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The face of national team football has been altered this week by UEFA, and it may be just the beginning of sweeping changes designed to improve the sport immensely. The UEFA Nations League, which will look to start in September 2018 for the European…

Mexico’s lower house of Congress approved legislation to impose up to four years in prison for fan violence at sporting events, days after football aficionados fought police at a game. Thursday’s bill calls for prison terms ranging between three months…

Hull City manager Steve Bruce on Friday accused the Football Association of establishing a “kangaroo court” after George Boyd got a three-match suspension for spitting at Manchester City’s Joe Hart. Boyd appealed against the ban, handed down by the…

Hull winger George Boyd is to appeal against a Football Association (FA) misconduct charge arising from his clash with Manchester City goalkeeper Joe Hart, it was announced on Wednesday. Scotland international Boyd was alleged to have spat at Hart as…

Controversial plans to change the official name of English Premier League club Hull City appeared to have been thwarted on Monday by the Football Association. The membership committee of English football’s governing body said it had made a “unanimous…

Atletico Madrid striker Diego Costa has emerged as a surprise target for Jose Mourinho’s Chelsea, reports the Daily Star. .…

Ian Holloway returned to football on Monday as manager of Millwall. Holloway finds himself back in football at another south London club after leaving Premier League strugglers Crystal Palace in October. The 50-year-old replaced Steve Lomas who was…

Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi said on Monday that Chelsea midfielder John Obi Mikel deserved to be named Africa’s best player of 2013. Mikel is in the running for the Confederation of African Football (CAF) award with Ivorian stars Yaya Toure, of Manchester…

Eusebio, revered as football’s “Black Panther”, died on Sunday, aged 71, sending fans into mourning for a man who grew up in grinding African poverty to become one of the world’s greatest players. Eusebio da Silva Ferreira, who died of cardio-pulmonary…