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Rodri, like anyone who has ever played football, had dreamed of this moment. The Spain captain held the World Cup in his hands, surrounded by jubilant teammates. But, before he could lift the trophy, he had to find a way to politely usher the world's most powerful man off the stage. He didn't quite succeed. In the end, it required FIFA President Gianni Infantino to jog in front of the players to try and move Donald Trump on. Still the US president lingered next to Barcelona midfielder Pedri, bathing in the adulation he had been denied when walking on to boos with Infantino moments earlier. Trump had overstayed his welcome in similar fashion at the Club World Cup last year. Though Sunday's final, in which Spain beat Argentina 1-0, was the first match of the tournament that Trump attended,...

New Zealand runner Sophie Wood, who competes under her maiden name, Sophie Grant, recently accomplished something truly remarkable. Running for 29 days across the Alps, from Trieste to Monaco, Woods covered around 2,000 kilometers (1,243 miles) while climbing a total of more than 100,000 meters (328,083 feet) – on an average of three to four hours of sleep per night. This made her the fastest person ever to complete the Via Alpina. The 42-year-old ultra-runner finished the route more than seven days faster than the fastest man ever to do so. "It gives me goosebumps thinking about it, to take the overall record is amazing," Woods told DW. "I was there for the adventure. I didn't really want to be running for longer than a month, that was enough."  The longer the distance, the smaller t...

"I think it's really important to keep the fairness in our tour," said Sabalenka on Monday. "Obviously, biologically, men are way stronger than women, so I feel like it would not be really fair for a woman to compete against a biological man. "I believe it took them a little while to make this decision and I support it," the Belarussian continued. "If they want to test us all, I'm happy to do that; it's pretty fair, and let's keep it that way." Fact check: Trans athlete ban — fair or not?To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video WTA introduces genetic testing In July 2026, the WTA (Women's Tennis Association) introduced a one-time, mandatory genetic test for all players. As part of the protocol, players will be tested...

Despite strong pressure for him to resign, particularly from UEFA, Gianni Infantino convinced FIFA's Board of Management to express their full support for him following a crisis meeting in Rabat on Wednesday. It was the latest development in a crisis that began with news last week of a FIFA plan to create a subsidiary, FIFA Forward Enterprise (FFE), to run the men's World Cup and its other events, with a stake of up to 20% to be offered to external investors. Where did Gianni Infantino come from? Giovanni Vincenzo Infantino was born on March 23, 1970, in the southwestern Swiss town of Brig to Italian parents. Many years later, as FIFA president, he would speak of the discrimination he said he experienced as he grew up for being of Italian heritage in Switzerland. Infantino studied law at...

Gianni Infantino's already perilous position as FIFA president took another blow on Monday, as three continental football federations banded together in an apparent attempt to try to force him out. An "Open Letter to the Football Family" signed by the heads of UEFA (Europe), CONCACAF (North and Central America and the Caribbean) and AFC (Asia) appeared to take aim at Infantino —  without actually mentioning him by name. "This is about something more fundamental: the integrity of the game, and the integrity of those elected to lead it. Leadership in football is not a possession. It is not about holding — or demanding — power to be held," the statement read. "It is a duty of service to the football family that entrusts it. When trust is broken through deception, when an individual places ...

After the World Cup and before the domestic football season begins, the world's most popular sport tends to enjoy a relatively quiet period. For some though, the need for football remains. This summer that demand has been met by the creation of a raft of mobile sports games in which players can dive into nostalgia and storytelling. This craze has seemingly been inspired by the viral 82-0 basketball game in which players can draft an all-time NBA starting five by spinning a random wheel for teams and decades. Inspired by this, Deniz Sancar, a hobbyist coder who works in advertising, created 38-0-0. Sancar told Mobilegamer.biz that despite having no previous coding experience, he built the game overnight with Claude Code, an advanced AI assistant that is designed to help with coding. The g...