Football

Lebanese footballer Celine Haidar has woken from a coma nearly two months after the 19-year-old suffered a serious head injury during an Israeli airstrike on Beirut. On November 16, Haidar was fleeing her home in Al-Chiyyah in Beirut’s southern suburbs after an evacuation order from Israel. She was struck on the right side of her head, leaving her in critical condition. Speaking to The Athletic at the end of December, Haidar’s father Abbas said: “Celine was beginning her life, building step by step with football. This injury cut off her…

Sevilla are set to agree a deal with Augsburg to sign Switzerland international Ruben Vargas. The 26-year-old is set to sign a long-term deal with the Spanish club in an agreement that will bring an end to his five-and-a-half year spell at Augsburg, where he has scored 22 goals in 161 first-team appearances having joined from Swiss club Luzern in 2019. Vargas missed a period of six weeks earlier in the season with an ankle injury and he has started just three Bundesliga matches this term for Augsburg, who are…

Tottenham midfielder Rodrigo Bentancur is taken off on a stretcher just six minutes into Wednesday’s Carabao Cup semi-final first leg against Liverpool.

Barcelona will be able to play Dani Olmo and Pau Victor in the second half of the 2024-25 season — for now at least. The Spanish government has suspended the agreement reached on January 4 by the RFEF (Spanish FA) and La Liga, which had cancelled the two players’ sporting licenses after Barcelona missed the December 31 deadline to extend them. Barcelona’s attempts to re-register Olmo and Victor were rejected by the RFEF and La Liga, leading the club to submit a 52-page appeal and more than 60 accompanying documents…

Colorful coach Herrera is back on the international coaching circuit.

Mikel Arteta still believes Arsenal can reach the Carabao Cup final – but says they must first master the “tricky” football used in the competition.

Didier Deschamps has announced that he will step down as France men’s head coach following the 2026 World Cup in North America. Deschamps is one of the longest-serving managers in international football, having been appointed to the role in 2012. He has overseen a successful period with the national team, winning the World Cup in 2018 as France defeated Croatia 4-2 in the final. He led the side to a second successive World Cup final in Qatar in December 2022, though his team was defeated on penalties by Argentina after…

France’s World Cup-winning manager Didier Deschamps says he will step down after the 2026 tournament in the United States, Canada and Mexico.

How the job of a goalkeeper has evolved from keeping the ball out of their net to also playing a key role in a team’s attack.

Neymar says it would be “incredible” to reunite with his former Barcelona team-mates Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez at Inter Miami. The three players formed what became known as the ‘MSN’ front line at the Catalan club between 2014 and 2017, when Neymar left for Paris Saint-Germain. The 32-year-old currently plays for Al Hilal in Saudi Arabia and has opened the door to once again playing alongside Messi and Suarez, who now both play for Inter Miami. “Obviously, playing again with (Lionel) Messi and (Luis) Suárez would be incredible,” Neymar…