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  Cristiano Ronaldo completed a lucrative move to Saudi Arabian club Al Nassr on Friday in a deal that is a landmark moment for Middle Eastern soccer but will see one of Europe’s biggest stars disappear from the sport’s elite ...

  A funeral for Brazil legend Pele will be held on Monday at the home of his former club Santos, after the World Cup winner died at the age of 82, with president Jair Bolsonaro declaring three days of mourning ...

  Brazil legend Pele died on Thursday from cancer complications. Lauded by many as the greatest player to ever play football, Pele had been battling health issues in recent years. He was pictured in a wheelchair at the 2018 World ...

  Kylian Mbappe gave his reaction to taunts from Argentina World Cup winner Emiliano Martinez after a winning return to action with Paris Saint-Germain. Mbappe made his return to club action less than two weeks after suffering World Cup heartbreak ...

Iranian football legend Ali Daei says an international flight has been rerouted to prevent his wife and daughter from leaving the country. The 53-year-old, who has voiced support for anti-government protests, said his family had tried to fly from Tehran ...

  Qatar University have announced that the hotel room of Argentina captain and World Cup winner Lionel Messi will be turned into a mini museum. The room which was reportedly shared with Messi’s lifelong friend and colleague Sergio Aguero towards ...

According to reports in Italian media, Napoli are considering offering striker Victor Osimhen a bumper contract following interests from top European clubs this season. The Nigeria striker has been on the radar of several top clubs in the Premier League with ...

  Liverpool are set to beat Manchester United to the £44 million ($53m) signing of PSV forward Cody Gakpo. Liverpool have beaten out top rivals to the World Cup star with the Netherlands, further fortifying an attack that can go ...

  Super Eagles and Napoli forward Victor Osimhen has opened up on why he deliberately keeps the information about his daughter and his girlfriend away from social media in an interview with Italian publication. Osimhen is arguably one of football ...

  The YouTube video platform has won the right to broadcast most NFL football games in the US next year, it announced Thursday, a major win by the Google subsidiary that underscores the growing role of streaming in sports. Google ...

  The French FA has made a complaint against Emiliano Martinez following his antics in the aftermath of Argentina’s World Cup final win over France. Martinez was a key figure in Argentina’s penalty shootout win over France and has since ...

George Cohen, a member of England’s 1966 World Cup-winning squad, has died at the age of 83. The former full-back spent his entire 13-year club career on the books at Fulham, making more than 400 appearances for the Cottagers. He ...

African football boss Patrice Motsepe told a press conference in Johannesburg on Wednesday he believes a team from the continent can reach the 2026 World Cup final. “Morocco opened the door by reaching the semi-finals this month and I am ...

  Argentina’s World Cup winners led by captain Lionel Messi returned home from Qatar in the early hours of Tuesday morning ahead of a welcome home party in the nation’s capital. Having beaten France in Sunday’s thrilling final, the players ...

  Adidas have run out of Lionel Messi shirts in Argentina colours following the incredible World Cup triumph over France. Messi’s popularity is at an all-time high having spearheaded a thrilling victory in Qatar, scoring twice during the game and ...

  France football star and 2022 Ballon d’Or winner, Karim Benzema, has announced his retirement from international football. This comes barely 24 hours after France lost the 2022 FIFA World Cup final to Argentina on Sunday night at the Lusail ...

  Drake hedging a $1million (£820,000) bet on Argentina winning the World Cup 2022 at full time has not paid off despite the nation beating France in the nail-biting final. The international tournament ended on Sunday night in an extraordinarily ...

Former President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Mr Amaju Pinnick The former President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Amaju Pinnick, has described the Super Eagles’ failure to qualify for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar as the lowest ...

  His team lost the World Cup final, but France forward Kylian Mbappe has won the FIFA Golden Boot trophy, after scoring the most goals in the tournament. He grabbed two assists and scored a total of eight goals, including ...

  It was an iconic sight that finally — definitively — places the soccer superstar in the pantheon of the game’s greatest players. Messi’s once-in-a-generation career is complete: He is a World Cup champion. In probably the wildest final in ...

  Cristiano Ronaldo has returned to Real Madrid’s Valdebebas training base as he plots his next steps after leaving Manchester United. After it was confirmed that United and Ronaldo had agreed on his mutual release at the beginning of the ...

Morocco’s historic run at the World Cup in Doha came to an end on Wednesday as the men’s team lost to France 2-0. Morocco defied all odds at the soccer tournament, defeating Cristiano Ronaldo and Portugal to make it to ...

  Lionel Messi confirmed that the Qatar 2022 final will be his last World Cup game for Argentina after starring in their semi-final win over Croatia. The 35-year-old opened the scoring from the spot against Croatia and provided Julian Alvarez with ...

  Fifty-five websites have been seized for illegally live-streaming matches from the World Cup in Qatar, the US Justice Department said on Monday. The websites were shut down after a FIFA representative identified sites being used to distribute copyright-infringing content ...

  Two-time Kenyan Olympic champion David Rudisha said he was grateful to be alive after surviving a plane crash on the weekend in southern Kenya. The 800m world record holder had just taken off from a Kenyan reserve hosting the ...