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Iga Świątek has earned her 25th consecutive victory at the Italian Open, recording the longest winning streak since Serena Williams’s run in 2015.
Another venue row involving Morocco is brewing, this time over qualifying for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in the Ivory Coast.
Some absolutely huge news dropped earlier this week as EA Sports announced that they will be dropping the FIFA name from their football franchise and plans to instead brand their games as EA Sports FC from here on.
Ahead of November's World Cup, Canada will face a test from another team set to compete in Qatar.
After four years at the top of the FIFA World Rankings, Belgium is no longer the best footballing nation in the world. They are, however, clear favourites to reach the top of Group F of the FIFA World Cup 2022. The Red Devils are joined by Canada, who will make their first appearance at the tournament for 36 years, Morocco and 2018 finalists Croatia.
FIFA has launched disciplinary proceedings after Ecuador were alleged to have fielded an ineligible player during their successful qualifying campaign for the Qatar World Cup. Chile, who failed to reach the showpiece in Qatar later this year, lodged a complaint with football's world governing body alleging that full-back Byron Castillo was not Ecuadorian and had been born in Colombia. The football federation of Chile alleged "use of a fake birth certificate, false declaration of age and false nationality".
The Ukraine men’s national team returned to the pitch on Wednesday for the first time since the invasion by Russia. Coach Oleksandr Petrakov’s side took on Borussia Monchengladbach in a friendly at Borussia-Park, and emerged with a 2-1 win. Ad/> In front of a crowd of over 20,000, Mykhailo Mudryk gave Ukraine the lead on nine minutes.