Ducati factory rider Michele Pirro has been taken to the hospital after an accident during practice for the Italian Grand Prix. The 31-year-old Pirro has regained consciousness and is talking and...

Brazil winger Douglas Costa and midfielder Renato Augusto will miss Sunday's friendly against Croatia in Liverpool because of injury. The Brazilian football confederation says both will sit out...

Weston McKennie thought back to last summer, when he was an 18-year-old midfielder trying to impress at his first preseason training camp with Schalke's first team. Leon Goretzka, one of the...

Malta go into their friendly match against Georgia in high spirits after the 1-1 draw against Armenia but national coach Ray Farrugia and his right-hand man Branko Nisevic insisted that the main...

Bernard Vassallo has been handed a prominent FIBA European Championship assignment as a neutral referee this Summer. In fact, Vassallo has been one of the nominated referees for the Under 20 FIBA Women European Championships...

Joe Caruana Curran and Rita Azzopardi, LEN Bureau Member and Federation Delegate respectively, are at present attending the LEN Congress in Budapest Hungary. During the Congress various meetings...

When Thiago Silva moved to Russia more than a decade ago, tuberculosis nearly derailed his career. This year, the Brazil defender will be back in the country playing at the World Cup. The...

FIFA has lifted its suspension of the Guatemala soccer federation, clearing the Central American country to vote in the 2026 World Cup hosting contest on June 13. FIFA says its ruling council...

Iran's soccer federation has suspended all relations with its Greek counterpart after a friendly between the two nations scheduled in Istanbul was abruptly cancelled amid ongoing Greece-Turkey...

Starting 1st June till the end of the tournament, The Malta Independent will give extensive coverage to the 21st edition of the FIFA World Cup, which kicks off in Moscow on 14th June and runs till the...