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What Thomas Tuchel's Dortmund tells us about his Chelsea

What Thomas Tuchel's Dortmund tells us about his Chelsea

The Independent — If Thomas Tuchel knows one thing for certain it's that he'll have very little time to prove that he's the manager to improve Chelsea's standing in the Premier League and in Europe. The Stamford Bridge side are many things but a safe space for managers to try new ideas and enjoy the goodwill and patience of their employers they are not.
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Why underdog status could never satisfy Borussia Dortmund

Why underdog status could never satisfy Borussia Dortmund

The Independent — Despite the glitz and the glamour of modern football, the sport can often be boiled down to simple truisms that have stood the test of time. At Borussia Dortmund this week, following an embarrassing 5-1 defeat to newly-promoted Stuttgart, the writing was on the wall for head coach Lucien Favre after it seemed as though he had finally lost the confidence of his dressing room.
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What Kai Havertz will bring to Chelsea

What Kai Havertz will bring to Chelsea

The Independent — Bayer Leverkusen sporting director and former German World Cup winner Rudi Voller didn't mince his words when he was reflecting on the kind of talent Chelsea had just signed in midfielder Kai Havertz. Voller said the 21-year-old star was "already world class and definitely one of the best players ever to play for Bayer."
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Allan Campbell: I want to be Scotland's next English Premier League star

Allan Campbell: I want to be Scotland's next English Premier League star

TheTwoPointOne — If you were to ask Motherwell fans who their most important player was going into the new Scottish Premiership season, the results may surprise you. Rival fans would suggest David Turnbull was the odds-on favourite for that vote, followed by other attacking stars like Chris Long or Jermaine Hylton.
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Scottish Premiership goals of the season montage

Scottish Premiership goals of the season montage

BBC Scotland — 🎥 Stunning free-kicks, diving headers and fine finishingSome of the best goals from the 2019-20 Scottish Premiership season ⚽️ pic.twitter.com/U4S80kkQsv
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The forgotten legacy of Celtic's Paul Wilson

The forgotten legacy of Celtic's Paul Wilson

TheTwoPointOne — Despite Scottish football's deep and fascinating history, the country can lay claim to just one player from an ethnic minority background that wore the famous dark blue top of the Scotland national team in the 20th century.
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What is the 3pm blackout rule?

What is the 3pm blackout rule?

TheTwoPointOne — Scottish and English football are two of the oldest forms of the sport in the world but they also have a unique rule that seemingly no other country in global football follows: fans aren't allowed to watch football on TV between 3pm and 5:15pm on a Saturday. In the first of a new series of videos diving a little deeper in to the world of Scottish football, we take a look at the history of the 3pm blackout rule in Scotland and why it still blocks us from watching the Scottish Premiership on our televisions on a Saturday.
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Coronavirus: Can the Juniors survive the shutdown?

Coronavirus: Can the Juniors survive the shutdown?

BBC — No games, no banter in the stands, no pies, no revenue. It's now been almost a month since football stopped in Scotland, with no prospect of it returning on the horizon. Unlike their counterparts in the SPFL, Junior clubs are having to tackle financial worries without updates from Uefa or potentially advances on league payouts.
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Coronavirus: SPFL warns clubs no money to cover closed door games

Coronavirus: SPFL warns clubs no money to cover closed door games

BBC — The SPFL has warned Scottish clubs there is no pot of money to help them should games have to be played behind closed doors because of coronavirus. Various competitions across Europe have either had fixtures postponed or played without spectators. No matches in Scotland have yet been affected but the SPFL warned last week of "dire financial consequences".
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Scottish transfer news - window closes, but will there be any late deals?

Scottish transfer news - window closes, but will there be any late deals?

BBC Sport Scotland — A nine hour live blog covering the length and breadth of deadline day in Scottish football for the January 2020 transfer window.
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Scottish Premiership: Tickets sales comprise 43% of revenue

Scottish Premiership: Tickets sales comprise 43% of revenue

BBC — Scottish Premiership clubs earn a greater percentage of their income from ticket sales than any other top league in Europe, according to Uefa's latest Club Licensing Benchmark report. The report on football finances states that 43% of revenue in the Scottish top flight in 2018 came from gate receipts.
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Queen's Park begin transition to professionalism with part-time contracts

Queen's Park begin transition to professionalism with part-time contracts

BBC — Queen's Park have begun their transition to a professional club by offering their entire first-team squad part-time contracts. The Glasgow side voted to end their 152-year status as an amateur club in November, the last senior Scottish side to turn professional. Prior to the move players were only financially compensated for travelling to training and matches.
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Kevin Nisbet: From Partick Thistle reject to Dunfermline Athletic's Championship star

Kevin Nisbet: From Partick Thistle reject to Dunfermline Athletic's Championship star

BBC — "It was a decision that has probably changed his whole life. The penny has dropped." Kevin Nisbet might not be the first name that comes to mind when punters think about the Scottish Championship, but he might soon be. The Dunfermline Athletic striker has scored 16 league goals this season.
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Queen's Park: Scotland's oldest club vote to go professional after 152 years as amateurs

Queen's Park: Scotland's oldest club vote to go professional after 152 years as amateurs

BBC — Queen's Park's members have voted to end 152 years as amateurs and Scotland's oldest club will now move towards the professional ranks. The Glasgow club are the last remaining amateur side in the Scottish Professional Football League. But 91% of members accepted advice from the club that change was needed to compete with their rivals.
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United Glasgow: The amateur club fighting for Scotland's refugees

United Glasgow: The amateur club fighting for Scotland's refugees

BBC — Kelvin Mwangi Githinji arrived in Glasgow from Kenya in March 2018. An asylum seeker from tropical East Africa, he suddenly found himself in a cold, damp city with few familiar faces and even fewer familiar accents. He did have one thing in common with the strangers around him though - football.
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German when he won, an immigrant when he lost - why Mesut Ozil turned his back on Germany

German when he won, an immigrant when he lost - why Mesut Ozil turned his back on Germany

The Independent — For all the talk of Mesut Ozil and much talked about pictures it is another that perhaps reveals the most of all. After Germany crashed out of this summer's World Cup in the group stages, Ozil posted an image of himself walking off of the pitch with a camera crew in his face.
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This is how Germany must recover from their World Cup failure

This is how Germany must recover from their World Cup failure

The Independent — The fourteenth-century Arab historian, Ibn Khaldun, had a theory about the manner in which empires rise and fall. After a nomadic tribe had conquered a capital city or region the conquerors would establish themselves as the ruling class. However after about three generations, Khaldun argued, the once battle-hardened class of warriors tended to grow soft and plump.
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Oriam: One year into the future of Scottish football

Oriam: One year into the future of Scottish football

TheTwoPointOne — Oriam has been heralded as a future breeding ground of expert coaching and training for not only Scottish football but also a whole range of other sports throughout the country.
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A United Glasgow: The club that welcomes refugees to Scotland

A United Glasgow: The club that welcomes refugees to Scotland

TheTwoPointOne — Glasgow may have a reputation as being rather exclusive with its two, main football tribes but in the middle of the city is a club looking to bring the whole country together. United Glasgow are a football club run specifically to help immigrants and refugees integrate in to Scottish life through the one thing we can all agree on: the beautiful game.
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Analysis | John Brooks is the most expensive American transfer is soccer history. Is he moving in...

Analysis | John Brooks is the most expensive American transfer is soccer history. Is he moving in...

The Washington Post — The headlines on Wednesday morning from U.S. national team star John Brooks's transfer deal in the German Bundesliga captured the history: The central defender is the most expensive American international in the history of the game.
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Concussion symptoms far more likely for soccer players that regularly head the ball | DW | 01.02....

Concussion symptoms far more likely for soccer players that regularly head the ball | DW | 01.02....

Deutsche Welle (DW) — Soccer players who regularly header a ball are three times more likely to develop the symptoms of concussions compared to those that don't, according to a new study published in the American Academy of Neurology journal.
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Scientists fight back against Trump | DW | 27.01.2017

Scientists fight back against Trump | DW | 27.01.2017

Deutsche Welle (DW) — American scientists have decided to take the fight to Donald Trump and his combative approach to facts and the mechanics of scientific research. A new political action committee (PAC) has been created in response to the US president who was inaugurated on January 20. The PAC's intention: getting scientists elected to public office.
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Worried about fake news? Then it's time we talked about social bots | DW | 23.01.2017

Worried about fake news? Then it's time we talked about social bots | DW | 23.01.2017

Deutsche Welle (DW) — With social media playing an ever-growing role in the way we all perceive the world, the manner in which websites like Facebook, Twitter and others portray information to consumers has never been more important.
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Japanese satellite may have spotted largest ever gravity wave on Venus | DW | 17.01.2017

Japanese satellite may have spotted largest ever gravity wave on Venus | DW | 17.01.2017

Deutsche Welle (DW) — A Japanese meteorological satellite studying the planet Venus may have spotted the largest recorded gravity wave ever in our solar system, after pictures caught a wave 10,000 kilometers in length (more than 6,000 miles) stretched across the planet's surface in December 2015.
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