Luciano Spalletti's Italy take on Albania in Dortmund in the first of three clashes in a fiendishly difficult Group B which also contains Spain and Croatia.

Indonesia's 2-0 win against the Philippines on Tuesday allows the team to advance to the 2026 FIFA World Cup Asian qualification.

After three dismal tournaments in a row -- including going out in the group stage at the 2018 and 2022 World Cups -- Julian Nagelsmann's side take on the challenge of putting Germany back among Europe's heavyweights.

The 40-year-old became a hero overnight in the country of 1.4 billion people after his saves during Singapore's match at Thailand helped China squeeze into the next qualifying round.

The loss in Doha on Tuesday dashed India's dreams of reaching the third round of Asian qualifying for the World Cup for the first time.

The Indonesian team has only been represented once at a World Cup, in 1938, when it was still under colonial rule and known as the Dutch East Indies.

Regular World Cup qualifiers Japan, South Korea, Australia, Saudi Arabia and Iran have already confirmed their progress, claiming spots among the 18 countries that will battle for the eight guaranteed berths at the finals in two years' time.

As Japan's Hideki Matsuyama marks a decade in professional golf, we take a look back at how he evolved from his breakthrough victory at The Memorial Tournament in 2024 to becoming Asia’s most decorated golfer.

The Dane rolled his right ankle during last week's Singapore Open, which forced him to withdraw from his semi-final.

The story of the season they finished at Wembley was about two generations of players who met, bonded as a group and connected on the pitch like a well-oiled machine to establish the second great dynasty Real spent half a century looking for.

Thailand's Prime Minister attended last weekend's race at Italy's Imola circuit, with talk of a race in Bangkok, while Liberty Media recently acquired MotoGP, which has races in Thailand and Indonesia.

Djarum, ex-Indonesia national team striker Kurniawan both played significant roles in restoring the historic club to Italian soccer’s top tier.

A number of Tranmere Rovers Academy coaches came to the tournament to scout the two best players throughout the games to take them for a two-week training session at the club’s academy in the UK.

The Paris Saint-Germain forward confirmed Friday he is leaving the Ligue 1 side after seven years and although he did not spell out his future, the world expects only one destination.

The Soccer Association of Indonesia (PSSI) has expressed its appreciation for the national under-23 (U-23) soccer team’s effort and performance in recent weeks despite a loss to Guinea on Thursday that dashed the squad’s last hope of qualifying for this year’s Olympic Games in Paris.

If Indonesia had won, they would have played soccer at an Olympics for the first time in nearly seven decades, since the Soviet Union eliminated them from the 1956 Games in Melbourne.

PSG's hunt for elusive European glory will go on into another year after they went out in the semi-finals to Borussia Dortmund, a 1-0 loss in Tuesday's second leg at home sealing a surprise 2-0 aggregate defeat.

Safiq was not injured in the attack late Tuesday in southern Johor state following a training session with JohorDarul Ta'zim, one of Asia's top clubs run by the crown prince of the Johor royal family.

The men, who won 3-1, lifted China's first Thomas Cup since they beat Japan in 2018 -- and their 11th in all.

Substitute Fuki Yamada gave the Japanese the lead when he stroked his shot into the bottom corner of the Uzbek goal in the 91st minute, but a handball by Hiroki Sekine gifted Uzbekistan an opportunity to take the game into extra time.

Indonesia's Under 23 (U-23) national soccer team will face Guinea in an intercontinental playoff in Paris for a spot in this year's Olympics.

Ivar Jenner had given the lead to the Indonesians, who were looking to qualify for the Olympics for the first time since 1956, in the 19th minute with a low strike into the corner of Hussein Hasan's goal.

Golf’s international eco-system has already begun to reap the “play better” mantra, which reinforces the ideals of the PGA Tour and DP World Tour to safeguard the concept of meritocracy in the sport.

It was a South Korean coach, Shin Tae-yong, who led Indonesia to victory to prevent his home country from qualifying for the Games for the first time since the 1980s.

Indonesian soccer has upped its game this year, with national teams advancing to unprecedented rounds of regional competitions, although experts and fans alike caution that the country must take measures to ensure its successes are sustained in the long run.

They defeated their Asian rivals 11-10 on penalties after a 2-2 draw in Doha on Thursday night.

Indonesia qualifies for the 2024 U-23 Asia Cup quarterfinals after defeating Jordan 4-1 on Sunday in Doha, sets Olympics in its sights