Chelsea and England goalkeeper Hannah Hampton has been voted BBC Women’s Footballer of the Year 2025 after a stand-out 12 months for club and country. Hampton helped Chelsea win a domestic treble last season, keeping…
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Lionel Messi scored again as Inter Miami “played a practically perfect match” to beat Cincinnati and reach the MLS Eastern Conference final for the first time. The Argentina forward opened the scoring with a first-half…
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McLaren’s Lando Norris took pole position in a wet qualifying session for the Las Vegas Grand Prix, with team-mate and title rival Oscar Piastri only fifth. Norris beat Red Bull’s Max Verstappen, the only other…
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Wales will host Bosnia-Herzegovina while Northern Ireland travel to Italy in the World Cup play-off semi-finals. The winners will meet in the final for a place at next year’s World Cup, with the winners of…
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The tiny Caribbean island of Curacao has become the smallest nation to ever qualify for the World Cup after drawing with Steve McClaren’s Jamaica. The record was held by Iceland, who reached the 2018 finals,…
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Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, has disclosed that social media influencers, Martins Otse, better known as VeryDarkMan (VDM), and Freedom Atsepoyi, known as Mr Jollof, may face prosecution and possible jail terms over their fight…
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President Donald Trump has announced US embassies will give visa appointment priority to travellers with tickets to the 2026 World Cup. The Fifa Prioritised Appointment Scheduling System (Pass) will “allow World Cup ticket-holders with long…
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The Netherlands confirmed their place at the 2026 World Cup with a comfortable home victory over Lithuania. The unbeaten Dutch were as good as there anyway, going into the final day three points above Poland…
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World number one Carlos Alcaraz joked he wouldn’t mind facing someone else after setting up the latest instalment of his great rivalry with Jannik Sinner. They will meet for the sixth time in 2025 on…
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Former winners Spain took a massive step towards qualifying for the 2026 World Cup with a convincing victory in Georgia. Luis de la Fuente’s side are three points clear with one match remaining in Group…
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