Lamouchi is the first coach in World Cup history to be sacked after just one game. Renard guided Saudi Arabia to a shock win against eventual winners Argentina at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar and has since coached the France women's team. "The pres...

The highest ranked chess player of all time is in Hong Kong this week to play in the World Rapid and Blitz Team Chess Championships beginning Wednesday. But the Norwegian and devoted football fan will push his preparation for the tournament to one...

Most in the Iranian capital were asleep when the match against New Zealand kicked off at 4:30 am. But in one of the few cafes open to broadcast the match, there was already a buzz of excitement. Around 40 football fans were discussing their team's...

It is the latest logistical nightmare for an Iran squad that arrived at the tournament being co-hosted by the United States, Mexico and Canada under the shadow of a bitter diplomatic row between Tehran and Washington. The US -- which was in militar...

Standing beneath the historic arcades near the Basilica in Cairo's eastern Heliopolis district, Abbas leapt with the crowd as cups rattled across tables and the roar from television screens spilled into the street. "I remember watching Egypt in 199...

The spotlight has been on Sooryavanshi since his batting heroics in the recent Indian Premier League (IPL) won him a place in India's senior men's team for their T20 tour of Ireland and England. But he made headlines for all the wrong reasons after...

Stokes and Gus Atkinson were dropped for the second Test, which starts at the Oval on Wednesday, after the pair broke a midnight curfew by celebrating late into the night following England's series opening win at Lord's. The England and Wales Crick...

China is Myanmar's most crucial ally and a rare enduring partner after Min Aung Hlaing's 2021 coup ousted the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi, prompting Western nations to cut ties with the Southeast Asian nation. Beijing has emerged as a ke...

A boisterous protest greeted fans arriving at SoFi stadium in Los Angeles, with demonstrators waving the pre-revolutionary flag detested by the leaders of the Islamic republic. "This team is not the Iranian people's team, it's the regime's team," s...

The Iranian team's very presence at the Los Angeles Stadium had long felt uncertain, after months of military conflict between their nation and the United States. At last able to focus on the football, the Iran players twice found themselves traili...

The 70-year-old Argentine was miffed after a journalist asked him about an official FIFA portrait following his side's disappointing 1-1 draw with Saudi Arabia in the Miami heat. The colourful Bielsa -- nicknamed "El Loco" (mad man) -- was asked wh...

The secretary-general, who last traveled to Port-au-Prince in July 2023, will meet with men, women and children whose lives are affected by the violence, according to his office. "He will see firsthand the humanitarian and security challenges faci...

The Lions of Mesopotamia play Norway in Boston on Tuesday in their opening game in Group I, which also features title contenders France and African powerhouses Senegal. Simply getting to the finals was an enormous achievement for Iraq, who last gra...

It has been a long time coming. The EU and the United States clinched the agreement in July last year, setting levies on most of the bloc's goods at 15 percent, while Brussels agreed on zero tariffs for US products. But to President Donald Trump's...

The talks at the French resort of Evian-les-Bains notably brought Zelensky face-to-face with US President Donald Trump, who has sought to reach out to Russian President Vladimir Putin but also showed signs of losing patience with Russia. Zelensky w...