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Jair Bolsonaro wants Copa America in Brazil; Sergio Aguero casts doubts

Argentina forward Sergio Aguero has cast doubt on holding the Copa America just hours after Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro pushed ahead with late plans to host the tournament

Copa America has no host: Argentina ruled out due to coronavirus

Copa America is without a host country only two weeks before kickoff after South American soccer body CONMEBOL ruled out Argentina amid an increase in COVID-19 cases in the country

Game changers

The last thing world football needs is more games

England coach Southgate names 33-member provisional Euro squad

Ben White, Ben Godfrey and Aaron Ramsdale received their first England call-ups as Gareth Southgate selected Trent Alexander-Arnold among 4 right-backs in his provisional European Championship squad

Cutting through the noise

Book review of Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment

FIFA to investigate possibility of hosting World Cup every two years

FIFA will be investigating the possibility of holding the World Cup every two years instead of four, for both the men's and women's tournaments

Uefa meeting with British government on Champions League final at Wembley

UEFA was meeting virtually with the British government on Monday to discuss the logistics of using Wembley for the all-English Champions League final between Manchester City and Chelsea.

English football plans social media boycott to 'eradicate online hate'

The boycott is scheduled for between April 30 and May 3

JPMorgan admits it misjudged by backing breakaway European Super League

The bank also had its corporate sustainability rating downgraded by Standard Ethics

Euro super league plan ends as fans force exit; 8 founding members withdraw

The Super League argued it would increase revenue for the top soccer clubs in Europe and allow them to distribute more money to the rest of the game

As Europe's Super League project dies, hopes of Asian riches fade

The deal's longer-term appeal, analysts said, was the opportunity to expand deeper into some of their fast-growing markets in Asia.

European Super League to 'reshape the project' after dramatic collapse

This comes after six English clubs confirmed they were withdrawing from the proposed breakaway competition

European soccer embraced multi-billion-euro deal, now it faces all-out war

The plan by 12 clubs to form their own European competition has triggered a game of brinkmanship with the football authorities

Bayern Munich and PSG bosses confirmed on UEFA executive committee

Bayern Munich chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge was ratified on the UEFA executive committee alongside Paris Saint-Germain chief Nasser Al-Khelaifi as representatives of the European Club Association

Humor, sarcasm, anger: Reaction to European Super League proposals

As a slew of foreign-owned clubs announced plans to rip up European soccer by forming a new League, one club with North American leadership was happy to announce its intention to keep the status quo

Deduct points, fine heavily: Neville slams founding clubs of Super League

Former England and Manchester United legend, Gary Neville on Monday slammed all founding clubs of the rebel 'European Super League'

European Super League clubs tell FIFA legal action already started

The 12 clubs pursuing a Super League have told the leaders FIFA and UEFA that legal action is already being pursued to stop them from action intended to thwart the launch of the breakaway competition

PSG, Bayern the big names missing from European Super League plan

The new Super League soccer competition in Europe is, surprisingly, missing the names of Bayern Munich and Paris Saint-Germain. Last year's Champions League finalists were noted absentees from the elite clubs announced in the league's formation on Sunday. Bayern would face difficulties convincing its fans and members, who have a majority say in club business. PSG's Qatari owners could be wary of disrupting next year's World Cup which will be played in Qatar and a lucrative UEFA broadcast deal if there's a civil war in European soccer. The Super League has signed up 12 clubs from England, Spain and Italy and left open three more spots for founder members, who will get permanent places in the competition. Bayern, PSG and Borussia Dortmund have been linked with those founder places. However, Dortmund said Monday that it and Bayern reject the Super League in favor of reforming the existing Champions League. They are both on the board of the European Club Association, which held an .

ISL: Mumbai City extend winger Bipin Singh's contract till 2025

Reigning Indian Super League (ISL) champions Mumbai City FC on Monday extended the contract of 26-year-old winger from Manipur, Bipin Singh, till May 2025.

Britain considering 'range of options' to prevent European Super League

The British government is considering a range of options to prevent the European Super League from going ahead, a spokesperson for the prime minister has confirmed.