Ex-Arsenal footballer Thomas Partey granted conditional bail on rape charges
The 32-year-old Ghanaian international, who recently left Arsenal, has been charged with five counts of rape and one count of sexual assault. Read More
Former FC Porto captain Jorge Costa dies aged 53 after heart attack in Portugal
Costa, who was FC Porto’s director of football, reportedly suffered a cardiac arrest at the club’s training ground in Portugal and died later in hospital. Read More
EU Commissioner slams plans to take European football games abroad
Playing regular-season European football games outside Europe would be a ‘betrayal’ of the sport’s identity and community roots, according to the EU Commissioner Glenn Micallef. Read More
Asian Paralympic leaders gather in Astana to map out future of parasport
The Asian Paralympic Committee met in Kazakhstan for the first time, setting new goals for parasport and honouring athletes at the Asian Awards 2025. Read More
Champions League draw: PSG get tough opponents and Real Madrid head to Almaty
Real Madrid also got a challenging draw, including a trip far east to play Kairat Almaty of Kazakhstan, 6,420 kilometres from the Spanish capital. Read More
The three Scottish brothers who set a world record for fastest Pacific row — in 139 days
Jamie, Ewan, and Lachlan Maclean on Saturday completed the journey, arriving in Cairns, Australia, after rowing over 14,000 kilometres nonstop from Peru, becoming the first team to achieve the full…
Liverpool FC breaks English transfer record with €145m signing of Alexander Isak
The transfer caps off an unprecedented spending summer for Premier League clubs, who have splashed out more than €3.5 billion. Read More
Dream draw for Kazakhstan’s Kairat, tough journey for Real Madrid
Kazakhstan’s Kairat will face Real Madrid and Inter Milan in the 2025–26 Champions League, thrilling fans while Spanish media lament the long trip to Almaty. Read More
Commission launches Mercosur deal ratification amid political tensions in France
The European Commission is giving in to French demands by strengthening oversight of the most sensitive agricultural markets, in the hope of defusing resistance from farmers. Read More
EU court upholds smooth transfer of data from Europe to US
EU court rejects bid to annul the 2023 EU-US Data Transfer Framework, challenged by French MP Philippe Latombe, despite critics warning it leaves Europeans’ data exposed across the Atlantic. Read…