Football

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Monday she would skip the opening match of the 2026 World Cup in Mexico City, choosing instead to give her premium seat to a young ...

Lionel Messi expressed his wish to one day return to Barcelona’s Camp Nou on Monday, having made a brief visit to see the newly revamped stadium where he spent 21 ...

Manchester City crushed rivals Liverpool 3-0 in a high-stakes Premier League clash on Sunday, with Erling Haaland, Nico Gonzalez and Jeremy Doku scoring to seal a win that could prove ...

Aston Villa thrashed Bournemouth 4-0 to move into seventh place in the Premier League on Sunday but Newcastle United’s poor domestic form continued as they slumped to defeat at ...

Idrissa Gueye and Michael Keane scored as Everton claimed a deserved 2-0 Premier League win over Fulham on Saturday in a game in which they had the ball in the ...

West Ham United substitutes Tomas Soucek and Kyle Walker-Peters scored second-half goals as their side came from behind to beat Burnley 3-2 at home in a pulsating Premier League clash ...

Clashes between Manchester City and Liverpool have often been regarded as key battles in Premier League title races in recent seasons but Sunday’s encounter may merely point to which ...

LaLiga pacesetters Real Madrid and Barcelona will aim to bounce back from midweek Champions League setbacks as they return to LaLiga action this weekend, looking to rebuild confidence ahead of ...

England head coach Thomas Tuchel recalled Real Madrid’s Jude Bellingham and Manchester City’s Phil Foden when naming his squad on Friday for next week’s World Cup qualifiers ...

Aston Villa had little trouble securing a 2-0 home win against Maccabi Tel-Aviv thanks to goals from Ian Maatsen and Donyell Malen, while Nottingham Forest were held to a 0-0 ...

British police were mounting a large operation with 700 officers to prevent trouble in the city of Birmingham on Thursday where Aston Villa were to play Israeli soccer club Maccabi Tel ...

Pafos FC manager Juan Carlos Carcedo on Thursday allowed himself to dream of qualification for the Champions League’s knockout rounds after the Cypriot champions pulled off an unlikely victory ...

Manchester City’s Erling Haaland came back to haunt Borussia Dortmund with a clinical finish against his former team, while Phil Foden bagged a brilliant brace as the hosts cruised ...

Cypriot champions Pafos FC pulled off an unlikely Champions League giant-killing on Wednesday night, beating Spanish outfit and former Europa League winners Villarreal 1-0 at Limassol’s Alphamega Stadium. Dutch ...

Cristiano Ronaldo said he will retire “soon” and while he admits it will be difficult to bring his glittering career to an end the 40-year-old has been planning for his ...

The trial of Greece’s Olympiacos football club chairman Evangelos Marinakis and dozens of soccer fans began in Greece on Wednesday, the biggest case of its kind linked to sports-related ...

Chelsea winger Pedro Neto will not be in their squad for the nearly 5,000-mile round trip to play Qarabag in the Champions League in Azerbaijan’s capital Baku on Wednesday, ...

Erling Haaland may be on a record-breaking scoring pace, but Manchester City’s prized striker insists he is focusing on team success as he prepares to face his former club ...

Cypriot champions Pafos FC are set to host Spanish outfit Villarreal at Limassol’s Alphamega Stadium in the Champions League on Wednesday night, and will do so in search of ...

English clubs enjoyed a memorable night in Europe as Liverpool battled to a 1-0 victory over Real Madrid at Anfield and Tottenham Hotspur crushed FC Copenhagen 4-0 in London on ...

A 20-year-old man was stabbed to death and two were injured on the Greek island of Evia on Tuesday, police said, in two separate incidents which police officials said were ...

Trent Alexander-Arnold could face a rancorous reception when he returns to Anfield for Tuesday’s Champions League game against Liverpool but the Real Madrid defender said no amount of hostility ...

Tottenham Hotspur’s Micky van de Ven and Djed Spence have apologised for snubbing manager Thomas Frank after the weekend’s home defeat by Chelsea, the Dane said on Monday. ...

Arsenal will be without Viktor Gyokeres for Tuesday’s Champions League game at Slavia Prague after the Swedish striker picked up a muscle injury at the weekend, manager Mikel Arteta ...