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World Cup 2022 Group A: Hosts Qatar not there to make up the numbers

Tournament hosts Qatar are appearing at their maiden World Cup as 12 years of preparation finally come to fruition.

West Ham United survive scare, Villarreal beat Beer Sheva in Conference League

West Ham United survived an early scare to win 3-2 at Danes Silkeborg and Villarreal edged Hapoel Beer Sheva in the group stage of the Europa Conference League on Thursday. Silkeborg, making their first group stage appearance in Europe since the 1997 Intertoto Cup, broke the deadlock after less than five minutes thanks to Kasper Kusk's effort. The Hammers responded just before the quarter of an hour mark as Manuel Lanzini converted a spot-kick.

West Ham survive scare as Villarreal beat Beer Sheva in Conference League

Hapoel Beer-Sheva’s Israeli defender Eyad Abu Abaid (R) is marked by Villarreal’s Nigerian midfielder Samuel Chukwueze during the UEFA Europa Conference League football match between Israel’s Hapoel Beer-Sheva and Spain’s Villarreal at the Turner stadium in the city of Beer Sheva on September 15, 2022. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP)

Ballon d’Or 2022 predictions: From Harry Kane to Joao Cancelo, the players that may miss out on votes

The Ballon d’Or winners will be crowned on October 17, so let the countdown commence. The men’s and women’s shortlists were released last month, with no room for Lionel Messi, Neymar, Keira Walsh or Caroline Graham Hansen, and now we know the nominees it is time to start picking those lists apart.