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UEFA starts disciplinary proceedings against Juventus, Real Madrid and Barcelona over breakaway competition row.
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As a Manchester United fan protest leads to a match postponement, experts say owners must rebuild trust with the fans.
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About 100 United fans took to the pitch, setting off flares and calling for the Glazers to end their ownership.
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Inter Milan’s first league title since 2010 ends Juventus’s nine-year reign in Italian football.
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Anti-Glazer movement has gained momentum following the club’s failed attempt to join a breakaway Super League.
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Football legend’s medical team acted in an ‘inappropriate, deficient and reckless manner’, an expert medical panel says.
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Social media silence by football leagues, clubs and players in England in protest against online racist abuse.
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Julian Nagelsmann, 33, will move from RB Leipzig on a five-year contract to coach reigning German champions Bayern.
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Some 8,000 people – all tested for COVID-19 – were in the stadium to watch Manchester City beat Tottenham Hotspur.
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Perez says clubs, funding bank have taken time to reflect following a backlash over the announced project.
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A victory for football fans over the power of the boardroom? Perhaps not.
The world’s richest football clubs are all European, with the top 20 teams worth more than $45bn.
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The growing dominance of capital in football has long been ignored. Now, it is time for radical change.
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The move came after six English clubs pulled out of the competition following furious reactions from fans and officials.