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Football · 21 Mar 2021 French authorities allow foreign players to forgo quarantine PARIS (Reuters) - The French sports ministry on Saturday opened the door for foreign players in Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 to… FIFA World Cup · 1 Feb 2021 Qatar World Cup will be played in full stadiums – Infantino GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Cup matches scheduled next year in Qatar will be played in front of full stadiums This was… Football · 27 Jan 2021 FIFA aiming to announce 2026 World Cup venues by end of 2021 FIFA will aim to announce in the last quarter of 2021 the host cities for the 2026 World Cup being jointly staged… Football · 12 Dec 2020 Italy’82 World Cup heroes carry their colleague in moving funeral VICENZA, Italy (Reuters) - Marco Tardelli, Giancarlo Antognoni, Antonio Cabrini and Fulvio Collovati, former teammates of Paolo Rossi in the victory of… Coronavirus · 2 May 2020 Will European football’s season be moved from its traditional window? FIFA vice-president Victor Montagliani has said that moving the European football season to the calendar year is a "possibility to be discussed"… Italy · 16 Mar 2020 Italy World Cup Champions back ‘in action’ to beat the CoVid Challenge The players who in 2006 won the World Cup is back in action as it prepares to give their part to win… Sports · 2 Nov 2019 South Africa win Rugby World Cup 2019 South African captain Siya Kolisi (C) holds the cup as the team celebrates winning the Rugby World Cup final match between England… Slideshow · 2 Jul 2019 USA reaches World Cup final after beating England The U.S. defeated England 2-1 in a close match on Tuesday and will advance to the 2019 Women's World Cup final on… 2 Jan 2019 Qatar prepares for 2022 World Cup, increasing beer price by 100 percent tax Qatar has introduced a 100 per cent tax on alcohol, doubling prices overnight. The tax came into effect on New Year’s Day… 29 Sep 2018 Theresa May would back a joint UK and Ireland bid for 2030 World Cup A joint bid from the UK and Ireland to host the 2030 World Cup would receive the "full support" of government, Theresa… 30 Jul 2018 Qatar denies reports about wrongdoings in 2022 World Cup Bid AIPS Media : Shortly before the World Cup kicked off in Russia sports journalists covering the FIFA ‘beat’ began receiving a stream… History · 30 Jul 2018 On this day 1966, England won their first and only FIFA World Cup (Video) The History Channel: Fifty-two years on from England’s greatest footballing triumph, we look back at the day that secured Geoff Hurst and…