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Black Footballers Partnership: Football Association refusing to address lack of black coaches

The Black Footballers Partnership has accused English football of refusing to address the under-representation of black coaches in the game, saying the FA’s Football Leadership Diversity Code has failed. The FLDC was introduced in 2020, but three years later, the BFP has commissioned its own report which suggests targets have been repeatedly missed for black…

Rohan Luthra’s Cardiff debut a brilliant moment for British South Asians in Football, says Michael Chopra

Cardiff City legend Michael Chopra hailed Rohan Luthra’s debut as “a brilliant moment” for Britain’s South Asian community. The emergence of 6ft 5in Punjabi goalkeeper Luthra provided one of the few bright spots for Bluebirds fans last season – with Cardiff, who lost to champions Burnley on the final day, finishing 21st and enduring an…

Concussion in football: Link between sporting head impacts and CTE ‘reasonable to consider’, says report

A key document which shapes sport policy on concussion says it is “reasonable to consider” there is a potential association between repetitive head impacts and the development of chronic traumatic encephalopathy. It was announced last month that three more former Football League players – Jimmy Conway, Jim Fryatt and Jimmy Gabriel – had been posthumously…

British South Asians in football: Who makes it into the 2022/23 Team of the Season?

The 2022/23 season has been another breakthrough campaign for British South Asians in football. Players from the community featured at every level of the women’s football pyramid and across the divisions in the English Football League. But which players made it into the Team of the Season? Sky Sports journalist and FA Level 2 scout…

Zlatan Ibrahimovic: AC Milan star retires from football aged 41

Zlatan Ibrahimovic said on Sunday he had decided to end his football career aged 41. The striker’s AC Milan contract expires at the end of June and he had already announced he would not be renewing it following an injury-plagued season. But the Swedish legend announced on Sunday that “the time has come to say…

No swag, but Cristiano Ronaldo puts swagger in Saudi football – rezal404

Al Nassr’s Cristiano Ronaldo. REUTERS/Ahmed Yosri Cristiano Ronaldo’s first season in Saudi Arabia ended with a whimper, but with hundreds of millions in wages and unprecedented attention on Saudi football he may not be the last megastar to grace the oil-rich kingdom. The fireworks and euphoria that greeted Ronaldo’s gala unveiling in January were in…

Erling Haaland’s quick fire questions: Best football friend? Go to karaoke song? | Video

Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Manchester City striker Erling Haaland answers quick fire questions such as who is his best friend in football, what he’d be if he wasn’t a footballer, his go-to karaoke song, and who is the best player he’s ever played with. Source

Newcastle secure CL football with Leicester draw

FREE TO WATCH: Highlights from the Premier League match between Newcastle and Leicester. Source

Nine dead in El Salvador stadium stampede at football match—police – rezal404

Supporters are helped by others following a stampede during a football match between Alianza and FAS at Cuscatlan stadium in San Salvador, on May 20, 2023. Nine people were killed May 20, 2023 in a stampede at an El Salvador stadium where football fans had gathered to watch a local tournament, police said. (Photo by…

FEU bags UAAP Season 85 men’s football crown – rezal404

The FEU Booters are the UAAP Season 85 men’s football championships. -UAAP PHOTO MANILA, Philippines–Far Eastern University secured its 10th UAAP men’s football championship after dominating Ateneo, 4-1, in the Season 85 final on Thursday at Rizal Memorial Stadium. The victory ended in an eight-year title drought for the Tamaws in men’s football. “It feels…