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Saudi Arabia

Saudi women attend football match for first time

The move came amid a series of reforms aimed at easing gender restrictions in the conservative Muslim country

12/01/2018

Sport

Carlos Tevez leaves Shanghai and returns to first club

Argentine striker hopes to get national team recall ahead of World Cup.

09/01/2018

Sport

Barcelona snare Coutinho

Brazilian leaves Liverpool to become second -most expensive footballer of all time

08/01/2018

Germany

Footballer convicted of terrorism in Turkey shot at on German motorway

Last summer, Kurdish-German footballer Deniz Naki was beaten by a spectator during a match.

08/01/2018

Sport

Liverpool midfielder Coutinho joins Barcelona in big bucks deal

British media say Barca will pay out £142m for the Brazil international - that is a whopping 160 million euros!

06/01/2018

World News

England up, Spain down in football financial firepower league

Why Manchester City and Arsenal outgun the likes of Real Madrid and Barcelona off the pitch, according to football events company Soccerex.

05/01/2018

World News

Personalities of the Year: Musk, Iceland soccer team and Oxfam given t

Euronews readers have selected their personalities of the year in sport, culture, space, business, EU and innovation.

29/12/2017

Sport

World-record defender deal

At 84 million euros, Liverpool set to pay the highest ever fee for a centre-back with signing of Virgil van Dijk from Southampton.

28/12/2017

Peru

Former Peruvian football boss cleared of corruption

A Peruvian football official accused of racketeering has been cleared. Manuel Burga, who headed the sport in Peru until 2014, was suspected of taking cash in exchange for distributing marketing and media rights to matches.

27/12/2017

Sport

Harry Kane sets Premier League goal record

Kane breaks Alan Shearer's record for most goals in a calendar year and finishes 2017 with 39 league goals

26/12/2017

Sport

Review of the year 2017: Sport

From doping scandals and record breaking transfer fees to comebacks and retirements, 2017 has been packed with action in the world of sport

25/12/2017

Spain

Barcelona thump Real 3-0 in Madrid to extend La Liga lead

The Catalan side move nine points clear and 14 ahead of their Madrid rivals with a comprehensive win at the Bernabeu.

23/12/2017

Sport

Rocky Real look to resist ahead of latest Barcelona visit

High-flying Barcelona will be looking for all three points as they travel to Madrid with their arch-rivals struggling for form.

22/12/2017

Sport

Trial begins for man accused of bombing Borussia Dortmund team bus

He's being charged with 28 counts of attempted murder after he set off a device that damaged the team's vehicle and wounded one of Dortmund's players in April.

21/12/2017

World News

Reader poll: Who should be Euronews' Sports Personality of the Year?

Euronews wants your say on who should be one of several personalities of the year—in fields including space, innovation, culture, business and sport.

21/12/2017

Sport

Former World Cup winner Kaka calls it a day

Brazilian ends playing career that saw World Cup, Champion's League and Italian league wins, plus the title of world's most expensive footballer.

18/12/2017

United Arab Emirates

FIFA Club World Cup final: Real Madrid favourites as key players retur

Brazilian side Gremio are the underdogs going into Saturday night's final in Abu Dhabi, but head coach Renato Gaucho says his side are up to the challenge.

15/12/2017

Sport

'We have to be at our best': clubs respond to Champions league draw

Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain are both confident ahead of their 'clash of the titans' fixture.

11/12/2017

Global Japan

Promoting reconciliation through sport in Bosnia

Japan participates in the reconciliation process in Bosnia by bringing children together through sport.

11/12/2017

Sport

FIFA bans Peru captain

Peru captain Paolo Guerrero will miss next year's football World Cup finals after being handed a one-year ban for taking cocaine

08/12/2017