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Portugal

Ronaldo wins Ballon d'Or award for joint-record fifth time

Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo has won the prestigious football prize - again.

Sport

Brussels loses and England gains Euro 2020

Brussels has lost it's Euro 2020 football matches after their 'Eurostadium' ran into delays, with the four games instead being awarded to England's national stadium, Wembley

Sport

Ronaldo set to win record 5th Ballon d'Or

Lionel Messi, and Gianluigi Buffon or Sergio Ramos tipped to take the silver and bronze awards.

World News

Shakhtar Donetsk boss celebrates win over Man City by going full Zorro

Shakhtar Donetsk boss, Paulo Fonseca, celebrates his teams 2-1 Champions League victory over Manchester City by dressing up as Zorro

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Italy

Goalkeeper's diving header gives struggling Benevento its first point

Benevento, the Italian team that has lost every game of the season, gained their first point ever at a game against AC Milan thanks to the keeper's diving header in stoppage time.

Sport

Premier League: managerial merry-go round gathers pace

Alan Pardew appointed West Brom coach as Sam Allardyce prepares to take over at Everton

Spain

Messi signs new contract with Barca until 2021

Since Neymar’s departure for Paris Saint-Germain, FC Barcelona more than doubled Messi’s buyout clause to a whopping 700 million euros.

Sport

Chelsea and Barcelona qualify for the CL last 16

United Kingdom

Two goals and a baby: match-winning footballer subbed to see birth of son

English player Ryan Colclough went to hospital so quickly he didn’t have time to change.

Sport

Three English sides in Tuesday night Champions League action

Liverpool, Man City and Spurs look to avoid slip-ups and stay on course to top their groups.

Italy

Ikea trolls Italian football team

Ikea mocked the Italian football team on Twitter after they failed to qualify for the World Cup 2018.

World News

World Cup joy in Peru

Country's first qualification since '82 sees crowds on streets, public holiday declared.

Sport

Shockwaves in Italian football world

The shock waves from Italy's failure to qualify for the World Cup continue to be felt across the country

Sport

Buffon retires after failed World Cup bid

A tearful Gianluigi Buffon has ended his 20-year goalkeeping career with Italy in the saddest possible way as they failed to qualify for the World Cup for the first time in 60 years

World

World Cup rivals used a drone to spy on our tactics, says Honduras

The allegations come ahead of a game between the pair that will decide who goes to Russia next summer.

Italy

Football: Italy fail to qualify for a World Cup for the first time in 60 years

Italy miss World Cup for the first time since 1958

Sport

FIFA OFFICIALS FOUND GUILTY OF CORRUPTION

A court in New York has found two South-American football officials have been found guilty of corruption

Sport

World Cup qualifiers: Italy under pressure

The heat is on for Italy ahead of tonights's second-leg playoff against Sweden.

Sport

Sweden beat Italy 1-0 in World Cup play-off first leg

It means Italy are in danger of failing to qualify for the first time since 1958

Sport

World Cup qualifiers: Republic of Ireland head to Copenhagen for first leg showdown with Denmark

Ireland are without two midfielders who will be needed to stop Danish playmaker Christian Eriksen.