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Spain’s former Real Madrid player, Francisco “Paco” Gento, the only football player to win six European Cup titles, has died aged 88. The club announced Read more

Fans can start registering to buy Qatar World Cup tickets on Wednesday with prices for visitors starting at around €60, one-third cheaper than the tournament Read more

FOOTBALL NOW is a new show that brings to light some of the global game’s biggest issues, challenges, and debates. With the Africa Cup of Read more

Novak Djokovic has been included in the draw for next week’s Australian Open tennis tournament, but his participation is still in doubt with a government Read more

Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic has been cleared to play in the Australian Open after receiving a medical exemption to travel to Melbourne, ending months Read more

Paris FC and Lyon have been kicked out of the French cup due to the fan violence that broke out during a match between the Read more

Manchester City and France international footballer Benjamin Mendy has been charged with a further count of rape, bringing the number of charges the defender faces Read more

Beijing Winter Olympics organisers “strongly suggest” that athletes from abroad should receive COVID-19 booster shots before participating in the games as the Omicron variant takes Read more

FOOTBALL NOW is a new show that brings to light some of the global game’s biggest issues, challenges, and debates. Thousands of passionate fans watched Read more

If 2020 was unlike any other year in the world of sports, the COVID restrictions in 2021 also tested fans and athletes to their limits. Read more

Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai has denied saying that a senior Communist Party leader sexually assaulted her despite her November social media post and insisted Read more

Football violence has broken out for the second time this season in France. Crowd trouble forced the French Cup last-64 tie between Lyon and host Read more

The first-ever experimental rhythmic gymnastics international tournament Divine Grace has reached a triumphant conclusion in Moscow. The star of the show was 17-year-old Russian Lala Read more

A new tournament is underway in Moscow that it’s hoped will promote a more spectacular style of rhythmic gymnastics The experimental rhythmic gymnastics international tournament Read more

Mercedes has withdrawn their appeal against Formula One over the controversial finish that saw Max Verstappen crowned world champion. Decisions over the use of a Read more

Sergio Aguero has announced his immediate retirement from football, aged 33, due to health reasons. The Argentine striker had undergone heart tests after leaving the Read more

Manchester United have been drawn against Atlético Madrid in the first knockout stage of the Champions League, after the draw had to be done again Read more

The United Kingdom and Canada have become the latest countries to join a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. British Prime Minister Read more

Visiting football supporters will be temporarily banned from games in Belgium after two matches were marred by violence over the weekend. The Belgian Football League Read more

German Ralf Rangnick has been confirmed as Manchester United’s interim manager. The 63-year-old replaces Ole Gunnar Solskjaer who left the English Premier League club earlier Read more

Day 3 of the Abu Dhabi Grand Slam officially brought an end to the 2021 World Judo Tour Looking ahead to next year, IJF President Read more

The second day of the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Slam continued the momentum of day one. Great Britain’s Lucy Renshall was in fine form, and Read more

The World Cup in Qatar is sure to be without either Italy or Cristiano Ronaldo. Italy and Portugal, the current and previous European champions, were Read more

Fans of Diego Maradona paid their tributes to the football superstar on Thursday on the one-year anniversary of his death but one mega-fan went a Read more

Norway has expressed outrage after two television journalists were detained in Qatar ahead of the FIFA 2022 World Cup. NRK journalists Halvor Ekeland and Lokman Read more

Five Bayern Munich football players have been quarantined after coming into contact with COVID-19. Joshua Kimmich, Serge Gnabry, Jamal Musiala, Eric-Maxim Choupo-Moting, and Michaël Cuisance Read more

A football match was abandoned in France after a player was hit on the head by a bottle of water hurled from the stands. It Read more

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has parted ways with Manchester United. The announcement came on Sunday morning. The Norwegian, 48, presided over yet another humiliating defeat as Read more

With one year to go before the 2022 World Cup kicks off in Qatar, more than a dozen teams have now booked their place. England Read more

Concerns have grown across the tennis community about the whereabouts of Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai. Peng hasn’t been seen in public since she accused Read more