Premier League Sets New Mark As European Football Revenues Soar
The Premier League underlined its financial muscle as the European football market grew by 16 percent to 35.3 billion euros ($37.9 billion) in the 2022/23 season, according to Deloitte.
Dutch Eyeing Top Spot In Euro 2024 Group Ahead Of France
The Netherlands are hoping to pinch top spot in Group D at Euro 2024 ahead of France but on Tuesday face a confident Austria side who may need a positive result to reach the last 16.
Five Issues England Must Resolve To Deliver On Expectation At Euro 2024
Booed by their own fans and heavily criticised by the media back home, England's Euro 2024 campaign is off to a stuttering start despite picking up four points from their opening two games.
Germany Survive Euro 2024 Scare As Hungarian Star Suffers Horror Injury
Germany survived a scare to finish top of Group A at Euro 2024 as Niclas Fuellkrug's stoppage-time goal rescued a 1-1 draw against Switzerland, while Scotland were eliminated after a last-gasp 1-0 defeat against Hungary whose striker Barnabas Varga suffered a sickening injury.
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Ferrari Eyes Electric Future With Solar-powered Factory
Italian luxury carmaker Ferrari on Friday inaugurated a new solar-powered factory at the group's historic Maranello site, where its much anticipated wholly electric car should be produced from 2026.
Belgium In Danger Of Euro Flop As Vital Romania Clash Looms
Belgium are in danger of an embarrassing early exit from Euro 2024 as the serial underachievers face a crunch clash with Romania on Saturday.
Messi Becomes Most Capped Player In Copa America History
The 36-year-old had shared the record with Chilean goalkeeper Sergio Livingstone (34 caps) since appearing in the final of the 2021 Copa America in Brazil, where Argentina triumphed.
Colombia Sex Tourism Boom Lures Foreigners Seeking Underage Girls
At night, sex workers take up their positions in the Colombian city of Medellin, where a tourism boom has led to a rise in prostitution that is dragging in underage girls.
Is The Founder Of The Modern Olympics Being Cancelled?
France likes to honour its late pioneers and visionaries, but the aristocratic Frenchman who founded the modern Olympics is proving to be a troublesome figure for organisers of the Paris 2024 Games.
Mbappe Injury Leaves France To Prepare Plan B At Euro 2024
Captain Mbappe is recovering from a broken nose suffered in Monday's 1-0 win over Austria in Duesseldorf in their opening match at the tournament.
Hosts Germany Through To Last 16 Of Euros, Draws For Scotland And Croatia
Hosts Germany became the first team to qualify for the knockout phase of Euro 2024 on Wednesday thanks to a 2-0 win over Hungary, while Scotland drew with Switzerland and Croatia's hopes of progressing were left hanging in the balance after they were held by Albania.
Ronaldo's Portugal Scrape Euro 2024 Opening Win, Turkey Beat Georgia
Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal beat the Czech Republic 2-1 to claim a Euro 2024 debut victory on Tuesday but they needed to come from behind with a 92nd-minute winner from youngster Francisco Conceicao.
Macron Says Snap France Vote Was 'Most Responsible Solution'
French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday defended his decision to hold snap legislative elections where a predicted far-right victory could hobble his remaining term, calling it the "most responsible solution".
Louis Vuitton Kicks Off Fashion Week With Diplomatic Style
Paris Fashion Week kicked off on Tuesday with hip-hop mogul Pharrell Williams putting on his latest branding event for Louis Vuitton at the UNESCO headquarters.
Celtics Rout Mavericks To Win Record 18th NBA Championship
Jayson Tatum produced a dazzling 31-point display as the Boston Celtics dominated the Dallas Mavericks 106-88 to clinch a record-breaking 18th NBA championship crown on Monday.
Germany's Golden Oldies Leading Push For Euros Glory
With a combined age of 106, Germany's three remaining 2014 World Cup winners Manuel Neuer, Thomas Mueller and Toni Kroos are leading the hosts' charge for Euro 2024 glory.
French Court To Try Rugby Stars In Gang Rape Case
The trial of a group of rugby players accused of gang raping a student after a 2017 match by leading French team Grenoble was to open Monday.
Portugal's Record Collector Ronaldo 'Thinking Big' At Euro 2024
Superstar Portugal striker Cristiano Ronaldo is determined to make more European Championship history this summer.
'Shot Of My Life' Helps Lift DeChambeau To Second US Open Title
Bryson DeChambeau, needing to get up and down from a bunker at 18 to win, delivered one of his greatest shots Sunday and sank a tension-packed putt to win the US Open.
Bellingham Gets Unconvincing England Off To Winning Euros Start
Jude Bellingham got England's Euro 2024 campaign off to a winning start but a 1-0 victory over Serbia in Gelsenkirchen failed to dispel doubts over the Three Lions' quest to become European champions for the first time.
France Braces For Frenetic Campaign As Mbappe Warns Against Extremes
France was on Sunday bracing for a frenetic fortnight of election campaigning for snap polls called by President Emmanuel Macron to combat the far right, as star footballer Kylian Mbappe waded into the febrile environment with a warning not to vote for extremes.
England Begin Euro 2024 Quest, Dutch Edge Poland
England manager Gareth Southgate said his side must be "exceptional" to end a 58-year major tournament title drought as they kick off their Euro 2024 campaign against Serbia on Sunday, after the Netherlands grabbed a late 2-1 win over Poland.
Shunned By West, Russian Army Deserters Live In Fear
Russian officer Farkhad Ziganshin had prepared himself for a life of military service since a young age.
Germany Hammer 10-man Scotland To Launch Euro 2024
Germany thrashed 10-man Scotland 5-1 as the Euro 2024 hosts kicked off the tournament in style in Munich on Friday, the start of a journey they hope culminates in a record fourth continental title.
Moment Of Truth For Revamped Italy As Euros Title Defense Begins
Luciano Spalletti's Italy take on Albania in Dortmund in the first of three clashes in a fiendishly difficult Group B which also contains Spain and Croatia.
Afghanistan Beat PNG To Advance At T20 World Cup As NZ Eliminated
Afghanistan underlined their growing status as the dark horses of the 2024 T20 World Cup with a seven-wicket victory over Papua New Guinea on Thursday to advance to the Super Eight phase of the competition and send New Zealand crashing out.
Soaring High: Indonesian Speed Climbers Race For Rare Olympic Gold
Indonesian speed climber Desak Made Rita Kusuma Dewi checks her harness, her brow dripping with sweat and her breaths laboured, gripping the hold and swinging her body upwards to scale a wall in mere seconds.
McIlroy Fires Bogey-free 65 To Share US Open Lead With Cantlay
Rory McIlroy sank a birdie putt from just inside 20 feet at the 18th hole to complete a five-under-par 65 first round and match Patrick Cantlay for the lead at the US Open on Thursday.
'Fired Up' Germany To Lift Curtain On Euro 2024 Against Scotland
Hosts Germany kick off Euro 2024 on Friday in Munich against Scotland, the start of a journey the three-time continental champions hope will conclude with victory in the final in Berlin on July 14.
Shevchenko Hopes Euro 2024 Will Remind World Of Ukraine's Pain
Ukrainian football great Andriy Shevchenko has told AFP his country's presence at Euro 2024 that kicks off on Friday has been a triumph over adversity and will "remind the world of what we are going through".
Germany Braced For Euro 2024 Kick-off With France, England The Favourites
Euro 2024 kicks off on Friday in Germany as the continent's footballing heavyweights prepare to fight it out over the next month with the aim of taking the crown away from reigning champions Italy.
Zampa Milestone As Australia March Into T20 World Cup Super Eights
Adam Zampa led the rout of an outclassed Namibia with figures of 4-12, becoming the first Australian man to reach 100 T20I wickets.
Macron's Election Call Unsettles Paris Olympics Build-up
Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo on Monday described the prospect of French parliamentary elections just weeks before the start of the Paris Olympics as "extremely unsettling", while the International Olympic Committee played down any direct impact on the event.
Olympic Boost As China's Shi Rises To Badminton No.1 For First Time
China's Shi Yuqi will rise to badminton world number one for the first time this week and is targeting Olympic glory in Paris to go with the milestone.
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