Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (AFP): Former Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema was unveiled as an Al-Ittihad player in front of thousands of fans in Saudi Arabia on Thursday, a day after the oil-rich kingdom just failed to reel in Lionel Messi. Fireworks and flame-throwers greeted Benzema, wearing their black and yellow kit with the number nine, [&helli...
Jakarta, Indonesia (AFP): Several thousand people lined the streets in Jakarta on Friday, chanting, lighting flares and waving flags to welcome the triumphant Indonesian football team home from the Southeast Asian Games. Indonesia defeated Thailand 5-2 in extra time in the men’s final in Phnom Penh on Tuesday that saw four players sent o...
PARIS (AA) – French basketball player Salimata Sylla is desperate to play in official matches with her head cover after being barred from wearing a headscarf in January this year. Nicknamed “Sali,” a player for the 3rd league team Aubervilliers, began wearing a headscarf three years ago. Salimata Sylla says she aspires to return to...
ANKARA (AA) – Qatar will host the 2027 FIBA Basketball World Cup, the governing body for international basketball has confirmed. “The Qatar Basketball Federation (QBF) has been awarded the hosting rights for the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2027, with all games at the prestigious tournament to be played in the city of Doha,” FIB...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – A Pakistani climber has become the world’s youngest mountaineer to summit 11 peaks above 8,000 meters (26,247 feet) after he climbed Mount Annapurna in Nepal, the 10th-tallest mountain on earth, a mountaineering association said. Accompanying an eight-member team, Shehroze Kashif, 21, made the ascent of 8,0...
ANKARA (AA) — The Azerbaijani delegation withdrew from the European Weightlifting Championships on Saturday after the country’s flag was burned at the opening ceremony in the Armenian capital. A statement from Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Sports and the National Olympic Committee said the flag was demonstratively burned by an officiall...
KAIROUAN, Tunis (AA) – A Tunisian footballer lost his life a few days after setting himself on fire in front of a police station in the northern Kairouan province, local media reported. Nizar al-Issawi, 35, died at a hospital late Thursday due to third-degree burns he sustained after pouring gasoline on his body and setting […]
LONDON (AA) – English Premier League football club Aston Villa on Wednesday hosted its first-ever Open Iftar, a community event during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan in the UK, at its home stadium Villa Park. Hundreds of people gathered at Villa Park in Birmingham as part of the event, which was held in collaboration […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has called for helping the people affected by last month’s earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria. Guardiola, 52, took part in the “shoulder-to-shoulder” fundraising campaign, organized by Türkiye’s Youth and Sports Ministry, the Turkish Football Federation, the Turkish Un...
ANKARA (AA) – Muslim players in the French national football team were allegedly asked to postpone their fasting for a few days during Ramadan. French sports daily L’Equipe reported citing a source that the Muslim players were told to postpone their practice during the five days they spent in selection so that their performance wou...
