Gillingham manager Gareth Ainsworth wants new-look squad to step up and perform as time for patience is over at Priestfield
Gareth Ainsworth won’t be asking Gillingham’s fanbase to show him any more patience.
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New Rochester United manager Andy Pierce expecting hotly-contested battle for Southern Counties East League Division 1 title as team start at home to Welling Town
Rochester United boss Andy Pierce is expecting their division to be extremely open ahead of this Saturday’s season opener.
Australia grants citizenship to 2 Iranian women’s football players who sought asylum
MELBOURNE, Australia: Two members of the Iranian women’s football team who claimed asylum in Australia in March have been granted citizenship. Fatemeh Pasandideh and Atefeh Ramezanisadeh said in a statement Thursday that Immigration Minister Tony Burke swore them in the day before at a citizenship ceremony in their Australian home city of Brisbane. Friends and supporters from the local Iranian community attended the ceremony. “Yesterday was a truly special and unforgettable day for me. I feel proud and deeply grateful to become an Australian citizen.
McClelland takes swipe at Indiana despite Hoosiers' recent national title - ESPN
Indiana won college football's national championship just a few months ago. Purdue hasn't won a national championship of any kind in 16 years. The facts didn't stop new Boilermakers athletic director Tommy McClelland from taking a shot at Purdue's instate rival.
Hall of Famer Larry Fitzgerald: I don't believe in retirement - ESPN
CANTON, Ohio — As Larry Fitzgerald prepares to be enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday, there's one thing he has yet to do in his illustrious career.
UEFA says boycott of World Cups stands despite FIFA backdown on private investment
PARIS: European football's governing body UEFA said they would maintain their boycott of the men's and women's World Cups on Thursday (Aug 6) despite FIFA withdrawing the plan to open up their competitions to private investment.UEFA's initial threat issued last Thursday to boycott FIFA competitions is widely credited in being pivotal in the plan being shelved.Although that was one of their conditions to be met for them to withdraw their threat, they said on Thursday the second one had not been met. "UEFA's associations were very clear about the conditions attached to their non participation in FIFA competitions," read their statement."First, the proposals to sell off the major competitions had to be withdrawn and secondly, assurances have to be made that such attempts to disfigure the game in this way will never be made again."These conditions have not been met."
Infantino finds a friend in Africa as CAF backs FIFA president
CAPE TOWN, Aug 6 : The Confederation of African Football’s Executive Committee unanimously confirmed its support for beleaguered FIFA president Gianni Infantino on Thursday, at odds with its counterparts in Europe, North America and Asia.
New Purdue athletic director tries trash talking Indiana athletics in bizarre moment
Don't @ Me's "Will It Suck" segment takes on the North Carolina football team's upcoming season.