Football

After a sobering week in Europe for English clubs, some bruised egos return to domestic issues this weekend with the Premier League title race and relegation battles both reaching potentially ...

Nottingham Forest fell to a 1-0 home defeat to FC Midtjylland in horrible weather conditions in the first leg of their Europa League last-16 tie on Thursday, while Olympique Lyonnais ...

The statement from Minister of Sport Ahmad Donyamali on Wednesday that Iran could not take part in a World Cup being co-hosted by the United States offered the clearest indication ...

Federico Valverde struck the first hat-trick of his career as Real Madrid swept aside Manchester City 3-0 in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie on Wednesday, leaving ...

Arsenal’s eight-game winning run in the Champions League came to an end as they needed an 89th-minute penalty from substitute Kai Havertz to rescue a 1-1 draw at Bayer ...

Iran cannot participate in the 2026 World Cup after co-host the United States launched airstrikes against the country alongside Israel, killing its leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, sports minister Ahmad Donyamali said ...

Atletico Madrid tore Tottenham Hotspur apart in a stunning first-half blitz on Tuesday, powering to a 5-2 victory in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie and leaving ...

Manchester City return to the Bernabeu on Wednesday with Pep Guardiola insisting his team arrive in far better shape than the injury‑stricken group that fell to Real Madrid in ...

Galatasaray secured a 1-0 home win over Liverpool in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 clash on Tuesday thanks to an early header from Mario Lemina. Despite early ...

Europe’s grandest club competition returns this week as the last-16 of the UEFA Champions League begins tonight, bringing with it the familiar mix of tension, glamour and the promise ...

Australia on Tuesday granted humanitarian visas to five Iranian women footballers after they sought asylum, fearing persecution on their return home for their refusal to sing the national anthem at ...

Manchester City will welcome Liverpool in the FA Cup quarter-finals, while Premier League leaders Arsenal travel to second-tier side Southampton following Monday’s draw. Pep Guardiola’s City secured their ...

Celtic and Rangers fans swarmed onto the pitch and hurled flares in ugly clashes at Ibrox stadium on Sunday after the latest “Old Firm” derby between Scotland’s biggest rivals. ...

Third-tier strugglers Port Vale pulled off the shock of the FA Cup fifth round to beat Premier League Sunderland 1-0 and reach the quarter-finals for the first time since 1954 on ...

Arsenal survived a genuine scare in the FA Cup fifth round on Saturday as they edged past spirited third-tier Mansfield Town 2-1, with Eberechi Eze’s thunderbolt sending the Premier ...

U.S. President Donald Trump welcomed Lionel Messi and his Inter Miami team to the White House on Thursday, but confessed he had no idea that one of the world’...

The spectre of Premier League relegation loomed ever larger for Tottenham Hotspur on Thursday after a 3-1 home defeat by Crystal Palace left them teetering just above the drop zone. ...

Arsenal seized control of the Premier League title race as Bukayo Saka’s goal secured a priceless 1-0 win at Brighton and Hove Albion and Manchester City could only draw 2...

Fourth-place Aston Villa will try to solidify their hold of a UEFA Champions League place and reverse their recent slide on Wednesday when they host sixth-place Chelsea in Birmingham. Villa (15...

Resurgent bottom club Wolverhampton Wanderers stunned Liverpool with a last-gasp 2-1 win at a rocking Molineux on Tuesday to offer a glimpse of a miraculous escape from relegation while putting ...

Atletico Madrid reached the Copa del Rey final for the first time since 2013 despite a 3-0 defeat by Barcelona on Tuesday, their 4-0 first-leg win in Madrid enough to secure ...

Martin Satriano’s superb first-half volley earned Getafe a shock 1-0 victory at Real Madrid in LaLiga on Monday, a result that left leaders Barcelona four points clear at the ...

Liverpool midfielder Florian Wirtz has been ruled out of Tuesday’s game at bottom side Wolverhampton Wanderers in the Premier League but Dutch full-back Jeremie Frimpong is available, manager Arne ...

Arsenal maintained control of the Premier League title race as they chiselled out a nervy 2-1 win over London rivals Chelsea to open up a five-point lead at the top ...