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Thomas Frank exclusive interview: Brentford head coach says Bees’ tough season is a reminder of football’s brutality | Football News
Thomas Frank is in a jovial mood as he leaves his press conference and walks through to a back room at Brentford’s Jersey Road training ground for his sit-down with Sky Sports. The camera operator asks him to say a few words to ensure his microphone is working correctly. “Soon we need some sun so…
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Football’s independent regulator will have power to settle ongoing row over financial distribution | Football News
Football’s independent regulator will have the power to settle the ongoing row over financial distribution between the Premier League and the EFL. The Government has long warned the football authorities the regulator would have ‘backstop powers’ to intervene and those powers will be confirmed on Tuesday when the Football Governance Bill is introduced to Parliament.…
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No heading, power plays & more: What happens when you change football’s rules? | Video
Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player As part of the Future of Football series on Sky Sports, we mocked up an 11-a-side game with some familiar faces and changed six major rules of football, including no heading, power plays, and goals counting double from outside the box. Source
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Filipinas hope to use Fifa World Cup stint to boost football’s growth – rezal404
A local broadcast partner to air the games of the Filipinas against the best footballers in the world would help the sport gain much more relevance here. —DISP PHOTO The chance of being seen by a wider audience in the country through a television deal remains bleak. But the Filipinas are hoping that, somehow, their…
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Jake Daniels one year on: ‘I’m proud of football’s response’
Jake Daniels says he is proud of how the stigma around football has changed a year on since the Blackpool forward became the UK’s first active male professional footballer to come out publicly as gay. Daniels was just 17 when he told his story to Sky Sports Newswith Justin Fashanu the last male professional footballer…
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