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HONG KONG — For North Korea experts, virtually every detail in the authoritarian state is a potential window into the political priorities of its elusive leader, Kim Jong-un. A mass gymnastics performance that ended in North...

These contests – to use a euphemism for the cricket on show at the Nondescripts ground – are always messy, disjointed affairs and that was most certainly the case on Wednesday. With each side playing a...

A last gasp goal from captain Marco Reus saved Dortmund from penalties against lower league opponents for the second time this season. Elsewhere, Leipzig knocked out their future boss and Leverkusen turned on the style. In...

Investigators are working to discover more details about Saturday night’s helicopter crash outside Leicester City’s football stadium, with sources saying that the club’s owner was one of five passengers on board. Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, who bought Leicester for £39m...

Celtic have never won in Germany but RB Leipzig are not taking any chances in a game they must win to improve their record in the tournament. Leverkusen and Frankfurt are looking to maintain their 100...

The Fifa president, Gianni Infantino, has submitted a potentially explosive proposal for a lucrative, revamped Club World Cup, featuring top Premier League and European clubs and to be played every season. Uefa is understood to be fiercely opposed...

Woefully leaky Fulham are on course to concede 100 goals, and is it nearly time for Álvaro Morata and Chelsea to part ways? 1) Fulham’s defensive record borders on embarrassing On the eve of the new...

Russia is not a footballing country, the former trainer for the national side Leonid Slutsky infamously alleged in 2016. His proof was simple: look at the poor attendance despite billions of rubles poured into new marquee...

Danny Cipriani has been omitted from England’s squad for next month’s autumn internationals but Eddie Jones has handed a recall to Ben Morgan amid his back-row crisis and taken the surprise step of naming Dylan Hartley and...

West Ham are under pressure to take action after one of their youth coaches said he went on a march organised by the Democratic Football Lads Alliance, a group condemned by anti-racism campaigners. Mark Phillips, who coaches...