Arsenal will play in the 2026 Women’s Champions Cup in what is the inaugural edition of the competition, taking place between the end of January and 1 February. The intercontinental club competition will see the six winners of the continental club competition from each of Fifa’s six confederations face other to be crowned world champions....
Passport-holders from 12 nations are now outright banned from entering the United States. They are: Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen. Seven more countries – Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan and Venezuela – face significant but not full restrictions on travel. Section...
Spain and France played out a Nations League semi-final game for the ages with a scoreline that looks like it belongs in a penalty shootout. The 5-4 win for Spain has everyone wondering if anyone can stop these attackers – although the less said about the defenders, the better. Spain, who play Portugal in Sunday’s...
Uzbekistan and Jordan have qualified for their first World Cups, while South Korea have also secured their place at the tournament. They become the eighth, ninth and 10th teams to confirm their spots at the expanded 48-team tournament in United States, Canada and Mexico in 2026. The three hosts have qualified automatically, while the latest...
Italy winger Francesca Granzotto will join Premiership Women’s Rugby side Exeter after the World Cup. The 23-year-old, who can also play at scrum-half and full-back, has won 19 Italy caps. She has most recently been playing for Rome-based side Unione Rugby Capitolina and has also played for English side Hove while studying in Worthing. “Francesca...
David Brooks took the plaudits when Wales players were last together in March after scoring the 96th-minute equaliser in North Macedonia which preserved Craig Bellamy’s unbeaten record as head coach. There were more congratulations for Brooks when the Wales squad reconvened for World Cup qualifiers against Liechtenstein and Belgium this week, but for entirely different...
The former Aston Villa star joined City in 2021 for a then-British record fee of £100m and was a key part of Pep Guardiola’s Treble-winning side in 2022-23. In total, Grealish has won three Premier League titles with the club, as well as an FA Cup, Champions League and the Club World Cup in its...
Andreatta’s energy and enthusiasm was apparent on the touchline. Whether it was minute eight, 58 or 88, she was pacing up and down the touchline with her arms swinging in encouragement and legs kicking every ball. Twice during stoppages in play a giant tactics board came out to redirect the players, and the switch to...
“I feel since he’s come in he’s given everyone an opportunity,” Cabango added. “If you’re doing well at your club and training well when you come away, I feel like he’ll always give you that opportunity. “It’s a good thing when you come away because you feel more part of the squad and want to...
But fate conspired to change his outlook on life and a career that was blossoming, having started out at 17 with home state team Penang and flourished with a 2023 move to Selangor. Burns to his face, neck, shoulders, hands and chest after the attack impeded Faisal’s speech and mobility, meaning he did not touch...
England are using heated tents as part of training to replicate the conditions they could experience at the World Cup in the USA, Canada and Mexico next year. Thomas Tuchel and his squad are in Girona in Spain for a training camp. England play Andorra in a World Cup qualifier on Saturday before playing Senegal...
Scotland suffered a surprise last-ball defeat by Nepal in a nailbiting World Cup League 2 one-day international in Dundee. Chasing the home side’s 296-7, Nepal’s last pair levelled the scores with one ball of the final over to spare. And, when left-arm spinner Mark Watt’s delivery down the leg side was signalled as a wide...
Wilson, who was then at Liverpool, became Wales’ youngest ever male international when he was handed his chance in a 1-1 draw in Belgium in 2013. Twelve years on, Wilson is a senior figure for Wales and one of their most influential players, but still holds the record as his nation’s youngest senior international. “At...
Bengaluru will stage the opening match, involving India, and the final if Pakistan are not involved. The full list of fixtures for the eight-team tournament is still to be announced. Australia are the defending World Cup champions, having beaten England in the final of the previous tournament in New Zealand, delayed until 2022 because of...
Cornwall beat Devon 31-27 to win the inaugural women’s Tamar Cup as the sides met for the first time in the County Championship. But Devon’s two losing bonus points ensured they topped their pool and reached the knockout stages in Division Two of the Gill Burns Cup while Cornwall finish third. “Any Cornish person knows...