Afghanistan FF staff promised women players spots on team in exchange for sexKABUL • Representing Afghanistan internationally should have been the highlight of Khalida Popal's career as a professional footballer, but life in the strife-torn country is never that simple.It has been seven years since she was forced to...

France 'must show quality'PARIS • The last time both sides met in a competitive match, France put on a performance full of attacking verve to run out 5-2 winners over Iceland in the quarter-finals of Euro 2016.They have since gone on to lift the World Cup and, while many are expecting the national team to make light...

Wreckage of Sala's plane found near Channel IslandsLONDON • The wreckage of the plane that vanished with Cardiff's record buy, Emiliano Sala, on board was found within hours of a search starting in the sea off the Channel Islands.A search boat hired privately by the striker's family - thanks partly to a crowdfunding...

Game of many returns for GunnersLONDON • Arsenal manager Unai Emery will face a familiar foe when the Gunners look to move a step closer to Europa League glory at Rennes today.French midfielder Hatem Ben Arfa endured an unhappy two years under Emery at Paris Saint-Germain where he was frozen out for an entire season...

Football: Real Madrid sign Jovic for 60 million euros: ReportMADRID (REUTERS) - Real Madrid have signed Serbia striker Luka Jovic from Eintracht Frankfurt for 60 million euros (S$92 million), television channel Sky Germany said on Thursday (May 16).Jovic, 21, scored 10 goals for the German side in their run to the Europa...

Bielsa's sporting gesture celebratedLONDON • Marcelo Bielsa's sportsman-like decision to allow opponents Aston Villa to score unopposed was "a remarkable gesture" given that it ended Leeds' faint hopes of earning automatic promotion to the Premier League.Sunday's 1-1 draw at Elland Road meant that second-placed Sheffield...