Football

LONDON: Manchester City crushed Watford 6-0 in the FA Cup final on Saturday to become the first team to win the English treble of league championship and both domestic cups in the most emphatic way imaginable. The victory matched the competition’s record final win — set when Bury beat Derby County 116 years ago — and was the perfect end ...

GROZNY, Russia: Mohamed Salah gave Egypt’s World Cup hopes a huge boost Wednesday when he joined a squad training session at their Grozny base. The Pharaohs’ superstar has been sidelined since suffering a shoulder injury in Liverpool´s Champions League final loss to Real Madrid on May 26. However, an AFP reporter saw the forward take part in his first training ...

MOSCOW: Russia´s football team has failed to chalk up a single victory in eight months but things could be about to improve — according to a supposedly clairvoyant cat who predicted a win for the side in the first World Cup match. Achilles, a deaf white cat who is the official animal soothsayer for the tournament, on Wednesday chose a ...

By  Sohail Cheema US failed to qualify the 2018 soccer world up,  so what,  now 2026 soccer world cup to be held in US ( along with Canada and Mexico). – US will hold 60 games including all the games of quarter finals,  Semi finals and final.  Canada and Mexico will get 10 games each. – The final will be ...

Marcus Rashford suffered a slight injury in England’s final training session before the squad flew out to Russia and is Gareth Southgate’s only fitness concern before the opening match against Tunisia on Monday. The England manager confirmed the news after the squad arrived in St Petersburg on Tuesday afternoon, describing it as a “slight knock”. The Manchester United forward will ...

FIFA members will decide on Wednesday whether the 2026 World Cup should be played in North America or return to Africa for just the second time, in Morocco. The choice is clear — between a slick bid based on gleaming stadiums in the United States, Mexico and Canada or an ambitious attempt from Morocco based on as-yet largely unbuilt facilities. ...

MOSCOW: Reigning champions Germany are set to arrive in Russia on Tuesday to join the World Cup party as Belgium downplayed an injury scare over star player Eden Hazard in their final warm-up match. Gareth Southgate’s youthful England team are also due to touch down as anticipation mounts ahead of Thursday’s opening fixture in Moscow between host nation Russia and ...

MOSCOW: Moscow authorities are pleading with locals not to drive in the runup to Thursday´s World Cup opening match to avoid causing gridlock in the city. The Russian capital of 12 million people is creaking at the seams as it starts receiving hundreds of thousands visitors for the month-long football final. Fans from the 32 participating nations will almost all ...

KRATOVO, Russia: Portugal midfielder Manuel Fernandes said Cristiano Ronaldo “doesn’t look at all worried about his future” as the Real Madrid superstar contemplates a possible exit from the Spanish giants this summer. There has been intense speculation over Ronaldo’s future after the 33-year-old suggested he could have played his last game for Real following their 3-1 victory over Liverpool in ...

By Sohail cheema Yesterday, there was a game between Argentina and Israel in Jerusalem for the preparation of upcoming soccer world up, but it was cancelled when Lionel Messi, Argentinian soccer star refused to go there after widespread protest by Palestinians, and said he is a human before a footballer. -The prime minister, Benyamin Netanyahu is upset and angry over ...