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MATARO: The pitch ​where Spain forward Lamine ​Yamal honed his skills in a working-class, multi-ethnic neighbourhood outside Barcelona was buzzing with life on Thursday as locals looked ahead with...

NEW YORK: The winners of Sunday's World Cup final between Spain and Argentina will receive championship rings in addition to the trophy and gold medals, Fifa said, the latest sign of the...

ATLANTA: Argentina have proved they put their best foot forward in adversity, said coach Lionel Scaloni as his side staged another dramatic comeback to book a place in Sunday’s World Cup final. The...

England suffered yet another World ⁠Cup disappointment at the hands of Argentina, 2-1, on Wednesday in ​Atlanta. However, head ​coach Thomas Tuchel expressed "no regrets" over the strategy that...

Two boats ⁠carrying more than 500 people may have capsized off the ​coast of Myanmar ​in recent days, UN agencies said on Thursday, as refugees from the war-torn country continue to make...

As renewed conflict in the Gulf drives up oil prices, ​airline investors and industry executives see mounting signs that Europe's financially weaker carriers may be headed for a shakeout....

ATLANTA: Argentina's Enzo Fernandez and Lautaro Martinez struck late goals to snatch a 2-1 win over England in the World ​Cup semi-final on Wednesday to send Lionel Messi's reigning...

 ​ An ​Indian national who went missing after ⁠an attack ⁠on commercial vessel GFS ‌Galaxy off ​the coast ⁠of ​Oman is dead, ‌his ​father-in-law said on Wednesday. Of the 11...

Indian air accident investigators have prepared a cockpit voice recorder transcript, conducted a psychological ​autopsy and moved into the ​final stages of their probe into last year’s deadly...

India's aircraft accident investigating body has prepared a cockpit voice recorder transcript, conducted a psychological autopsy and moved into the final stages of its probe into last year’s...

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has threatened ​to close "all other export corridors that benefit the U.S. and its ​allies", Iranian media reported, after Iran shut the...

Arlington: Kylian Mbappe offered a blunt assessment of France's ⁠World Cup semifinal exit Tuesday, saying his team was too "sloppy" to keep Spain from controlling ​a 2-0 victory in Arlington,...

AMSTERDAM: Dutch referee Rob ⁠Dieperink has died at the age of 38, two months ​after he was ​dropped from the panel of match officials for the 2026 World Cup following a police case in Britain...

ATLANTA: A controversial selection in the World Cup squad and panned for his performance against DR Congo in the Round of 32, Djed Spence has morphed into a key impact substitute for England at the...

KANSAS CITY: ⁠An Argentine war veterans federation called on soccer supporters to focus on ​football ahead of their World ​Cup semi-final against England rather than use the match as a platform...

NEW YORK: A new ⁠refereeing protocol has added to the powder keg of public perception over fairness at the World Cup, a former FIFA referee said ​on Monday, with another refereeing controversy...

DALLAS: France will not willingly surrender possession to ​Spain in Tuesday’s World Cup semi-final, coach Didier Deschamps said, with Aurelien Tchouameni available again as the teams prepare for a...

 Fifty years ago, farmers in ​Italy's Emilia-Romagna region used to open the windows in their barns at night during the summer to keep their cattle cool. Today, as heatwaves send temperatures...

SINGAPORE: The number ⁠of vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz fell to multi-week lows ​on Sunday, shipping data ​showed, as renewed strikes between the U.S. and Iran and attacks on ships in...

U.S. and Iranian forces exchanged heavy missile and drone assaults with Tehran targeting U.S. facilities in states across the Gulf on Sunday and saying it had again closed the vital Strait of Hormuz....