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South Africa, New Zealand win big in Women's T20 World Cup
Captains Laura Wolvaardt and Sophie Devine hit unbeaten half-centuries to lead their teams South Africa and New Zealand to thumping wins in the Women's T20 World Cup on Friday.South Africa hammered the West Indies by 10 wickets with Wolvaardt and Tazmin Brits chasing down their victory target of 119 with 13 balls to spare.
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Devine leads New Zealand to victory over India in Women's T20 World Cup
New Zealand captain Sophie Devine led from the front with an unbeaten 57 in her team's 58-run win over India in their opening match of the Women's T20 World Cup on Friday.The 35-year-old Devine will step down as captain at the end of the tournament after playing in every World Cup, earning two runner-up finishes.
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Top EU court finds against FIFA in key transfer market ruling
The EU's top court said on Friday some international football rules regulating player transfers are contrary to the bloc's laws, in a landmark decision that could shake up the system."The Court holds that all of those rules are contrary to EU law," it said.
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EU court set for key Diarra ruling which could shake up transfer market
An EU court will on Friday deliver its verdict in the case of former French footballer Lassana Diarra against FIFA, a potentially landmark decision which could shake up the football transfer system."In a way, the Lassana Diarra affair is the Bosman 2.0 affair," said Diarra's Belgian lawyer Jean-Louis Dupont, who was also involved in the 1995 case of footballer Jean-Marc Bosman.
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Man Utd's Ten Hag faces make-or-break trip to Aston Villa
Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag desperately needs a reversal in his side's Premier League fortunes on Sunday against an Aston Villa team on a high after beating Bayern Munich in the Champions League.Flying Villa meet struggling Man Utd Aston Villa relived their greatest-ever night on Wednesday as Jhon Duran fired them to a 1-0 win over Bayern Munich -- a repeat of the result in the 1982 European Cup final.
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FIFA defers decision on call to suspend Israel
World football's governing body FIFA on Thursday gave no verdict either way on a Palestinian request to suspend Israel, but instead launched an investigation into allegations of discrimination.It decided that its disciplinary committee would be mandated to investigate the alleged offence of discrimination raised by the PFA. Meanwhile the FIFA governance, audit and compliance committee "will be entrusted with the mission to investigate -- and subsequently advise the FIFA Council on -- the partici
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