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‘We have to do something for our people’: Ukraine nurture World Cup dream | Nick Ames

The team have led a nomadic existence since Russia invaded and face a playoff against Sweden in Valencia on Thursday Around the pitch of the latest stadium Ukraine will call home, a set of banners reels off the venues that have accommodated them in the past four years. The list goes on: Lodz, Prague, Leverkusen, […]

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Former MLB umpire fears officials face humiliation by ‘computer geeks’ under ABS

Automated Ball-Strike System will start this season Players will be able to challenge calls under system Former major league umpire Richie Garcia is worried about the impact that robot officials will have on their human counterparts. Major League Baseball has introduced the Automated Ball-Strike Challenge System for regular-season play in 2026, starting with the New

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Italy and Northern Ireland target return to international football’s top table

Gli Azzurri start favourites in the World Cup playoff on Thursday but Michael O’Neill says his young team will show no fear The shorter wait is the one worthy of considerably more attention. Four decades have passed since Northern Ireland appeared at a World Cup, then for the second time in succession. Any disappointment at

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‘There won’t be any regrets’: Bellamy steels Wales for last World Cup push

Before meeting with Bosnia and Herzegovina, head coach has urged his players to step up and embrace the occasion “Have you ever seen Usain Bolt in the 100m?” Craig Bellamy asks a crowd of journalists in the Wynnstay auditorium at Wales’s hub in Hensol, on the eve of the World Cup playoff semi-final against Bosnia

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Everton exploring legal options over lack of sporting sanctions against Chelsea

Merseyside club to demand formal explanation from Premier League Chelsea docked no points for rule breaches, unlike Everton and Forest Everton are exploring a possible legal challenge against the Premier League for their handling of Chelsea’s undisclosed payments sanction. The club are understood to be preparing to write to the Premier League requesting a formal

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Fans and players from five African World Cup countries face $15,000 bond to enter US

State department to expand program on 2 April Algeria, Côte d’Ivoire, Senegal, Tunisia, Cape Verde affected No apparent exceptions for athletes or officials A newly expanded policy from the Trump administration could require travelers from five World Cup-qualified countries to front a bond of up to $15,000 in order to enter the United States for

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