FOOTBALL

Captain Houghton backs concussion campaign
England captain Steph Houghton is backing FIFPro’s campaign to raise awareness about concussion in football. The Manchester City star and her England teammates attended an education meeting about the potentially-fatal head injury during a training camp as they prepare for the Women’s World Cup. “We need to protect each other,” Houghton, 31, said. “Winning is important, but our health is far more important.” The World Cup kicks off on June 7th in France. FIFPro is organizing similar meetings with most of the 24 teams, and in the last few days also set up talks with the Cameroon and Chile...
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22/05/2019
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12/04
Argentine women's league turns professional
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26/03
Player's study earns Besiktas deal
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22/01
FIFPro and UEFA condemn Koulibaly abuse
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08/01

ICE HOCKEY

THE KENYA ICE LIONS
Arnold Mburu, 19, is a Kenyan architecture student, as well as a hockey player. The first time he stepped onto an ice rink was in his native country, where hockey is not exactly a spectator sport.   Recently, Mburu traveled with 11 of his Kenya Ice Lions teammates to Toronto to visit the Hockey Hall of Fame and play an exhibition game against a team of firefighters. The hockey players also had the chance to meet and play with two of their Canadian peers, including the captain of the Pittsburgh Penguins Sidney Crosby and an alternate captain and center of the Colorado Avalanche Nathan...
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16/10/2018
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IIHF SEMI-ANNUAL CONGRESS
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28/09
GRETZKY- ICE HOCKEY AMBASSADOR FOR CHINA
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17/09
CANADIAN ICE HOCKEY LEGEND RETIRES
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07/08
HOCKEY PLAYER PARALYSED AFTER CRASH
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18/06

SKI ALPIN

STUHEC SET TO RETURN
A year and eight months after her last appearance in the World Cup, Stuhec is set to return to the elite competition in Alpine Skiing. The severe knee injury she suffered last October made her miss the 2018 Winter Olympics.   The 27-year-old from Maribor, who had 13 podium finishes and seven wins in the 2016/17 sesaon to win the small crystal globes in downhill and the alpine combined as well as the gold medal in downhill at the 2017 World Championships, is now taking one step at a time and has the same goals as in the past.   After undergoing lengthy rehab following a knee surgery and...
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11/10/2018
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THIS FEMALE SKIER IS A TOP EARNER...
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02/08
IAN GUT WILL RACE FOR LIECHTENSTEIN
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22/06
MARIA HÖFL-RIESCH HOSPITALIZED!
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29/05
"IT'S CRAZY TO THINK IT'S OVER"- HUDEC
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21/04

MOTORSPORT

"CHAMPIONSHIPS ARE NOT WON BY FIGHTING"- HAMILTON
The Mercedes man needed to outscore his Ferrari rival by eight points in Austin to make sure of his fifth career driver’s championship. However, by delaying a second pit stop, the Silver Arrows allowed Vettel’s Ferrari team-mate Kimi Raikkonen to claim his first win in five years. Red Bull’s Max Verstappen came second, with Hamilton taking up the final spot on the podium ahead of fourth-placed Vettel.   Despite Ferrari’s impressive pace in America, Hamilton and Mercedes are still widely expected to once again secure double titles - and the 33-year-old insists he is not fazed by failing to...
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22/10/2018
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ADVANTAGE HAMILTON AFTER VETTEL-VERSTAPPEN BATTLE
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08/10
RAIKKONEN WILL LEAVE FERRARI FOR SAUBER
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14/09
HALO DEVICE SAVED LECLERC
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30/08
FORMULA 1 DRIVER'S SUIT DONATED TO CHARITY SHOP
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20/08

Ghana's PFA Relocate

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Ghana's footballers have a new home in their national stadium.

 

The Professional Footballers Association of Ghana (PFAG) has opened its new offices in the Ohene Djan Sports Stadium, in Accra, where the Black Stars gather on match days. It is the culmination of a project that the union's founders Anthony Baffoe and Solomon Torson had been pursuing for eight years since they set up its first headquarters just a few steps away in the same stadium.

 

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