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Team director had previously announced Xavi interestStatement reveals ‘email applications were not genuine’The All India Football Federation (AIFF) confirmed on Saturday that a job application attributed to the former Barcelona manager and Spain midfie…
Singh’s east London running club confirms death in India of athlete thought to be first centenarian to run a marathonThe runner Fauja Singh, believed to be the oldest person to complete a marathon, has died in a road accident in India aged 114.The athl…
Nicholas Tarasenko, 15, gets rare chance to break into professional sumo ranks after winning amateur tournaments and learning JapaneseA teenager from Hull has arrived in Japan to pursue his dream of becoming a grand champion sumo wrestler, as only the …
Fans were celebrating outside M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru after Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s IPL win over Punjab KingsAt least 11 people have died in a crush outside a cricket ground in Bengaluru, where fans were celebrating Royal Challengers B…
As a child, Wang Tao was inspired by the American film The Wrestler, starring Mickey Rourke. Now 25, he is China’s poster boy for the sportRising from the ground with 73kg of writhing muscle on his shoulders, Wang Tao grimaced. The man whose legs were …
Pressure grows on Fifa as reports warn of serious risk to workers amid Saudi World Cup building boom
Two reports published today catalogue ‘gruesome yet avoidable accidents’ on construction sites despite the Gulf kingdom’s claims that work-related deaths have fallenThousands of migrant workers are likely to die in Saudi Arabia as a result of a buildin…
Crowning of country’s first world champion set to give fresh boost to sport that has boomed in popularity in ChinaChain smoking under the fluorescent lights of a cavernous billiards hall in Beijing, Brother Yuan can’t stop smiling. The previous day, al…
‘It does not look nice playing cricket while country at war’Thursday’s IPL match was abandoned in DharamsalaThe Indian Premier League has been suspended, initially for a week, because of concerns about the security situation in the country amid rising …
The first woman to land a backflip in competition, Robin Goomes grew up on a remote island off New Zealand and sold possum furs to buy her first dirt bike aged 10Growing up in the remote Chatham Islands, about 800km off the coast of New Zealand, Robin …
Muhammad Arshad, from Pakistan, was a foreman building Aramco Stadium in Al Khobar, one of 11 new venues for 2034A migrant worker has died while working on a new stadium being built for the 2034 World Cup, the Guardian can reveal.Muhammad Arshad, from …
State TV has started broadcasting matches, albeit with heavy-handed intervention of Pyongyang regime’s censorsTV viewers in North Korea have to endure more than their fair share of war films – in which there can be only one victor, news reports deliver…
Spiritual leader of Ismaili Muslims and billionaire businessman who enjoyed a jet-setting lifestyleFast cars, yachts and racehorses are not the usual accoutrements of religious leaders, but they fitted the lifestyle of the Aga Khan, the spiritual leade…
Similar to a bomb, the diving style developed by Māori and Pasifika communities has become a national pastimeOver summer, a strange phenomenon plays out along New Zealand’s waterholes. Bridges, wharfs, cliffs and swimming pools throng with people ready…
Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha’s relatives demand compensation from Italian firm Leonardo six years after his deathThe family of Leicester City’s former owner, who was killed in a helicopter crash outside the club’s stadium in 2018, have launched a lawsuit a…
Culture secretary says it should go ahead despite pressure for it to be cancelled over Taliban’s treatment of womenUK politics live – latest updatesEngland should be allowed to play next month’s cricket match against Afghanistan, the culture and sport …