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Premier League Forced To Terminate Largest Overseas TV Deal

The Premier League has cancelled its contract with Chinese broadcasters PPLive Sports International after just one season, the league said in a statement on Thursday.

The broadcasters, part of retail group Suning, paid around $700 million for three years of English Premier League (EPL) streaming rights from the 2019-20 season.

Matildas Photoshop Challenge Responses Are Creative AF

The Australia women's national team Twitter account asked its fans to get creative and photoshop pictures of some of their favorite Matildas doing legendary goal celebrations. From Sam Kerr scaling a wall alongside Spiderman to Alanna Kennedy breakdancing, the Aussie fans are definitely creative — or they just have too much time on their hands.

But if you need a good laugh or smile take a look at some of these!

Australia Women’s National Team Making Moves To New Multi-Million Dollar Facility

Big news from Down Under. The Football Federation Australia (FFA) announced that a new home facility for the Australia women’s national team in Victoria has taken a huge step forward in its progress. 

Sydney FC Captures A-League Title With Dramatic Extra-Time Winner

Rhyan Grant scored the extra-time winner with his chest as Sydney FC claimed a record fifth A-League title with a 1-0 victory over Melbourne City in a pulsating Australian championship final at Western Sydney Stadium on Sunday.

After 100 minutes of entertaining deadlock, the mullet-haired Socceroos full back ghosted in behind the defense to barrel a sublime angled pass from midfielder Luke Brattan into the net at the far post.

Former Chelsea Striker Demba Ba Demands Footballing World Stand Up For Persecuted Uighur Muslims

Former Chelsea striker Demba Ba has called on footballers to stand up for Uighur Muslims and condemn China's treatment of the minority group regardless of the financial consequences.

U.N. experts estimate than more than one million Uighurs and other Turkic Muslims have been detained against their will for several years in camps in the far western region of Xinjiang.

China denies mistreatment of the group, saying the camps holding many Uighurs provide vocational training and are needed to fight extremism.

FIFA 21 te permite diseñar, construir y mejorar tu propio estadio

EA Sports lanzó un nuevo avance el lunes que detalla los últimos desarrollos de Ultimate Team para FIFA 21, cuyo lanzamiento está programado para el 6 de octubre.

FIFA Ultimate Team (FUT) es el modo de juego tremendamente popular que combina elementos de juego de cartas coleccionables (que se utilizan para crear tu propio equipo) con el juego tradicional de FIFA, y EA Sports tradicionalmente pasa una gran parte de su tiempo entre los lanzamientos trabajando en esta fuente de ingresos. .

Former Barcelona Great To Miss Team’s Restart With Coronavirus

Al-Sadd coach Xavi Hernandez, the former Barcelona and Spain midfielder, said on Saturday he had tested positive for COVID-19 but was asymptomatic.

Xavi, who renewed his contract with the Qatari club on July 5, said he will self-isolate as his team prepares for its first match on Saturday after the Qatar Stars League (QSL) was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Chinese Super League Reports No Cases Of Covid-19 Among 1,870 Tests

All Chinese Super League (CSL) players have tested negative for COVID-19 as the season prepares to kick off on Saturday after a five-month delay from its scheduled start, state news agency Xinhua reported.

A total of 1,870 individuals from the tournament's two hubs — Suzhou near Shanghai and Dalian in the northeast of China — have undergone medical checks, with none of them testing positive for the disease, the report said.

A-League Captain Would Rather Go Camping Than Play During COVID-19

MELBOURNE — Perth Glory captain and star midfielder Diego Castro has opted out of the remainder of the A-League season, citing an "unacceptable health risk" as Australia battles fresh outbreaks of COVID-19, and gone touring in a campervan with his family.

The 38-year-old Spaniard declined to join his team mates in a New South Wales hub ahead of Friday's restart of the A-League which was shut down in March, the Glory said on Tuesday.

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