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24 Nov
The supermarket chain said it was ending its association with the DFB after the soccer association abandoned its plan to have national team captain Manuel Neuer wear a rainbow armband at the World Cup.
23 Mar 2021
Swedish football superstar Zlatan Ibrahimovic returned to the national team five years after he quit international football. He spoke about his feelings at a news conference in Stockholm on Monday. "To play in the national team is the biggest thing you could do as a football player. And as I was following them, inside me I was feeling, I think I can help them, I think I can do something," said the legendary footballer.
5 Jan 2020
Ghana FA fires coaching staff of all national teams
31 Jul 2019
The United States Women's National Team have received support from the union representing their male counterparts in their ongoing legal dispute over equal pay. Elsewhere, coach Jill Ellis is to step down.
2 Jan 2019
The German national team will have been glad to see the end of 2018. After failing to get past the group stage at the World Cup, they were relegated in the Nations League. Coach Löw has tough decisions to make in 2019.
5 Feb 2017
Cameroon head coach Hugo Broos has slammed the national team's fans for being 'impatient' and overly critical ahead of their Africa Cup of Nations final against Egypt.

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