Paris Saint-Germain beat Arsenal on Saturday night in the Hungarian capital, Budapest, 4-3 in a penalty shoot-out after a 1-1 draw.
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Former Manchester United and England star David Beckham has become Britain’s first billionaire sportsman, according to the 2026 Sunday Times Rich List. Beckham and his wife Victoria’s collective wealth reached an estimated £1.185 billion ($1.583 billion) this year, the Rich List compilers said. That moved them into second place in the list of the UK’s […]
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Trump appeared concerned that lower-income Americans -- a key voting bloc for him -- would be priced out of attending the World Cup.
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President Donald Trump said in an interview published Thursday that he would not pay the $1,000-plus ticket price for the United States’ first World Cup match, piling pressure on FIFA over its sky-high costs. “I did not know that number,” the billionaire Trump told the New York Post, adding “I would certainly like to be […]
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Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund announced Thursday the sale of its majority stake in Saudi Pro League football club Al-Hilal, where French striker Karim Benzema plays. The PIF, which also owns English Premier League side Newcastle United, sold 70 percent of Al-Hilal to Kingdom Holding Company (KHC), the firm run by Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, […]
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Now the AFCON trophy is something of a thorn in the two countries' sides.
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US President Donald Trump has said that Iran is "welcome" to participate at the upcoming World Cup in North America.
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Everton moved in August to their £800-million ($1.1 billion) Hill Dickinson Stadium after 133 years at Goodison Park.
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On a former derelict dock in the British port city of Liverpool, fans of Everton throng eateries and bars at the football club’s new stadium ahead of a Premier League match. Across Europe, where income from all-important domestic television broadcasting deals has stalled or even collapsed, major football teams are revamping historic stadiums or building […]
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US President Donald Trump has said that Iran is “welcome” to participate at the upcoming World Cup in North America, despite the ongoing Middle East war, FIFA chief Gianni Infantino said on Wednesday. The war, triggered by US-Israeli strikes on February 28, has thrown into doubt Iran’s participation at this summer’s men’s football World Cup, […]
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Two more members of Iran’s visiting women’s football team have claimed asylum in Australia after they were branded “traitors” at home over a pre-match protest, the government said Wednesday. One player and one support member sought sanctuary before the side flew out of Sydney on Tuesday evening, joining five other athletes who had already claimed […]
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Australia must protect the visiting Iranian women’s football team, the son of the nation’s late shah urged Monday, warning their refusal to sing the national anthem before a match could have “dire consequences”. Iranian players refused to sing ahead of an Asian Cup tournament match in Australia last week — a gesture widely seen as […]
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US-based Reza Pahlavi lent his voice to a growing chorus calling for Australia to offer the women asylum.
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Mexico said Friday it would deploy nearly 100,000 security personnel to protect fans at the football World Cup in three host cities, one of which, Guadalajara, has been plagued by cartel violence. Mexico is co-hosting the biggest World Cup in history, along with the United States and Canada, from June 11 to July 19. Guadalajara, […]
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Iran coach Marziyeh Jafari said Wednesday her team had “so much concern” about their families at home as war rages with players “fully disconnected” from them during the Women’s Asian Cup. The Iranian team are preparing to face host nation Australia on the Gold Coast Thursday after losing their opening game of the continental competition […]
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Bangladesh's national football team face daunting odds at their first-ever Women's Asian Cup, but have already scored a major victory by qualifying.
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Bangladesh’s national football team face daunting odds at their first-ever Women’s Asian Cup, but have already scored a major victory by qualifying. In the South Asian nation of 170 million, social stigma, family expectations, poverty and religious hardliners have long relegated women and girls to sports sidelines. The first women’s football league matches took place […]
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Paris Saint-Germain footballer Achraf Hakimi is to stand trial charged with raping a young woman.
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A drug trafficker linked to the 1994 murder of Colombian football star Andres Escobar has been killed in Mexico, President Gustavo Petro said Friday. Santiago Gallon Henao had been investigated in the death of Escobar, the Colombian national team’s central defender, who was gunned down in Medellin days after scoring an own goal in a […]
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