football

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Sullivan stepped down from his role as joint chairman of the football club over the weekend, ahead of the allegations being published on Monday.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

Born in Cardiff in 1949 to a Royal Air Force officer and his wife, Sullivan first found a taste for business selling football programmes.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

That’s why he’d rather put his focus on the Homeless World Cup, an annual international street football tournament that advocates an end to homelessness globally.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

In its heyday in the 1970s, a third of the total television viewing audience tuned in on Sunday evening, not all of them having simply left the TV on after the football.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

I’m entering the school from the back corner that leads out to the football field, but my locker is in the main hall, not far from the principal’s office.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman