three wins in four away matches.
Watford under-23 coach Hayden Mullins will take charge of Wednesday's Premier League game at Leicester following the sacking of Quique Sanchez Flores. Sanchez Flores returned for a second spell at the club when he replaced Javi Gracia in September but was dismissed after Saturday's defeat by Southampton. Watford are bottom of the Premier League table, six points from safety. Chris Hughton is a possible successor and the Hornets said a replacement will be appointed "imminently".
Going to the game Borussia Dortmund have 29 points and are third on the standings while Leipzig, on 33 points, are top. Borussia Dortmund have won each of their last four matches and have seven wins in the last 10 matches. They have three clean sheets in the 10 matches and have scored two or more goals in eight of the 10 matches.
If Moyes thinks that is unlikely to happen then it makes sense to move him on and use any money raised to buy younger or more reliable alternatives. Read the full story Brighton waiting on players Premier League club Brighton are waiting to hear from their players over an agreement to defer their wages, reports the Daily Mail.
Hoffenheim last season only finished in 9th place, low position compared to what this team did last season because they have won tickets to the Champions League. Therefore, this season of the team of coach Alfred Schreuder wants to regain his position on the top of the Bundesliga in the 2019/2020 season, but that goal seems difficult to accomplish because they are ranked 9th in the rankings. Next to Hertha Berlin at home, a victory is what Hoffenheim aims to hope to climb to the higher position, most likely the home team will play well and get what they need. Hertha Berlin is 13th in the table. ranking, the position can be said to be low compared to what this team showed last season. With just 6 points more likely to be relegated, the position of Hertha Berlin is currently unsafe and they need to accumulate points soon to succeed. To visit Hoffenheim, the goal of Hertha Berlin is a victory, but before the home team is also eager to win 3 points, the visitors are likely to suffer the defeat.
He produced an admirable display in the conditions, however, helping to set up Luka Modric's goal which wrapped up the points for Zidane's side, while he nearly scored in stoppage time. The 30-year-old Bale's efforts led to a smattering of applause from sections of the crowd and Zidane said he wished everyone could turn a page.
The Trail Blazers need to keep on winning if they want to reach the play-offs. Current form is good and home form has improved for the side ninth in the Western Conference. They host Orlando Magic who haven't been living up to their name of late. Five of their last six games have been lost and a play-off place might be slipping away. Go for the Trail Blazers to win this game.
I hope they'll take belief from today. We're setting standard in training and we're setting them in games now. Aberdeen manager Derek McInnes: "I'm maybe guilty of making too many changes looking back now. I thought the 3-4-1-2 we went to allowed us more possession of the ball and we got into good areas, but we didn't do enough with the ball and I've gambled too early with the shape because it left us more open on the counter-attack.
Walter Ferretti U20 host Real Esteli U20, in the 14th round of the Nicaraguan Liga Primera u20 - Clausura. This is very difficult match to predict, because there is no quality difference between these two squads. So far, Ferretti u20 has won 21 points, ranked 3rd place in the league, while Esteli has won 1 more points, 22 pts, ranked 2nd place in the league.
After 26 rounds in the Romanian league this season, CFR Cluj finished 1st in the standings with 52 points; Astra ranked 6th with 42 points. According to the organizers' rules, teams ranked 1st through 6th win tickets to the championship play-off rounds. In this play-off round, 6 teams continue to play in a round of 2 rounds to find the champions and tickets for the European Cup. Being kicked at home in the championship play-off round 1, CFR Cluj very promising to find the joy of victory. Astra Giurgiu was not in a good shape recently. After the Winter break, Astra Giurgiu played 7 matches, resulting in 2 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses
Six of the last eight Middlesbrough home games have had under 2.5 goals scored in them. Tottenham will rest several players and have Harry Kane injured. Each of the last three Middlesbrough games have had under 2.5 goals scored in them. A lot can happen in a few weeks and that has certainly been the case for both these clubs.
Nicolas Pepe and Sokratis Papastathopoulos were on target for Arsenal as first-half goals put Manchester United to the sword at the Emirates and gave Mikel Arteta his first win as manager. With fellow top-four chasers Chelsea and Tottenham dropping points earlier in the day, United were seeking a third consecutive win to close the gap on the Blues to two points.
But that usage - as a "self-designated nickname or slogan" - has been criticised by the World Jewish Council, and can lead to rival fans using the word in an anti-Semitic way. Spurs are conducting a consultation to see what their fans think of its use. Brown says she and her organisation - which has been backed by anti-discrimination body Kick It Out - have been "bombarded" with abuse from supporters since they explained on social media why use of the phrase "rent boys" is homophobic.
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REMARKABLE RISE It seems only a short while ago that the baby-faced assassin swapped his homeland for the bright lights of the Premier League, making his name at Manchester United and leaving for Real Madrid where he achieved legendary status. Upon his arrival in Turin, he remained the star of the show with fans waiting with bated breath to see if one of the all-time greats could take another of Europe’s top leagues by storm.
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You could even argue he is better than all of them. Since joining City in July 2010, Silva has won four Premier League titles, two FA Cups and five League CupsI don't like comparing players' achievements, especially when they are in different positions, but Silva has been absolutely magnificent, and for 10 unbelievable years he has been the heartbeat of this City team. Even without him, though, they will still expect to put up more of a challenge to Liverpool in 2020-21.
Milan will appreciate its advantage on the ground, knowing that its 4 defeats in 13 home games are an affordable record at home. In the return match this season, the host created problems during their visit to Rome despite their 2-1 defeat. They will create more opportunities at home and the recent drop in the form of visitors to away games will be another advantage for the home team in the match. The Milan team is in eighth position with a record of 11 wins, 6 draws and 10 losses, while the Roma team is in fifth place in the league with a record of 14 wins, 6 draws and 7 losses. It is an evenly matched game.
Chinandega had a 7-0 loss recently and a loss like this was coming for them as their defending has looked very week for a number of matches. The away team have played well here in the past and should beat this handicap. The away team has won often here and really overall their 2 previous games with Chinandega have looked good too, they were both draws but the away team were playing at home on those matches. The away team have the better recent history between these teams in my view and are less likely to lose this match by a lot
The visitors have lost four of their last five, while they’ve been beaten in three of their last four trips. That has us backing another Derby victory, while the Rs record of late points to another loss to nil, especially against this fine Derby defence. A 2-0 home win is our prediction in this clash.
What are the financial implications? The costs could be huge, and there may be plenty of legal and other disagreements to come. Some contracts and agreements will have force majeure considerations written into them. Other decisions may be taken by votes. For others, the state might step in. There are relegation and European places to decide, as well as who win the Premier League.
Two as a player with Chelsea and Man City, four as a manager with Chelsea and Derby. Fiyako Fhas scored as manay goals in 21 appearances for Chelsea this season (two) as he netted in 55 games for Derby last season. Michy Batshuayi has been directly involved in 18 goals in his 18 domestic cup starts for Chelsea and Crystal Palace combined, scoring 15 and assisting three.
After signing for Cardiff for 15 million pounds ($19. January, Sala was travelling there from the French club when his plane crashed in the English Channel. The body of the 28-year-old Argentine striker was recovered nearly three weeks later after an underwater search found the wreckage. In October, FIFA ordered Cardiff to play a six million-euro sum, relating to the first instalment of his transfer fee, to the French club.
Whether you like it or not, a forward's job is to put the ball in the net," said Shearer. So it's goalscoring, winning stuff with his team and not necessarily longevity in the Premier League - when you put all that in, the list we have is a tough one. Wright added: "Michael Owen was scintillating in his early career and he didn't make the list. But what we've got here, this 10, is magnificence. It's all worth noting that Wright was one the initial list, but he gave up his spot for Andrew Cole.
All things considered, backing a Sevilla win looks the best way to play as far as the betting is concerned and is something we're more than happy to do. They are in simply unstoppable form at the moment and consistently dispatching of stronger opponents than APOEL on a weekly basis, they should be able to get the better of the hosts, with a 1-0 margin of away victory on the cards.
Lamela and Lo Celso have a long way to go to win the kind of adulation Ardiles and Villa enjoyed but inspiring Spurs to a first FA Cup title since 1991 would do the trick. They played very well. I don't think (Osvaldo) Ardiles and Villa would have been ashamed at all," Mourinho, who started the game with five south Americans on the pitch, said.
Problems mounting for VillaWatching from the stands, goalkeeping duo Tom Heaton and Pepe Reina were powerless to stop the first-half carnage. With Heaton on crutches as a legacy of the season-ending knee injury he suffered at Burnley on 1 January, and Reina not registered in time to feature as he is about to complete a loan move from AC Milan, Orjan Nyland was handed his Premier League debut. It proved to be a torrid afternoon for the 29-year-old Norwegian, who became the first goalkeeper in Premier League history to concede six goals on his first start in the competition.
Manager Neil Lennon believes a change in tactics has played a vital part in Celtic stretching their Scottish Premiership lead to 10 points. Since moving to a 3-5-2 after the winter break, Celtic have won all six of their league matches, scoring 22 goals along the way. Lennon played in a similar formation under Martin O'Neill and now believes its suits his own team too. We just felt we were getting a little stale with the 4-3-3," said Lennon.
Nov 29 (Reuters) - Brazil's managerial merry-go-round took a particularly bizarre turn on Friday when three of the clubs fighting relegation parted ways with their coaches, two of whom immediately rejoined rivals seeking to avoid the drop. Four teams will be relegated from Brazil's Serie A, with Avai and Chapecoense already down with three games of the seasons remaining.