Spain coach Luis de la Fuente has confirmed that striker Mikel Oyarzabal and winger Lamine Yamal will join the squad ahead of Sunday's decisive UEFA Nations League group-stage match at home to England. Spain won 2-0 away to the Czech Republic on Thursday without the attacking duo. Yamal had

As the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games prepare to draw to a close on Friday, the organizing committee has announced that the closing ceremony will be held at 6 p.m. local time in the Athletes' Village, with strict limits on media access. The Youth Olympic Games closing ceremony is primarily a

Senegal football captain Kalidou Koulibaly has praised the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games as a landmark event for Africa, saying hosting the first Olympic sporting event on the continent was an important opportunity to showcase Senegal and Africa to the world. "It was very important to me. It's the

Ghana scored either side of halftime in a 2-0 home victory over Somalia in the 2027 Africa Cup of Nationsqualifiers on Thursday. Ghana was awarded a penalty in the 13th minute after Alidu Seidu was brought down inside the penalty area, but captain Jordan Ayew failed to convert it.The Black Stars

Greece's Evangelos Kyriazakos won the men's windsurfing gold medal at the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games on Thursday, overcoming a lengthy weather-related delay on the final day of competition. The 15-year-old won 10 of the 14 races, never placing lower than fourth, to secure a commanding victory

India celebrated a double triumph as boxing awarded 10 gold medals at the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games on Thursday, with Gunjan Gunjan and Ambekar Meetei Lairenlakpam winning the women's 48kg and men's 50kg titles respectively. Gunjan dominated Algeria's Bouthaina Bensalah 5-0 in the final, while

Zimbabwe's Ropafadzo Mzondo received a hero's welcome upon his return to Harare on Thursday, two days after winning the country's first-ever Youth Olympic Games gold medal in athletics at Dakar 2026. The 17-year-old made history by claiming the men's 200m title on Tuesday, becoming Zimbabwe's first

When Emanuel Otalvaro first picked up a table tennis racket at age 4, he could barely see over the edge of the table. His parents built him a wooden platform so he could stand high enough to play. Twelve years later, the Colombian teenager stood on the podium at the 2026 Youth Olympic Games, a

Women's beach handballer Liu Congrui and men's breaking athlete Cui Shengyu will serve as flagbearers at the closing ceremony of the 2026 Dakar Youth Olympic Games, the Chinese delegation announced on Friday.

Cote d'Ivoire consolidated its position at the top of Group C in the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers with a 2-1 home win over Gambia on Thursday. Malick Yalcouye opened the scoring for Cote d'Ivoire in the 17th minute and Elye Wahi doubled the lead seven minutes later. Musa Barrow pulled one

China's Wang Jia'en struggled to find a way past Egypt's Menatalla Ibrahim in their women's 60kg boxing quarterfinal at the 2026 Youth Olympic Games, repeatedly shifting her weight and searching for an opening.

Jessica Pegula saved a match point to beat Linda Noskova 7-6 (2), 4-6, 7-5 on Thursday and reach the WTA Finals semifinals in Indian Wells, while fellow American Coco Gauff failed to survive the group despite a win over Marta Kostyuk.

DOHA, Nov. 12 (Xinhua) --The Dominican Republic will play the 2026 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Qatar following the United States' withdrawal, FIFA announced on Thursday.Football's global governing body confirmed that the U.S. had withdrawn from the tournament due to security concerns in the Middle

China's Pan Qimiao claimed the women's individual sabre title with a 15-10 win over top seed Jeon Yuju of South Korea at the 2026 Youth Olympic Games on Thursday.

Lionel Scaloni has agreed to extend his contract as head coach of Argentina's national team until the 2030 FIFA World Cup, the Argentine Football Associationsaid on Thursday.Scaloni, whose previous contract was due to expire in December, had been non-committal about his future after leading

China's Qi Ying, a silver medalist at the Paris Olympics, claimed bronze in the men's trap event at the ISSF World Championships here on Thursday, securing an Olympic quota place for China at the Los Angeles 2028 Games.