The Club World Cup is into its final round of group-stage matches with plenty still to be decided. There is still something to play for in nearly every group. The top two sides from each group go into the last 16, with head-to-head records used before goal difference to separate teams level on points. Manchester…
In July 2022, as Sarina Wiegman’s Lionesses were celebrating being crowned champions of Europe, Germany’s Lena Oberdorf was named the inaugural young player of the tournament. Three years on and a new crop of players, from 16 countries, will arrive in Switzerland hoping to shine at this summer’s Women’s Euros. BBC Sport has selected seven…
Manchester United have submitted an improved bid of more than £60m for Brentford striker Bryan Mbeumo. This month United had a bid rejected for the 25-year-old of £45m plus up to £10m in add-ons. Talks over the Cameroon forward, who would become the club’s second signing of the summer, are due to continue this week. Following the £62.5m…
Lionel Messi will face former club Paris St-Germain at the Fifa Club World Cup as Inter Miami drew 2-2 with Palmeiras to reach the knockout stages. A point was sufficient for both sides to progress and Tadeo Allende and Luis Suarez had Inter cruising at 2-0 in front of 60,914 fans at Hard Rock Stadium….
A powerful new telescope in Chile has released its first images, showing off its unprecedented ability to peer into the dark depths of the universe. In one picture, vast colourful gas and dust clouds swirl in a star-forming region 9,000 light years from Earth. The Vera C Rubin observatory, home to the world’s most powerful…
In a clearing in a forest, two men stand behind a row of wooden poles that have pictures of faces stuck on top of them. The portraits include US President Donald Trump, Vice-President JD Vance and billionaire Elon Musk. In front of them hangs the US flag. The men are wearing camouflage clothing with blue…
For someone pushing his company to break new ground, Ilkka Paananen appears relaxed. Not wearing shoes, like everyone else in the office – it’s a Finnish thing I’m told – he tells me the mobile gaming industry needs shaking up. “We need to take bigger risks,” says Mr Paananen the chief executive of Finland’s Supercell…
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has called on China to prevent Iran from closing the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s most important shipping routes. His comments came after Iran’s state-run Press TV reported that parliament had approved a plan to close the Strait but added that the final decision lies with the…
Airlines have cancelled or rerouted flights to and from the Middle East, as the conflict between Israel and Iran raged. Qatar’s Doha airport, a critical hub in the region, halted operations on Monday, after Iran fired missiles at a US military base in the country, in what it said was retaliation for American strikes against…
“People want regime change,” said Mariam, a pensioner, as she collapsed into the back of a taxi with her husband. The couple had just dragged their heavy suitcases across a bridge over the fast-flowing Aras River that marks Iran’s remote northern border with the small nation of Armenia, in the southern Caucasus region. “I’ve walked…
