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France defender Raphael Varane is retiring from international football, ending a 10-year career with Les Bleus in which he won the World Cup in 2018 and was a runners-up four years later.The 29-year-old, who has 93 caps after making his…

With another goal by Robert Lewandowski and yet another victory, Barcelona reached the 50-point mark and continued to show its strength going into the second half of the Spanish league.Lewandowski ended his scoring drought in the league to…

World Cup winner Lionel Messi scored and Kylian Mbappé missed a twice-taken penalty before getting injured as Paris Saint-Germain won 3-1 at Montpellier to move five points clear at the top of the French league on Wednesday.Mbappe went…

Second-half goals from Anthony Martial and Fred earned Manchester United a comfortable 2-0 win over Nottingham Forest on Wednesday to secure a 5-0 aggregate win and a place in the League Cup final.January signing Wout Weghorst almost…

Indian shuttlers B Sai Praneeth and Kiran George advanced to the second round of the Thailand Open Super 300 badminton tournament with contrasting wins over their respective opponents on Wednesday.Praneeth beat Mads Christophersen of…

Having won the FIFA World Cup 2022 final last year in Qatar, Lionel Messi finally lived up to his aim of winning the much-coveted trophy. The victory also meant that the Argentine genius has now won every single tournament for his country.…

Chelsea has already spent more in the January transfer window — around $225 million — than every club in the top leagues in Spain, Italy, Germany and France combined.They have now completed the British record 105 million pounds ($129.18…

West Ham United eased into the FA Cup fifth round with a comfortable 2-0 victory away to third-tier Derby County on Monday to set up a meeting with Manchester United.Derby, fourth in League One, went into the match on the back of 14…

Spanish club Valencia sacked coach Gennaro Gattuso on Monday following the team's poor results.Valencia said in a statement it reached a mutual agreement with Gattuso to end their contract.The announcement came after a 1-0 loss at…

Portuguese defender Joao Cancelo is all set to part ways with Pep Guardiola's Manchester City prior to the end of the January transfer deadline. The Manchester City star is heavily linked with Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich, who have…

Holders Liverpool were knocked out of the FA Cup after losing 2-1 at Brighton & Hove Albion in the fourth round on Sunday as Kaoru Mitoma struck a late winner, before fifth-tier Wrexham were held to a thrilling 3-3 draw by 10-man…

Cristiano Ronaldo stunned football fans around the world with a sensational transfer to Saudi Arabian side Al Nassr on a 2-1/2 year contract, estimated to be worth more than 200 million euros. The Portugal captain saw his contract with…

The match between Feyenoord and FC Twente witnessed an epic moment, involving Feyenoord goalkeeper Justin Bijlow, who showed great smartness to rescue himself from an unwanted situation. The incident took place late in first half, when…

Battling Real Sociedad survived a pounding at Santiago Bernabeu on Sunday when they held Real Madrid to a goalless draw in a frantic LaLiga match. Real Madrid recorded 20 goal attempts compared to only seven created by the visitors who…

Tottenham Hotspur's Son Heung-min returned to form with two goals in his side's 3-0 defeat of second-tier Preston North End in the FA Cup fourth round and Casemiro also grabbed a brace in Manchester United's 3-1 win over Reading on…

Till the 80th minute on Friday, it looked like Jamshedpur FC would do to Mumbai City FC what no team could in the 2022-23 edition of Indian Super League (ISL): beat them. Then, Bipin Singh shook off the challenge from two players and…

Manchester City issued a statement of intent by knocking out Arsenal 1-0 in the FA Cup on Friday.Nathan Ake’s 64th-minute goal settled the fourth-round match at Etihad Stadium and the result may yet reverberate through the rest of the…

The question came some nine minutes into the press conference after France had made their second successive World Cup final. “There’s a report today that said Karim Benzema could come back to Qatar…Is there any possibility you would use…

Detached from the hustle and bustle of Mumbai rests Berverly Park, a sprawling residential enclave in Navi Mumbai’s Kopar Khairane. In one of its multiple tall towers, there’s some heightened activity for a December afternoon. A table split…

Lakshya Sen's impressive run in the Indonesia Masters Super 500 badminton tournament ended with a quarterfinal loss to Asian Games champion Jonatan Christie on Friday.World number 12 Sen squandered an opening game advantage to go down…

Vinícius Júnior’s day started with him being the target of an apparent hate crime.It ended with the Brazil forward scoring a goal to help Real Madrid secure a spot in the semifinals of the Copa del Rey.Vinicius scored late in extra time to…

The quarter-final clash between Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid in Copa del Rey will be played on Friday at the Santiago Bernabeu in Madrid. Real Madrid are in pursuit of their first final at the grand event as they have failed to achieve…

The days of Barcelona fans jeering Ousmane Dembélé are long gone.There were only cheers from the crowd at the Camp Nou after the France forward led the hosts to the semifinals of the Copa del Rey on Wednesday.Dembélé scored the winning…

Manchester United’s Premier League title hopes may be fading, but a first final under Erik ten Hag is now in sight.A 3-0 away win in the first leg of the League Cup semifinals against Nottingham Forest on Wednesday put United in control…

Kylian Mbappe was in blistering form as PSG ran rampant in a 7-0 win vs Pays de Cassel in their Round of 32 fixture of the French Cup, at the Stade Bollaert-Delelis on Tuesday. The Frenchman scored five goals (29', 35', 40', 56', 79') in…

Harry Kane became Tottenham Hotspur's joint all-time record goalscorer with the winner in his side's 1-0 victory at Fulham in the Premier League on Monday.Tottenham had been second-best in the first half at Craven Cottage but Kane produced…

The capacity crowd alternates between 'Let's go, Viktor' and the rhythmic replication of the 'Sachin, Sachin' chant. Viktor Axelsen acknowledges them with a wave of his racquet, a generous nod and a mandatory mention in the media. The scene…

Leading badminton equipment brand YONEX on Saturday announced it will now manufacture high-quality graphite racquets in the country, a move which will bring the cost of full-body racquets down considerably.The new graphite racquets were…

With Cristiano Ronaldo making his debut for Al Nassr, fans were sent into a state of frenzy as the former Manchester United forward was in vintage form at the King Saud University Stadium in Riyadh. The Portugal captain failed to score a…

Making his Al Nassr debut on Sunday, Cristiano Ronaldo was in vintage form as his side sealed a 1-0 win vs Ettifaq in the Saudi Pro League, at the King Saud University Stadium. The Portugal captain failed to score a goal but a 31st-minute…