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Southampton becomes first Premier League club to defer player salaries
Players and coaches will not be paid their full salaries during April, May or June “to help protect the future of the club” Southampton said Thursday.
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Champions League, Europa League could wait for domestic seasons to end
Both of UEFA’s club competitions might be completed following the conclusion of European domestic leagues, as opposed to the typical concurrent schedu...
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U.S. prosecutors allege bribes to FIFA committee members, TV executives in 2018, 2022 World Cup votes
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Canadian Premier League still on course, looks to engage fans during hiatus
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FIFA flexible to complete seasons, encourages pay-cut deals
National team matches that were scheduled in June and July have already been postponed and the soccer governing body could shift the timing of transfe...
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MLS 25th anniversary remains quiet milestone amid pandemic
The league has overcome crisis before, like in 2002 when the MLS contracted by two teams and its future was in doubt. But nothing quite like this.
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Manchester City’s Kyle Walker apologizes, could face discipline for allegedly partying with sex workers during lockdown
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English Premier League suspended indefinitely, players to be asked for wage cut
Having previously given a tentative — and improbable — return date of April 30, the world’s richest league said the season would not be resuming at th...
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South American soccer players seek full pay amid coronavirus
In Brazil and Argentina, players aren’t budging during the league shutdown despite forced cuts to staffing and wages in other leagues around the conti...
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MLS cutting pay of top executives and some staff, source says
MLS commissioner Don Garber and deputy commissioners Mark Abbott and Gary Stevenson will take 25 per cent cuts in salary starting April 16.
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UEFA suspends Champions League, Europa League indefinitely
UEFA’s executive committee also decided to indefinitely postpone national team matches that had already been rescheduled once to June, including playo...
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Ex-French soccer club boss Pape Diouf is Senegal’s first coronavirus death
Diouf, who was president of Marseille from 2005-09, had been treated since Saturday in intensive care in Dakar. He died Tuesday.