Category: Sports News

The Football Association of Ireland and the Republic of Ireland women’s team manager Vera Pauw have apologised for a pro-IRA chant sung by players after the World Cup play-off win…

Paris will not broadcast World Cup matches on giant screens in public fan zones amid concerns over rights violations of migrant workers and the environmental impact of the tournament in…

Saudi Arabia said on Tuesday it has won a bid to host the 2029 Asian Winter Games at a planned mountain resort in the Gulf Arab state’s $500 billion flagship…

Supporters who displayed Nazi symbols and salutes at the Australia Cup final “should be banned for life”, a senior government official has said. Football Australia (FA) said it “strongly condemns…

First it was chess – now top-level US poker and match fishing have been dogged by their own claims of cheating. A casino is investigating after one player stunned poker…

At least 174 people have died in a stampede at an Indonesian football match that has become one of the world’s worst stadium disasters. About 180 were also hurt in…

Morocco’s culture ministry has accused Adidas of appropriating Moroccan culture in its new jerseys for Algeria’s football team. Adidas said the design was inspired by the Mechouar Palace in Algeria.…

Richarlison says racism will continue “every day and everywhere” unless the authorities “punish” the perpetrators after a banana was thrown at him during Brazil’s 5-1 win over Tunisia. The incident…

Lionel Messi said he dreams of winning the Champions League once more after joining Paris St-Germain, adding: “I think we have the team to do it here.” The Argentina captain,…

A German coach has been thrown out of the Olympics for appearing to punch a horse who was refusing to jump or trot during the modern pentathlon. Coach Kim Raisner…