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Barcelona’s Joan Laporta says he will not give La Liga chief executive Javier Tebas “what he’d like by stepping down” as president of the club. On Monday, Tebas said Laporta should resign if he was unable to explain payments Barcelona made to Jose Maria Enriquez Negreira, a former vice-president of Spain’s referees’ committee. “That is for the club’s members to ...

Manchester United’s share price dropped over nine per cent on Tuesday amid fears the Glazer family won’t sell the club after all. Shares valued at $25.55 [£21.08] on the New York Stock Exchange at the opening of Tuesday’s trading had slumped to $24.27 [£20.02] within 30 minutes. A slight rebound was followed by another fall to $24.10 [£19.88] approaching 11am ...

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has apologised to Steven Gerrard for comments he made about the ex-Liverpool captain’s slip against Chelsea. Defending City over alleged financial rule breaches, Guardiola referenced Gerrard’s slip when the Reds lost 2-0 to Chelsea late in the 2013-14 season. Liverpool went on to narrowly miss out on the Premier League title to City. “I apologise ...

The Kansas City Chiefs became NFL champions for the second time in four years after fighting back to claim a thrilling 38-35 win over the Philadelphia Eagles. Seen as slight underdogs for Super Bowl 57, the Chiefs trailed for much of the game in Phoenix and were 27-21 down heading into the final quarter. But despite limping after aggravating an ...

South Africa says it has signed an agreement to introduce dozens of African cheetahs to India over the next decade. The South African environment department said the first batch of 12 cheetahs would be moved next month. It plans to send a similar number annually for the next eight to 10 years. India received eight cheetahs from Namibia last year ...

Ronald Koeman pledged Monday to take the Netherlands back to playing attractive, attacking football as he began his second stint in charge of the national team that lost in the World Cup quarterfinals to eventual winners Argentina. Koeman, who had been named as successor to Van Gaal last year already, was officially unveiled on Monday at a news conference and ...

Former Wales captain Gareth Bale has announced he will play in a PGA Tour event just two weeks after retiring from professional football. Bale said he will compete in February’s AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am in California. The 33-year-old retired earlier this month as Wales’ most-capped male player and record men’s goalscorer. “Delighted to announce I will be playing in the ...

Kenya’s opposition leader, Raila Odinga, has said his political coalition does not recognise William Ruto as the President of Kenya and declared the new Kenyan government as “illegitimate”. Mr Ruto beat him in last August’s poll, but Mr Odinga – who appeared at Nairobi’s Kamukunji Stadium along with his running mate Martha Karua, and other allies – repeated claims that ...

One of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s key aides has resigned ahead of an expected government reshuffle. Kyrylo Tymoshenko was the president’s deputy head of office and thanked Mr Zelensky for “the opportunity to do good deeds every day and every minute”. He had been implicated in scandals linked to his use of expensive cars – though he denies wrongdoing. Mr ...

Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni arrived Sunday (Jan. 22) in Algeria for a two-day visit as the two nations look to build up a strategic partnership and Italy works to further wean itself off Russian energy with help from the gas-rich North African country. Algeria’s state television announced Meloni’s arrival with neither photos nor fanfare. She was greeted by Prime Minister ...