Xavi ‘ready’ to manage Barcelona if asked
Club legend Xavi stays he is ‘ready’ to manage FC Barcelona should the Catalan giants come calling. The midfielder turned down the role in January but is open to taking charge in the future.
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Stoke fine James McClean over ‘inappropriate’ Instagram post
Irish international James McClean has been fined two weeks’ wages by Stoke City after his club took a dim view of an “inappropriate social media post” on Instagram. The picture showed McClean wearing a balaclava in front of his children.
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Atalanta vs Valencia game was a ‘biological bomb’
A coronavirus outbreak at a local hospital and a Champions League match played in Milan are thought to be among the main factors that contributed to an escalation of cases in Italy’s worst-affected province, Bergamo, its mayor has said.
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How Ronaldinho ended up in a Paraguayan prison
Ronaldinho was once the brightest star in world football so how did the Brazilian genius end up spending his 40th birthday in a Paraguayan prison?
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Five ‘next big players’ who failed to deliver
Wonderkids burst onto the scene now and then but for every Neymar there is a Freddy Adu. Here are five players dubbed the next big thing that never reached their supposed potential.
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