After taking over from Maya Yoshida after the last FIFA World Cup, Wataru Endō is now on the verge of being the next captain to lead Japan to ... exit at the hands of Iran at the 2023 AFC Asian ...

Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and the former captain of the Italian national football team, Gianluigi Buffon, met this morning. The meeting took place at the Prime Minister's official residence in ...

Kiser played for three defensive coordinators and appeared in five College Football Playoff games. He grew from special teams extra to team captain. That long view made it hard for Kiser to form ...

Entering this pivotal match, Iran and Uzbekistan sit atop their qualification group, both making strong cases for their World Cup aspirations. Iran, having accumulated 19 points from a possible 21, is ...

Japan, Iran, New Zealand, and Argentina are the countries that have secured their place in the 2026 World Cup besides the ...

Igor Tudor has confirmed that Manuel Locatelli will be the new captain of Juventus moving forwards ... welcomed his first-team players back from international duty on Wednesday and gave his ...

Evan Press has been jailed for dealing cocaine (Picture: Alamy/South Wales Police) The vice-captain of a Welsh football team has been jailed for dealing cocaine – but his club only found out ...

Iran became the second Asian side to secure their place at the 2026 World Cup after twice coming from behind to draw 2-2 with ...

Japan became the first team – other than co-hosts the United States, Mexico and Canada – to seal their place at next year's tournament last week, with New Zealand joining them on Monday. Iran ...

Iran, undefeated so far in six outings, will move closer to sealing a direct qualification if they complete a double against their bitter rivals. Last September, Team Melli secured a hard-fought 1 ...

Iran became the second Asian side to secure their place at the 2026 World Cup after twice coming from behind to draw 2-2 with Uzbekistan in Tehran, handing organisers a likely diplomatic headache.