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Afghanistan players urge Fifa to look at match-fixing claims against president

AFF chief Mohammad Yousef Kargar accused of corruptionHe has denied claims he ordered players to fix matches in 2008 Leading players from Afghanistan’s men’s team have urged Fifa to investigate allegations of match-fixing against the president of the country’s football federation, and confirmed their boycott of the national side will continue until Mohammad Yousef Kargar […]

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Steve Beaton: ‘I’ve never been on a sunbed. And I’ve never had a perm’

The ‘Bronzed Adonis’, the last competitive link to the oche’s smoky golden age, is laidback before his 33rd year at a world championship “You’ve obviously seen the video of me in the Jacuzzi,” Steve Beaton says in a languid, assumptive tone. As if this is simply a statement of fact. Imagine being able to say

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Port Vale’s Connor Ripley: ‘When I play Boro I’m not a fan any more’

In Tuesday’s Carabao Cup quarter-final, the much-travelled goalkeeper meets a club he and his father Stuart have strong ties to Connor Ripley was born at the James Cook University hospital in Middlesbrough, just under three miles down the road from the Riverside Stadium, and spent nine years on the books of his boyhood club. His

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Manchester City’s 25-year journey from York to the Club World Cup

Exactly 25 years on from hitting rock bottom in the old Second Division, City make their Club World Cup debut in Saudi Arabia The 1998-99 season was pivotal in Manchester City’s history, culminating in the dramatic penalty shootout victory against Gillingham in the Second Division playoff final – but with Christmas approaching, they were facing

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