Football

10:23 AM ET Adriana Garcia The Maracana stadium hosted the World Cup final in 1950 and 2014. Fernando Souza/picture alliance via Getty Images Brazil’s emblematic Maracana stadium will be renamed “The Edson Arantes do Nascimento-Rei Pele stadium,” in honour of the country’s football legend Pele. The Rio de Janeiro state legislators approved the name change of
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8:56 AM ET Jose Mourinho has dismissed claims Tottenham have been handed an unfair advantage by UEFA’s decision to alter their Europa League travel plans ahead of Sunday’s north London derby against Arsenal. Spurs were originally expected to play Dinamo Zagreb away on Thursday but the tie was reversed due to UEFA rules forbidding clubs
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8:45 AM ET A plane carrying Emiliano Sala went missing from radar over the English Channel in January 2019. LOIC VENANCE/AFP/Getty Images Emiliano Sala’s family are taking legal action against Cardiff City, Nantes and a football agent following his death in a plane crash two years ago. In total, the Sala family have named 13 defendants
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12:45 PM ET Adriana Garcia Robinho now has 45 days to appeal against the latest ruling to Italy’s highest court. Marco Luzzani/Getty Images The Milan court of appeals this week released details about a sentence against Brazilian forward Robinho, saying he “belittled” and “brutally humiliated” the woman he sexually assaulted in 2013. In December, the appeals
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