Category: Football

Football legend Cristiano Ronaldo and Basketball legend LeBron James’ brilliant 2023 has defied conventional expectations, asserting that age is indeed just a number. Despite both athletes approaching their forties, CR7 and King James showcased unparalleled excellence throughout 2023, solidifying their status as enduring icons in their respective sports. Cristiano Ronaldo, captaining Al Nassr in the […]

Lionel Messi, the celebrated Argentine footballer, has been officially sidelined from Inter Miami’s squad for the US Open Cup final against Houston Dynamo on Wednesday. The final has got underway. This decision was confirmed by the team as Messi, who had been nursing an injury, was deemed unfit to play. The injury had raised doubts […]

Real Madrid clinched a 1-0 victory against Union Berlin at the Santiago Bernabeu on Wednesday, with Jude Bellingham scoring a crucial 94th-minute goal in their Group C opener. The match was heading for a draw until Federico Valverde’s shot deflected off two Union players in the penalty area, setting up Bellingham to score his sixth […]

PARIS: Lionel Messi admitted winning the Copa America with Argentina might have been the determining factor in him claiming the men’s Ballon d’Or prize for the seventh time after a turbulent year, as Spain’s Alexia Putellas took the women’s award. Now 34, Messi pipped much-fancied rivals like Robert Lewandowski and Karim Benzema to take the […]

Robert Lewandowski threatens to deny Lionel Messi a record-extending seventh Ballon d’Or title as the prestigious awards ceremony returns Monday after it was cancelled last year because of the pandemic.The Bayern Munich and Poland striker pilfered a Bundesliga record 41 goals in just 29 games last season to eclipse the long-standing mark set by the […]

LONDON: Gareth Southgate, England’s most successful manager for more than half a century, has ended any speculation about his future by signing a new contract through to the end of 2024, the Football Association (FA) announced on Monday.Since being handed the job on a full-time basis in 2016, the former England international has revitalised the […]

PARIS: Holders France hope to retain their title but the 2022 World Cup in Qatar could be missing the two most recent European champions as Portugal and Italy must both battle through play-offs to qualify.That left fans with the prospect of no Cristiano Ronaldo in Qatar next winter and the Azzurri, who thrilled during their […]

RIYADH: The Saudi football federation on Saturday said it was launching the first edition of a women’s league later this month.Women’s sport was long frowned upon in conservative Saudi Arabia.But the November 22 launch is part of a programme set up by the Saudi Arabia Football Federation in 2017 to support women’s football. According to […]

Faro: A 58th career hat-trick from Cristiano Ronaldo helped Portugal stroll to a 5-0 home win over Luxembourg in Group A of World Cup qualifying on Tuesday.The treble, which meant Ronaldo became the first man to net 10 international hat-tricks, takes his tally to 115 international goals from 182 caps as he continues to pull […]