In a meeting held this morning in Madrid, the Brazilian Ambassador to Spain Orlando Leite Ribeiro and LaLiga President Javier Tebas Medrano agreed that there is no place in today’s world for racist acts such as those that occurred on May 21st in Valencia, directed against Brazilian player Vinicius Júnior. …
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The Macron Hero will appear on the shirts of FC Cartagena, the Spanish club that plays in the Segunda División, for the next four seasons. The club was only formed in 1995 but soon became a leading name in football in Spain’s autonomous region of Murcia. The new agreement with …
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What an event this game proved to be in Zambia. The Heroes Stadium in Lusaka was almost filled to the capacity of 55,000 by a noisy and enthusiastic crowd. The president of Zambia, Hakainde Hichilema, greeted the former Barça players before the match. The Barça Legends side controlled the game …
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Madrid, Spain, was the latest city to welcome the FIFA Women’s World Cup Trophy and a FIFA delegation earlier this week, as the iconic women’s football prize reached the penultimate stop of its tour in Europe. Accompanied by FIFA Secretary General Fatma Samoura and Chief Women’s Football Officer Sarai Bareman, …
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“For me, if you have a dream, you need to work on it and just not give up.” A Sevilla FC supporter who truly lives by the ethos of the club, Vamshi Origanti chooses to persevere for his dream of betterment of grassroots sports in rural India everyday. In Episode …
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FC Barcelona and Jordi Alba have reached an agreement to terminate the player’s contract with the club one year earlier than it was due to expire at the end of the 2023/24 season. FC Barcelona would like to publicly express its gratitude to Alba for his professionalism, commitment and dedication, …
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Intolerance and racism have no place in our football. LaLiga always condemns and acts upon any case of racist, xenophobic or violent insults and behaviour, both on and off the pitch, fully supporting Vinicius Jr. and any other player that were to suffer these attacks, as we have always done. …
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LaLiga is to request more sanctioning powers, with the aim of being more agile and effective in the fight against violence, racism, xenophobia, and intolerance in sport, where LaLiga has been leading the identification and reporting of such behaviour in football stadiums for years, but the organization feels powerless when …
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Full solidarity to Vinicius. There is no place for racism in football or in society and FIFA stands by all players who have found themselves in such a situation. Events during the match between Valencia and Real Madrid show that this needs to be the case. That is why the …
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Spanish giants Real Madrid reacted on Monday, May 22 to the incidence at Valencia CF last night and the reactions to the incidence! Real Madrid C.F. would like to express its gratitude for the countless expressions of love, solidarity and affection received from all over the world for our player …
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