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The Netherlands’ rise as a force in women’s football continued on Wednesday as Jackie Groenen’s extra-time strike saw them edge out Sweden 1-0 in a grueling World Cup semi-final in Lyon, taking the European champions through to this…

The United States made it a perfect three wins out of three at the Women’s World Cup on Thursday by beating Sweden 2-0 to top Group F, while Ajara Nchout fired Cameroon into the last 16 with a last-gasp winner. The Americans will…

Canada registered a 1-0 win in their FIFA Women’s World Cup Group E fixture against Cameroon in Montpellier. Cameroon, who won two matches on their only previous World Cup appearance in 2011, were undone by one set piece in the dying…

Chelsea’s star footballer, David Luiz wished Pakistan’s all-rounder Imad Wasim good luck for the upcoming cricket World Cup. The center back of Chelsea, recorded a video message for Imad where he praised him and hoped that he wins the…

The 2022 World Cup in Qatar will be played with 32 teams after a proposed expansion of the tournament to 48 sides was scrapped, FIFA announced on Wednesday. World football's governing body said in a statement that "following a thorough…

Pep Guardiola saluted Manchester City’s history makers after they clinched the domestic treble with a swaggering 6-0 rout of Watford in the FA Cup final on Saturday. Guardiola’s side capped an incredible campaign in fittingly dynamic…

Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah’s daughter delighted the dejected fans when she scored the goal and received a big applause from fans. It is pertinent to mention here that Manchester City retained the Premier League title on Sunday.…

Manchester City rewrote the record books in a near flawless campaign to win the Premier League last season but by holding off Liverpool to retain the title, they have secured their status as true greats of the English game. A year ago,…

Paris Saint-Germain striker Neymar was banned for three matches Friday with a further two-match ban suspended for lashing out at a fan following the club’s shock defeat in the French Cup final. Announcing the ban, the French football…

Eden Hazard scored the winning penalty for Chelsea to beat Eintracht Frankfurt 4-3 in their Europa League semi-final shootout on Thursday and become the fourth English side to reach a European final this season. A lively semi-final had…

An emotional Mauricio Pochettino called his Tottenham Hotspur players "super-heroes" after they reached the Champions League final for the first time in their history as a Lucas Moura hat-trick saw them come back from the dead to beat Ajax…

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp said his team had the "mentality of giants" after they pulled off one of the most remarkable turnarounds in Champions League history, thrashing Lionel Messi's Barcelona 4-0 to reach the final for the second…

Cristiano Ronaldo headed in a late equaliser to spoil Torino’s dream of a first win at city rivals Juventus in nearly a quarter of a century on Friday and frustrate their bid to move into the Champions League places. Sasa Lukic had fired…

BARCELONA: Lionel Messi put Barcelona on the verge of the Champions League final with a devastating double in a 3-0 home win over Liverpool in the first leg of their last-four clash on Wednesday, taking his goal tally for the Catalans to…

MADRID: Lionel Messi clinched an eighth La Liga title for Barcelona in 11 seasons on Saturday as he scored the only goal in a 1-0 win at home to Levante. The Argentine star struck his league-leading 34th goal of the campaign after coming…