The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) announced on Friday that it would file a lawsuit against social media users who used racial epithets to disparage its players and president. The action was taken in response to remarks made by fans on the CBF’s Instagram page, referring to black members of the Brazilian national team as “monkeys” … Read more
The people of Naples will always remember Diego Maradona’s tenure there. For Diego and Napoli, it seemed like love at first sight in some manner. During Maradona’s stay in Italy, murals, logos, and even businesses were created. A mural of Maradona and his daughter Dalma can be found in the Paradiso di Soccavo training centre, … Read more
Prior to Tuesday’s World Cup qualifier between Argentina and Brazil, attacker Rodrygo of Brazil claimed to have had a disagreement with captain Lionel Messi of Argentina and to have received racist remarks on social media. Violence characterised Brazil’s 1-0 loss against Argentina in Rio de Janeiro, the five-time world champions’ third straight loss. The … Read more
The German Football Association (DFB) denounced racist comments made on social media on Thursday against players on the under-17 national team, and it threatened to take legal action against those who continued the abuse. Following Germany’s 3-2 victory over the USA in the round of 16 of the Under-17 World Cup in Indonesia, the DFB … Read more
Prosecutors have also asked that the former Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain full-back, who has been held in Spain since his arrest in January, pay his alleged victim 150,000 euros ($163,500), per a copy of his indictment that AFP was able to get on Thursday. There was no date set for his trial yet. The 40-year-old … Read more
Two sets of continental heavyweights will square off today in the FIFA U-17 World Cup in Indonesia, producing two tantalising quarterfinals. The teams will compete for a spot in the last four. In the first match, Spain will play Germany at 2:30 pm (Bangladesh time). Both of these formidable European teams are still vying for … Read more
According to striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin, the Everton players will not allow the Premier League’s 10-point deduction to have an impact on their play. Last week, Everton became the first Premier League team to lose points for breaking the regulations governing financial sustainability. Following an immediate deduction by an impartial committee, the Merseyside outfit fell from … Read more
After 15 years of international football play, Argentina striker Angel Di Maria, 35, announced on Thursday that he will be retiring from the game after the Copa America next year. Since making his debut in 2008, Di Maria has played in four World Cups and scored in Argentina’s 2022 final victory against France. He has … Read more
According to BFF president Kazi Salahuddin, the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) is thinking of appointing former West Ham United midfielder Peter James Butler as the development coach of the BFF Elite Academy. “We’ve been talking with him [Butler] about a number of topics over the past few days. He would start working as the development … Read more
UEFA announced on Wednesday that Celtic had been fined 15,200 pounds ($19,000) for their supporters’ waving of Palestinian flags during their Champions League encounter against Atletico Madrid last month in Glasgow. UEFA said in a statement that the hundreds of flags were considered to be “provocative messages of an offensive nature”. In a video that … Read more
