FIFA says Auckland City FC has withdrawn from the Club World Cup because of New Zealand’s tight coronavirus restrictions and will be replaced by Tahiti’s AS Pirae
Manchester City player Benjamin Mendy has been charged with another count of rape
Barcelona striker Sergio Aguero has announced his immediate retirement for health reasons
German prosecutors have charged a professional soccer player from Gambia of using a false identity to breach immigration law
The last surviving member of West Germany’s 1954 World Cup-winning team has died
Lamine Diack, the controversial long-time leader of track and field who was convicted of extorting money from athletes and accused of taking bribes in an Olympic hosting vote, has died