football

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Darting with a football in his youth around the mean Scottish streets of Easterhouse - at the time the centre of Glasgow's notorious ganglands - McKechnie dreamed of playing for Rangers.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

A new trial over the death of Argentine football legend Diego Maradona begins Tuesday a year after a scandal involving a judge caused the first trial to collapse.

From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026

Liverpool's title defence this term has flatlined, despite a staggering spending spree of £450m last summer, while many fans have become disenchanted with Slot's decisions and style of football.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

"Obviously it's a very exciting moment. We don't know the team yet for sure but when I started playing football I didn't think this was possible," said Walsh.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

Raven has solid football shoulders, big-knuckled hands, perfectly straight black hair, and false eyelashes.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko