Aston Villa midfielder Youri Tielemans celebrates after scoring within the Europa League closing. Photograph: AFP LONDON: Aston Villa ended their 30-year trophy drought in type as spectacular targets from Youri Tielemans and Emiliano Buendia impressed a 3-0 win towards Freiburg within the Europa League closing on Wednesday. Unai Emery’s aspect took the lead late within…
Morocco stunned Spain and Portugal en route to the FIFA World Cup 2022 semi-finals Morocco striker Brahim Diaz (L) heads the ball past Senegal captain Sadio Mane during the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations final in Rabat. Photo: AFP LONDON: Former Senegal star El Hadji Diouf shares the belief of CAF president Patrick Motsepe that…
SEOUL: Suwon FC Women’s coach has said his team felt “hurt” by a lack of home support after losing to the first North Korean sports team to visit the South in eight years. South Korea’s Suwon went down 2-1 to North rivals Naegohyang Women’s FC in Wednesday’s Asian Women’s Champions League semi-final, which was played…
Pakistani mountaineer Salman Ateeque poses for a photo. —reporter/File ISLAMABAD: Renowned climber Salman Ateeque on Thursday successfully scaled Mount Everest, becoming the 13th Pakistani to reach the world’s highest peak. Ateeque reached the 8,849-metre summit at approximately 11:39am during the ongoing 2026 Himalayan climbing season, which has drawn hundreds of climbers from across the world….
Luciano Spalletti was employed by Juventus in October to make sure Champions League qualification. Photograph: AFP/File MILAN: Juventus’ season is prone to turning right into a catastrophe forward of Sunday’s fraught Turin derby which might finish with their absence from subsequent season’s Champions League. In considered one of Europe’s most one-sided derbies Juve haven’t misplaced…
Bayern Munich’s Manuel Neuer reacts during Quarter Final of UEFA Champions League in Munich, Germany on April 15, 2026. — Reuters Veteran goalkeeper Manuel Neuer was handed a surprise recall to Germany’s 26-man World Cup squad on Thursday, coming out of international retirement to play in the tournament for a fifth time. The 40-year-old retired…
Pakistan’s Salman Ali Agha plays a shot during the fourth day of the second Test against Bangladesh at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium in Sylhet, May 19, 2026. — AFP  Pakistan all-rounder Salman Ali Agha has been reprimanded after he was found guilty of breaching the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Code of Conduct during…
The Bangladesh gamers after finishing a 2-0 sweep over Pakistan. Picture: BCB Spinner Taijul Islam took six wickets to steer Bangladesh to a 78-run win over Pakistan within the second Check and clinch a well-known 2-0 collection win on Wednesday. Pakistan, who began the fifth day on 316-7 chasing a report 437, have been bowled…
New York’s Jalen Brunson drives around James Harden and Sam Merrill in the Knicks’ overtime victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers in game one of the NBA Eastern Conference finals. Photo: AFP LONDON: The New York Knicks, fueled by 38 points from Jalen Brunson, erased a 22-point fourth-quarter deficit to stun the Cleveland Cavaliers 115-104 in…
Kylian Mbappe, in white, in action for France against Brazil in March — these two nations are among the leading contenders to win the upcoming World Cup. Photo: AFP/File LONDON: With the start of the 2026 World Cup in North America now barely three weeks away, AFP Sport runs the rule over the leading contenders…
