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It’s not the moments or the music, the joy in how he plays. It’s something simpler with ‘the eternal solution’

World football's governing body Fifa came under pressure on Monday to reconsider a sponsorship deal with the Saudi Arabian oil firm Aramaco after it received an open letter from 106 female football players from 24 countries including France, Denmark and the United States.

Washington scrambles to determine how classified intelligence on Israel’s plans to attack Iran leaked on social media

The all-rounder scored 43 runs and took three key wickets in New Zealand’s 32-run victory against South Africa in the Women’s T20 World Cup

The White Fearns beat South Africa in the Women’s T20 World Cup final to become champions for the first time

Amelia Kerr-inspired New Zealand have won the Women's T20 World Cup, beating Australia's conquerors South Africa in the final in Dubai by 32 runs.

Amelia Kerr defies cramp and South Africa to inspire New Zealand to their first T20 World Cup trophy

Follow all the live action from the Women’s T20 World Cup final in Dubai

Football is a game of passion, and passions can become particularly inflamed when the sport represents larger political struggles. In Nigeria in 1977, an Africa-wide football contest fuelled the ethnic rivalry between the Yoruba and the Igbo people to the point that the military had to intervene. The game was…