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The governing body for European football announced on Thursday that it is doubling prize money for the upcoming women’s EURO 2022 football championship – but Read more

Hungary has been ordered to play its next FIFA World Cup qualifier behind closed doors after racist abuse by its supporters. The team will now Read more

Ukraine is wanting to enter formal talks about hosting a Winter Olympics, according to the International Olympic Committee. Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he would Read more

Russia’s Daniil Medvedev beat Novak Djokovic to win the US Open and net his first Grand Slam title. He beat the Serbian 6-4, 6-4 and Read more

As Cristiano Ronaldo made his much-anticipated return to Manchester United today, activists took a stand. Feminist group Level Up flew a plane over the Old Read more

A senior Kuwaiti Olympics official was on Friday found guilty of forgery by a court in Geneva. Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah of Kuwait was accused Read more

It will be an all-teenage affair in the women’s US Open tennis final on Saturday. Britain’s rising star Emma Raducanu, 18, will play Leylah Annie Read more

They were pitch intruders with a good reason, they claimed, as they confronted players only seven minutes into Brazil’s World Cup qualifier with Argentina. While Read more

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has called on football’s world governing body to take “strong action” against those who hurled racist abuse at England players Read more

Cristiano Ronaldo has become the highest-scoring man in international football history with 111 goals. The Portugal captain entered Wednesday’s World Cup qualifier on 109 goals, Read more

The Icelandic Football Association’s entire executive committee has resigned after it was accused of covering up a sex scandal involving an international player. The president Read more

Cristiano Ronaldo “no longer plans to play for Juventus”, the club’s manager Massimiliano Allegri said on Friday. The Portuguese legend has one year left on Read more

Champions League winners Chelsea have been drawn in a group including Italian giants Juventus in this year’s competition. Elsewhere, Manchester United will face Spanish side Read more

Manchester City player Benjamin Mendy has been charged with four counts of rape and one count of sexual assault, police said on Thursday. “The charges Read more

England football captain Harry Kane has announced he is staying at Tottenham Hotspur this summer. The 28-year-old tweeted on Wednesday: “I will be staying at Read more

Afghanistan’s flag will be on show at the opening ceremony of the Paralympics in Tokyo on Tuesday as a “sign of solidarity”. The Taliban takeover Read more

Argentine football star Lionel Messi is expected in the French capital on Tuesday afternoon, sources have told AFP and Associated Press news agencies, amid speculation Read more

Team USA and Chinese athletes are returning home from Tokyo with the highest medal tallies but tiny San Marino and Bermuda can lay claim to Read more

Lionel Messi fought back tears Sunday as he began a press conference at which he confirmed he is leaving Barcelona, where he has played his Read more

After 17 days of sporting action held a year late and with the spectre of COVID-19 hanging over them, the Tokyo Summer Olympics came to Read more

It’s the last day at the Tokyo Olympics and it’s another strong day for team sports and on the cycling tracks. After 17 days of Read more

It’s the penultimate day of action at the Tokyo Olympics and the medals will be flowing. Up for grabs on Saturday are the gold medal Read more

It’s Day 14 of the Tokyo Olympics and the medals are still flowing. With just two days to go until the Olympics call time on Read more

Argentine football star Lionel Messi will not be staying at Barcelona due to “financial and structural obstacles”, the club announced on Thursday evening. The 34-year-old, Read more

Pedro Pichardo of Portugal has won the men’s triple jump gold medal at the Olympics. The Cuban-born Pichardo recorded 17.98 meters on his third attempt Read more

Belarusian sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya landed at Vienna airport on Wednesday afternoon after refusing to return home amid safety fears. She is expected to travel to Read more

It’s still the greatest show on Earth, but the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games have been far from straightforward. The build-up to this year’s Olympics focused Read more

After a week of uncertainty over her participation in the rest of the Toyko Olympics, US gymnastics star Simone Biles will compete in the balance Read more

World champion Sifan Hassan has made an incredible recovery from a fall at the final bell to win her 1,500-meter heat at the Olympics on Read more

Australian canoeist Jessica Fox found a perfectly stretchy, waterproof material for a boat repair at the Tokyo Olympics: a condom. Fox, who won a bronze Read more