His father confirmed the news Former Russia international footballer Aleksei Bugayev has died while fighting in the war between Russia and Ukraine. The 43-year-old joined Vladimir Putin’s forces just months after being sentenced to 10 years in prison for drug trafficking. Bugayev represented Russia in the 2004 European Championships and retired in 2010, at aged […]
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The story of Ukrainian football’s struggles through war. One year on from Russia’s sobering intrusion into Ukrainian territory, the ramifications of that fatal day are still reverberating around the football world. The most instantaneous impact upon football was of course in Ukraine itself, where the professional top tier was immediately suspended due to safety concerns. […]
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“He told me to ‘f*** off’ and I told him the same…” West Ham United forward Andriy Yarmolenko has opened up about his heated exchange with former Ukraine teammate Anatoliy Tymoshchuk over Russia’s invasion of their homeland. Tymoshchuk, who had held his country’s all-time appearance record, was recently stripped of all of his caps by […]
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Abramovich has been alleged to have been suffering from symptoms Roman Abramovich has reportedly been suffering from symptoms of suspected poisoning, according to the Wall Street Journal. Roman Abramovich is suffering symptoms of suspected poisoning — WSJ — We-ston al Gaib (@westonblasi) March 28, 2022 Where was Abramovich allegedly poisoned? Reports suggest that the Russian […]
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Russia are currently banned by UEFA. An official from the Russian Football Union has said that Russia will make a bid for either the 2028 or 2032 European Championships. On Tuesday it was all but confirmed that the United Kingdom and Ireland would host Euro 2028 after UEFA received no rival bids to host the […]
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The violence occurred before kick-off Chelsea fans clashed with riot police in France before their Champions League last week 16 second leg tie against Lille on Wednesday. Several of the Blues supporters were reportedly spotted throwing glass bottles in the direction of the riot police as well as singing chants in support of outgoing owner […]
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