Person: Álvaro Pereira

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A young girl heads the ball during the Futsal-Cup 2019 in Wuppertal, Germany. It is thought children’s brains are much more susceptible to concussion than those of adults.

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Jack Anderson: Why the FAI should follow our neighbours’ lead on kids heading

Last week, in a joint announcement by the English, Scottish, and Irish Football Associations, guidelines were published mandating that there should be no heading of footballs in training for children of primary school age.

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Luis Suarez scores on his return from biting ban to deny Brazil win in World Cup qualifier

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Here's our top five World Cup goals. What's yours?

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FIFA Concussion protocol questioned after Pereira blow

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Bale ensures an impressive win for Tottenham

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Villas-Boas admits doubts about Chelsea future

City to lodge complaint over alleged Balotelli abuse

Manchester City are to lodge an official complaint after striker Mario Balotelli allegedly suffered racial abuse from the crowd during last night’s win at Porto.

Fri, 17 Feb, 2012

Goal king Aguero’s late cameo hands City advantage

Sergio Aguero came off the bench last night to hand Manchester City the advantage in their Europa League tie against Porto.

Fri, 17 Feb, 2012

Aguero gives Man City advantage

Porto 1 Manchester City 2

Thu, 16 Feb, 2012

Tabarez was 2011’s real master

ACCORDING to FIFA and the Ballon d’Or voters, the coach of last year was Pep Guardiola.

Mon, 02 Jan, 2012

Pereira struggles to fit into big boots

THE script was written long in advance. It is one of the sadnesses of modern football that whenever a (relatively) small side does well, all the talk is not of their success but of where their members may go next.

Mon, 31 Oct, 2011

Villas-Boas backs pair

Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas today vowed to help Frank Lampard and Fernando Torres get back to their best after each had an international break to forget.

Thu, 08 Sep, 2011

Arteta deal the highlight of busy deadline day

Arsenal rounded off a busy transfer deadline day with the sensational last-gasp £10m swoop for Everton playmaker Mikel Arteta.

Thu, 01 Sep, 2011

Chelsea in talks with Pereira, says agent

The agent of Alvaro Pereira has claimed Chelsea were still in negotiations to sign the left-back from Porto.

Wed, 31 Aug, 2011

Spurs move to sign Parker, Reds prepared to let go of Cole

The opening hours of transfer deadline day produced no new confirmed big deals, but plenty of moves behind the scenes were continuing.

Wed, 31 Aug, 2011

Blues keep Mata in reserve

ANDRE VILLAS-BOAS has warned Chelsea fans they may have to wait until after the international break to see Juan Mata in action for the club.

Sat, 27 Aug, 2011

Villas-Boas confirms Pereira bid

Chelsea have made a bid for Porto defender Alvaro Pereira, manager Andre Villas-Boas has confirmed.

Thu, 25 Aug, 2011

Back-to-back home wins top priority for Villas-Boas

ANDRE VILLAS-BOAS insists Chelsea must win their back-to-back home games with West Brom and Norwich if they are to be considered serious Barclays Premier League title contenders this season.

Sat, 20 Aug, 2011

Villas-Boas coy on improved Modric bid

ANDRE VILLAS-BOAS yesterday hinted Chelsea would not be held to ransom over Luka Modric as he continued to explore alternatives to the club’s number one transfer target.

Fri, 19 Aug, 2011

Villas-Boas unsure over new Modric bid

Andre Villas-Boas today hinted Chelsea would not be held to ransom over Luka Modric as he continued to explore alternatives to the club’s number one transfer target.

Thu, 18 Aug, 2011

McGeady's Spartak fail to overcome odds

Spartak Moscow 2 Porto 5 (Porto win 10-3 on aggregate)

Thu, 14 Apr, 2011

Trap impressed by maturing Long

Giovanni Trapattoni admitted he would take a good look at Shane Long if he were a club manager after seeing the striker excel against Uruguay tonight.

Wed, 30 Mar, 2011

Ireland's young guns summon brave display against Uruguay

Republic of Ireland 2 Uruguay 3

Tue, 29 Mar, 2011

Uruguay secure top spot as Mexico progress

Mexico 0 Uruguay 1

Tue, 22 Jun, 2010

Uruguay lead Mexico through Suarez goal

Mexico 0 Uruguay 1

Tue, 22 Jun, 2010

Parreira upbeat despite defeat

Defiant South Africa coach Carlos Alberto Parreira urged his side not to let their heads drop as they seek to bounce back from last night’s potentially costly 3-0 World Cup defeat to Uruguay in Pretoria.

Thu, 17 Jun, 2010

Hosts furious as Forlan fires Uruguay to victory

HOST nation South Africa were left facing the prospect of an early World Cup exit after slumping to defeat at the hands of a Diego Forlan-inspired Uruguay in Pretoria last night.

Thu, 17 Jun, 2010

South Africa face early exit after Forlan heroics

South Africa 0 Uruguay 3

Wed, 16 Jun, 2010

French fail to get upper hand

World Cup Group A

Sat, 12 Jun, 2010

Drogba sends Chelsea through

Chelsea 2 CFR Cluj 1

Tue, 09 Dec, 2008

Lampard: We must chip in while Drogba is out

FRANK LAMPARD has demanded his Chelsea team-mates help shoulder the goalscoring burden after Didier Drogba suffered a potentially serious knee ligament injury.

Fri, 03 Oct, 2008

Horror for Chelsea in Transylvania

FR Cluj 0 Chelsea 0

Wed, 01 Oct, 2008