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Croatia

Croatian footballer dies during match after ball hits chest

Bruno Boban, 25, collapsed and lost consciousness after a ball hit his chest at close range during a Third Division clash. Minutes later he was pronounced dead.

Sport

Bolt Backing Argentina

Sprint ace Usain Bolt tells Euronews about his hopes to launch a new career in football.

Sport

Basra celebrates end of FIFA ban

Iraqi city hosts first authorised international since the invasion of Kuwait in 1990

World News

Usain Bolt seeks new challenge in football

Usain Bolt took part in the Football Match of Friendship in Basel under the watchful eye of Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho

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France

Hungry OGC Nice football fans protest as match rescheduled to lunchtim

OGC Nice football fans demonstrated the true importance of food to the French by holding up a banner in protest at a match that was rescheduled to take place during lunchtime.

Sport

Borussia Dortmund players testify in bus attack trial

The accused, only identified as Sergei W, is charged with detonating three devices as the Borussia Dortmund team bus made its way to their Champions League game against Monaco.

Sport

Chelsea out of Champions League

Chelsea and Besiktas are knocked out of the Champions League, while Barcelona and Bayern Munich go through to the quarter finals.

Greece

Greece suspends Superleague after PAOK boss invades pitch with handgun

Sports Minister condemns action by one of Greece's richest men, who wears holstered automatic alongside bodyguards when confronting referee after disallowed goal.

Sport

Top Greek football match abandoned as armed owner confronts referee

Club's owner seemed to be carrying a gun on the pitch as he complained about the decision to deny Paok a goal.

World News

Pep Guardiola fined for wearing yellow ribbon

FA charges Manchester City manager for wearing political symbol.

World News

Davide Astori funeral: fans and football stars bid farewell

Thousands of fans and players from the world of Italian football pay tribute to defender who died suddenly on Sunday.

Sport

Florence mourns the loss of its football club captain

Fiorentina's return after their abandoned match with Udines sees tributes at stadium and crowd of well-wishers stunned at 31-year-old Davide Astori's sudden death.

Brazil

Neymar leaves hospital after 'successful' surgery

The world's most expensive footballer was operated on for a fractured metatarsal and sprained ankle. The procedure "went perfectly," according to the Brazilian Football Confederation.

Sport

VAR: video assistant referees set to be used at World Cup in Russia

Video replays set to be used at World Cup after IFAB approval.

Spain

Clubs pull in fans with digital treats

Formula 1 spoils its enthusiasts with video gaming and onboard cameras.

United Kingdom

Sprinting champion Usain Bolt set to line-up in charity soccer match

The decorated sprinter will lace-up his football boots to raise money for UNICEF.

Spain

Spanish policeman dies in football violence

The officer reportedly had a heart attack after being hit by a flare in violent clashes between Spartak Moscow and Athletic Bilbao fans

Sport

Manchester United welcome back Paul Pogba for Sevilla tie

Jose Mourinho's side are in Spain for their first Champions League knock-out match since 2014.

Sport

Football for friendship sets stage for 2018 World Cup

Young persons' sporting and cultural programme opens in Moscow.

United Kingdom

UK: ex-football coach Barry Bennell guilty of 43 child sex attacks

The former Manchester City coach has been convicted of assaulting 43 boy players, mainly in the 1980s - amid a series of abuse claims that have shaken the sport.