Tag Archives: Games

NYON, Switzerland (AP) — European soccer’s governing body UEFA has postponed all matches scheduled to take place in Israel over the next two weeks after Hamas’ surprise attack. “In light of the current security situation in Israel, UEFA has decided to postpone all matches scheduled in Israel in the next couple …

HANGZHOU, China, Oct 9 (Reuters) – With no major security incidents and a record gold medal haul for its athletes, China will regard the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou as a soft power triumph that ticked a number of political, sporting and operational boxes for the hosts. In reality, the …

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Jude Bellingham equaled the fantastic scoring numbers at Real Madrid of Cristiano Ronaldo’s start with the club on Saturday, showing again that Real Madrid got much more than a promising midfielder when they signed him this summer. The England international took his tally to 10 in as …

HANGZHOU, China (AP) — South Korea’s men defeated Japan 2-1 to take soccer gold at the Asian Games on Saturday and also collected the much bigger prize of military exemption. All male gold-medal winners at the Games are, by South Korean law, granted exemptions from the 18 to 21 months …

HANGZHOU, China, Oct 7 (Reuters) – South Korea fought back to hand Japan a 2-1 defeat in the final of the Asian Games men’s soccer on Saturday, claiming a third successive gold medal in the event and earning their players a coveted exemption from military service. Cho Young-wook hit the …

HANGZHOU, China, Oct 6 (Reuters) – Japan successfully defended their women’s Asian Games soccer gold medal on Friday as second-half goals from Haruka Osawa, Momoko Tanikawa and Remina Chiba sealed a 4-1 win over North Korea. Despite being loudly backed by the majority of the 36,166 crowd, the North Koreans …

The footballing journeys of Manchester City’s Nikita Parris and West Ham’s Rosie Kmita have been depicted in motion projections in a video produced by the FA, as the two players prepare to go head to head in the Women’s FA Cup final this Saturday. The video traces the journeys of Kmita, 24, …