football

Example Sentences

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"I don't care about the Chelsea game, the season cannot end soon enough," messaged one angry fan to BBC Radio Stoke's post-match football phone-in show Praise and Grumble after the Wycombe game.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

Riakporhe, 36, only started boxing aged 19 and says football was his "first love" when he was growing up in south-east London.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

Chesney reiterated at the start of the next chapter — spring football workouts — that he wants his players to keep pushing to be great people.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2026

Kone does much of its research underground in Lohja, Finland, in a facility sunk deep into a working limestone mine that lets engineers test travel distances of more than three football fields.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

He preferred to spend his precious free time playing football with his friends.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo