LONDON: Premier League strugglers Wolves confirmed the appointment of Rob Edwards as their new head coach on a three-and-a-half year contract on Wednesday. Edwards has left Championship club Middlesbrough and replaces Vitor Pereira, who was sacked by Wolves earlier this month. The 42-year-old, who managed Luton in the Premier League, faces a huge task to…
Manoozh Noori and her teammates defied Taliban restrictions to play in their first international tournament in Morocco MOROCCO: Manoozh Noori said she “wanted to die” when the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan in 2021. That meant she could no longer do what she loved most: play football. Noori, 22, fled the country where the…
Around 160 teams from 13 countries are participating in the tournament in junior categories KARACHI: The Lyari Football Academy team has set off towards its destination to participate in Asia’s largest international youth football tournament, the Sanga Cup 2025. The squad is led by the academy’s president, Sheikh Abdul Rehman.Around 160 teams from 13 countries…
Andre-Frank Anguissa headed home the only goal to ensure Napoli followed up on their tempestuous win Napoli’s Frank Anguissa scores their first goal. PHOTO: REUTERS MILAN: Napoli maintained their lead at the top of Serie A on Tuesday after the champions won a hard-fought contest at lowly Lecce 1-0 and moved three points ahead of…
MADRID: Real Madrid captain Dani Carvajal will undergo surgery on his right knee, dealing another blow to the defender who has battled persistent injury problems over the past year. “Following tests carried out on our captain Dani Carvajal by Real Madrid’s medical services, he has been diagnosed with a loose body in his right knee….
The left-back has scored three goals and set up three more in 11 matches this season aris St Germain’s Nuno Mendes in action. PHOTO: REUTERS PARIS: He does not grab too many of the headlines among Paris Saint-Germain’s plethora of stars, but Nuno Mendes has been so impressive charging forward down the left wing for…
Kimmich, Guerreiro and Karl were on target as the champions kept their perfect start alive across all competitions BERLIN: Bayern Munich equalled the European record for successive wins to start a season as they beat 10-man Borussia Moenchengladbach 3-0 on Saturday. In the late game, Maximilian Beier scored in the sixth minute of stoppage time…
MADRID: Last season Barcelona romped to four Clasico victories over Real Madrid but led by in-form striker Kylian Mbappe, Los Blancos are aiming to redress the balance on Sunday in La Liga. Hansi Flick’s side won a domestic treble, beating Madrid twice in La Liga and in the Copa del Rey and Spanish Super Cup…
