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The British government condemns the Mansour-Assad meeting

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4 years ago

March 21, 2022

Madelyn

The British government condemns the Mansour-Assad meeting

The meeting between Sheikh Mansour, the owner of Manchester City and Deputy Prime Minister, and Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian President, has provoked strong criticism from the British government, in the person of the owner of the “citizens”, as Assad is a leader of ally of Vladimir Putin Civil war has been raging in Syria for eleven years. A UK MP is questioning whether Mansour is fit to run a football club and should be investigated.

The British government has criticized Sheikh Mansour, the owner of Manchester City, for meeting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, according to the BBC.

Syria has been locked in a civil war since March 2011 and the Assad regime has been the target of atrocities in the conflict, with the Syrian President enjoying excellent relations with Russian President Vladimir Putin, who has come under fire from the Russian military invasion of Ukraine.

Assad is visiting the UAE for the first time since war broke peace in Syria, British officials say.

Deputy Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates is Sheikh Mansour, who also owns Manchester City. Assad has been meeting with him in recent days, along with of course other UAE officials.

The British Foreign Office criticized the meeting in a statement to Athletic: “EThe UK firmly believes that unless the behavior of the Syrian regime changes, strengthening ties (including Syria and the United Arab Emirates) undermines the prospect of a durable and inclusive peace in Syria.“.

On the same wavelength is the British Special Envoy for Syria, Jonathan Hargreaves, who tweeted, among other things: “After 11 years of conflict, the unreformed and unrepentant Assad regime continues to commit atrocities against the Syrian people.

Without behavioral change, the commitment only serves to undermine collective efforts to encourage Assad to engage in the political process by giving good faith support to the UN. The UK remains opposed to any normalization of relations with the Syrian regime“.

In fact, Chris Bryant, a Member of Parliament in the UK, is wondering if Mansour is fit to own a football club and would be good to investigate, he told the Telegraph.

It is recalled that the UK government imposed sanctions on Roman Abramovich for his relations with Vladimir Putin. In this case, the owner of City is tightening ties with an ally of the Russian president.

Madelyn

I am a sports writer and journalist who has written for various online publications including Sportish. I’m originally from the UK but currently live in Toronto, Canada. I’m also an author on Sportish and have written several articles on a variety of sports-related topics.

Premier League

Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s era officially at Manchester United

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2 years ago

December 24, 2023

Sophia

Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s era officially at Manchester United

Historic day for Manchester United when British billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe acquired 25% of the club’s shares from the Glazer family.

After 13 months of negotiations, Sir Jim Ratcliffe acquired 25% of Manchester United’s shares for £1.25 billion (€1.44 billion).

The British billionaire will take charge of the club’s football operations and says he will invest 272 million euros ($300 million) in Old Trafford. At the same time, he made a proposal to acquire a further share of the shares (up to 25%).

In order for the deal to be finalized and formally concluded, it must be approved by all bodies, including the Premier League, as is the case with such deals.

Source: sport 24

Sophia

Sophia Jhon is a sports journalist and author. He has worked as a news editor for Sportish and is now a sport columnist for the same publication. Alberta’s professional interests lie largely in sports news, with an emphasis on English football. He has also written articles on other sporting topics.

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City give River more than 20 million euros and take on 17-year-old Etceveri

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2 years ago

December 24, 2023

Sophia

City give River more than 20 million euros and take on 17-year-old Etceveri

One step away from finalizing an agreement with River Plate is Manchester City, where they are finalizing a deal to acquire 17-year-old Argentina’s next big thing, Claudio Etcheverry, for over €20 million.

Manchester City are investing in young talent and want to do so again like they did with Julián Alvarez. According to Fabrizio Romano, the Citizens have reached an agreement with River Plate to acquire the 17-year-old Claudio Etcheveri.

The world champion will pay the clause in his contract Argentina’s next big thing, which amounts to over 20 million euros.

The two sides are in the final stages of concluding the contract, after which Mr Etceveri will remain on loan at River until the end of the season, when his contract with the club will expire.

Etcheverry shone for Argentina at the U17 World Cup, scoring a hat-trick against Brazil in the quarter-finals.

Source: sport 24

Sophia

Premier League

Wolves 2-1 Chelsea: Lemina and Doherty knew the Blues

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2 years ago

December 24, 2023

Sophia

Wolves 2-1 Chelsea: Lemina and Doherty knew the Blues

Wolves were better for most of the game against Chelsea, who they beat 2-1 in Molino, with Enkunku’s goal in the 90+6 minute not enough to qualify for Matchday 18 of the Premier League.

Wolves beat Chelsea 2-1 at Molinos in the 18th Premier League game in a game that caught fire in stoppage time. Your goals Lemina and Doherty gave the “Wolves” victory Enkunku to reduce

The best moment of the first half belonged to the Londoners, Sterling stole the ball from Gomes just outside the penalty area, got into a foursome with Sha, but sent it to the Portuguese goalkeeper, who saved with his foot.

In the second half the hosts took the lead in the 51st minute after a set piece when Lemina sent the ball into the net after a corner from Sarabia to make it 1-0, while nPreviously, in the 48th minute, they had missed a huge chance to take the lead.

After a cross from Gomes, Totti headed the ball, but Petrovic made a difficult save with his hands. At 54′ Wolves called for a penalty for bringing down Huang in the penalty area, with the referee showing no foul.

Fotia won the game in stoppage time when two goals were scored. In the 90th + 3rd Doherty, who came on as a substitute in the 86th minute, made it 2-0 for Wolves three minutes later After a cross from Sterling, Encuncu shot the ball into Sa’s goal to make it 2-1.

WOLVES: Sat, Kliman, Dawson (70′ Bueno)Gomes, Semedo, Lemina, Gomes, Ait-Nouri (86′) Bueno)Can, Sarabia (75′ Doyle)Cot (86′ Doherty).

CHELSEA: Petrovic, Gusto (80′) Badiasil)Disasti, Thiago Silva, Colville (80′) Maachen)Ogotsovkou (59′) enkunku)Gallagher, Sterling, Palmer, Jackson (80′ Madueke)Brocha (59′ Mudrik).