Once written off as a footnote in the club’s history, Thiago Silva returns to Porto at 41 with unfinished business, a short-term contract and a belief that his career still has one more chapter.
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Russia’s president has praised the return of national symbols to Paralympic competition, a decision welcomed in Moscow but sharply criticized in Ukraine, where hundreds of athletes have been killed since the war began.
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Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is open to returning to Manchester United in a caretaker role as the club considers short-term options following the dismissal of Ruben Amorim.
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As global football approaches another expanded World Cup, Sepp Blatter has resurfaced with sharp criticism of Fifa’s leadership, warning that politics, money and personal alliances now shape the sport more than football itself.
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The Premier League’s first full weekend of the new year raised fresh questions across the table. Chelsea resisted Manchester City, Liverpool again failed to protect a lead and pressure grew on struggling strikers at Arsenal and Manchester United, while Newcastle and Brentford offered rare positives.
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Liam Rosenior says he is on the verge of becoming Chelsea’s new head coach, with a deal now agreed, according to a report from transfer journalist Fabrizio Romano.
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A wave of rapid coaching dismissals is sweeping through elite European football, underlining how little time even high profile managers are now given to turn results around.
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Sir Alex Ferguson once outlined why Darren Fletcher was suited to a future in coaching, comments that have resurfaced following Manchester United’s decision to place the former midfielder in interim charge.
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A decision by the International Paralympic Committee to restore Russia’s full participation has been seized on by the Kremlin as a political and symbolic breakthrough, reigniting debate over how global sport should respond to an ongoing war.
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Michael Schumacher’s dominance made him a legend, but it also obscured the man behind the visor. Friends say the softer, more human side of the seven-time world champion was rarely visible and vanished from public view after his life-changing accident.
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