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Tony Chapron was a highly respected French referee. He had been refereeing in the top flight of French football since 2004, and had taken charge of more than 400 games, including the French Cup final in 2014. And  his services were also in demand abroad, and he had also officiated in the Chinese Super League. He had also taken charge ...

In January 2019, Cardiff City were struggling at the wrong end of the Premier League. They had been promoted from the Championship the previous season, finishing runners-up to Wolves, but, like many teams, they found the step up in leagues a big challenge, and soon were in the relegation zone. A big problem for them was a lack of goals ...

The ongoing drama and controversy surrounding the ill-fated transfer of Emiliano Sala has taken a fresh twist. That is after Cardiff City are set to claim that the deal finalising his move from French side Nantes is not legally binding. The Argentine striker tragically died when the light aircraft in which he was a passenger crashed in the English Channel ...

The bitter fall-out of the abortive transfer of Emiliano Sala has taken a fresh and nasty twist. With much of the spotlight since Sala, who died en route to Cardiff from Nantes in a small single engine plane chartered by one of the agents involved in the deal, much of the attention has shifted to the rule that the agent ...

Emiliano Sala’s funeral was held in Argentina over the weekend. However, no sooner has the unfortunate man been laid to rest than bitter arguments and recriminations over his transfer from French side Nantes have broken out. First comes news that Cardiff are seeking clarification as to whether they need to pay his £15 million transfer fee in full, arguing that ...

French club Nantes have demanded that Cardiff pay the first instalment for missing striker Emiliano Sala. The 28-year old Argentine signed for Cardiff in January for £15 million but, tragically, en route to join the Welsh side, the small plane he was carrying disappeared over the English Channel. His transfer was structured into three staged payments, and now, according to ...

Cardiff City are considering a legal action for negligence after the plane carrying their record signing Emiliano Sala disappeared over the English channel on Monday night. The club had paid Nantes a record £15 million for the Argentine striker when the plane disappeared off radar near Alderney in the Channel Islands. An intensive air and sea rescue effort has so ...

Cardiff City are close to agreeing a deal to sign 28-year old Argentine striker Emiliano Sala from French club Nantes. That is according to Sky Sports who report that a fee of £18 million is being discussed for the forward, which would break Cardiff’s current transfer record. Cardiff are currently in 17th place in the Premier League, one place and ...