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Sydney FC and Tottenham Hotspur agree to play friendly match in Australia

Friendly match between Sydney and Spurs to take place in May Spurs have agreed to send a ‘full-strength’ squad, including Harry Kane Sydney FC are to play a match against English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday, May 30 at Sydney’s ANZ Stadium. The eight-time FA…

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Tottenham to face Sydney FC

Tottenham have agreed to play Sydney FC in a friendly at the ANZ Stadium on May 30 in Australia.

Phil Moss latest victim of Central Coast Mariners' reshuffle

Mariners coach to be replaced by club technical director Tony Walmsley John Hutchinson to step into dual player-coach role as an assistant Club searching for permanent replacement to Moss Central Coast Mariners coach Phil Moss has been axed, with new technical director Tony Walmsley to take over…

Fifa ethics boss 'won't take orders'

Fifa's new ethics chief Cornel Borbely says "nobody will interfere" with his task of tackling corruption.

Dave King dismisses Derek Llambias's demands for details of Rangers takeover as 'noise'

Dave King says it is "difficult to take much of what he (Llambias) says seriously"

Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal furious at rumour of rift with deputy Ryan Giggs

Louis van Gaal has angrily denied any suggestion of a rift with his assistant manager, Ryan Giggs. In a rare display of temper during a press conference, the Manchester United manager said he was irritated by a question about the pair’s relationship.

Police want right of veto over 'high risk' Friday night fixtures in wake of new Premier League TV deal

Senior police officers will urge the Premier League to give them the right of veto over the televised Friday night matches which will be introduced under the new £5.1bn TV deal, claiming that staging “high risk” fixtures at a time of heavy city centre demand creates a threat to…

Mohamed Salah brace gives Fiorentina advantage over Juventus in Italian Cup

• Juventus 1-2 Fiorentina (Llorente 24; Salah 11, 56) • Juve fall to first home defeat in two years, in semi-final first leg • As it happened: read Jacob Steinberg’s MBM report Juventus suffered their first home defeat in two years on Thursday night when Mohamed Salah scored…