Soccer Football - Champions League - SK Sturm Graz v Sporting CP - Worthersee Stadion, Klagenfurt, Austria - October 22, 2024 Sporting CP coach Ruben Amorim before the match REUTERS/Borut Zivulovic
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Soccer Football - Ballon d'Or - Theatre du Chatelet, Paris, France - October 28, 2024 Spain's and Manchester City's Rodri receives the Ballon d'Or from George Weah as showing on the screen the second Vinicius Junior and third and Jude Bellingham, no Real Madrid member attended the ceremony REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier
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Blind football Team in South Sudan. Simon Madol (DIF) is the trainer.
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MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 29: Erik ten Hag, Manager of Manchester United, looks dejected after the team's defeat in the Premier League match between Manchester United and Manchester City at Old Trafford on October 29, 2023 in Manchester, England. (Photo by Michael Regan/Getty Images)
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Lionel Messi and Inter Miami won the opening game of the team's playoffs with victory against Atlanta United.
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Aramco headquarters is seen in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia May 23, 2018. Picture taken May 23, 2018. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah
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Manchester City's Erling Haaland (centre right) scores their side's second goal of the game during the UEFA Champions League group stage match at the Etihad Stadium, Manchester. Picture date: Wednesday October 23, 2024. PA Photo. See PA story SOCCER Man City. Photo credit should read: Martin Rickett/PA Wire. RESTRICTIONS: Use subject to restrictions. Editorial use only, no commercial use without prior consent from rights holder.
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Erling Haaland leaves people ‘speechless’ with stunning acrobatic goal in Champions League
Kevin Durant of the Phoenix Suns scores the game tying shot during the game against the LA Clippers on October 23, 2024 at Intuit Dome in Los Angeles, California.
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RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE Mandatory Credit: Photo by Jose Breton/NurPhoto/Shutterstock (14805973aj) Vinicius Junior left winger of Real Madrid and Brazil celebrates after scoring his sides first goal during the UEFA Champions League 2024/25 League Phase MD3 match between Real Madrid C.F. and Borussia Dortmund at Estadio Santiago Bernabeu on October 22, 2024 in Madrid, Spain. Real Madrid C.F. v Borussia Dortmund - UEFA Champions League 2024/25 League Phase MD3, Spain - 22 Oct 2024
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LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 22: Gabriel Martinelli of Arsenal celebrates his side's first goal, a own goal scored by Dmytro Riznyk of FC Shakhtar Donetsk (not pictured during the UEFA Champions League 2024/25 League Phase MD3 match between Arsenal FC and FC Shakhtar Donetsk at Emirates Stadium on October 22, 2024 in London, England. (Photo by Justin Setterfield/Getty Images)
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FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA - OCTOBER 19: Lionel Messi #10 of Inter Miami celebrates scoring his third goal during the second half against the New England Revolution at Chase Stadium on October 19, 2024 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. (Photo by Carmen Mandato/Getty Images)
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TOPSHOT - Real Madrid's French forward #09 Kylian Mbappe (R) is congratulated by Real Madrid's Brazilian forward #07 Vinicius Junior after scoring the 2-0 goal during the UEFA Super Cup football match between Real Madrid and Atalanta BC in Warsaw on August 14, 2024. (Photo by Wojtek RADWANSKI / AFP) (Photo by WOJTEK RADWANSKI/AFP via Getty Images)
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MADRID, SPAIN - AUGUST 25: Vinicius Junior of Real Madrid looks on prior to the La Liga match between Real Madrid CF and Real Valladolid CF at Estadio Santiago Bernabeu on August 25, 2024 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Angel Martinez/Getty Images)
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Global game

French footballer Paul Pogba attends at photocall of the film Kinds of Kindness at Cinema Anteo. Milan (Italy), May 31th, 2024 (Photo by Pamela Rovaris/Archivio Pamela Rovaris/Mondadori Portfolio via Getty Images)
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Paul Pogba eyes return to soccer after doping ban: ‘I’m not a cheater’
Barcelona hammers Hammarby 9-0 to equal club record Women’s Champions League victory
Mexico ends seven-match winless run against the USA and hands Mauricio Pochettino his first defeat as head coach
12 May 2024, Bavaria, Munich: Soccer: Bundesliga, Bayern Munich - VfL Wolfsburg, Matchday 33, Allianz Arena. Munich coach Thomas Tuchel stands in the stadium before the game. Photo by: Tom Weller/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images
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Thomas Tuchel announced as next manager of the England men’s football team
Lionel Messi equals Cristiano Ronaldo’s hat-trick record after vintage performance for Argentina
Soccer star makes history by becoming third generation to represent Italy in dramatic round of the UEFA Nations League

Football news

Soccer Football - Africa Cup of Nations - Final - Nigeria v Ivory Coast - Stade Olympique Alassane Ouattara, Abidjan, Ivory Coast - February 11, 2024 Nigeria's Victor Osimhen and teammates look dejected after Ivory Coast's Franck Kessie scores their first goal REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko
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Nigeria to boycott AFCON qualifier against Libya after players claim they were left stranded at airport overnight
Greece players hold aloft a shirt in memory of George Baldock after Evangelos Pavlidis scores the opening goal of the game during the UEFA Nations League Group B2 match at Wembley Stadium, London, on October 10, 2024.
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Greece pays tribute to George Baldock in famous win over England at Wembley
George Baldock of Sheffield United Sheffield United on August 12, 2023.
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Soccer star George Baldock dies at 31
Lionel Messi takes on the Atlanta United defence during an MLS match at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
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Major League Soccer sets all-time attendance record in Lionel Messi’s first full season
Jürgen Klopp will become the head of Red Bull global soccer in his first job since leaving Liverpool earlier this year.
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Jürgen Klopp to become Red Bull’s global head of soccer in first job since leaving Liverpool