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Relying on defensive tenacity and yet another sharp set piece, Arsenal began their Premier League season with a 1-0 win over Manchester United at Old Trafford on Sunday. Defender Riccardo Calafiori struck the only goal…

Following a spectacular 4-3 penalty shootout win over Tottenham in the UEFA Super Cup, Paris Saint-Germain claimed their fifth trophy of 2025, having come from 2-0 down with two late goals. Following first-half goals from…

Real Madrid has vehemently resisted a plan to stage a La Liga regular-season game between Villarreal and Barcelona in Miami this December, warning it would represent “a turning point in the world of football.” Set…

Organizers said on Tuesday that four days after passing out during an event at the World Games in Chengdu, Italian orienteering competitor Mattia Debertolis had died. On August 8, during the men’s middle-distance final, the…

Paris Saint-Germain, the European champions, has signed Ukrainian centre-back Illia Zabarnyi from Premier League club Bournemouth in a deal reportedly worth around £57 million ($76.7 million, 66 million euros). The 22-year-old defender becomes the first…

Former Premier League referee David Coote has been handed an eight-week ban by the Football Association (FA) for making derogatory comments about former Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp in a video that went viral last year.…

On Sunday in Salvador, Brazil, during an under-20 women’s water polo World Cup match between China and Canada, gunfire briefly interrupted the game, but no injuries were recorded. While China led 32 in the first…

Japanese boxing authorities will hold an emergency meeting on Tuesday after two fighters died following separate bouts at the same August 2 event in Tokyo’s Korakuen Hall. Super featherweight Shigetoshi Kotari and lightweight Hiromasa Urakawa,…

Bayern Munich secured a convincing 4-0 victory over Tottenham Hotspur in a pre-season friendly match. Harry Kane, who joined Bayern from Spurs in a £87 million transfer last summer, scored his first goal against his…

Eintracht Frankfurt has strengthened its squad with the signing of Japanese winger Ritsu Doan from Freiburg, with the player committing to a five-year contract until 2030. The transfer, reportedly worth €20 million (£17 million), marks…