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RABAT: Algeria substitute Adil Boulbina slammed home a last-gasp winner a ‌minute from the end of extra time as his side overcame the Democratic Republic of Congo 1-0 on Tuesday to book a place in...

MARRAKECH, Morocco: Winger Amad Diallo scored ​one goal and created another to continue his excellent form in Morocco as defending champions Ivory Coast eased past Burkina Faso ‌3-0 in their...

REGGIO EMILIA: Juventus strolled to ​a 3-0 win at Sassuolo on Tuesday to keep their Serie A title hopes alive in a game where under-pressure forward Jonathan ‌David scored his first league goal...

LONDON: West Ham United midfielder Tomas ​Soucek described the decision to award Nottingham Forest a match-winning 89th-minute penalty as a joke on Tuesday after a defeat ‌that left his side in...

 Darren Fletcher said ​he had reached out to former Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson to ‌seek his blessing before taking on the interim role at the club following Ruben Amorim's...

SAO PAULO: ​Neymar has agreed to extend his contract with Santos until the ‌end of 2026, the Brazilian club said on Tuesday, as he maintains hopes of a World Cup call-up despite recent...

Emma Raducanu said it ​was an alien feeling to be back on court after more than two months away ‌and that her three-set battle with Maria Sakkari at the United Cup on Tuesday had given her...

BOLOGNA, Italy: The Olympic torch made ​its way through heavy snow to reach the northern Italian city of Bologna on Tuesday, with just a month to ‌go until the start of the Milano Cortina Winter...

PARIS: Racing Strasbourg coach Liam Rosenior said on Tuesday he had reached an agreement with Chelsea to become their next manager, adding that he would take his assistants Kalifa Cisse and Justin...

Celtic sacked ‌manager Wilfried Nancy 33 days into his tenure on Monday and brought back former boss Martin O'Neill until the end of the season following Saturday's 3-1 Old Firm derby...

FES, ‌Morocco: Ademola Lookman turned in a virtuoso performance as Victor Osimhen struck twice to lead Nigeria to an emphatic 4-0 victory over Mozambique in the Africa Cup of Nations last 16 on...

 Egypt ​forward Mohamed Salah said his team was not among the favorites ‌to win the Africa Cup of Nations title, but insisted they would give their best to go deeper in the tournament in Morocco....

Sony Honda Mobility unveiled its new prototype ‌electric vehicle at the CES trade show in Las Vegas on Monday, even as most U.S. automakers hit the brakes on EVs.Sony Honda CEO Yasuhide Mizuno...

The prize fund ​for this year's Australian Open has been increased by 16% to ‌A$111.5 million ($74.88 million), making it the largest purse in the tournament's history, organisers...

China's Zhou ​Guanyu has joined Cadillac from Ferrari as reserve ‌driver for the Formula One debutants this season, the General Motors-backed team announced on Monday.The 26-year-old raced in...

 ​Sri Lanka is targeting 3 million tourist arrivals in 2026, a top official ‌said on Monday, after a record 2.36 million last year, as the country seeks to boost revenue and support recovery from...

SINGAPORE: Asian stocks climbed on Monday with AI-linked themes in focus at ‌the start of the first full trading week of the year, while oil prices dipped on the view that US military action in...

A Japanese sushi restaurant bid 510 million yen ($3.24 million) ‌for a single bluefin tuna on Monday, by far the highest-ever price paid at the annual New Year auction at Tokyo's Toyosu fish...

BEIJING - China and Pakistan have agreed ‌to deepen cooperation in industry, agriculture, and mining, and expand collaboration ​in trade and ‌investment, information technology, and...

SAN SEBASTIAN: Atletico Madrid ​were held to an entertaining 1-1 draw at Real Sociedad in LaLiga on Sunday, with Goncalo Guedes cancelling out Alexander ‌Sorloth’s opener for the visitors in a...