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Pakistani cricket fans criticize the cricket board for excluding former captain and PM Imran Khan from a social media video celebrating the national team's history since 1947
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“Qatar has shown the world that football can be enjoyed without alcohol, and women can enjoy it without fearing for their safety.” #FIFAWorldCup female fans say they’re enjoying late-night games, safe and secure
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Brazil's football squad landed in Australia for the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup on a charter plane that paid tribute to Iran protesters, including pictures of Mahsa Amini and Amir Nasr Azadani ⤵️
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Egypt and Liverpool footballer Mohamed Salah calls for an end to 'massacres' in Gaza, saying humanitarian aid must immediately be allowed into the besieged Palestinian enclave
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Scotland’s Celtic fans defied their club’s directives and waved thousands of Palestine flags during their team’s UEFA Champions League match against Atletico Madrid
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Tunisian tennis star Ons Jabeur to donate a part of her prize money from the WTA Finals to Palestinians facing the wrath of Israel’s war on Gaza
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The Ireland women’s basketball team refused to shake hands with their Israeli opponents during a EuroBasket 2025 qualifier in Latvia. Ireland made the decision after an Israeli player made allegations of anti-Semitism against them.
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🇰🇷 South Korea 2 - 1 Portugal 🇵🇹 FULL-TIME: The referee blows the final whistle and is received with a rising crescendo of noise from the South Korean fans. ⚽️ LIVE #KORPOR match blog:
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‘We’re on the right side of history’ Why a chasm is growing between Celtic Football Club’s board and fans expressing solidarity with Gaza amid Israel’s war
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🇲🇦 Morocco 1 - 0 Portugal 🇵🇹 FULL-TIME: Morocco make history as the first African team to reach the semi-finals! ⚽️ Follow our LIVE #MARPOR match blog:
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Wild scenes in Iran as football superstar Cristiano Ronaldo arrived in the capital Tehran with his Saudi club team Al Nassr to play Persepolis in the #ACL 👇
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The secret of Morocco’s success at #FIFAWorldCup might come down to the players’ parents who have joined them
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National cricket team captain Babar Azam became the second Pakistani player to win the ICC's Sir Garfield Sobers award for cricketer of the year. 🔗:
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6 years
The fans cleaned the stadium The players cleaned the dressing room Despite being knocked out, Japan leave #WorldCup with pride and attracted huge praise
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Somalia’s sports minister has apologised after a video of an ‘untrained’ Somali runner jogging down the track for a 100m race at an international competition went viral. One of Somalia’s top athletics bosses has been suspended for ‘nepotism’ 👇
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"This is our gold." Almost half a million people welcomed the Croatian football team back home.
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Jamaica has qualified for a historic three bobsled events in the upcoming Beijing Winter Olympics, including the four-man bobsled
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6 years
Mohamed Salah surpasses Cristiano Ronaldo to become Europe's top scorer
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Scotland’s Celtic Football Club has been fined $19,000 after its fans waved Palestinian flags during a Champions League match amid Israel's war on Gaza. 🔗:
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Kylian Mbappe scored 8️⃣ goals, including 3️⃣ against Argentina on Sunday in an exhilarating final at Lusail Stadium
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Football’s world governing body, FIFA, faces backlash for ‘hypocritical’ silence as Israel faces Iceland amid Israel's deadly war on besieged Gaza
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Eight of the 32 teams have now entered #FIFAWorldCup quarter-finals after a series of thrilling round-of-16 matches in #Qatar2022 🔗:
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Nigerian striker Victor Osimhen's goals have brought Napoli to the brink of a first Serie A title since 1990, making him a hero in the port city
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Moroccan footballer Nouhaila Benzina is set to make history as the first woman to wear the hijab at a FIFA World Cup ⤵️
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Former Real Madrid and Arsenal player, Mesut Ozil, was a key member of Germany’s 2014 World Cup-winning side
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🇲🇦 Morocco 1 - 0 Portugal 🇵🇹 Morocco supporters behind both goals have been on their feet since well before the start of the match. Nothing that happens in the rest of the game will change that. ⚽️ Follow our LIVE #MARPOR match blog:
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4 years
Serena Williams, 23-time grand slam champion, adds another trophy to her collection
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7 years
• Teen of the year • Teen sportswoman of the year • Sports person of the year 🏆 The 12-year-old motocross prodigy.
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“It says a lot about our determination, self-belief and faith in God [as Palestinian people]." Palestine enters the Asian Cup 2023 knockouts with emphatic win over Hong Kong
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"Pele represents the good side of Brazil." Thousands of Brazilians have been waiting in lines around Santos' Vila Belmiro stadium to bid a final farewell to football legend Pele ⤵️
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Palestine are through to the knockout stage of the AFC #AsianCup2023 for the first time, after recording their first-ever win in the competition. Players dedicated the victory to all Palestinians who are suffering.
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6 years
Egyptian star Mohamed Salah wins African Footballer of the Year prize
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10 months
Heba Saadieh tells Al Jazeera what she loves about refereeing, the challenges she’s overcome, and what it means to officiate in the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup
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7 months
French club Nice’s Youcef Atal and German club Mainz’s Anwar El Ghazi have been suspended over posts in support of Palestine
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1 year
A Saudi real estate mogul has won a ticket to see Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi face off in a friendly after bidding $2.6m at auction
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3 years
"I was just thinking about the medal" 🥇 Slowest to qualify, Tunisian Ahmed Hafnaoui wins #Tokyo2020 Olympic swimming gold
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Argentine football star Lionel Messi was mobbed in Buenos Aires when fans learned where he was dining 👇
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Liverpool beat their archrivals Manchester United 7-0, their biggest-ever margin of victory in the fixture
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Mbappe greeted passengers on a flight to the Middle East with a memorable World Cup catchphrase where PSG will play a friendly against a select side from Ronaldo’s new Saudi club and their rivals 👇
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6 years
Not coming home: Croatia shatter England's #WorldCup dream #CROENG
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It's game time: Who will win the opening match of the #FIFAWorldCup ? 👇
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5 years
Liverpool's star striker Mohamed Salah to miss Champions League semi-final against Barcelona
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7 years
Norwegian women's football team becomes first to score equal pay
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7 years
Meet the boxing grannies of South Africa.
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6 years
"Wenger is not just a football coach. He's a man who knows we are all human beings before footballers."
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6 years
Mohamed 'Mo' Salah named @PFA Premier League player of the year
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6 years
Cavani's brace takes Uruguay through to quarter-finals and means Ronaldo follows Messi out of the #WorldCup #URUPOR
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🇩🇪 Germany 1 - 2 Japan 🇯🇵 FULL-TIME: Historic win for Japan! Their bench runs onto the pitch to celebrate with the players. First Saudi Arabia and now Japan, the powerhouses of football are being toppled. Who's next? ⚽ LIVE match blog:
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5 years
Manchester City and Liverpool eye Premier League title on dramatic final day
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7 years
Colin Kaepernick named GQ 'Citizen of the Year'
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8 years
It's gold number two for Usain Bolt at #Rio2016 . He wins the 200m in 19.78sec!
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"This team made people fall in love with them for the first time in decades." Argentina’s fans celebrate in the streets after #FIFAWorldCup victory
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3 years
Christian Eriksen, the Danish football player who collapsed on the pitch during the #EURO2020 game says he was doing “fine”.
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As the war on Gaza continues, Palestine’s national football team is hoping to qualify for the 2026 World Cup.
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"Lack of moral standing." Australia’s Usman Khawaja's attempt to have a message of support for Palestinians in Gaza and a peace sign on his boots was blocked by the ICC
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The Spanish squad say they will not play ‘if the present leadership remains in charge’ after Spain's football chief Luis Rubiales refused to resign
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3 years
Japan’s Naomi Osaka beats Jennifer Brady in Australian Open final to win fourth Grand Slam title at the age of 23
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Despite Palestine's loss to Iran, the team and the Palestinian people won hearts in their opening #AsianCup2023 match in Qatar
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🇲🇦 Morocco 1 - 0 Portugal 🇵🇹 GOAL! En-Nesyri puts Morocco ahead with a header! ⚽️ Follow our LIVE #MARPOR match blog:
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🇭🇰 Hong Kong 0 - 3 Palestine 🇵🇸 FULL-TIME: Palestine are through to the knock-out stage of the #AsianCup2023 As it stands they finish third in Group C and their points return will be enough to send them through. ⚽ LIVE #HKGvPLE updates:
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3 years
#T20WorldCup : How Pakistan finally ended its World Cup drought against India
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“Huge loss for Palestinian football.” Mohammed Barakat, who played for Ahly Gaza and Palestine, was killed when his house in Khan Younis was bombed by Israeli forces
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Saudi Arabia’s Al-Ittihad refused to play their Asian Champions League match against Iran’s Sepahan because of a sculpture of former Iranian general Qassem Soleimani in the stadium ⤵️
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Cristiano Ronaldo recovered from a punch in the face to score twice against PSG in a lively reunion with his great rival Lionel Messi — in pictures
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Gaza’s beloved karate champion, Nagham Abu Samra, was in line to participate at the Olympics until an Israeli attack left her amputated and eventually took her life
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Qatar’s Barshim and Italy’s Tamberi share #Olympics high jump gold
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3 years
“Only the best players in the world score goals like this." - Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp Here's how the world reacted to Mo Salah's stunning goal against Man City
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6 years
'I'll be Muslim too' Fans embrace Egypt-born Liverpool FC football player @22mosalah
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2 years
Pakistan, India to face off in T20 World Cup… again
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2 years
Nadal beats Medvedev to win #AusOpen and record 21st slam
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"We’re there to fight and make an impact. I know what Ghana is capable of." Ghana’s captain Andre Ayew tells Al Jazeera about the team’s preparation and chances at the 2022 FIFA World Cup
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Cristiano Ronaldo made a young fan’s day when they met in a Tehran hotel room, a day after the boy was televised in tears believing he’d missed his chance ⤵️
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🇲🇦 Morocco 1 - 0 Portugal 🇵🇹 HALF-TIME: Morocco grew into this half and deserve to go into the break in front. Fernandes hit the crossbar from an unlikely angle, in a frantic end to that first half. ⚽️ Follow our LIVE #MARPOR match blog:
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FT: 🇲🇦 Morocco 0 - 0 Spain 🇪🇸 Penalties 👇 Morocco: 🟢 🟢 🔴 🟢 ⚫ Spain: 🔴 🔴 🔴 ⚫ ⚫ MOROCCO WIN 3-0 IN THE SHOOTOUT! ⚽ LIVE #JPNCRO match blog:
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Novak Djokovic has won the French Open, making history as the first man to win all four major tennis tournaments three times. Here’s a look at the Serbian player’s stats ⤵️
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3 years
BREAKING: Italy win the 2020 European Championship after beating England on penalties
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2 years
Argentina and Barcelona star Sergio Aguero has announced his retirement from football
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FIFA strips Indonesia of U-20 World Cup hosting rights amid Israel row
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Chelsea beat Manchester City to win their second Champions League title
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Here's a look at which football teams have qualified for Qatar 2022 so far:
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Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi transported fans back in time to the heyday of their storied rivalry in a friendly match in Saudi Arabia
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Ireland’s gymnastics federation has apologised for the allegedly racist treatment of a young Black gymnast who was skipped by an official handing out medals to a row of girls last year.
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3 years
Liverpool striker Mohamed Salah donates oxygen and an ambulance to his home village in the Egyptian region of Gharbia, helping locals treat people suffering with COVID-19
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9 months
Egyptian forward Mohamed Salah has agreed to a blockbuster move to Saudi Arabian club Al-Ittihad
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Cristiano Ronaldo’s signing for Al Nassr could have a significant effect on Saudi football and the kingdom’s wider vision
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Nigerian Tobi Amusan wins 100m hurdles gold at World Championships in US
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Morocco's national team made history at the FIFA World Cup after finishing fourth
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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England 1 - 2 France 🇫🇷 FULL-TIME: With that last chance from Rashford, the whistle is soon blown and France go through to the #FIFAWorldCup semi-finals. ⚽️ LIVE #ENGFRA match blog:
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Neymar reportedly offered a two-year contract at Al Hilal, which is expected to pay him an annual salary of about $100m
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Manchester United forward Cristiano Ronaldo lays claim to football's all-time leading scorer record on 807 goals
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Brazil’s iconic Christ the Redeemer statue has switched off its lights in a show of support for Real Madrid forward Vinicius Jr
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Ethiopia's Almaz Ayana shattered the 10,000m world record to win gold in the opening track event of #Rio2016
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‘In Gaza, football is the only escape.’ Palestinian footballer Mahmoud Wadi tells Al Jazeera the struggles he faced growing up in Gaza
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🏆 Chelsea, champions of Europe! #UCLfinal ⚽ LIVE updates:
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Liverpool's Mohamed Salah sets Premier League scoring record
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From Muhammad Ali to Serena Williams, we examine the African American athletes who have challenged the racial barriers #BlackHistoryMonth
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Rafael Nadal has won a record 34th ATP Masters 1000 title.
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The company says the move, planned since last year, is unrelated to boycott calls against it amid Israel’s war on Gaza
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"The spread of [protests] beyond the NFL definitely speaks to its legitimacy"
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"One of the greatest moments in my life.” Morocco fans celebrate historic win over Spain that secured a first-ever quarter-final World Cup place 👇 — in pictures
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