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Monaco moved up to third in Ligue 1 on Saturday with a 2-0 win at Angers, while Lille slid to a damaging defeat at Nantes following their Champions League exit. Danish striker Mika Biereth’s 11th goal in nine games for Monaco gave the visitors the lead late in the second half before Maghnes Akliouche made sure of the victory by ...

Cristiano Ronaldo will resume duties as the captain of the Portugal side for the upcoming UEFA Nations League Quarterfinal tie. Portugal will square off against Denmark in the quarterfinal setup. The leg 1 of the game will take place on March 20, 2025, whereas the return fixture will commence on March 23. A 26-member squad has been announced for the ...

Brazil star Neymar was on Friday ruled out of upcoming 2026 World Cup qualifiers against Colombia and Argentina after a thigh injury scuppered his recall to the national team. Neymar has spent almost a year and a half out of the Brazil side due to injuries, but had appeared rejuvenated since his return to Santos in February. But in the ...

England batsman Harry Brook has been banned from the Indian Premier League for two years after he pulled out at the last minute to focus on international cricket, local media reported on Friday. The 26-year-old, considered a front runner to replace Jos Buttler as England’s white-ball captain, was signed to Delhi Capitals for the IPL season beginning next week. Brook ...

Luis Suarez and Lionel Messi led Inter Miami to a 2-0 victory over Jamaica’s Cavalier SC on Thursday, securing a spot in the CONCACAF Champions Cup quarterfinals. Suarez opened the scoring with a penalty in the 11th minute, while Messi, who came on in the second half, sealed the win with a stoppage-time goal, completing a 4-0 aggregate victory for ...

Liverpool’s Wataru Endo and Brighton’s Kaoru Mitoma were on Thursday named in Japan’s squad as they look to become the first team to qualify for the 2026 World Cup, reports AFP. The runaway Asian qualifying Group C leaders host Bahrain in Saitama on March 20 and Saudi Arabia at the same venue five days later and can clinch their place ...

Real Madrid advanced to the Champions League quarterfinals after defeating Atletico Madrid in a penalty shootout, continuing their impressive record against their city rivals. The shootout ended 4-2 in Madrid’s favor after two Atletico players missed their spot-kicks. Antonio Rüdiger scored the decisive penalty, sealing Madrid’s passage after a dramatic and tense match. Atletico had fought back after losing 2-1 ...

The Bangladesh national football team departed for Saudi Arabia on Wednesday to begin a two-week intensive training camp ahead of their AFC Asian Cup 2027 qualifier match against India. The team will train under the guidance of Head Coach Javier Cabrera as they prepare for their upcoming match in Shillong on March 25. The Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) had earlier ...

Paris Saint-Germain advanced to the Champions League quarter-finals after a dramatic penalty shootout victory over Liverpool, which ended 1-1 on aggregate. PSG held their nerve, winning 4-1 in the shootout, with goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma saving two penalties to secure the French side’s place in the last eight. Ousmane Dembélé’s first-leg goal was enough to send the tie to extra-time after ...

Australia will play England under lights at the Melbourne Cricket Ground to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Test cricket in 2027, it was announced Tuesday. The match, from March 11-15, will commemorate the first ever Test, played between the two arch-rivals in Melbourne in 1877. It will be the first time the MCG has hosted a men’s day-night Test after ...