Google’s new AI for corner kick tactics gets Liverpool approval
PARIS, FRANCE – Liverpool football analysts have given their seal of approval to a new artificial intelligence tool from Google that...
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Booed Israeli swimmer says she felt safe in Qatar
Israeli swimmer Anastasia Gorbenko faced crowd jeering at Qatar's World Acquatics Championships after winning a silver medal in the women's...
Reed in fresh controversy over ball in palm tree
The golf player ended up making a bogey in a three-under par round of 69 as he ended the day...
- The American was embroiled in yet another rules controversy during Sunday's third round of the $9 million Dubai Desert Classic
- A social media post suggested that television replays showed Reed's ball disappearing into an adjacent tree
Ronaldo starts with a win after lucrative Saudi move
Ronaldo's league debut had an anticlimactic feel in front of 22,862 fans after he scored twice in this week's lively...
- The Portuguese superstar didn't score but there were promising signs for Al Nassr, who are eyeing domestic and continental silverware
- Ronaldo arrived in oil-rich Saudi Arabia in early January but his debut was delayed while he served a two-match ban for knocking a mobile phone out of a fan's hand
Ronaldo punched but scores twice in Saudi reunion with Messi
Hundreds of millions of euros worth of footballers were on view for the exhibition game in the Saudi capital, which...
- For Qatar-owned PSG, Messi and Kylian Mbappe both scored and Neymar missed a penalty before they withdrew on the hour-mark alongside Ronaldo
- Ronaldo, 37, was decked by PSG 'keeper Keylor Navas's flailing fist but he drilled the resulting penalty and then added another in a 5-4 exhibition defeat
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One dead, dozens hurt in stampede before Iraq Gulf Cup final, say medics
One person was killed and dozens injured when a stampede broke out outside a football stadium in Iraq hours before...
- Thousands of fans without tickets had gathered outside the stadium in Iraq's Basra in the hope of watching the final between Iraq and Oman.
- Images posted on social media showed a sea of people outside the stadium.
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Morocco change mind over CHAN after Algeria spat
Morocco's FRMF football federation said in a statement earlier Thursday that the Confederation of African Football (CAF) had informed it...
- The Moroccan national team will travel to Algeria tomorrow to participate in the CHAN, the foreign ministry said
- Algeria closed its airspace to all Moroccan flights in September 2021, the month after it cut off diplomatic ties with its rival, accusing it of "hostile acts"
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Iraq apologizes after chaos at regional football tourney
BASRA, IRAQ - Iraq has apologized to its neighbor Kuwait after a scuffle in the VIP section prevented the Kuwaiti emir's...
- Matches are taking place in the city of Basra as war-scarred Iraq hosts the regional event for the first time in over four decades.
- The country was long banned from international football and is counting on the tournament to burnish its image.
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Ronaldo must serve two-match ban before Al Nassr debut: Official
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia---Portuguese superstar Cristiano Ronaldo still needs to serve a two-match English Football Association ban before making his Al Nassr...
- Ronaldo was slapped with the ban in November for hitting a mobile phone out of a teenage fan's hand after Manchester United, his club at the time, lost to Everton.
- Al Nassr has not yet registered Ronaldo because the Saudi club have exceeded their quota for foreign players.
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Saudi Arabia gets first female international football referee
RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA - Saudi Arabia's first female international referee was appointed by FIFA on Thursday, less than a year after...
- Opportunities have started to open up in women's sport including a women's football league that started in November 2021.
- Saudi Arabia has applied to hold the Women's Asian Cup in 2026 and is the sole bidder for the men's version in 2027.
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Tearful Brazil bids farewell to its favorite son Pele
President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva led the tributes as Brazil said its final farewell to football legend Pele, widely...
- Born Edson Arantes do Nascimento, Pele exploded onto the scene at age 15, when he made his professional debut with Santos.
- He went on to win the World Cup three times with Brazil, in 1958, 1962 and 1970 - the only player in history to achieve the feat
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From F1 to CR7, Saudi Arabia’s sports shopping spree
Al Nassr's surprise capture of football superstar Cristiano Ronaldo is the latest in a string of high-profile sports acquisitions by...
- The 2029 Asian Winter Games will be held at NEOM, an under-construction $500 billion megacity that is planning a year-round winter sports complex.
- Saudi money has created a schism in the golf world with the heavily funded LIV Tour, which has lured some top players.
Google’s new AI for corner kick tactics gets Liverpool approval
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Abu Dhabi Grand Prix: Leclerc fastest, Sainz crashes as Ferrari out-pace Mercedes
On a day of mixed fortunes for the 'scarlet scuderia' at the Yas Marina Circuit, the luckless Sainz – who...
Messi’s World Cup jerseys up for $10m auction
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Ahmedabad, India -- Opener Travis Head hit a sparkling 137 to power Australia to a record-extending sixth World Cup title with...
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BCCI yet to hear officially about Saudi interest for stakes in IPL
NEW DELHI, INDIA - Recent reports of Saudi Arabia expressing an interest in buying a stake in the Indian Premier League...
- The plan is being seen as another move by the oil-rich kingdom to be the biggest ‘soft power’ in the West Asian region.
- Saudi Arabia is now the sole bidder for the 2036 FIFA World Cup and the Saudi Pro League boasts the crème de la crème of global footballers
Talisca lifts Al Nassr with Ronaldo away
The Saudi Pro League side, who chose to rest in-form captain Ronaldo, rebounded from Philippe Coutinho’s early opener at the...
- Taslica completed his hat-trick on 65 minutes, sweeping home a fine move after another one-two with Ghareeb
- Al Ain became the first western Asian club to qualify for this year’s knockout stages, courtesy of a 3-2 win at Al Fayha in Riyadh
Ex-Tottenham boss Nuno sacked by Saudi club Al Ittihad
Nuno was under pressure because of their struggles in the Saudi Pro League, and the club brought down the axe...
- Nuno, who enjoyed a successful spell as Wolverhampton Wanderers boss from 2017-2021, had been in charge of Jeddah-based Al Ittihad since July last year
- Assistant coach Hassan Khalifa will take temporary charge while the club finalize a replacement for Nuno, Al Ittihad said in a statement posted on X