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Valladolid dent Villarreal’s Champions League hopes

Valladolid dent Villarreal’s Champions League hopes

Villarreal stumbled to a 2-1 home defeat by relegation-battling Real Valladolid on Saturday in La Liga, denting their ambitions of qualifying for the Champions League. Quique Setien’s side, fifth, could have moved within a point of fourth place Real Sociedad, who visit Athletic Bilbao later Saturday in a Basque derby. Selim Amallah struck for the […]

Tunisia footballer dies after setting himself alight in protest

Tunisia footballer dies after setting himself alight in protest

A professional footballer in Tunisia has died after setting himself alight earlier this week in what he called a protest against the “police state” ruling the country, his brother said Friday. Nizar Issaoui, 35, suffered third-degree burns from his action in the village of Haffouz in the central region of Kairouan, his brother Ryad told […]