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Daniel Mercer

Daniel Mercer is the Sports Correspondent for The European Times. He covers sports through the lens of society, culture, and European public life. His reporting focuses on major sporting events, athlete stories, governance, inclusion, fair play, and the social impact of sport across Europe. With a clear and balanced style, he looks beyond scores and results to explain how sport reflects broader issues such as youth development, equality, community identity, and international cooperation. For The European Times, Daniel brings a calm, factual, and human-centred approach to sports journalism, highlighting stories that connect competition with values, responsibility, and the people behind the game. And in case you have any questions, yes, he is very shy, and this is not his real name nor his real face.

Education Minister Outlines Development Strategy for Sport, School Sport
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Africa

Morocco Education Minister Outlines Development Strategy for Sport, School Sport

MOROCCO, June 23 - The Minister of National Education, Preschool and Sports, Chakib Benmoussa, presented, Wednesday in the House of Representatives (lower house), the main lines of the strategy for…

23 June 2022 · 2 min read

IFTM online training programme in collaboration with UNWTO Capacity Building for Sustainable Tourism through Festivals and Events
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News

IFTM online training programme in collaboration with UNWTO Capacity Building for Sustainable Tourism through Festivals and Events

MACAU, June 13 - The Global Centre of Tourism Education and Training of the Macao Institute for Tourism Studies (IFTM), in collaboration with United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO), successfully…

13 June 2022 · 4 min read

Champions League: Madrid clinch the Decimocuarta (14th)!
Champions League: Madrid clinch the Decimocuarta (14th)! Photo:Antonio Villalba

Editor's choice

Champions League: Madrid clinch the Decimocuarta (14th)!

Real Madrid overcame Liverpool in Paris courtesy of a goal from Vini Jr. to enhance their legendary status in Europe. RM. The Decimocuarta (14th) Champions League has arrived, as Real Madrid enhanced their legendary…

29 May 2022 · 3 min read

Champions League – Vini Jr.: “Real Madrid players are used to winning things”
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Europe

Champions League – Vini Jr.: “Real Madrid players are used to winning things”

RM. Real Madrid secured the club’s 14th European Cup crown after seeing off Liverpool in the final. Vini Jr., who hit the winner, commented: “You can't put it into words. It's now time to celebrate…

29 May 2022 · 3 min read

The final of the Champions League, Liverpool – Real Madrid, before the match
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News

The final of the Champions League, Liverpool – Real Madrid, before the match

For the third time in their history, Liverpool and Real Madrid face each other in the final of the Champions League. It is this Saturday at the Stade de France…

28 May 2022 · 2 min read

International

Sport and extremism

"We kneel only before God!": The Carpathian Brigade wears black and is the most extreme ultras of Hungary The racist chants echoing at the Pushkas Arena during the match between…

22 April 2022 · 6 min read

Sonny survived the Holocaust and football gave him freedom
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Human Rights

Sonny survived the Holocaust and football gave him freedom

Inspirational love between a 90-year-old man and Eintracht (Frankfurt) revealed by BBC Sport. Helmut Sonneberg is probably the most energetic 90-year-old you can see. In Frankfurt, he is known simply…

13 April 2022 · 6 min read

Sport must show leadership amidst climate crisis: UN deputy chief
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Sport must show leadership amidst climate crisis: UN deputy chief

Athletes are among the most influential people on the planet and together with their managers, fans and others involved in organized sport, must contribute to global efforts to combat climate…

6 April 2022 · 3 min read