Italy’s 1990 FIFA World Cup star Salvatore Schillaci dies aged 59
Schillaci's six goals in a home World Cup in 1990 turned him into national hero as he helped Italy reach the semifinals.
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Ronaldo’s Saudi Pro League club Al Nassr parts ways with coach Luis Castro
Portuguese coach Castro leaves after failing to land the league title during his first year in charge of the Saudi club.
Match time, form: China vs India – Asian Champions Trophy 2024 hockey final
Record four-time champions India will face confident hosts China in the final at the Moqi Base, Hulunbuir at 10:00 GMT.
UEFA Champions League 2024-25: Schedule, title favourites, players to watch
Europe's top club competition returns with more teams vying for the prize in the four-month-long group stage.
Premier League vs Manchester City: What’s the trial on 115 charges about?
Al Jazeera gives lowdown on the charges, the club's response and the impact of a potential guilty verdict against City.
F1: Piastri wins in Baku as McLaren take over at the top
Oscar Piastri wins F1's Azerbaijan Grand Prix from second on the grid as McLaren move 20 points clear of Red Bull.
Real Madrid pauses concerts after ‘torture-drome’ noise complaints
Football club announces cancellation or rescheduling of gigs at refurbished Santiago Bernabéu stadium
Real Madrid has cancelled or rescheduled all concerts at its Santiago Bernabéu stadium and is working to comply with council noise regulations after local people complained that a series of loud, late gigs had turned the arena into a “torture-drome”.
Although best known as the home of one of Spain’s greatest football teams, the Bernabéu – which has just undergone a five-year, €900m (£760m) refurbishment – has hosted a string of high-profile concerts over the spring and summer. Recent headliners have included Taylor Swift, Luis Miguel and the Colombian star Karol G.
Continue reading...‘Canelo’ Alvarez pummels Berlanga to retain super middleweight boxing belts
Undisputed super middleweight champion Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez outpoints challenger Edgar Berlanga.
Thousands attend funeral of runner Rebecca Cheptegei who was set on fire by partner
Mourners in Uganda pay respects to Olympic athlete whose death prompted renewed calls for more protection for women in sport
Thousands of mourners in Uganda paid their respects on Saturday to Rebecca Cheptegei, the Olympic athlete who died last week in Kenya after her partner set her on fire. The military funeral took place in a remote town near the Kenyan border.
Military officers played a prominent role in the funeral because Cheptegei held the rank of sergeant in Uganda’s army, said military spokesperson Brig Felix Kulayigye, adding that she deserved a “gun salute that befits her rank”.
Continue reading...Lionel Messi set to return for MLS club Inter Miami after two months out
The Argentina star is available for Miami's MLS game against Philadelphia after being out of action since July 14.
Murdered Uganda Olympian Rebecca Cheptegei’s funeral march begins in Kenya
Activists join march as Cheptegei's body begins its final journey to her family home in Bukwo, Uganda, for her funeral.
David Beckham joins mourners at Sven-Göran Eriksson’s funeral in Sweden
Tributes paid to ‘genuinely kind’ former England and Lazio football manager in his home town of Torsby
David Beckham joined mourners at the funeral of former England manager Sven-Göran Eriksson in his home town of Torsby in Sweden to hear tributes to a “genuinely kind” man who “loved good food and drink and travelling first-class”.
Addressing full pews in the Fryksände church, and hundreds more watching outside on a big screen, the priest, a close friend of Eriksson, Ingela Alvskog, spoke of a final months that had been “full of life” despite him being diagnosed with terminal cancer of the pancreas.
Continue reading...Ronaldo becomes first individual with one billion social media followers
Ronaldo surpasses 639 million followers on Instagram, 170 million on Facebook, 60 million on YouTube, 113 million on X.
What’s Real Madrid star Mbappe’s pay dispute with his former club PSG?
The French football star and his ex-club are at loggerheads over $60m in 'unpaid' wages. Al Jazeera explains why.
Grenfell survivors urge golfer Leona Maguire to axe Kingspan sponsorship
Irish building materials firm was identified by Grenfell inquiry as behaving with ‘persistent dishonesty’
A second professional golfer, Leona Maguire, is under pressure to end her sponsorship deal with the Irish company Kingspan after the public inquiry into the Grenfell Tower disaster found it behaved with “persistent dishonesty” in selling combustible foam insulation.
Grenfell United (GU), the bereaved and survivors group, is calling on the 29-year-old to drop the firm and stop wearing its logo on her golf shirts after the Ryder Cup player Shane Lowry announced he was doing so earlier this week.
Continue reading...Ronaldo urges Manchester United to ‘rebuild everything from the bottom’
Former United star says manager Eric ten Hag must not be negative and say that the club can't win the Premier League.
Raygun’s revenge: Lampooned Aussie breakdancer tops world rankings
Ridiculed Australian Olympic breaker Rachael Gunn, or 'b-girl Raygun,' takes top spot in latest world rankings.
Man charged after Olympic medals allegedly stolen from ‘Oarsome Foursome’ rower’s car in Melbourne
Victoria police arrest 47-year-old after alleged theft of Drew Ginn’s medals in Docklands last week
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A man has been charged after four Olympic medals – including three gold – belonging to one of the members of Australia’s popular “Oarsome Foursome” rowing team were allegedly stolen from a car in Melbourne.
Victoria police said Drew Ginn’s medals from four consecutive Olympics were in the back of a Land Rover that was parked on Cumberland Street in Docklands when they were allegedly stolen last week.
Continue reading...Formula One design guru Adrian Newey to join Aston Martin in March 2025
The sought-after F1 designer Newey announced his departure from Red Bull in May, after 19 years at the famous F1 team.
Chinese FA bans 38 players for life in corruption crackdown
- Former internationals among those banned
- Move relates to match-fixing and gambling
The Chinese Football Association has banned 38 players and five club officials for life after a two-year investigation into match-fixing and gambling. The investigation, part of a crackdown on corruption in the sport, found that 120 matches had been fixed, with 41 clubs involved, according to the official Xinhua news agency. The report did not say whether all the matches were in China.
The former China internationals Jin Jingdao and Gu Chao and the South Korea midfielder Son Jun-ho were among those banned for life, according to findings made public on Tuesday.
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