Du Toit named World Rugby Player of the Year in Monaco
Pieter-Steph du Toit of South Africa during the 2024 Rugby Championship game between South Africa and Argentina at Mbombela Stadium on 28 September 2024 © Christiaan Kotze/BackpagePix

Du Toit named World Rugby Player of the Year in Monaco

Pieter-Steph du Toit cemented his place in history by becoming the first South African to be named the World Men's 15s Player of the Year for a second time.

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Cameroon hoping to emulate 1990 World Cup squad
epa10280204 Munich's Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting celebrates after scoring the team's second goal in the UEFA Champions League group C soccer match between Bayern Munich and Inter Milan in Munich, Germany, 01 November 2022. EPA/RONALD WITTEK

Cameroon hoping to emulate 1990 World Cup squad

Cameroon will rely on duo Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting and Frank Zambo Anguissato to help them gain the same success as their predecessors did in 1990 when they reached the quarter-finals of the World Cup.

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Reus omitted, Goetze recalled to Germany’s World Cup squad
epa10297817 German soccer national team head coach Hansi Flick, during a press conference to announce the squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 10 November 2022. EPA/RONALD WITTEK

Reus omitted, Goetze recalled to Germany’s World Cup squad

Germany head coach Hansi Flick has omitted Borussia Dortmund captain Marco Reus from Germany’s World Cup squad, while 2014 World Cup hero Mario Goetze makes a surprise return after a five-year absence. (more…)

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Varane, Giroud makes cut for France’s World Cup squad
epa09859179 France's Olivier Giroud (C) prior to the international friendly soccer match between France and South Africa at Pierre-Mauroy stadium in Villeneuve-d'Ascq, Lille, France, 29 March 2022. EPA/FRANCK FIFE / POOL MAXPPP OUT

Varane, Giroud makes cut for France’s World Cup squad

France head coach Didier Deschamps has named his 25-player squad for the upcoming 2022 World Cup, with Olivier Giroud and Raphael Varane earning call-ups to the national team.

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Tite names 26-man Brazil squad for Qatar
epa09856028 Players from Brazil participate in a training session for the Brazilian national soccer team, at the Comary Farm, in Teresopolis, Brazil, 28 March 2022. The Brazilian team faces the Bolivian team in the last match of the Qatar 2022 World Cup qualifiers. EPA/Antonio Lacerda

Tite names 26-man Brazil squad for Qatar

Brazil coach Tite has announced his 26-man squad for the upcoming Fifa World Cup in Qatar, with Liverpool's Roberto Firmino omitted from the squad.

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