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Penalty shootout regulation changed during World Cup

Federation Internationale de Football Association received approval from the game's lawmaking body to suspend the rule that goalkeepers must be shown yellow car...

Horan's quick strike helps U.S. dominate rival Sweden

Sofia Jakobsson was especially unsafe, but the USA back line fended her off. She made 4 key passes and completed 100% of her take ons against Thailand and i...

Crystal Palace 'rejected Aaron Wan-Bissaka bid over Man Utd UCL add-on'

Manchester United are looking at potentially signing 16-year-old winger Mateo Mejia from Real Zaragoza. . They would also get rid of Pogba and save some face....

England's World Cup nerve faces Australia test

Ross Taylor did it against Bangladesh when the target was 245, Williamson stood up brilliantly to haul them to a last-over win when chasing 241 versus South Afr...

Rafa Benítez to leave Newcastle United

The club are keen for him to sign a new deal, but the 59-year-old is said to have grown frustrated at the club's restrictive transfer policy, and the lure of a ...

Feliciano Lopez downs Felix Auger-Aliassime to set Simon clash — ATP Queen's

Simon went into the semis here for just the second time in his career. In the first semi-final, Daniil Medvedev will fly the Russian flag after making short ...

NY to host Joshua, Ruiz rematch

But the 29-year-old would receive huge home support at stadiums where he has produced emphatic wins in the past, and Joshua is weighing up his next career move....

Paris Saint-Germain leading the race for Barça's Philippe Coutinho

We grew during the season. The Brazilian was limited to 22 starts in La Liga last season and only managed to score five goals and make two assists in a total ...

Spanner in the works? Derby desperate to stop Frank Lampard joining Chelsea

I am excited and I am sure the rest of the players are'. Lampard, meanwhile, spent 13 years at Chelsea as a player and remains their highest ever goalscorer...

VAR stealing headlines as women’s World Cup heads into knockout phase

Scotland fell foul of the new purge last night, allowing Argentina to score a re-taken spot kick in stoppage time to earn a 3-3 draw which dumped Shelley K...

Kawhi Leonard To Turn Down 2019-20 Player Option With Raptors

Kawhi Leonard #2 of the Toronto Raptors walks away as Gregg Popvich head coach of the San Antonio Spurs greet Danny Green #14 at the end of the game at AT&T...

Pete Alonso Breaks Mets Rookie Home Run Record

Strawberry had 26 homers in the 1983 campaign and was named the National League Rookie of the Year. Needing only 77 games to break a franchise record that had...

New York Mets fire pitching coach Dave Eiland

He was previously the manager of the Baltimore Orioles during the 1995 season and was the pitching coach for the Cleveland Indians in 1999 and for the Chicag...

Yankees OF Maybin goes on IL with strained calf

James Paxton has been effective in the Bronx in his first season with the New York Yankees , but that has yet to consistently translate into wins. Aaron Ju...

No pain, all gain as Murray crowns return with Queen's doubles title

Three-time Grand Slam champion Murray had hip resurfacing surgery in February in a bid to salvage a career that appeared to be over when he lost an emotional fi...

Naomi Osaka upset in Birmingham, No. 1 rank on the line

Osaka's loss means Barty can top the WTA rankings for the first time in her career if she goes on to win the title on Sunday. The 30-year-old German, who i...

Andy Murray marks Queen's comeback with doubles title

Murray and Lopez hadn't played together in a tournament before beating top-seeded Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah on Thursday. "He was coming up with un...

Super Falcons protest over unpaid bonuses

The Super Falcons finished Group A with three points in third spot and were hoping to pick one of the slots available for the third placed teams since their 1...

England thump Cameroon in match overshadowed by VAR

Extraordinary scenes then followed as Cameroon made their displeasure known about two VAR decisions that went against them. That drew the Ferns level and ga...

Matildas stunned after penalty shootout horror show

Hjelmseth saved two penalties in her last shootout - the semifinal of the 2013 European Championship. Norway will face the victor of Sunday's game between E...

White leads England to victory, Scotland suffer World Cup heartache

We do like to play with a certain style, and I think in the second half because we were so open and just a little bit tired, we probably got exposed a little bi...

Maple Leafs Trade Patrick Marleau to Hurricanes for 2020 Draft Pick

The Maple Leafs also sent Carolina a conditional first-round pick and a seventh-round pick in the 2020 NHL Draft in exchange for a sixth-round pick. It is exp...

Baker Mayfield honors ROY bet between Saquon Barkley with diamond-encrusted chain

Barkley had the edge of the end of the day, though, and took home Offensive Rookie of the Year over Mayfield. The pendant is nearly as big as Barkley's massive ...

Ashleigh Barty moves to No.1 ranking in women's tennis

Barty and world No.19 Goerges were due to play together in the doubles semi-final on Saturday, but they defaulted their match against Anna-Lena Gronefeld and De...

Hartson labels Arsenal's bid for Tierney as 'an embarrassment'

The same article says that Arsenal are expected to submit an improved offer for the left-back in the coming days as Unai Emery looks for his first signing of ...

Denver Nuggets pick up Bol Bol from Heat after he drops

Denver and the Miami Heat agreed to a draft night trade that will send OR centre Bol Bol to the Nuggets. "I just want to prove everyone wrong and come out a...

Nashville Predators trade PK Subban to New Jersey Devils

It is believed that the Predators were seeking to move Subban to free up cap space so that they could not only extend defenseman Roman Josi's contract, but al...

Maurizio Sarri returns to Italy to coach Juventus

In his time in London, he guided the side back to the Champions League and also won the Europa League. Redknapp - who managed teams including Portsmouth, So...

Manchester United to use Andreas Pereira in Harry Maguire chase

City's rival, Manchester United , have also shown interest in signing the 26-year-old, but they appear to have their work cut out for them. But, Maguire stayed...

Sarfaraz Ahmed says ‘morale is still very high’ for embattled Pakistan

Among many others, Pakistan pace legend Shoaib Akhtar was critical of Sarfaraz after his national team's drubbing against India at the World Cup 2019. "If y...

Darren Gough - Defeat to Sri Lanka shows chasing still concern for England

At the moment, I'm still trying to be fit for Australia, and then it's got to go game by game. "He knows when he's playing against the best batsmen which shot h...

Tahs coach Daryl Gibson calls it quits

With Bernard Foley, Kurtley Beale, Adam Ashley-Cooper, Nick Phipps, Sekope Kepu and Tatafu Polota-Nau all likely to be off or already confirmed departures at th...

Man Apologises To Sarfaraz Ahmed After Fat-Shaming Him In UK Mall

Mohsin resigned as head of the PCB cricket committee a couple of days ago. This has caused a lot of debate and controversy especially as Pakistan Prime Mini...

Israel Folau's GoFundMe Has Already Raised A Ridiculous Amount Of Money

After failing to appeal the decision with a Rugby Australia tribunal, Folau is moving to escalate his challenge by taking his case to the FairWork Commissi...

Mohammed Shami hat-trick seals tense India World Cup win against Afghanistan

Nabi followed his boundary-less spell of 9-0-33-2 with a fearless assault - 52 off 55 balls - but Bumrah and Mohammed Shami ensured India avoided a potentia...