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European champions Spain will travel to next month’s World Cup with plenty of Barcelona swagger but no-one from Real Madrid after manager Luis de la Fuente named a 26-man squad on Monday built ​around eight players from the Catalan club. It is the first time since 1950 that Spain will ‌go to a World Cup without a Real Madrid player ...

From Jens Lehmann’s rush of blood to “Nayim from the halfway line”, Arsenal will have to banish three decades of European final misery if they are to win the Champions League for the first time. Fresh from clinching their first English title since 2004, Mikel Arteta’s side are preparing to face Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League final in Budapest ...

Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes has accused Roy Keane of lying about his successful bid to break the Premier League record for most assists in a single season. Fernandes reached a record 21 assists for United in the top-flight this term when he laid on a goal for Patrick Dorgu in Sunday’s 3-0 win at Brighton and Hove Albion. The ...

Lionel Messi remained at the heart of an injury scare only weeks before the World Cup after medical tests diagnosed him with muscle fatigue in his left hamstring, Inter Miami announced on Monday. The Major League Soccer club’s update provided no clear timetable for the Argentine superstar’s return after his abrupt exit from Miami’s 6-4 victory over Philadelphia in the ...

Bangladesh’s national camp ahead of the high-profile Australia series is set to begin in the first week of June, with the squad announcement expected on 1 June. Players will join the national camp on 3-4 June, a day after completing the eighth round of the ongoing Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League, scheduled on 2 June, giving the management a tight ...

Lionel Messi exited Inter Miami’s Major League Soccer match against Philadelphia Union with an apparent leg injury on Sunday just weeks before the start of the World Cup. Argentina superstar Messi was substituted in the 73rd minute after clutching the back of his left leg and requesting to come off. The 38-year-old icon headed straight down the tunnel after exiting ...

Lionel Messi has spent the past 15 years competing with Cristiano Ronaldo for supremacy in world football. Now, the Argentine icon has matched his long-time rival off the pitch as well. According to the latest figures from the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, the Inter Miami star’s net worth has surpassed USD1bn. A special Bloomberg report states that the 38-year-old has earned ...

Hull City were promoted to the Premier League in dramatic fashion as Oli McBurnie’s last-gasp strike sealed a 1-0 win over Middlesbrough in Saturday’s Championship play-off final, bringing an end to the ‘spygate’ controversy that overshadowed world football’s richest match. McBurnie punished a mistake from Middlesbrough goalkeeper Sol Brynn to bag the lucrative winner in the final moments of the ...

Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan has signed for the Jaffna Kings ahead of the upcoming Lanka Premier League season. The franchise announced the signing on social media, calling Shakib a “global T20 maestro” and praising his ability to deliver with both bat and ball under pressure. “A global T20 maestro joins the Kings,” the franchise wrote of the former Bangladesh ...

George Russell grabbed a much-needed pole position for the Canadian Grand Prix sprint ​race on Friday with Mercedes teammate and Formula One championship leader Kimi Antonelli alongside on the ‌front row. McLaren’s reigning champion Lando Norris qualified third in Friday’s session with teammate Oscar Piastri fourth at Montreal’s Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. Ferrari’s Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc will line up ...