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The Canadian PressPSG star Tabitha Chawinga of Malawi overcomes obstacles en route to Champions League success
Tabitha Chawinga wasn't always a prolific scorer. The Paris Saint-Germain star played goalkeeper in rural Malawi as a young girl. A collision with a defender changed all that. Her mouth was bloodied. “After that I stopped playing the goal, because I was afraid as well (of) my mom,” Chawinga says. Her mother frowned on her playing soccer and would slap Chawinga to get her to stop, she says. It's one of the many obstacles she's faced during her rise to stardom. As a teenager, she was considered so
The Canadian PressCole Palmer, English soccer's latest revelation, looks to pile more pain on former club Man City
The pain might not be over for Manchester City. After its agonizing Champions League elimination on Wednesday, City — tired, perhaps, in legs and mind — is facing the prospect of its FA Cup defense being ruined in the semifinal on Saturday by a player the club sold in the offseason and who has gone on to become arguably English soccer’s player of the season. In letting Cole Palmer join Chelsea for at least 40 million pounds ($50.7 million) on the final day of the summer transfer window, City man
The Canadian PressChampions League semis: Bayern hosts Madrid then Dortmund welcomes PSG
Bayern Munich will host Real Madrid and Borussia Dortmund hosts Paris Saint-Germain in the first legs of the Champions League semifinals. Bayern-Madrid is on April 30, and Madrid will stage the return leg on May 8. Dortmund-PSG is on May 1, and PSG has the second leg on May 7. The scheduling was on Thursday. Madrid beat defending champion Manchester City 4-3 on penalties at Etihad Stadium on Wednesday after the game finished 1-1 on the night and 4-4 on aggregate. Bayern beat Arsenal 1-0 to advan
The Canadian PressIsraeli soccer facing Palestinian calls for action by FIFA at annual congress
GENEVA (AP) — Calls for action against Israel in international soccer because of the conflict with Hamas will be stepped up by Palestinian officials at the annual FIFA congress next month. The Palestine Football Association proposal to 211 member federations in Thailand calls for “appropriate sanctions, with immediate effect, against Israeli teams,” according to FIFA documents released late Wednesday, one month before the May 17 meeting. The motion notes “international law violations committed b