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Saudi Arabia and Al-Hilal defender Ali Al-Bulayhi joked he is afraid Lionel Messi will ask for his departure if the Argentine forward joins the Saudi club, after an argument with him during a World Cup match last year. Al-Bulayhi appeared to provoke the Argentina captain during Saudi Arabia’s historic 2-1 group stage victory over the…

La Liga president Javier Tebas apologised on Wednesday for Sunday’s online rant at Real Madrid player Vinicius Jr after the Brazilian took to social media to complain about racist insults he suffered and the Spanish soccer league’s inaction. “Well, it seems that the result has not been very good, right?” Tebas told Reuters in an…

Head coach Mark Boucher says Mumbai Indians will look for replacement of front-line bowlers if they are not fit within time, as the five-time winners managed to reach playoffs despite missing first team bowlers Jasprit Bumrah, Jofra Archer and Jhye Richardson this season. In a season wherein Mumbai Indians became the first team to concede…

India’s first individual Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra said he was left “haunted by the horrifying images” that had emerged of protesting Indian wrestlers on Sunday.  The former rifle shooter called for establishing “independent safeguarding measures across sporting organisations”. Some of India’s top wrestlers like Rio 2016 bronze medallist Sakshi Malik, Tokyo 2020 medallist Bajrang…

Aryna Sabalenka, a Belarusian tennis player seeded No. 2 at the French Open, declined to answer questions about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine after she won a match on Wednesday. After her first-round win Sunday, Sabalenka had said no Russian or Belarusian athletes support the war, but she was asked Wednesday to personally condemn Belarus’ role…

Brazil secured a 5-1 victory against Tunisia in their final game before the World Cup 2022, with Paris Saint-Germain striker Neymar registering his name on the scoresheet. Speaking to the post-match press conference, Brazil and Chelsea veteran Thiago Silva, who was also Neymar’s teammate at PSG a few seasons ago, heaped praise on the Brazilian…

Following an absurd transfer window linking him with a move away from Lyon, Houssem Aouar has not seen much playing time under Peter Bosz this season so far. Discussing his lack of playing time, Aouar revealed his disappointment at failing to make the team for a long time. Speaking to L’Équipe, he admitted that it…

Speaking ahead of Sunday’s Ligue 1 fixture against Clermont Foot, AS Monaco manager Philippe Clement defended goalkeeper Alexander Nübel (26), who had a night to forget against Trabzonspor on Thursday.  The Bayern Munich loanee was at fault for the first goal as his pass out from the back struck Malang Sarr on its way into…

Speaking following Frankfurt’s 2-1 win over Marseille in the penultimate game in the group stage of the Champions League, former Paris Saint-Germain and current Frankfurt goalkeeper Kevin Trapp spoke about the game, and the levels of confidence going into the vital last match against Sporting Lisbon. The match will decide, as OM’s game against Tottenham…

The Plan | The Argentine team arrives for the first time in a long time at a World Cup in peace. Excited, but calm. It’s the greatest strength of the group and that is highlighted over and over again by the players, beyond the fact that the team works on the field at a collective…