Bento looking to extend winning start as UAE kick off 2026 World Cup qualifiers
DUBAI: Another ticket to the World Cup after more than three decades away, or another false dawn?
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Liverpool's Luis Diaz, Dad Reunited After 12-Day Kidnapping Ordeal
Liverpool striker Luis Diaz had a tearful reunion Tuesday with his father, freed last week after a 12-day kidnapping ordeal at the hands of Colombia's ELN guerrilla group. Diaz was back home in Colombia to join the national team ahead of a World Cup qualifying match against Brazil Thursday in the seaport city of Barranquilla, where the meeting with his dad, Luis Manuel Diaz, was arranged. The pair embraced in tears, according to images distributed by the Colombian Football Federation (FCF).
Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez face off in World Cup qualifying; Brazil could field teenager Endrick
SAO PAULO: Lionel Messi and Luiz Suarez, close friends and former teammates at Barcelona, will renew their on-the-field rivalry on Thursday in World Cup qualifying.
Man City handed injury blow as Micah Richards gives Cole Palmer transfer verdict
Manchester City stars are currently dotted around the globe for yet another international break.
Canada extends unbeaten streak at women's sitting volleyball Paralympic qualifier
Canada's women are making a statement in early action at the sitting volleyball World Cup.
Luis Suarez Returns To Uruguay Squad For Argentina Clash
Uruguay's record goalscorer Luis Suarez on Monday received his first call-up under new coach Marcelo Bielsa who named the 36-year-old in his squad to face Argentina this week in a 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifier. Suarez, with 68 international goals to his name, has been in superb form for Brazilian club Gremio with 16 goals in 29 games but has not featured for Uruguay since Bielsa took over in May. Thursday's match against Argentina will be his first for the national team since they were eliminated from the World Cup in Qatar in the group stages last year.
Brazil's Dani Alves to stand trial for sexual assault in Spain
BARCELONA: Former Barcelona and Brazil defender Dani Alves will face trial in Spain on charges of sexual assault of a woman in a Barcelona nightclub last December, a Spanish court said on Tuesday (Nov 14).
Brazilian soccer player Dani Alves to face trial on sexual assault charge in Spain
BARCELONA, Spain: Brazilian soccer player Dani Alves will face trial for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman in a night club last year, a Spanish court said Tuesday. The Barcelona-based court said “there was enough evidence to open the trial” considering the statements given to court and the evidence presented in the investigation phase. A date for the hearings was yet to be set. The 40-year-old Alves has been in pre-trial jail since January when he was arrested for allegedly assaulting the woman at a nightclub in Barcelona on Dec. 30.