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India head coach Gautam Gambhir clashed Tuesday with ground staff at the Oval cricket stadium ahead of the final test match of an occasionally fractious series against England. England leads the series 2-1. The fifth test starts Thursday. Video footage showed Gambhir in a confrontation with Lee Fortis, Surrey’s lead curator at the Oval in south London. Britain’s Press Association ...

Brazilian Lucas Ribeiro received four trophies, including player of the season, at the annual South African football awards ceremony in Johannesburg on Tuesday. In other African news, Al Ahly forward Wessam Abou Ali has moved to Major League Soccer and French coach Romain Folz has taken charge of Tanzanian champions Young Africans. South Africa A clean sweep for Ribeiro saw ...

Las Vegas will play host to the 2026 World Cup draw on December 5, according to multiple reports on Tuesday, with The Sphere serving as the ceremony site. ESPN and TUDN’Mexico said Vegas had been picked for the draw of the expanded 48-team event, which will be hosted by the United States, Canada and Mexico. In all, 12 groups of ...

Bangladesh faces a tough challenge in its maiden appearance at AFC Women’s Asian Cup, having been drawn into Group B alongside reigning champions China, North Korea and Uzbekistan. The tournament will take place from March 1 to 21, 2026, across three Australian cities. The official draw took place at Sydney Town Hall on Tuesday at 3 PM Bangladesh time. The ...

Australia wrapped up a dominant tour of the Caribbean with a clean sweep of the T20 series, defeating the West Indies by three wickets in the fifth and final match on Monday in Basseterre, St Kitts and Nevis. The tourists chased down a target of 171 to seal a 5-0 series win, having already swept the preceding three-Test series. Australia ...

England’s Lionesses were met with cheers and celebration on Monday as they returned home less than 24 hours after a dramatic Euro 2025 final win against Spain. The reigning champions clinched their second consecutive European title in a tense penalty shootout in Basel, Switzerland, with Chloe Kelly calmly converting the decisive spot-kick. Fans gathered outside Southend Airport in Essex, waving ...

England captain Ben Stokes proclaimed “pain is just an emotion” as he insisted he will do everything in his power to feature as a fully-fledged all-rounder in next week’s series decider with India. The fourth Test at Old Trafford, which ended in a draw on Sunday, was a personal triumph for Stokes as he became just the fourth England cricketer ...

King Charles III led the tributes to England’s Lionesses following their dramatic Euro 2025 victory over Spain, securing a back-to-back European title and making history as the first senior England football team to win a major tournament on foreign soil. Sarina Wiegman’s side held their nerve in a tense penalty shoot-out in Basel, where Chloe Kelly netted the decisive spot-kick ...

An Inter Miami team missing the suspended Lionel Messi missed the chance to gain ground on Eastern Conference leaders FC Cincinnati after being held to a 0-0 draw in Major League Soccer on Saturday. Messi and team-mate Jordi Alba were both barred from playing the home game against Cincinnati after controversially withdrawing from this week’s MLS All-Star Game in Texas. ...

Top footballers are afraid to speak out against playing too many matches for fear of the impact it could have on their careers, the general secretary of global players’ union FIFPro said on Friday. Alex Phillips was speaking after FIFPro held a meeting in Amsterdam with 58 national player unions from around the world to discuss concerns over the way ...