Football

FIFA president Gianni Infantino said on Tuesday that Iran will play their World Cup matches in the United Statesin June as scheduled despite the country’s ongoing armed conflict with ...

A dramatic night of World Cup qualification playoffs delivered late winners, penalty shootout heartbreak and historic milestones, as Sweden, the Czech Republic and Bosnia and Herzegovina booked their places at ...

Turkey ended a 24-year wait to qualify for the World Cup by beating Kosovo 1-0 in their playoff final on Tuesday, sealing a return to football’s biggest stage for ...

Japan deservedly beat a lacklustre and Harry Kane-less England 1-0 at Wembley on Tuesday in the hosts’ last friendly before manager Thomas Tuchel announces his World Cup squad in May. ...

Tottenham Hotspur have appointed Italian Roberto De Zerbi as their manager on a long-term contract, the Premier League club said on Tuesday. Tottenham have turned to former Brighton & Hove ...

Bosnia captain Edin Dzeko brushed aside the controversy over Italy players celebrating his team’s win over Wales, but feels the reaction showed the four‑times champions are feeling the ...

Poland enter Tuesday’s World Cup playoff final against Sweden seeking to end a winless run on Swedish soil that stretches back nearly a century. The match at the sold-out ...

Turkey coach Vincenzo Montella described his players as ‘real men’ as he prepares for Tuesday’s World Cup qualifying playoff final away in Kosovo. “As I speak these words, which ...

Cardiff City’s 120 million euro compensation claim following the death of Argentine striker Emiliano Sala in a plane crash in 2019 has been dismissed by a French court, his former club ...

More than 75% of Premier League fans do not support the continued use of Video Assistant Referees (VAR), a survey by a football supporters group showed. The survey was conducted online ...

Tottenham Hotspur’s brief experiment with Igor Tudor came to an abrupt end on Sunday, with the Premier League strugglers announcing they had “mutually agreed” to part ways with their ...

Wales and Liverpool great John Toshack has denied the claims made by his son that he has dementia, a report published in Spanish outlet El Mundo said on Friday. Toshack’...

England manager Thomas Tuchel said Ben White deserves another chance with the national team after the Arsenal defender returned to the squad for the first time in more than three ...

Cyprus were beaten 1-0 by a workmanlike Belarus side in an international friendly at the GSP Stadium on Thursday evening. The game was a scrappy affair, with few moments of ...

The head of Senegal’s football governing body vowed on Thursday to mount a “crusade” against a decision by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to strip the country’s ...

Fans looking for one last opportunity to get tickets to this summer’s FIFA World Cup in North America will get their chance on April 1. And that’s no joke. ...

Manchester United defender Harry Maguire said former manager Ruben Amorim had strong ideas, but they ultimately “didn’t work” at Old Trafford, further praising interim manager Michael Carrick for overseeing ...

At 36, New Zealand winger Kosta Barbarouses knows time is not on his side as he pushes for one final shot at the World Cup, 16 years after narrowly missing out on ...

Liverpool confirmed on Tuesday that Mohamed Salah will leave the club at the conclusion of the 2025-26 season, bringing an end to a nine-year spell at Anfield. The Egyptian forward ...

France striker Kylian Mbappe says he has fully recovered from a knee injury and wants to play all of Real Madrid’s remaining matches in the season run-in as he ...

French football icon Zinedine Zidane has agreed to take over his national team’s head coaching duties following this summer’s FIFA World Cup, ESPN has reported. Zidane, 53, reportedly reached ...

Two second-half headers by Manchester City’s Nico O’Reilly settled the English season’s first silverware on Sunday as Pep Guardiola’s side beat Arsenal 2-0 in the League ...

Nottingham Forest dealt fellow Premier League strugglers Tottenham Hotspur a bitter blow in their relegation battle, winning 3-0 on Sunday to leapfrog their rivals thanks to goals from Igor Jesus, ...

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta shook off the nerves ahead of Sunday’s League Cup final against Manchester City, saying his team were determined to win their first silverware in six ...