Football

Zlatan Ibrahimovic was the orchestrator for Sweden in a 3-0 win over Wales on Sunday in a warmup game for the teams before the European Championship.

France coach Didier Deschamps confirmed his final Euro 2016 squad on Tuesday, including defenders Adil Rami and Samuel Umtiti in place of the injured Raphael Varane and Jeremy Mathieu.

The 35-year-old striker did not play in the 1-1 draw against Netherlands in Dublin on Friday and has been ruled out of manager Martin O'Neill's squad for Tuesday's match against Belarus in Cork.

The 18-year-old United academy graduate scored eight goals this season, including two on his debut against Midtjylland in the Europa League.

"Congratulations my friend this couldn't have happened to a nicer and more passionate person... Hala Madrid," Beckham wrote, alongside a photo of him with Zidane, on his official Instagram account.

Newcastle said on Wednesday that Benitez will remain as manager despite the club's relegation to the second-tier League Championship. The coach joined Newcastle in March and had a clause in his contract allowing him to leave should the team be relegated f...

Jamie Vardy is coming off a breakthrough season in which he scored 24 Premier League goals to help Leicester become the most unlikely English champion in years and has also taken his club form onto the international stage, scoring in his last three Englan...

Russia midfielder Alan Dzagoev will miss out on Euro 2016 after breaking a bone in his foot playing for CSKA Moscow, the Russian Football Union (RFU) said on its website on Sunday.

Coach Emery rejected the idea that Sevilla will not be inspired for the match on Sunday after securing their third successive Europa League title. "Who knows if I will have an opportunity to play another King's Cup final?," Emery said.

Manchester United's legendary former coach Alex Ferguson believes his one-time protege, Real Madrid's star striker Cristiano Ronaldo is a more adaptable footballer than his great adversary FC Barcelona's Lionel Messi.

Chelsea were fined 375,000 pounds and Tottenham Hotspur 225,000 pounds following incidents during an ill-tempered Premier League match this month.

Barcelona can retain their title, making it eight in 12 years and 24 in the club's history, with a victory at Granada, while Real Madrid visit Deportivo hoping to culminate a spectacular comeback.

Samoura will replace the fired Jerome Valcke if she passes an eligibility check.

The East Midlands club, which announced the award in a tweet on Friday, defied the odds to lift their first top-flight crown having begun the season as 5,000-1 outsiders.

Martinez had come under increasing pressure during a run that has seen the Merseyside club win just one of their last 11 Premier League matches and lose to Manchester United in the semi-finals of the FA Cup.

The deal, reported to have been worth £300 million ($434.1 million, 379.6 million euros) over 10 years, had been due to end on June 30, 2023, but will now conclude on the same date next year.