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From one GOAT to another – Cologne pay tribute to Super Bowl hero Tom Brady

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SAFF Cup: Afghanistan blitz Bangladesh in Group B encounter

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM:KERALA-:: 24/12/2015:: Masih Saighani of Afghanistan (centre) celebrating after scoring the first goal against the Bangladesh at the SAFF Suzuki Cup football tournament at the Greenfield stadium in Thiruvananthapuram on Thursday............Photo:S.Gopakumar.

FIFA scandal: understanding the 'disloyal payment'

Combination file photograph of FIFA President Sepp Blatter leaving after his statement at the FIFA headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland, June 2, 2015 and UEFA President Michel Platini (lower) attending a news conference in Monte Carlo, Monaco August 28, 2015. Suspended FIFA President Blatter and European soccer boss Platini were both banned for eight years December 21, 2015 by FIFA's Ethics Committee. The pair, who have also been fined, had been suspended for 90 days in October while an investigation was carried out into a 2 million Swiss franc ($2.02 million) payment by FIFA to Platini in 2011. Both men have denied any wrongdoing. REUTERS/Staff/Files

Sepp Blatter must leave FIFA apartment by February

FIFA's suspended president Sepp Blatter holds a news conference in Zurich, Switzerland, December 21, 2015. Blatter will appeal against his eight-year ban by the world soccer body's ethics committee imposed on Monday, he told reporters. 'I will fight for me and I will fight for FIFA,' Blatter said, adding he would take his objections to FIFA's appeals body, go before the Lausanne-based sports arbitration panel, or take legal action under Swiss law if needed. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann

Blatter to appeal FIFA ban at sports tribunal

ZURICH, SWITZERLAND - DECEMBER 21: FIFA president Joseph S. Blatter attends a press conference as reaction to his banishment for eight years from all football-related activities by the FIFA ethics committee at FIFA's former headquarters at Sonnenberg in Zurich on December 21, 2015 in Zurich, Switzerland. (Photo by Philipp Schmidli/Getty Images)

Pele leads calls for change at top of Brazilian football

KOLKATA, WEST BENGAL, 12/10/2015: Brazilian football legend Pele at the press conference organised by Indian Super League (ISL) football team Atletico de Kolkata in Kolkata on October 12, 2015.
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France suspends Benzema over sex-tape scandal

Real Madrid’s Karim Benzema, reacts after scoring his side's second goal during a Champions League group A soccer match between Real Madrid and Malmo at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2015. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

France coach Deschamps ‘supports me’: Benzema

FILE - In this Oct.8, 2015 file photo, France's Karim Benzema, grimaces during the friendly soccer match against Armenia, in Nice, southeastern France. Benzema has been charged Thursday Nov.5, 2015 with conspiracy to blackmail and participating in a criminal group as part of an investigation over a sex tape involving teammate Mathieu Valbuena (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau, File)

FIFA considering 40-team World Cup in 2026

ZURICH, SWITZERLAND - DECEMBER 03: A general view of the entrance to the FIFA headquarters on December 3, 2015 in Zurich, Switzerland. (Photo by Philipp Schmidli/Getty Images)

England-France friendly to go ahead

An investigating police officer, left, walks behing police officers outside the Stade de France stadium after an explosion and after international friendly soccer match France against Germany, in Saint Denis, outside Paris, early Saturday Nov. 14, 2015. Multiple fatal attacks throughout the city have prompted President Francois Hollande to announce he was closing the country's borders and declaring a state of emergency. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler)

Seven candidates to run for FIFA presidency

FILE In this file photo dated Friday, Oct. 2, 2015, Chairman of the FIFA Monitoring Committee Israel-Palestine, Tokyo Sexwale, speaks to the media during a press conference in Tel Aviv, Israel. Seven men are in the running to replace Sepp Blatter as FIFA president, with Michel Platini's candidature accepted but pending because of his suspension from soccer. FIFA published the list of valid applications 'proposed in due time and form' on Wednesday Oct. 28, 2015. It did not include former Trinidad and Tobago player David Nakhid, who did not have the five required nominations. he seven candidates for the Feb. 26 election are: Platini, Prince Ali bin al-Hussein, Gianni Infantino, Tokyo Sexwale, Musa Bility, Jerome Champagne and Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty, FILE)

Broos expects more from AFCON champions Cameroon

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Cuper trying to ignore final record after defeat

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Cameroon wins AFCON after Aboubakar's late strike

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AFCON: Exploited footballers treated like slaves in Africa

AFCON: Traore snatches third place for Burkina Faso

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Egypt v Cameroon: Two AFCON powerhouses seek further glory

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Arena denies rift with Cameron over political views

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