Football

Manchester City began their Club World Cup campaign with a comfortable 2-0 victory over Morocco’s Wydad Casablanca in their Group G opener on Wednesday, courtesy of first-half goals from ...

Real Madrid laboured to a 1-1 Club World Cup draw against a spirited Al-Hilal in searing heat on Wednesday as Xabi Alonso’s managerial debut for the 15-time European champions ...

Pafos FC will make their debut in the Champions League, Europe’s premier football competition, against defending Israeli champions Maccabi Tel Aviv. The Cypriot champions, who won their first ever ...

Sacking coach Ange Postecoglou soon after he delivered Tottenham Hotspur’s first major trophy in 17 years was “emotionally difficult”, but the club needed a change after a poor Premier League ...

An Italian judge on Tuesday sentenced 16 Inter and AC Milan hardline ‘ultra’ soccer fans to prison terms ranging from two to 10 years for crimes including murder, extortion and criminal association ...

Premier League referee David Coote was charged by the Football Association on Tuesday in relation to comments he made about former Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp in a video that went ...

Pedro Neto and Enzo Fernandez each scored goals to propel Chelsea to a 2-0 victory over Los Angeles FC in the Group D opener for each team in the Club ...

Champions League winners Paris St Germain crushed fellow European heavyweights Atletico Madrid 4-0 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on Sunday to get their Club World Cup campaign off to ...

Premier League champions Liverpool have agreed a fee of 136.3 million euros to sign Germany’s attacking midfielder Florian Wirtz from Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen, British media reported on Friday. The ...

Tottenham Hotspur named Thomas Frank as their fifth full-time manager in six years on Thursday with the Premier League club confirming they had hired the former Brentford boss on a ...

Manchester City confirmed the signing of midfielder Tijjani Reijnders from AC Milan on a five-year contract on Wednesday and said the Netherlands international will be available for this month’s ...

Brazil and Ecuador secured their spots at the 2026 World Cup on Tuesday, taking the second and third of South America’s six automatic qualifying berths after champions Argentina booked their ...

Senegal became the first African team to beat England in 22 games on Tuesday, winning 3-1 in a friendly at the City Ground thanks to goals from Ismaila Sarr, Habib Diarra ...

Wales manager Craig Bellamy said his side are still on track to qualify for the World Cup despite slipping from top spot in their group following a 4-3 defeat in ...

Luciano Spalletti has been sacked from his role as Italy’s coach, the manager said on Sunday, following their heavy loss against Norway, but will take charge of Monday’s ...

Australia’s Connor Metcalfe has warned his teammates to avoid reacting to Saudi Arabia’s gamesmanship when the nations face off in Jeddah on Tuesday with automatic qualification for next ...

Brazil forward Neymar has been sidelined after testing positive for Covid-19, his club Santos said in a statement as quoted by Brazilian media. The 33-year-old began showing symptoms on Thursday ...

Tottenham Hotspur have sacked manager Ange Postecoglou, the club said on Friday, despite the Australian guiding Spurs to their first major trophy in 17 years with victory in the Europa League ...

Carlo Ancelotti got off to a disappointing start as Brazil coach in Thursday’s South American World Cup qualifiers, drawing 0-0 against runners-up Ecuador, putting the Italian manager under considerable ...

Spain’s teenage sensation Lamine Yamal inspired his country to a thrilling 5-4 win over France on Thursday to send the holders through to their third successive Nations League final ...

Australian Cypriot footballer Aziz Behich on Thursday night scored a last-minute winner for Australia’s national team against Japan to all but secure the Socceroos’ place at next year’s ...

Simone Inzaghi has been appointed coach of Al-Hilal, the Saudi Pro League side announced on Wednesday. The former Inter Milan coach left the Serie A club on Tuesday after a ...

Cristiano Ronaldo scored the winner as Portugal fought back to beat Germany 2-1 on Wednesday, with the 40-year-old bagging his 137th international goal to send them into the Nations League ...

Cesc Fabregas pledged his immediate managerial future to Como on Wednesday amid increasing speculation that the Spaniard is the main target for Inter Milan to replace the recently departed Simone ...