The most prolific goal scorer in the history of top-flight English football, Greaves slid into alcoholism but fought his way back to become a household name on television.
Varane arrives at Manchester United.
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More competitive games between top soccer clubs is desirable but creating a ‘closed’ system would harm a soccer culture built on dreams, says the man who predicted the Super League two decades ago.
Football coach Sarina Wiegman training the Netherlands team at the 2019 Women’s World Cup in France.
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City can rest safe in the knowledge that should they win this season’s delayed Champions League competition, they will get the opportunity to defend the title next year.
Liverpool fans gather at Anfield.
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Liverpool fan John Williams has banished the ghosts of 30 years. Liverpool are champions of the English Premier League and, as far as he is concerned, things are as they should be.
Two men talking about racism in Britain: one is black, the other white. Guess who was targeted for abuse?
Manchester City players argue with the referee after a City goal was disallowed in the club’s Premier League match against Spurs, August 2019.
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Football is supposed to be the ‘people’s game’, but the English Premier League is easier and cheaper to follow if you are a fan of a club based in London or the prosperous southeast.
A Birmingham City fan is led off the pitch after attacking Aston Villa captain Jack Grealish during a match.
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