The last two places at the World Cup finals will be decided this week, with Australia, New Zealand, Peru and Costa Rica digging into their stamina reserves for do-or-die battles. Both international playoffs are single-leg showdowns in the Ahmad bin Ali...
Spain won a second successive UEFA Nations League match on Sunday with a 2-0 win over the Czech Republic while rivals Portugal conceded a goal after just 57 seconds to lose to Switzerland. Spain went in front in Malaga after 24 minutes when a...
MALTA 1 Muscat 50 SAN MARINO 0 Malta H. Bonello, R. Camenzuli, F. Apap (77 J. Borg), M. Guillaumier, J. Mbong, L. Montebello (86 A. Satariano), B. Paiber (77 D. Vella), E. Pepe, T. Teuma, L. Gambin (70 J. Degabriele), Z. Muscat. San...
Erling Haaland scored twice and set up the third as Norway beat neighbours Sweden 3-2 in the Nations League at the Ullevaal Stadium in Oslo on Sunday. “I’m speechless!” the 21-year-old striker told Norwegian television, before adding: “It’s the first...
Mtarfa women’s team have announced that Simon Spiteri will remain in charge of the team during the 2022/2023 season as well. The decision was confirmed during the Annual General Meeting of the Mtarfa’s nursery ahead of the upcoming campaign. Spiteri, a...
Ħamrun Spartans coach Branko Nisevic will be assisted by Stefano De Angelis in the 2022/2023 season after the Premier League club announced the arrival of the Italian coach. De Angelis, represented by M. Global S. – Sport Agency, is a former defender...
A semi-automated offside system could be used at this year’s World Cup with the International Football Association Board, the guardian of the laws of the game, set to discuss the introduction of the technology in Doha on Monday. The optical tracking...
England manager Gareth Southgate blamed a run of three games without a win to start their Nations League campaign on a lack of sharpness in front of goal after a 0-0 draw against Italy on Saturday. A rematch of last year’s Euro 2020 final took place in...
The 2022-23 women’s league season is promising to be one of the most attractive and exciting campaigns in recent years. Ten-time Maltese champions Birkirkara have ushered in a new era following the departure of Melania Bajada after five seasons. Her...
It took only a few moments for Devis Mangia to realise the importance of Mark Piscopo inside the Malta men’s senior national team. Piscopo, known better as ‘Il-Lullu’, was not a coach or a player. He was simply the kit manager. But for the players and...
A US district judge has dismissed a rape lawsuit against football superstar Cristiano Ronaldo, castigating the legal team behind the complaint. Judge Jennifer Dorsey threw out the case brought by Kathryn Mayorga, a former model and teacher, who alleged...
Wales got their first point on the board in the top tier of the Nations League as Brennan Johnson’s late equaliser held Belgium to a 1-1 draw in Cardiff. Johnson slid home Aaron Ramsey’s pass three minutes from time for his first international goal...
Memphis Depay missed a last-minute penalty as the Netherlands drew 2-2 with Poland in the Nations League on Saturday in a game where the hosts trailed 2-0 at one stage. Poland defender Matty Cash was penalised for handball as the clock hit 90...
Scotland captain Andy Robertson said his side were deservedly booed off by a large travelling support in Dublin after being thrashed 3-0 by the Republic of Ireland. The Irish had not won in 12 previous Nations League matches and scored just two goals...
England remain winless three games into their Nations League campaign after a 0-0 draw against Italy in front of a sparse crowd in Wolverhampton on Saturday. A rematch of last year’s Euro 2020 final took place in front of just 3,000 school children as...
Germany had to settle for a 1-1 draw with brave Hungary who deserved to share the spoils in a frantic Nations League Group A3 tie in Budapest on Saturday. Hungary stunned their illustrious visitors after just six minutes with a Zsolt Nagy strike...
Cristiano Ronaldo, Joao Moutinho and Raphael Guerreiro will all miss Portugal’s Nations League match against Switzerland this weekend, coach Fernando Santos announced on Saturday. The trio have been excused the journey to Geneva on “management” grounds...
Bayern Munich are set to sign a second player from Ajax this summer with Netherlands midfielder Ryan Gravenberch reportedly poised to sign a five-year deal. He is expected to be Bayern’s second recent signing from the Dutch champions after Morocco...
France midfielder Aurelien Tchouameni has joined Real Madrid from Monaco, both clubs announced on Saturday. According to sources the 22-year-old has cost the Champions League and La Liga holders more than 80 million euros ($84 million) as well as an...
Raiders Lija have launched their summer transfer market window with a major coup after signing young talent Lexine Farrugia from Birkirkara. Farrugia, born in 2007, is considered as a highly promising talent in the Maltese women’s game and had already...
An experienced figure will be in charge of the Swieqi United women’s team as from next season after The Owls announced Dutch Judith Kuipers as their new coach. Kuipers, who was a player in the top-flight of the Netherlands with the likes of SC...
Gareth Bale has warned “crazy” demands will have serious consequences for players as he dismissed talk that he will be joining Spanish club Getafe after leaving Real Madrid. Bale, a free agent after his nine-year stay at the European champions came to...
Gareth Southgate said on Friday it is an “embarrassment” that his England side have to face Italy in front of a tiny crowd at Molineux this weekend as punishment for fan violence at the Euro 2020 final. England were given a two-match stadium ban, with...
Rodolfo Soares made a surprising return to champions Hibernians after he was announced as the latest signing of the Premier League club. Soares enjoyed a fruitful stay at the Paola club since his arrival to Maltese football in 2011. In fact, during...
Ħamrun Spartans have announced that Stefan Sultana will be handed a new position at the club next season after he was given key roles in the club’s football academy. For the past two seasons, the former Spartans and Malta striker served as assistant...
National team face San Marino at National Stadium on Sunday
Ecuador kept their place in the Qatar World Cup after football governing body FIFA on Friday closed an inquiry sought by non-qualifying Chile into the eligibility of a key player. The FIFA disciplinary committee said in a statement it had decided to...
Kylian Mbappe came off the bench to score a late equaliser as France settled for a 1-1 draw with Austria in their Nations League encounter in Vienna on Friday. Mbappe appeared as a second-half replacement for Antoine Griezmann at the Ernst-Happel...
Bogdan Gavrila will start a fresh chapter as from next season after he parted ways with Sirens, the Times of Malta can reveal. The 30-year-old right winger is at the back of solid season at Sirens with whom he played 25 games and scored eight goals in...
The Maltese football fraternity on Friday was mourning the loss of national kit team manager Mark Piscopo after a long illness. Piscopo was a popular figure in the football circles with his bubbly personality and hard-working attitude and will be...
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