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FIFA on Friday announced the release of about 250,000 more tickets for the Women’s World Cup, amid concerns about sales for matches in New Zealand. A fresh batch of tickets will be released Tuesday for all 64 matches in Australia and New Zealand, days after tournament CEO Jane Patterson admitted worry about interest. The World Cup kicks off on July ...

If Lionel Messi is, as some reports suggest, considering an offer to join Inter Miami then he may have noticed with interest that a fellow Argentine took charge of the MLS team on Thursday. Struggling Miami sacked their English coach Phil Neville and his experienced American assistant Jason Kreis and promoted Javier Morales to take charge of the side as ...

Paris Saint-Germain coach Christophe Galtier said on Thursday he hopes fans will give Lionel Messi a cordial reception in his final game at their Parc des Princes home. The game on Saturday against Clermont will mark the end of Messi’s two-year stay at Qatar-backed PSG, who have already been crowned Ligue 1 champions for a record 11th time. The Argentinian ...

Sevilla found their Europa League magic formula on Wednesday, beating Roma 4-1 on penalties in Budapest to make it a perfect seven out of seven in finals in the competition. The game finished 1-1 following extra-time after Paulo Dybala’s opener was earlier cancelled out by an own goal from Roma defender Gianluca Mancini, AFP reports. A bad-tempered but gripping match ...

Barcelona face Wolfsburg in the Champions League final on Saturday, aiming to assert themselves early as the decade’s dominant force in women’s football, as Lyon did in the 2010s. The Catalan giants have both immense quality and huge support, but securing a second triumph in Eindhoven is essential to keep writing history, and prove a worthy adversary for the French ...

France will face Euro 2024 hosts Germany in a friendly in Dortmund in September, the French Football Federation announced on Tuesday. The game will be played at Borussia Dortmund’s Signal Iduna Park stadium on Tuesday, September 12, five days after France host the Republic of Ireland in Paris in a Euro qualifier, AFP reports. Germany are only playing friendly matches ...

Manchester United forward Anthony Martial will miss Saturday’s FA Cup final against Manchester City due to a hamstring problem. The Frenchman sustained the injury after coming off the bench against Fulham on Sunday in United’s final game of the Premier League season, AFP reports. “Anthony Martial is out of Saturday’s FA Cup final against Manchester City due to injury,” United ...

Indian cricket superstar M.S. Dhoni said he will look to return for the next IPL season after he led Chennai Super Kings to a record-equalling fifth title over Gujarat Titans in what many believed to be his last match. Ravindra Jadeja hit a six and four off the final two balls as Chennai chased down their revised target of 171 ...

Roberto Mancini picked on Monday a provisional 26-man squad for the upcoming Nations League finals in the Netherlands next month. European champions Italy face Spain in the competition’s last four on June 15 with either Croatia or the Dutch hosts awaiting in the final should the Azzurri win, AFP reports. Mancini has not picked anyone from Inter Milan or Fiorentina, ...

Veteran batter Mahmudullah Riyad’s World Cup hope appeared to be over after he failed to make the cut in the 26-member squad, which started a preparation for the upcoming Afghanistan series on Monday at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium. Assistant coach Nic Pothas guided the first day’s training as the head coach Chandika Hathurusingha is yet to reach in Bangladesh. The ...