Brazilian club Santos are in talks to re-sign Neymar after his contract with Saudi Pro League side Al-Hilal was cancelled by mutual consent. The 32-year-old Brazil international is expected to sign a short-term deal at the club where he began his career. The termination of his contract at Al-Hilal ends an injury-hit spell in Saudi…
Holders Ivory Coast have drawn Cameroon in the group stage of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) in Morocco. The Elephants were drawn in Group F, where they will also face Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s Gabon and Mozambique. Africa’s biggest sporting event will begin on 21 December and run until 18 January 2026. The opening match will pit…
US tennis star Madison Keys, on Saturday defeated Belarus’ Aryna Sabalenka to clinch the 2025 Australian Open women’s title. Keys defeated Sabalenka to claim her first Grand Slam title at the Rod Laver Arena. The American seeded 19 had been the underdog against the two-time defending champion who was seeking a 21st consecutive Melbourne match…
Leicester City Manager Ruud Van Nistelrooy has dismissed concerns that he could be sacked less than two months into his reign. The Foxes have lost their last seven Premier League games and another defeat on Sunday at Tottenham would equal a club record run set in 2001. They are second bottom, two points from safety,…
Back-to-back champion Aryna Sabalenka is looking to defend her Australian Open women’s singles crown tonight against powerful American Madison Keys. This is the sixth time Aryna Sabalenka and Madison Keys will be meeting each otherSabalenka won four of the previous five matches between the pair. Their first meeting was at the Cincinnati Open in 2018,…
World number one Jannik Sinner will face Alexander Zverev in the Australian Open final after the defending champion saw off Ben Shelton in straight sets in Melbourne. Sinner recorded a 7-6 (7-2) 6-2 6-2 victory over American Shelton on Rod Laver Arena – the stage where he claimed his first major title 12 months ago….
Former Manchester United manager who was recently appointed to take charge of Besiktas Ole Gunnar Solskjaer won his first match in charge on Wednesday, beating Athletic Bilbao 4-1 in the Europa League. Solskjaer was named as the Black Eagles’ new boss on Saturday; his first job since being dismissed by United in 2021. Seventeen minutes into…
German side Borussia Dortmund have sacked head coach Nuri Sahin after their Champions League defeat at Bologna. Dortmund have lost four successive matches in all competitions since the winter break. The 2-1 defeat against the Italian club on Tuesday was their third loss in this season’s Champions League for last year’s beaten finalists. It means Dortmund…
Multiple Grand Slam winner Novak Djokovic produced yet another scarcely-believable comeback to stun Carlos Alcaraz to reach the Australian Open semi-finals. The 37-year-old Serb defied injury, age and ranking to win 4-6 6-4 6-3 6-4 against his 21-year-old opponent in Melbourne. “It was possibly one of the best matches of the tournament on the men’s…
Embattled Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford has not abandoned all hope of playing for the club again. Rashford has not featured for United since being substituted in the Europa League victory over Viktoria Plzen on 12 December, after which his training performances were called into question by head coach Ruben Amorim. The 27-year-old has been…
