Football

AFP, Guangzhou :Veteran striker Yang Xu scored four goals in 25 minutes during China’s 7-0 blitz of Guam while Australia easily defeated a struggling Nepal in Thursday’s World Cup Asian zone qualifiers.China led 6-0...

AP, Singapore :Brazil was held to a 1-1 draw by Senegal on Thursday in a friendly in Singapore that marked Neymar’s 100th match with the national team.Roberto Firmino opened the scoring in the eighth...

AP, Tehran :They had to sit well apart from the men, and the stadium was practically empty, but thousands of Iranian women in merry jester hats and face paint blew horns and cheered Thursday...

Trent Alexander-Arnold says England must improve their defensive record if they are to stand any chance of winning Euro 2020.Gareth Southgate’s side can assure themselves of a place in next year’s finals if they...

AFP, Germany :Thomas Mueller confirmed Wednesday that he is unhappy being left on the bench at Bayern Munich amid reports he wants to leave in the January transfer window.Mueller, who turned 30 last month,...

AP, Dortmund :A weakened Argentina side came from two goals down to earn a 2-2 draw against an injury-hit Germany team in their friendly on Wednesday.Playing without the suspended Lionel Messi – and the...

Global head of athletics Sebastian Coe defended the allocation of three World Championships and denied corruption in bidding processes during an appearance at a French court last year, documents seen by AFP reveal.The court...