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  •   Home > News > Sports >  Subscribe to NZCity's Soccer articles  Soccer
    Alleged racial abuse has marred English Premier League champions Liverpool's opening-day home win over Bournemouth
     16 August 2025
    Alleged racial abuse has marred English Premier League champions Liverpool's opening-day home win over Bournemouth
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    Liverpool beats Bournemouth 4-2 in Premier League opener, as game stopped after racist abuse of Bournemouth's Antoine Semenyo
    16 Aug: Liverpool produces a dramatic comeback win to start its Premier League title defence in a game soured by racist abuse aimed at Bournemouth player Antoine Semenyo, as Anfield pays an emotional tribute to the late Diogo Jota.... more
    Liverpool have taken their off-season spending to seven hundred and thirty-five million dollars after confirming the arrival of Italian defender Giovanni Leoni
    16 Aug: Liverpool have taken their off-season spending to seven hundred and thirty-five million dollars after confirming the arrival of Italian defender Giovanni Leoni... more
    An opportunity for the taking for Wellington Phoenix women's coach Bev Priestman amid Auckland FC's stalled plans for a team to join the women's A-League
    14 Aug: An opportunity for the taking for Wellington Phoenix women's coach Bev Priestman amid Auckland FC's stalled plans for a team to join the women's A-League... more
    Tottenham have missed a gilt-edged opportunity to claim another European football trophy
    14 Aug: Tottenham have missed a gilt-edged opportunity to claim another European football trophy... more
    The All Whites have confirmed their second fixture of the October international football window
    14 Aug: The All Whites have confirmed their second fixture of the October international football window... more
    The Wellington Phoenix have signed A-League veteran Nikola Mileusnic to their men's squad for the upcoming season
    13 Aug: The Wellington Phoenix have signed A-League veteran Nikola Mileusnic to their men's squad for the upcoming season... more
    Bev Priestman's relishing having her feet under the desk with the Wellington Phoenix women
    13 Aug: Bev Priestman's relishing having her feet under the desk with the Wellington Phoenix women... more
    The start of the new season in football's Premier League looms this weekend - but Chris Wood admits he has a secondary green and gold target in the back of his mind
    12 Aug: The start of the new season in football's Premier League looms this weekend - but Chris Wood admits he has a secondary green and gold target in the back of his mind... more
    Chris Wood admits a personal milestone is a motivating factor as the new season gets set to kick off in football's Premier League
    12 Aug: Chris Wood admits a personal milestone is a motivating factor as the new season gets set to kick off in football's Premier League... more

     Most Popular Recent Soccer News
     19 Jul: The new-look Wellington Phoenix have been holding their own, in today's football friendly against Welsh glamour side Wrexham ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
     18 Jul: The Wellington Phoenix men will be missing a large number of their regular starting players for tomorrow's pre-season wrangle with Welsh side Wrexham  +++++++++++
     30 Jul: Getting out of Canada has been the best thing for Bev Priestman as she tries to rebuild her coaching career +++++++++++
     01 Aug: Signing experience Football Ferns defender C.J. Bott is a tidy piece of business for the new Wellington Phoenix women's coach ++++++++++
     26 Jul: A 75 year old grandmother was punched in the mouth, during a brawl at a youth soccer game in North Auckland's Long Bay ++++++++++
     27 Jul: England are hesitant to wear the underdogs tag as they chase glory in the women's European football final overnight ++++++++++
     19 Jul: The Wellington Phoenix men will be missing a large number of their regular starting players for tomorrow's pre-season wrangle with Welsh side Wrexham  +++++++++

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      6 Aug: Soccer: tonga keeps semifinal hopes alive after comeback win, nz sweeps aside solomons (RadioNZ)
      30 Jul: Soccer player left with fractured spine after on-field assault by spectators (Sydney Morning Herald)
      15 Jul: Pasifika sipoti in brief for 15 july (RadioNZ)
      14 Jul: Trump, coldplay and red carpets - was this superbowl or soccer? (BBCWorld)
      12 Jul: Microsoft spends up to $50 million for game pass titles (PC World)
      11 Jul: What the death of two soccer stars says about how – and who – we grieve (Sydney Morning Herald)
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