Selling medals for medical expenses: Indonesia's retired footballers struggle to make ends meet
JAKARTA: “For sale. All my football properties.”
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Female footballers need better coaching to protect hamstrings, experts say
Coaching methods are failing to keep up with the rapidly increasing demands of women’s professional football, resulting in more hamstring injuries among top female players. Experts are calling for women to be trained at a higher level to prevent such injuries.
Perth High School footballers on the elation and unforgettable experience of Senior Shield glory at Hampden
He held his nerve to slot home the winning penalty kick.
Howard Webb hopes to appoint ex-footballers as referees, Peter Crouch says 'not sure I could do your job'
Chief refereeing officer Howard Webb has said that he hopes to bring former players in to become referees as part of a drive to improve standards. Webb refereed almost 300 Premier League games along with UEFA competitions and international matches, and in 2022 he was appointed to the Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL) as chief refereeing officer.
11 footballers arrested in Hong Kong match-fixing probe
HONG KONG: Hong Kong authorities have arrested 11 footballers from the same team over allegations of match-fixing in a domestic league, the city’s anti-graft body said Tuesday. After a yearlong investigation, the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) on Monday detained 23 people in total, including a coach, over the alleged fixing of results in the First Division, Hong Kong football’s second tier. The alleged offenses include bribery manipulating match results and illegal gambling, ICAC principal investigator Kate Cheuk said at a press conference on Tuesday.
Erling Haaland, Sam Kerr are English footballers of the year
MANCHESTER, England: With a massive 82 percent of the votes, Erling Haaland was named England’s footballer of the year on Friday in recognition of his record-breaking first season at Manchester City. The award could be the first of a host of trophies for the Norway striker, whose goals have put City in contention for a treble of titles: The Premier League, Champions League and FA Cup. Haaland’s remarkable debut English season has already seen him set a new league scoring record of 35 in a single campaign.
Singapore footballers trounced 7-0 by Malaysia in heaviest SEA Games loss in decades
SINGAPORE: Singapore's football team was beaten 7-0 by Malaysia in their final group game at the 32nd SEA Games in Cambodia on Thursday (May 11).
RTÉ GAA Podcast: Munster hurling disadvantage? Galway footballers building nicely
Are Munster hurling counties at a disadvantage to their Leinster counterparts? Shane McGrath joins Jacqui Hurley and Rory O'Neill to discuss it, while also looking at the controversy around access to top-class Championship hurling matches.