Score with each foot, as well as your head, and you’ve completed what footballers call the perfect hat-trick. An important component – the idea is to have each goal hit the back of the opposition’s net.
Needing a draw to progress to the 2022 World Cup final qualifying round, Bafana Bafana lost 1-0 to the most dubious of penalties.
The London outfit has snapped up five-year-old Zayn Ali Salman, dubbed the youngest ever recruit at Arsenal’s development programme.
Fans watching the Bafana Bafana game against Ethiopia live on Tuesday was such a success that the SA Football Association (SAFA) is setting things up to allow 10 times more fans to come and watch the next match.
Dust off your vuvuzelas because it has been confirmed that 2 000 vaccinated fans will be allowed to attend the much-anticipated Bafana against Ethiopia match live tomorrow.
A Brazilian footballer has been arrested and charged with attempted murder for kicking a referee in the head while he was on the ground, leaving him unconscious.
Unheralded Sheriff Tiraspol pulled off an incredible upset last night, defeating Spanish giants Real Madrid with a fantastic late strike.
An ugly brawl broke out in the 75th minute of the match between Nice and Olympique Marseille on Sunday. Bottles were flung, punches were thrown, and the match was eventually abandoned.
England can be proud of its football team, although the same cannot be said for many of its supporters.
Tom Cruise and David Beckham celebrated England’s early goal during the Euro 2020 final on Sunday with a little fist bump, which caught the attention of fans around the world.
Cameras showed the players barely cracking a smile, at the same time that the invader was repeatedly dodging security efforts to take him down.
This morning, England wakes up with a massive collective hangover and a feeling of what might have been. Let’s see what some of the major papers had to say.
When Neil Diamond penned ‘Sweet Caroline’ in 1969, he had no idea it would somehow morph into an unofficial anthem for the English football team.
England reckon it’s coming home, but their quarter-final opponents are riding the emotional wave of a dramatic extra-time winner.
Yesterday’s early kickoff saw Croatia and Spain involved in a classic, and it seemed unlikely that the second match could deliver something as dramatic. That it did.
Martin Dubravka is a classic example of ‘from hero to zero’. Some falls from grace take years, but Dubravka’s took just 18 minutes.
On the same Copenhagen pitch where, nine days earlier, the crowd had wondered whether one of their players would live, Denmark romped to victory and booked a last-16 showdown with Wales.
In the spotlight today is Haiti goalkeeper Josué Duverger, who had a moment to forget during his side’s match against Canada on Tuesday.
The Scot’s reign, as well as his journey from humble roots to football glory, will be celebrated in a new Amazon documentary, ‘Sir Alex Ferguson: Never Give In’.
Cremonese defender Michele Castagnetti’s goal, a one-touch strike from well within his own half, is an early contender for the FIFA Puskás Award.
20-year-old Erling Braut Haaland can’t stop scoring, and his midweek Champions League heroics have once again inspired the inevitable comparisons.
French billionaire-heir Kyril Louis-Dreyfus is just 23, and has now become the majority shareholder in League One’s Sunderland AFC.
Spurs manager Jose Mourinho is often accused of ‘parking the bus’, and favouring defensive prowess over attack, but last night’s FA Cup fifth-round showdown with Everton was a total humdinger.
Even if you couldn’t care less about American football, the Super Bowl has high entertainment value, including some pretty spectacular ads.
There’s no love lost between former Manchester United teammates Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Romelu Lukaku, with the pair involved in an ugly altercation last night.
During his side’s League Two clash against Cheltenham Town, Tom King scored from a whopping 96,01 metres, claiming the world record for longest goal ever scored in a competitive football match.
This weekend saw plenty of sporting action across the globe, although the spiciest showdown took place in Sydney as the Australian cricket team showed its true colours.
Hlompho Kekana is no stranger to scoring long-range beauties, having been nominated for the same award back in 2016.
The portal has quickly grown in popularity to an extent that it is one of the most visited football sites in the entire world.
Chances are you’ve never dreamt of scoring a goal like this, because the likelihood of the chance presenting itself is so slim.