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The beautiful game: Pope Francis's passion for football
He described Messi as a "gentleman", but added that he would choose a third, Pele, "a man of heart"
Apr 21, 2025
Apr 21, 2025
He described Messi as a "gentleman", but added that he would choose a third, Pele, "a man of heart"
The PFF elections are scheduled to be held on May 20 in Lahore
The victims, a 13-year-old boy and an 18-year-old female, were crushed against a fence near the stadium
Inter Miami won the two-leg, total-goal semifinal series 3-2, rallying after LAFC earned a 1-0 home victory last week
Real will hope to take heart from the 1975-76 European Cup when they lost 4-1 away to Derby County in the first leg of the second round but won the return 5-1 at home
Antonio Rudiger decided the pulsating tie with a header in the 115th minute, with Madrid to face Barcelona or Atletico Madrid in the final
Mbappe's double took him to 33 strikes in 44 appearances across all competitions, the same number of goals as his idol managed in the 2009-10 campaign
Liverpool star Salah has scored six goals in six qualifiers, helping Egypt to top Group A by five points from Burkina Faso
A 0-0 draw between Uruguay and Bolivia on Tuesday had sealed Argentina's spot at the 2026 World Cup as they became the first South American team to qualify for the tournament in North America
The Shaheens lost 2-0 at the Prince Abdullah Bin Jalawi Stadium in Al Ahsa, Saudi Arabia
The pair, once among the most powerful figures in global soccer, were cleared of fraud at the Extraordinary Appeals Chamber of the Swiss Criminal Court in the town of Muttenz, near Basel
Few would have felt as emotional as veteran winger Kosta Barbarouses, who came off the bench to score the second goal and set up the last for teammate Elijah Just
Blatter and Platini were suspended from football in 2015 by FIFA for ethics breaches, originally for eight years
For 2026, whichever team topped the table in Oceania, had an automatic berth in the finals for the first time
Pakistan was unable to fully prepare for the game, to be played in Saudi Arabia, as FIFA’s ban denied the authorities the chance to hold a proper training camp
The US came into the game hoping to avenge a loss to Panama at last year's Copa America where the hosts failed to reach the knockout stage, a humiliating result that led to the firing of head coach Gregg Berhalter
Midfielder Kamada came off the bench to put Japan in front after 66 minutes and Kubo added the second three minutes from time to keep the Samurai Blue in pole position in Group C of Asia's preliminaries
The team was scheduled to conduct its last training session Wednesday night
Pakistan's prime minister had invited Riaz to Islamabad after his video went viral on social media where the player was seen making jalebis
The camp for the AFC Asian Cup Qualifiers game against Syria will now be held in Lahore