Iranian national team head coach says his team is ‘most repressed team in the whole World Cup’ An image of Iran’s head coach for football. PHOTO: ANADOLU AGENCY Iranian National Football Team manager Amir Ghalenoei called his squad the “most repressed team in the whole World Cup,” saying they were ordered to leave Los Angeles…
MEXICO CITY: Iran’s football federation announced on Tuesday that the country’s World Cup team will fly to Los Angeles the day before their opening group stage match against New Zealand. The Iranian team will be based in Tijuana in Mexico throughout the tournament, despite playing their three first round matches in the United States. Iran…
The 48-team tournament runs from June 11 to July 19 Reuters June 05, 2026 Less than a minute read The Gillette Stadium, officially known as Boston Stadium during the 2026 FIFA World Cup, ahead of the FIFA World Cup in Foxborough, Massachusetts, U.S., June 3, 2026. Photo: REUTERS LONDON: FIFA has cancelled World Cup tickets…
BARCELONA: Barcelona striker Robert Lewandowski said Saturday he is leaving the club this summer at the end of his contract. The veteran Polish forward, 37, scored 119 goals for Barcelona in 191 games across all competitions since joining from Bayern Munich in 2022. Lewandowski helped Barca to three La Liga titles, including this season’s trophy,…
KATHMANDU: A team of Nepali climbers reached the summit of Mount Everest on Wednesday, opening the route for hundreds of mountaineers expected to attempt the world’s highest peak in the coming weeks. At least 12 members of a rope-fixing team made the ascent, marking the traditional start of the spring climbing window, expedition organisers said….
Al Ahly’s Mohamed Ben Romdhane in action with Zamalek’s Mohamed El Sayed in an Egyptian Premier League match at the Cairo International Stadium in Cairo, Egypt. Photo: REUTERS JOHANNESBURG: Financially-embattled Egyptian club Zamalek will pocket a record four-million-dollar CAF Confederation Cup prize if they beat Algerian outfit USM Alger in the two-leg final. USM host…
KARACHI: Clear your dues or face termination of contracts” the Pakistan Cricket Board has launched a recovery campaign against defaulters. Notices have been issued to all concerned parties, directing them to make payments within the stipulated deadline. According to details, the 11th edition of the PSL has now concluded, and the PCB had already begun…
Batting first, Kingsmen are bowled out for 129; Samad’s 48 and Hardie’s 58 seal win with 28 balls to spare Aaron Hardie and Abdul Samad put on a match-winning 85-run partnership as Peshawar Zalmi clinch their second PSL title in the final. Photo: PSL/X An all-round performance by Aaron Hardie powered Peshawar Zalmi to a…
Kimi Antonelli leads the driver’s standings with 72 points heading into Miami, with new rules and car upgrades marking a fresh phase of the season. Photo: AFP MIAMI: Italian teenager Kimi Antonelli, the youngest championship leader in F1 history, will seek to complete a hat-trick of early season victories this weekend as Formula One returns…
LONDON: The race for automatic promotion to the Premier League will go down to the final day of the regular season after second-placed Ipswich were held to a thrilling 2-2 draw at Southampton on Tuesday that ended the hosts’ bid for a guaranteed return to the top flight. Ipswich’s Wes Burns opened the scoring early…