Last updated 2 hours ago . From the Iranians living in Ukraine have held protests against Iran's government and deliveries of Iranian drones to Russia Iran should be banned from the 2022 World Cup in Qatar for "systematic human rights violations", the Ukrainian Association of Football (UAF) says. The UAF plans to ask world governing body Fifa to stop Iran from participating in the tournament. It believes a crackdown on protests in the country "may violate the principles and norms" of Fifa. The UAF also cites "the possible involvement of Iran in the military aggression of Russia against Ukraine". The UAF's executive committee met on Monday where it agreed to "make a request to Fifa to consider excluding the Iranian national team" from the World Cup, which starts on Sunday, 20 November. Earlier this month Iranian football and sports personalities and human right's group , Open Stadiums, also requested Fifa to ban the Iranian nationa...
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Gary Neville brandished Gianluca Scamacca’s first-half yellow card as “lazy” after the striker’s tackle on Marcus Rashford in West Ham United’s defeat at Old Trafford. The Italian tripped up the England international in the 37th minute and was later substituted in the second half after nearly picking up a second yellow card. Neville felt the 23-year-old didn’t want to defend the situation which resulted in United being awarded a free kick in a dangerous area. Neville said on Sky Sports commentary (16:51, 30 October): “He didn’t want to defend, he didn’t want to get low and jockey it. He just wanted to try and pinch it. It’s just lazy from the striker.” Needs Paqueta back Scamacca has shown enough in a West Ham shirt to suggest he will be a threat in the future, but he hasn’t been the same player without Lucas Paqueta behind him. Scamacca is not your traditional hold-up striker, he has the ability to play neat flicks and one-touch play, which Paqueta thrives off. When ...
Manchester United are just a point outside of the top four after Marcus Rashford's 100th goal for the club beat a battling West Ham. Rashford, who had an earlier header saved by Lukasz Fabianski, rose to brilliantly power home Christian Eriksen's superb cross seven minutes before half-time for the game's only goal. West Ham were threatening throughout the game though, and after Said Benrahma came close in the first half, David de Gea superbly saved from Kurt Zouma's header in the second. Substitute Fred later hit a post for United but, thanks to more fine De Gea saves, the hosts held on to move a point behind Newcastle in the table. Here are the game's talking points. We may still not have seen Marcus Rashford's full array of gifts He's quick, he's better cutting in from wide areas and he is a very, very kind man. We know all this about Marcus Rashford. But given how United have been coached in the past few years, there may still be more to know. From ...
Jake Paul has called out both Nate Diaz and Canelo Alvarez in his post-fight interview following a unanimous decision victory over UFC legend Anderson Silva . The Problem Child reminded us all that he is a serious contender when it comes to his boxing career, with the calibre of his opponents increasing, with Silva being his toughest challenge to date by far. However, he turned his attentions to even tougher fights in his post-fight interview, calling out both Diaz and Canelo. He clearly won’t back down from a challenge, with the Mexican surely a bridge too far for the inexperienced fighter?! Jake Paul calls outs Nate Diaz and Canelo Alvarez After a unanimous decision victory over Silva to take his boxing record to 6-0, Paul wasn’t messing about, he already has his eyes on his next project, despite this one not even finishing yet. Talking in the ring, Paul said: “I want Nate Diaz, who’s a b****, he tried to come ...
Fernando Alonso has had his seventh-place finish at last weekend’s US Grand Prix reinstated after Alpine successfully overturned his penalty. The two-time Formula 1 World Championship was demoted out of the points following the conclusion of the race after picking up a 30-second penalty. That dropped him from seventh to 15th out in Austin with stewards upholding a protest from the Haas team despite it being sent in after the permitted time limit. Haas had submitted their protest 54 minutes after the normal 30-minute deadline as they objected to Alonso and Red Bull’s Sergio Perez, who finished fourth, being allowed to continue racing after damage sustained in collisions. Stewards had rejected the protest against Red Bull but upheld the one against Alonso, resulting in his penalty. Alonso had been involved in a heavy crash with his future Aston Martin team-mate Lance Stroll, which saw his car rear up on its back wheels and hit the barrier. While he returned to ...
Gary Neville and Roy Keane will be the headline pundits for ITV for the broadcaster's coverage of the World Cup in Qatar this winter. Neville and Keane will join Ian Wright, Karen Carney, Graeme Sounnes, Joe Cole, Eni Aluko, Nigel de Jong, Nadia Nadim and Hal Robson-Kanu in the ITV studios to give their expert insight, expertise, opinion and analysis. ITV's coverage will be helmed by presenters Mark Pougatch, Laura Woods and Seema Jaswal, with Sam Matterface, Clive Tyldesley, Jon Champion and Seb Hutchinson serving as commentators. Peter Walton will be the broadcaster's referee analyst, with Lee Dixon, Ally McCoist, John Hartson and Andros Townsend on co-commentary. ITV's first games with be the Netherlands' clash against Senegal and England's match against the USA. They will also have first and second pick of the Last 16 games, as well as first pick of the quarter-finals. Their coverage will continue with one of the semi-finals...
Former Super Falcons stars Stella Mbachu and Chioma Ajunwa have expressed their displeasure over the continued exclusion of their fellow ex-international Maureen Mmadu from the honours list by the relevant authorities in the country. On September 11, 2007, Mmadu became the first Nigerian, male or female, to hit the 100-game milestone for the country, when she featured for the Falcons against Sweden at the Women’s World Cup in China. The match ended 1-1. In the process, Mmadu also became the first African woman to play 100 international games. But since then, the feat hasn’t received the deserved recognition, while three Super Eagles players Vincent Enyeama, Joseph Yobo and Ahmed Musa, who also hit the century of caps years later, were honoured. Last year, the Nigeria Football Federation gifted Musa N10m after the Super Eagles captain played his 100th Nigeria game in the Eagles’ 2-1 win over Cape Verde during the 2022 World Cup qualifiers. “The NFF will give Ahmed Musa N10m...