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Thiago and Matip to leave Liverpool at end of season
Former Spain midfielder Thiago Alcantara and Cameroon defender Joel Matip will leave Liverpool at the end of the season.
AFPDefender Matip to leave Liverpool at end of season
Liverpool defender Joel Matip will leave Anfield when his contract expires at the end of the season, the Premier League club announced on Friday.Liverpool host Wolves on Sunday in their final game of the Premier League season, guaranteed to finish third in the table. jw/jc
AFPGomes eyes becoming first Portuguese coach to win CAF Cup
Jose Gomes hopes to become the first Portuguese coach to win the CAF Confederation Cup when his Zamalek team host Moroccan outfit Renaissance Berkane in Cairo on Sunday.Success has eluded Portuguese coaches in the Confederation Cup, however, since it was launched in 2004 after the African Cup Winners Cup and CAF Cup were discontinued.
AFPBrazil to host 2027 Women's World Cup as Gaza overshadows FIFA meeting
The Women's World Cup will take place in South America for the first time after Brazil was chosen to host the 2027 edition at a FIFA congress Friday marked by debate about the war in Gaza.FIFA inspectors had noted the "tremendous impact on women's football in the region" that South America hosting the Women's World Cup would have.