Chile to quarantine Alexis Sanchez and Vidal

By Reuters,

Chilean soccer stars Alexis Sanchez and Arturo Vidal will be quarantined when they return to their home country from Europe to play in a World Cup qua...

Alexis Sanchez , Arturo Vidal , Coranavirus , Quarantine

Arsenal’s Torreira ruled out for up to 10 weeks with ankle fracture

By Reuters,

Arsenal midfielder Lucas Torreira will be ruled out for up to 10 weeks after fracturing his right ankle in last week’s 2-0 victory at Portsmouth in ...

Arsenal midfielder , Lucas Torreira

Equality for 2.1 billion women and girls under threat as progress stalls

By Reuters,

More than 2 billion women and girls around the world may miss out on the advantages of their male peers as progress towards global gender equality goa...

equality

It’s worth risking youngsters, says Arteta after FA Cup cruise

By Reuters,

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta said he was happy to take the risk of playing his youngsters in the FA Cup after they helped seal a 2-0 victory at Portsm...

FA Cup , Mikel Arteta , Portsmouth , youngsters

Go or no go? U.S. updates travel advisories amid coronavirus outbreak

By VOA,

The U.S. State Department says when it comes to issuing a travel alert for Americans traveling abroad, it takes into account health risks. This inc...

coronavirus

Brazil qualify for 2020 Olympic men’s tournament

By Reuters,

Reigning Olympic men’s football champions Brazil qualified for this summer’s tournament in Japan with a 3-0 win over Argentina on Sunday. Brazi...

Brazil , olympics , Tokyo 2020

Argentina qualify for Tokyo 2020 football tournament

By Reuters,

Argentina become the first South American team to reach the Tokyo Olympic football tournament when they beat Colombia 2-1 to top the regional qualifyi...

argentina , south america , Tokyo 2020

Lukaku’s quickfire double ends Inter’s run of draws

By Reuters,

Romelu Lukaku scored a quickfire second-half double to give Inter Milan a 2-0 win at Udinese on Sunday, ending their run of three successive 1-1 leagu...

double , Inter Milan , Romelu Lukaku , Udinese

Barca struggling to digest Setien’s ideas

By Reuters,

Barcelona coach Quique Setien admitted he is struggling to get his ideas across to his players after the champions were beaten 2-0 away to Valencia on...

FC Barcelona , La Liga , Quique Setien

Barca’s Suarez out for four months after surgery

By Reuters,

Barcelona striker Luis Suarez is set to miss the majority of the rest of the season after undergoing knee surgery, the Spanish champions said on Sunda...

FC Barcelona , Luis Suarez

Luis Suarez to have knee surgery

By Agencies,

Barcelona forward Luis Suarez will undergo knee surgery on Sunday. The Uruguay international has suffered an injury to the external meniscus on his...

Barcelona , knee surgery , Luis Suarez

Varane, Modric power Real past Getafe

By Reuters,

Real Madrid defender Raphael Varane made up for the absence of Sergio Ramos by scoring one goal and making another to help his side to a hard-fought 3...

Getafe , La Liga , Real Madrid

Factbox: Who owns Europe’s leading football clubs?

By Reuters,

A group led by U.S. billionaire Daniel Friedkin is in talks to buy AS Roma although the Italian football club said a formal deal had not yet been agre...

Harambee Stars remain static in Fifa rankings, Senegal top Africa

By Godfrey Ashiali,

National football team Harambee Stars have remained static at position 106 in the latest Fifa rankings. Kenya, ranked 25 in Africa, comes second in...

africa , Cecafa region , FIFA rankings , Harambee Stars , Senegal

Missing Chilean plane yet to be found as U.S. joins search team

By Imani Mitchelle,

A Chilean Air Force plane with 38 people on board is yet to be located after it went missing on Monday night. According to CNN, the C-130 Hercules ...

Missing plane

Talking points from the weekend La Liga matches

By Reuters,

The following are the main talking points from the weekend's action in La Liga. Veteran Joaquin’s record-breaking treble It is rare for the fr...

Barcelona , Karim Benzema , La Liga , Real Madrid , weekend

Messi’s late penalty earns Argentina draw with Uruguay

By Reuters,

Argentina’s Lionel Messi scored an added-time penalty to salvage a 2-2 draw with Uruguay as they twice came from behind in an entertaining friendly ...

argentina , Israel , Lionel Messi , penalty , Uruguay

Murray faces ‘Baby Fed’ instead of Federer at ATP Cup

By Reuters,

Former world number one Andy Murray is in line to play Grigor Dimitrov in the opening round of the inaugural ATP Cup, with Bulgaria qualifying among t...

Andy Murray , ATP Cup , Baby Fed , Grigor Dimitrov , Roger Federer

Real go top after crushing win at Eibar

By Reuters,

Karim Benzema scored twice as Real Madrid went clear at the top of La Liga by coasting to a 4-0 win at Eibar on Saturday thanks to a rampant first-hal...

Eibar , Real Madrid

China to host expanded Club World Cup in 2021

By Reuters,

China will host the first edition of the new, expanded 24-team Club World Cup in 2021, FIFA president Gianni Infantino told reporters on Thursday foll...

china , Club World Cup , FIFA , Gianni Infantino