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Qatar stunned Japan 3-1 to win their first Asian Cup on Friday sparked by a moment of magic from record-breaker Almoez Ali and after nail-biting late drama.
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Regional heavyweights Iran underlined their Asian Cup title credentials with a comfortable 3-0 victory over China on Thursday to reach the semi-finals of the continental championship.
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Almoez Ali continued his blistering form at AFC Asian Cup 2019 with a double on Thursday to hand Qatar a 2-0 win over Saudi Arabia and top spot in Group E.
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Fifa is examining allegations that members of the Afghanistan national women’s team were sexually and physically abused by men from the country’s football federation, including its president, Keramuudin Karim.
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China has collected 219 medals so far, including 102 gold. Japan, meanwhile, has 162 overall medals and 52 golds. The Republic of Korea sits in third place with 129 and 37, respectively.
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World champion Rose Chelimo made light of brutal conditions on Sunday to scoop Asian Games 2018 gold for Bahrain with a runaway win in the women's marathon. The Kenyan-born athlete produced.
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Four Japanese basketball players have been sent home from the Asian Games in disgrace for allegedly paying prostitutes for sex, the Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) said Monday.
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After the transfer deadline for Premier League clubs to strengthen their squads for the upcoming season passed on Thursday, we look at who enjoyed the best and worst of the transfer window.
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Twenty-three times major champion Serena Williams suffered the worst loss of her storied career on Tuesday, falling 6-1 6-0 to Britain's Johanna Konta in the first round of the Silicon Valley Classic.
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As a Muslim French woman, my feelings regarding France’s victory in the 2018 FIFA World Cup are quite divided. They are not divided about the game per se – the players undoubtedly demonstrated.
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France had been among the favorites to win the tournament from the outset and proved too much for Croatia, who dominated possession but were undone by an early own goal and a penalty given for the first time in World Cup
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France v Croatia is a surprising final but also a good reflection of this World Cup. After all it has been a tournament full of surprises in which we have seen that a different type of football is.
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The Islamic Republic of Iran would most likely host a four-nation futsal tournament this winter, with national men’s teams from Argentina, Russia and Portugal heading to the country in December.
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Egypt has added retired national football captain Mohamed Aboutrika, one of the country's most renowned athletes, to a terrorism list for alleged ties to the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, his lawyer told Reuters.
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The FIFA Council has rubber-stamped plans to expand the World Cup in 2026 to 48 teams, adding 16 nations. FIFA president Gianni Infantino's revamp plan received unanimous backing at a meeting in Zurich on Tuesday.
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Barcelona's poor start to 2017 continued as they lost further ground on Real Madridat the top of La Liga despite a sensational last minute Lionel Messi free-kick salvaging a 1-1 draw at Villarreal on Sunday.
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Jermain Defoe scored two penalties as third-bottom Sunderland prevented Liverpool from significantly trimming Chelsea’s lead at the Premier League summit in a 2-2 draw on Monday.
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According to Eden Hazard’s former teammate Rio Mavuba, the Belgian was drunk during Lille’s 4-1 win over Nancy in the final match of 2011-2012 Ligue 1 season ahead of his switch to English Premier League.
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Cristiano Ronaldo called Syria’s long-suffering children “the true heroes” as he joined a campaign to provide food, medicine and psychological help for kids in Aleppo and other war-stricken cities.
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Cristiano Ronaldo could face a minimum of six years in jail, the secretary general of the union at Spain's tax authority (GESTHA) has claimed.Jose Maria Mollinedo was speaking to Spanish radio.
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