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Crystal Palace Appoint Vieira As New Manager

Crystal Palace Appoint Vieira As New Manager

Former Arsenal captain Patrick Vieira has been announced by Crystal Palace as the club’s new manager, ending a prolonged search for a successor to Roy Hodgson.

 

Vieira, who won three Premier League titles as a player with the Gunners, has had mixed results in charge of New York City and Nice in his two previous managerial jobs.

The Frenchman, who also won the World Cup and European Championship with his country, is highly regarded in England for his stellar playing career under Arsene Wenger at Arsenal.

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Italy Football Boss Wants Season Cancelled Over 'Plague'

Italy Football Boss Wants Season Cancelled Over ‘Plague’

The head of an Italian football club based at the heart of the coronavirus pandemic in Brescia said it was time to cancel the Serie A season because of “the plague”.

The top Italian league’s basement dwellers are destined for relegation — should the matches ever play out to their logical end in May.

No ball has been kicked in anger in the football-mad country since March 9 because of an outbreak that bore down on Italy from China last month.

The nation of 60 million is under a lockdown that could well run for many more weeks.

Schools are …