Germany agree €400,000 bonus for lifting the World Cup
Germany players will each receive €400,000 euros ($390,000) if they lift the World Cup, the country's football association announced on Sunday after thrashing out an agreement with the squad.
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Pink Floyd founder cancels Poland concerts after Ukraine war remarks
Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters has cancelled concerts planned in Poland amid outrage over his stance on Russia's war against Ukraine, Polish media reported Saturday.
The high-speed railway that’s uncoupling the Baltic states from Russia and their Soviet past
The largest infrastructure project in the Baltic region for a hundred years is under way.
Road to Qatar: how Uruguay qualified for World Cup 2022 - in pictures
The 2022 World Cup qualification campaign proved to the end of an era for Uruguay as record-breaking manager Oscar Tabarez saw his 15-year reign come to an end.
World Cup Group E: Japan face tough task to advance to knockout stage
At the 2018 World Cup in Russia, Japan became the first beneficiaries of the fair play rule to progress from the groups ahead of Senegal after receiving fewer yellow cards, having finished with identical points, goals scored and goals against.
Russia's Samsonova credits Wimbledon ban for red-hot form
Liudmila Samsonova said that Wimbledon's ban on Russian players had given her time to transform her game, after winning her third title in four tournaments on Sunday at the Pan Pacific Open.
Olympic boxing's future is in doubt as Umar Kremlev holds on as IBA President
The future of Olympic boxing was plunged into further doubt in Yerevan on Sunday as delegates of the sport's world governing body, the International Boxing Association (IBA), voted emphatically against permitting a leadership challenge to incumbent president Umar Kremlev.
Russia's Ekaterina Alexandrova shines in Seoul for third title
The two battled to a lengthy tiebreaker after an evenly matched hour-long first set in front of more than 10,000 spectators, a record for the Seoul event. But everything changed in the second set as Russia's second-seeded Alexandrova dominated the former French Open champion from Latvia, who required a medical timeout at 3-0 down for a foot problem.