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Allardyce, English Football Association part by mutu...
On Tuesday, The English Football Association (FA) announced manager Sam Allardyce had resigned from his management duti...

Wikinews interviews India's first female Paralympic ...
Wikinews on Sunday interviewed Deepa Malik, India's first female Paralympic medalist, who won the silver medal in the W...

File photo of Joe Hart, 2012. (Image: Илья Хохлов.)

Manchester City loans Joe Hart to Torino
On Wednesday, English football club Manchester City F.C. announced that they had loaned their goalkeeper Joe Hart to Italian club Torino F.C. till the season end. File photo of Joe Hart, 2012. Image: Илья Хохлов. Hart joined City from Shrewsbury Town F.C. in 2006. Since then, he has won four Premier League Golden Gloves for keeping most clean sheets in ...

File photo of Paco Alcácer, 2013. (Image: Heradiom.)

Alcácer signs five year contract with Barça
On Tuesday, Catalonian football club FC Barcelona announced signing of Spanish striker Paco Alcácer from Valencia C.F. for €30 million. Barcelona is obliged to pay €2 million as add-ons for the 23-year-old striker. Barcelona forward Munir El Haddadi was loaned to Valencia with an option to buy the player for €12 million. File photo of Paco Alcácer, 2013. ...

File photo of Sirigu (Image: Clément Bardot.)

Sevilla signs Sirigu on loan from Paris SG
On Friday, French capital football club Paris Saint-Getmain announced they loaned Italian goalkeeper Salvatore Sirigu to Spanish club Sevilla F.C. till the season end. File photo of Sirigu Image: Clément Bardot. 29-year-old Sirigu started his career in Italy and joined the Parisians five years ago, in 2011. After playing 60 Serie A matches from 2009 to ...

File photo of Jasper Cillessen, 2015. (Image: Илья Хохлов.)

FC Barcelona signs Jasper Cillessen
On Thursday, Spanish football club FC Barcelona announced signing of Dutch goalkeeper Jasper Cillessen from Dutch capital football club AFC Ajax for €13 million on a five-year deal. Per the agreement, Barça is obliged to pay add-ons of €2 million. File photo of Jasper Cillessen, 2015. Image: Илья Хохлов. 27-year-old Cillessen made his professional debut...

File photo of Lukas Podolsk (Image: Steindy.)

Podolski announces retirement from international fot...
Yesterday, Poland-born German football player and Galatasaray S.K. forward Lukas Podolski announced retirement from international football. File photo of Lukas Podolsk Image: Steindy. Debuting internationally in 2004, Podolski has won 129 international caps, Germany's third all time most capped player after Lothar Matthäus and Miroslav Klose. 31-year-ol...

Clausen at the 2015 Indianapolis 500 parade. (Image: SarahStierch.)

Midget car racer Bryan Clauson dies aged 27
Wednesday, August 10, 2016 American racing driver and Carmichael, California native Bryan Clauson died Sunday night from injuries sustained after a crash during Saturday's Belleville Midget Nationals quarter midget race in Kansas. He was 27 years old. On lap 14 of the race, Clauson took the lead when he collided with a lapped car in turn four and hit the tr...

File photo of Paul Pogba, 2012. (Image: Станислав Ведмидь.)

Manchester United signs Pogba, now costliest player ...
Yesterday, English football club Manchester United F.C. announced signing Frenchman Paul Pogba from Italian club Juventus F.C. Pogba rejoined The Red Devils on a five-year contract for €105 million making him the most expensive footballer of all time by breaking the previous fee record of Gareth Bale's transfer from Tottenham Hotspur to Spanish capital club Re...

Paralympics bans Russian athletes from Rio Games aft...
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has confirmed the ban on all Russian athletes from the games in the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio today. Paralympic logo "The Russian Paralympic Committee will not be able to enter athletes into the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games", IPC President Sir Philip Craven told a Rio de Janeiro press conference today. "It ...

Australian swim team pulled from Rio training pool w...
Concerns about water quality at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games have expanded to include the inside training pool: top Australian swimming coach Michael Bohl moved his Olympic athletes from the main training pool on Thursday citing fear of infection. The team had a pre-booked session in the training pool where they would have practiced uninterrupted. Ho...

File photo of Bastian Schweinsteiger, 2015. (Image: Matt Janzer (Flickr).)

Schweinsteiger announces retirement from internation...
On Friday, German football captain and Manchester United F.C. midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger announced retirement from international football. File photo of Bastian Schweinsteiger, 2015. Image: Matt Janzer (Flickr). Debuting in 2004, Schweinsteiger has won 120 international caps, Germany's fourth all time most capped player. He was part of the German...

File photo of Higuaín, 2015. (Image: Илья Хохлов.)

Higuaín leaves Napoli for Juventus
Yesterday, Italian football club Juventus F.C. announced signing of Argentine striker Gonzalo Higuaín from their rival club S.S.C. Napoli. 28-year-old Higuaín signed a five-year contract with the Old Lady for a Italian record transfer fee of €90 million. File photo of Higuaín, 2015. Image: Илья Хохлов. Debuting at the age of 17 in 2005, Higuaín has made...

File photo of Sam Allardyce, 2014. (Image: Brian Minkoff-London Pixels.)

Moyes appointed Sunderland manager, Allardyce Englan...
Yesterday, English football club Sunderland A.F.C. announced David Moyes as the manager of the club after Sam Allardyce vacanted the spot; on Friday the English Football Association appointed Allardyce manager of the English men's football team. File photo of Sam Allardyce, 2014. Image: Brian Minkoff-London Pixels. Allardyce handed national team duty[ed...

File photo of Mario Götze, 2011. (Image: Steindy.)

Götze to make Dortmund return, Schürrle completes Do...
On Thursday, German football club Borussia Dortmund (BVB) announced Mario Götze would rejoin the club from their arch rivals Bayern Munich after obligatory medical tests; Götze is to sign a four-year contract. On Friday, BVB announced signing André Schürrle from VfL Wolfsburg. File photo of Mario Götze, 2011. Image: Steindy. Götze to rejoin his boyhood ...

Julen Lopetegui named Spanish football manager
Yesterday, the Real Federación Española de Fútbol (Royal Spanish Football Federation) announced Julen Lopetegui would manage the Spanish men's national football team. As the coach, Lopetegui's first match is scheduled against Belgium in September. Julen Lopetegui has previously managed the U-21 (Under 21) Spanish men's team. He has also coached Portuguese clu...

File photo of Willian, 2015. (Image: Aleksandr Osipov.)

Willian signs contract extension with Chelsea
On Tuesday, English capital football club Chelsea F.C. announced 27-year-old Brazilian midfielder Willian has signed a four-year contract extension with the club. File photo of Willian, 2015. Image: Aleksandr Osipov. Willian joined The Blues three years ago in summer 2013 from Russian club FC Anzhi Makhachkala. Since then, Willian has made 140 appearanc...

File photo of Petr Čech (Image: John Dobbo.)

Petr Čech retires from international football
On Friday, Arsenal F.C. goalkeeper and Czech Republic football captain Petr Čech announced retirement from international football. File photo of Petr Čech Image: John Dobbo. Debuting fourteen years ago, Čech made 124 international appearances and became his nation's most capped player. The 34-year-old goalkeeper said, "This is a purely football-based de...

File photo of Henrikh Mkhitaryan, 2014. (Image: Clément Bucco-Lechat.)

Mkhitaryan joins Manchester United, Sandro signs Málaga
In association football signings this week, on Wednesday English football club Manchester United F.C. announced the signing of Armenian midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan from German club Borussia Dortmund; and on Thursday Spanish club Málaga CF announced signing striker Sandro Ramírez from FC Barcelona. Mkhitaryan joins Manchester United[edit] The Armenian captai...

File photo of Antoine Griezmann, 2012. (Image: Carlos RM.)

UEFA Euro 2016, semifinal: hosts France beat Germany...
On Thursday, World Champions Germany lost 2–0 to hosts France in the UEFA Euro 2016 semifinal. Antoine Griezmann scored both goals, netting six goals in the tournament. France is to play Portugal in the final tomorrow. File photo of Antoine Griezmann, 2012. Image: Carlos RM. Germany had better ball possession and passing accuracy. But, moments before ha...

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