Two former Iranian football players said on Thursday that they were delighted to receive Australian citizenship after being branded traitors in their homeland for declining to sing Iran’s national anthem before a match. Fatemeh Pasandideh and Atefeh Ramezanisadeh were among seven members of Iran’s delegation who requested protection from Australia following their widely reported protest […]
Continue ReadingThe lawyer removed from representing a group of more than 1,000 rugby players with brain injuries in their lawsuit against the sport’s governing bodies is still heading a comparable claim for dozens of former footballers. At a hearing in the Royal Courts of Justice this week, Richard Boardman stated his plan to step aside, with […]
Continue ReadingIn the lead-up to the World Cup, the entrenched hostility that had accompanied Jude Bellingham virtually from his breakthrough at senior level grew more vociferous. Numerous scribes, commentators and one-time professionals doubted whether one of the country’s most gifted footballers could become a divisive presence within the team. The starkest articulation of this position appeared […]
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