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LaLiga ready for kick off but still no sign of Lewandowski to rival Benzema

August 12 – As Liga gets under way this weekend, the question on everyone’s lips is still unanswered: when will Barcelona be allowed to field their new signings after a summer spending spree?

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Benzema, Courtois and De Bruyne battle for UEFA player of the year gong

August 12 – Karim Benzema, Thibaut Courtois and Kevin De Bruyne have been nominated for the UEFA’s player of the year award. Carlo Ancelotti, Pep Guardiola and Jurgen Klopp were shortlisted in the coaches’ category. 

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Europe

Real Madrid give Eintracht Frankfurt a lesson in Champions League quality

By Samindra Kunti in Helsinki

August 11 – In imperious form, Real Madrid kick-started the European club season with a routine 2-0 victory against Eintracht Frankfurt to clinch a fifth continental Super Cup and make a statement ahead of the Champions League. 

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Europe

Real Madrid and Ancelotti promise more to come ahead of Super Cup

By Samindra Kunti in Helsinki

August 10 – For the first time since 1960 and the European Cup Final that the Spanish club won in a 7-3 spectacular at Hampden Park in Glasgow, Real Madrid and Eintracht Frankfurt meet again in a competitive match with the Super Cup at stake in the curtain-raiser for the European season. 

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Europe

Ukraine’s Dynamo Kyiv face Benfica for Champions League group slot

August 10 – Despite their country being ripped apart by the Russian invasion and flattened by heavy artillery, Dynamo Kyiv are moving towards the group stage of Champions League following an extra-time 2-1 win over Austria’s Sturm Graz in the third qualifying round on Tuesday for a 3-1 aggregate victory.

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Europe

SAOT top make its European debut at Super Cup tonight in Helsinki

August 10 – In a move that could revolutionise the game in terms of key on-field calls, semi-automated technology (SAOT) to speed up the time taken to reach offside decisions will be used in European club competition for the first time at the UEFA Super Cup tonight.

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Europe

Court told of ‘uglier and more sinister side’ to Giggs

August 9 – Former Manchester United star Ryan Giggs, worshipped by fans throughout a 24-year career, has a more “sinister” side to his character, prosecutors said Monday, as he went on trial on charges of assault and use of coercive behaviour against an ex-girlfriend and her sister.

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Europe

Fast track. Mourinho jokes Olympic sprint champion Jacobs could play up front

August 9 – Roma manager Jose Mourinho says Olympic sprint champion Marcell Jacobs would have made a great footballer in another life after jokingly pretending to sign the 100m king.

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Europe

Unrepentant Fenerbahce sanctioned after fans taunt Dynamo Kiev with Putin chant

August 8 – Fenerbahce have been handed a one-game partial stadium closure by UEFA, suspended for two years, after their fans chanted Russian President Vladimir Putin’s name in a Champions League qualifier against Dynamo Kyiv.

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Europe

LaLiga refuses to register Lewandowski and Raphina as Barca bust spending cap

August 8 – Debt-ridden Barcelona have suffered a massive pre-season blow after being blocked by LaLiga from registering their five summer signings ahead of the new Spanish season.

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Africa

CAF calls on UEFA to discipline Napoli’s De Laurentiis over comments on signing African players

August 8 – The Confederation of African Football (CAF) have condemned the comments of Napoli chairman Aurelio De Laurentiis (pictured) over the signing of African players and has asked UEFA to open a disciplinary investigation against him.

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Europe

Bayern put faith in Mane and de Ligt to keep Dortmund and RB Leipzig behind them

August 5 – Bayern Munich kick off their Bundesliga title defence against Europa League winners Eintracht Frankfurt tonight hoping that a close-season spending spree, notably including Sadio Mane from Liverpool, will offset the loss of star striker Robert Lewandowski.

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Europe

Lionesses call on UK government to make football available to girls in every school

August 3 – England’s Lionesses have written an open letter to the next Prime Minister of the United Kingdom – Rishi Sunak or Liz Truss – calling for more girls’ football in schools, but there are fears that the new government will neglect the legacy of the new European champions. 

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Europe

UEFA to debut semi-automated VAR at Super Cup ahead of UCL introduction

August 3 – In the latest attempt to improve marginal VAR decisions and improve accuracy, UEFA has announced that for the first time it will use semi-automated offside technology (SAOT) to detect when players are offside in the Champions League this season.

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Africa

Napoli’s de Laurentiis says club will stop signing Africans unless they turn back on AFCON

August 3 – The controversial and notoriously outspoken president of Italian top-flight club Napoli, Aurelio de Laurentiis, has hit out at the timing of the African Cup of Nations and says the club will stop signing any more African players unless they agree not to play in the tournament.

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