Emily Fox scored her first Champions League goal for Arsenal.
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Nigeria returns home after boycotting Africa Cup of Nations qualifier in Libya
The Nigeria Football Federation confirmed Monday that its national team had returned home after alleged “inhumane treatment” in Libya ahead of a 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier. NFF director of communications Ademola Olajire outlined in a 20-point statement the team’s “ordeal on Libyan soil,” saying the “keenly-anticipated match” had been “relegated to a fiasco […]
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Japan stays perfect in World Cup qualifying
Japan maintained its 100 percent record in the third round of qualification for the 2026 World Cup with a 2-0 win against Saudi Arabia in Jeddah on Thursday.
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Venezuela holds Argentina to tie, Bolivia upsets Colombia
Salomon Rondon grabbed a second-half equalizer as Venezuela held Argentina to a 1-1 draw in South America’s 2026 World Cup qualifiers on Thursday while 10-man Bolivia upset Colombia 1-0.
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Chelsea edges Real Madrid in UEFA Women’s Champions League
Chelsea began its hunt for UEFA Women’s Champions League glory with a 3-2 win over Real Madrid on Tuesday.
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Obituary: Johan Neeskens, tough midfielder in Cruyff’s Ajax and Dutch teams
Johan Neeskens, who has died aged 73, was the powerful but smooth engine of the Ajax and Netherlands teams that created “total football” with Johan Cruyff at their heart. Neeskens was part of the Ajax team that won three straight European Cups and a key component of the “Clockwork Oranje” Dutch team that reached consecutive […]
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Decision deferred on call to suspend Israel
FIFA on Thursday gave no verdict either way on a Palestinian request to suspend Israel, but instead launched an investigation into allegations of discrimination.
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Unbeaten Monaco celebrates centenary with late win
American Folarin Balogun and second-half substitute Lamine Camara scored as Monaco beat Montpellier 2-1 on Saturday to pull level on points with Ligue 1 leader Paris Saint-Germain. Monaco celebrated the club’s centenary in their State Louis-II with a thrilling victory as Senegalese midfielder Camara, who had come off the bench in the 67th minute, finished […]
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Atletico Madrid president splits time between soccer and film
Enrique Cerezo is best known in Spain as the longtime president of Atletico Madrid, the less glamorous cross-town rivals of Real Madrid. But he is also a powerful film producer who owns the rights to some 7,000 movies, including around 70 percent of all flicks ever made in Spain, which feed his streaming platform FlixOle […]
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Australia ‘extremely disappointed’ with Indonesia draw in World Cup qualifier
Australia head coach Graham Arnold said his side were “extremely disappointed” after their goal-drought continued into a second World Cup qualifier, this time leading to a 0-0 draw with Indonesia in Jakarta.