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Berlin: Colombia clinched a 2-0 friendly win over an uninspired Germany thanks to second-half goals from Luis Diaz and Juan Cuadrado. After two consecutive winless games, Hansi Flick's men were looking for victory to take a positive result into the summer break, but it was...

Birmingham: England captain Ben Stokes said players were "in absolute pieces" in the dressing room and completely devastated following their close two-wicket defeat to Australia in the Ashes opener at Edgbaston. In a thrilling conclusion to the first Test at Edgbaston, the visiting team managed...

London: Saudi Arabian soccer champion Al-Ittihad has another high-profile French player to accompany Karim Benzema at the team next season. N'Golo Kante completed his move from Chelsea Wednesday, with Al-Ittihad welcoming the 32-year-old midfielder with a series of tweets containing the hashtag “WelcomeBox2Box” — referring...

Taipei: Indian shuttlers HS Prannoy and Parupalli Kashyap cruised into the men's singles pre-quarterfinals of the Taipei Open with straight-game wins over their respective rivals here Wednesday. World number nine Prannoy hardly broke a sweat as he took just 26 minutes to dispatch local shuttler...

Accra: Ghana's Asamoah Gyan has announced his official retirement from football after more than 20 years of a top-flight professional career. The 38-year-old, who was capped 109 times for Ghana between 2003 and 2019, made the announcement after featuring on a panel discussion during the...

Miami: Lionel Messi is expected to make his Major League Soccer debut with Inter Miami at a July 21 home game, the team has confirmed. Owner Jorge Mas told selected outlets on Monday that his club and Messi have agreed to terms and are finalizing...

Chennai: The Indian men's hockey team will open its Asian Champions Trophy campaign against China on day one of the tournament, to be played here from August 3 to 12. Hosts India and China will face each other in the last match of the opening...

Bengaluru: India coach Igor Stimac Tuesday warned his side against getting tricked by the relatively lower FIFA rankings of other teams in Group A going into the SAFF Championship 2023, and urged the Blue Tigers not to lose their intensity. India have been drawn with...

Brussels: Goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois questioned Domenico Tedesco's “reality” after the Belgium coach accused him of abandoning his teammates and faking an injury before a European Championship qualifier. Tedesco claimed Courtois didn't turn up for Belgium's training camp Monday because the goalie was “offended” by his...

Wellington: The message was clear from FIFA president Gianni Infantino last week: “There is no football if there is racism! So let's stop the games.” That is what happened twice in international friendly games Monday. New Zealand and the Ireland Under-21 team both refused to...