Donald Trump has a longstanding bromance with Gianni Infantino 👬 But does that explain why the FIFA president attended the Gaza peace summit in Egypt?

Nottingham Forest Football Club can confirm that after a series of disappointing results and performances, Ange Postecoglou has been relieved of his duties as head coach with immediate effect. The Club will make no further comment at this time.

NEW: Head of the European Olympic body, the EOC, calls for "stronger measures" after Indonesia denied visas to Israeli gymnasts, stopping them from competing in the world championships. So far, the IOC has only said it'll "discuss" the issue at its next executive board meeting.

FIS Council made a historic decision. Russians will miss Olympic Games 2026 in ski and snowboarding. Bolshunov, Stepanova and company will stay at home. Jonathan Crane Nicola Sbetti Graham Dunbar Duncan Mackay Base of Ukrainian sports 🇺🇦 | Olympics

Ski, snowboard federation votes not to allow Russians, Belarusians in Olympic qualifying nbcsports.com/olympics/news/…

🗣 "Young ginger, well done!" We got a Brian Clough impression in Sean Dyche's first Nottingham Forest press conference 🌳 😂 #NFFC #BBCFootball

Russia and belarus will completely miss Paralympic Games 2026. All the federations responsible for competitions confirmed - no russian will qualify. It means no problem with russians symbols and anthem there paralympic.org/news/update-po… Base of Ukrainian sports 🇺🇦 | Olympics Jonathan Crane Nicola Sbetti

Boxing's rising star Moses Itauma tells DW he'd "love" to fight heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk 🥊🥇 Learn about his hopes for the fight and his Nigerian roots 🇳🇬📽️

🇦🇫 Afghanistan's female footballers played their first international match in four years at a FIFA-organized friendly tournament in Morocco. But while their male counterparts can play official matches with the Taliban's blessing, these women still cannot ❌

🚨 Referee scandal in Turkey! 🇹🇷 Turkish football has been hit with a betting scandal, after hundreds of referees were found to have bet on matches, which is not allowed. Turkish prosecutors are investigating, and there are reports players are also involved in the scandal.

World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) chief Witold Banka urged USADA to take a stronger stand against the Enhanced Games, saying authorities must be "very united" and explore legal ways to stop the event planned for Las Vegas. USADA CEO Travis Tygart recently told DW Sports the

Russian ice hockey star Alexander Ovechkin is the first player in NHL history to score 900 career goals 🏒 But some question whether the Washington Capitals player should even be on the ice due to his support for Russian President Vladimir Putin amid the ongoing war in Ukraine.

Really nice overview of the situation for Russian/Belarusian athletes and their participation (or not!) as neutrals at Milan-Cortina. No sooner was this piece published than Russia's skiing federation appealed the ban on its skiers to the Court of Arbitration for Sport....

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🏏 India is hosting cricket's inaugural women's World Cup for the Blind. Six nations are taking part. For home player Simu Das, the tournament is a chance to prove herself 🇮🇳

Russian gymnast Angelina Melnikova is on Ukraine's "champions of terror" list. But that's not stopped German club Chemnitz from signing the world champion for its Bundesliga title push. For DW Sports dw.com/en/champion-of…

A "no comment" from Melnikova when asked about her neutrality by colleagues from SWR... swr.de/sport/media/tu…

Premier League club Manchester City are linked with the alleged genocide in Sudan. Their owner and UAE vice president Sheik Mansour is accused of providing the RSF militia with weapons.

Trump and Rubio look delighted.