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Antonio Conte trying to get his message across to his Chelsea players this season in the Premier League. Photograph: TGSPhoto/Rex/Shutterstock

Antonio Conte is Not Alone in Brushing Up His Football English

by Paul MacInnes | Oct 6, 2017 | Sports

London — Antonio Conte was snapped on the beach this week basking in the Italian sun, taking time off during the international break. Cue a few jokes about budgie smugglers, whether Diego Costa was invited and why, after a year in England, Conte was caught reading a...

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Progrès Niederkorn’s Emmanuel Francoise, left, played for the Luxembourg club in their win against Rangers in the Europa League. A wage cap could benefit both those countries’ clubs. Photograph: Andrew Milligan/PA

Ceferin Talked About a Salary Cap – but Could it Ever Happen?

by Paul MacInnes | Aug 30, 2017 | Sports

London- It is not often the contents of Mladina magazine get picked up outside the leafy surrounds of Ljubljana but the former journal of the youth wing of the Yugoslavian Communist party is now the most respected political magazine in Slovenia. It is therefore a...

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Uefa President Aleksander Ceferin. (AFP)

Uefa’s Aleksander Ceferin Talked about a Salary Cap – but Could it ever Happen?

by Paul MacInnes | Jul 25, 2017 | Sports

London – It is not often the contents of Mladina magazine get picked up outside the leafy surrounds of Ljubljana but the former journal of the youth wing of the Yugoslavian Communist party is now the most respected political magazine in Slovenia. It is therefore...

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Having left Arsenal last winter, Rachel Yankey is adamant that her playing career is not over, but she is doing much to prepare herself for a future in coaching. Photograph: Richard Saker for the Observer

Rachel Yankey: ‘There Aren’t Enough Female Managers. Barriers Need to be Broken Down’

by Paul MacInnes | Jul 11, 2017 | Sports

London- Would Rachel Yankey like to become the first female manager in the Premier League? “Look, it’s not an ambition of mine. It’s not as if I sit there and think ‘that’s what I want to do’. If I was good enough to go in there and get a job … but right now, I’m...

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Clockwise from top left: David Luiz joined PSG for £50m, a record for a defender; John Stones was a £47.5m signing for Manchester City; Liverpool were ready to pay £60m for Virgil van Dijk; and Eliaquim Mangala did not prove worth £42m at City. Composite: Getty Images; AFP/Getty Images; AMA/Getty Images

How Defenders’ Transfer Fees Rocketed in Quest for Success

by Paul MacInnes | Jun 10, 2017 | Sports

London – “I was in demand,” remembered Phil Babb. “I was on holiday and every other day I was reading the papers and I was going here, there and everywhere.” Back in 1994, the player who was once rejected by his local club Millwall appeared to have the world at...