football

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"Me and dad were all about football, that was our thing that we had together," she reveals. "He was probably one of the first people that really saw potential in me."

From BBC • May 26, 2026

He said Spurs will prioritise building a squad under De Zerbi that can "compete at the highest levels of Premier League and European football" with investment across multiple transfer windows, starting this summer.

From BBC • May 25, 2026

It has been a campaign of surprises, from Liverpool's collapsed title defence despite spending £450m last summer to promoted Sunderland completing the remarkable feat of earning European football.

From BBC • May 25, 2026

The other winners included Niels, a football fan from the Netherlands, Alix Heugas from France, Jamie from Stroud and two-time champion Ariel Dempsey from Michigan in the United States.

From BBC • May 25, 2026

It seems to me that if schools spend money on field trips and football equipment, they should spend just as much on something that's a million times more important.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman