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Abbas Khan: the trailblazing football official striving to break down barriers

Assistant referee welcomes work done to diversify the game and explains what clubs can do to further assist Muslims “Seeing a Muslim on the television, or at a live game, will hopefully strive to highlight to other young children, both Muslim and non-Muslim, to feel as though there are no barriers to them being involved

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Lyon return to Marseille feeling angry and scared – but desperate for points | Luke Entwistle

Lyon are furious that Marseille have not been punished for the attack on their team bus but they cannot afford to boycott By Luke Entwistle for Get French Football News Lyon have been to hell and back … and they are returning again. Their match in Marseille in October was abandoned just minutes before the

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‘The stadium is secondary’: how US sports teams became real-estate speculators

More than ever, franchises are a profit play as owners seek to boost income by building developments where people can live, work, shop, dine, drink and play Pitching his vision of shifting the St Louis Rams to an ultra-modern stadium anchoring a massive land redevelopment near Los Angeles international airport, Stan Kroenke told his fellow

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Government rejects ‘Hillsborough law’ central to campaign by victims’ families

Ministers reject families’ call for legally enforceable ‘duty of candour’ but signs charter to commit to transparency after public tragedies Ministers have rejected the “Hillsborough law” reforms that are central to a campaign by families of the 97 people killed in the 1989 disaster to prevent future police cover-ups. Instead, in its long-delayed response to

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Emma Raducanu misses out on first batch of Australian Open wild cards

The 21-year-old Briton faces qualifying route for MelbourneProtected ranking of 103 not enough despite high-profile status Emma Raducanu has missed out on the initial batch of wild card entires for the Australian Open. The former US Open champion has a protected ranking of 103 due to her lengthy absence from the tour following operations on

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