Earthquake survivor football coaches provide training to children in container city, located in the city centre of Turkiye’s south-eastern Malatya, Anadolu News Agency reports. Provincial Directorate of Youth Services and Sports trainer, Savas Gunay, 34, told Anadolu that his home was severely damaged and that his 7-month pregnant wife and one child were placed[…]
Football fans in the Gaza Strip gather to watch the specially organised Ramadan Popular League, a competition held every year in the Rafah refugee camp, which is home to over 120,000 people in the southern part of the coastal enclave, Reuters reports. “Every year, during Ramadan month we come to watch this[…]
At least two people have been killed and dozens injured in a stampede at a stadium in Basra, southern Iraq, ahead of the Arabian Gulf Cup final. The Iraqi interior ministry told Al Jazeera that two people had died and about 80 have been in injured in the stampede on[…]
Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo has joined Saudi Arabian club Al Nassr on a two-year contract, the club announced on Friday. Ronaldo, 37, left Premier League giants Manchester United last month following an explosive television interview in which the forward said he felt betrayed by the Old Trafford club and did[…]
INTERNATIONAL Fifa president Gianni Infantino accused critics of World Cup host Qatar’s treatment of migrant workers of hypocrisy on Saturday, adding that engagement was the only way to improve human rights. In lengthy, and sometimes angry, opening remarks at a news conference on the eve of the start of the tournament,[…]
At least 129 people were killed and around 180 injured at a soccer match in Indonesia after panicked fans were trampled and crushed trying to flee during a riot, police said on Sunday, in what appeared to be one of the world’s worst stadium disasters. When supporters of the losing[…]
A possible takeover of Premier League football side Newcastle United by a group fronted by British financier Amanda Staveley with Saudi Arabian backing appeared to be moving closer to completion on Tuesday. A 31-page charge agreement filed with Companies House and signed by Staveley for PCP Capital Partners and a[…]
Mesut Ozil’s decision to immediately retire from the German national team has caused shockwaves online after the Arsenal star accused the German Football Association (DFB) of racism and treating him as “a German when we win, and an immigrant when we lose”. Ozil, who is considered one of the greatest[…]
Argentinian football icon Diego Maradona required medical treatment after his former team’s dramatic 2-1 World Cup win over Nigeria in St Petersburg on Tuesday. Photos shared online showed an exhausted-looking Maradona sitting in an armchair while being treated by paramedics, one of whom seemed to be checking his pulse. Argentinian[…]
Argentina’s national football team has cancelled an upcoming friendly match with Israel, Argentine news sources reported. Argentinian sports website Minutouno reported on Tuesday that Saturday’s game in Jerusalem had been “suspended” amid an “escalation of violence, threats and criticism” directed at captain ‘Leo’ Messi. Argentina, a major contender to win[…]
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