Football

Qatar successfully defended their Asian Cup crown after beating Jordan 3-1 on Saturday at Lusail Stadium where Akram Afif converted three penalties to become the tournament’s top scorer as ...

Liverpool reclaimed top spot in the Premier League with a 3-1 win over Burnley at Anfield on Saturday, but they were made to battle by a brave visiting side before ...

Erling Haaland netted a brace with his first goals since his return from injury to lift Manchester City to a 2-0 home victory over relegation-threatened Everton on Saturday and provisionally ...

Manchester City can top the Premier League for a few hours at least if they beat Everton at home on Saturday and Pep Guardiola’s side are firm favourites to ...

Qatar and Jordan will play an all-Arab Asian Cup final on Saturday where both teams are highly motivated to answer critics who gave them no chance of going so far. ...

The Cyprus Cup football game between Apollon and AEL will take place without the presence of fans, sports judge Aristotelis Vryonides deliberated on Friday. The derby, initially scheduled for January 24 ...

The head of European soccer’s governing body UEFA, Aleksander Ceferin, said on Thursday that he would not stand for re-election in 2027 for family reasons, even though an amendment had ...

Turkish Cypriot footballer Tahsin Ozler signed his first professional contract with Omonia on Thursday. Ozler, 18, is now contracted to the club until the end of the 2026/27 season. He made history ...

Chelsea responded to a troubling week with a superb 3-1 win at Aston Villa to reach the fifth round of the FA Cup and put a smile back on the ...

Hosts and defending champions Qatar beat Iran 3-2 in a thrilling Asian Cup semi-final on Wednesday at Al Thumama Stadium where striker Almoez Ali scored the winner to set up ...

By Tom Cleaver and Jonathan Shkurko The Footballers’ Association (Pasp)’s executive president Spyros Neofytides on Wednesday called for Cyprus to ratify the Saint-Denis convention to enhance the safety of ...

Greece will allow its top league football matches to be played with fans from Feb. 13, two months after top clubs were ordered to play behind closed doors following the severe ...

South Korea’s late comebacks at the Asian Cup had earned them the tag of playing ‘zombie football’ after they always came back to life when they appeared dead, but ...

Successive Premier League defeats in which eight goals have hit the back of the Chelsea net have raised the volume in the debate about Mauricio Pochettino’s job prospects at ...

Sevilla have called on LaLiga to take action after winger Lucas Ocampos was touched “inappropriately” by a fan during their 2-1 win at Rayo Vallecano, the club said on Tuesday. ...

Phil Foden scored a brilliantly composed hat-trick as Manchester City turned on the style to earn a 3-1 comeback win at battling Brentford on Monday and close to within two ...

Cyprus Football Association (CFA) chairman George Koumas said on Monday he “will not accept” Turkish Cypriots’ attempts to unilaterally join the international football community. Koumas was speaking at an event ...

A Spanish court on Monday rejected ex-Brazil footballer Dani Alves’ argument that he had suffered trial by media and should be given more time to prepare for his criminal prosecution ...

Hosts Ivory Coast narrowly avoided a humiliating Africa Cup of Nations group stage exit before two resilient performances in the knockout rounds to book a semi-final berth but know they ...

The 2026 World Cup final will be held in New Jersey at the home of the National Football League’s New York Giants and New York Jets, world football’s governing ...

Arsenal spiced up an already intriguing Premier League title race as they beat lacklustre leaders Liverpool 3-1 to slice the gap to two points on Sunday. Arsenal deserved the points ...

Manchester United’s Alejandro Garnacho netted twice after Rasmus Hojlund scored on his 21st birthday as the Old Trafford side beat West Ham United 3-0 to climb above the visitors ...

Brighton & Hove Albion ended a run of three Premier League games without a win with a 4-1 home victory over Crystal Palace on Saturday, a result which piles the ...

New signing David Datro Fofana scored twice in the second half to earn relegation-threatened Burnley a dramatic 2-2 draw with Fulham in the Premier League on Saturday and ease some ...