Goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny saved a Daniel James spot kick as Poland dashed Wales’ hopes and won a penalty shootout 5-4 to qualify for Euro 2024 as the last country through from the playoff finals this morning.

Niclas Fuellkrug headed in an 85th minute goal to give Euro 2024 hosts Germany a 2-1 comeback victory over Netherlands in their international friendly this morning and make it two victories from two matches in the past four days.

France rallied from an early deficit to beat Chile 3-2 thanks to goals from Youssouf Fofana, Randal Kolo Muani and Oliver Giroud in a friendly at the Stade Velodrome this morning.

Eight Ba players are in the 25 member Digicel Fiji Under 20 Women’s team and five from Tailevu Naitasiri.

With his nation still under attack from Russia, Ukraine coach Serhiy Rebrov said reaching the Euro 2024 finals would bring “a bit of happiness” in the difficult circumstances.

Iraq and Australia ensured their progress to the third round of Asia’s 2026 World Cup preliminaries this morning with wins against the Philippines and Lebanon respectively, while South Korea edged closer with a 3-0 win over Thailand.

Jude Bellingham’s last-gasp equaliser spared England a second successive Wembley defeat after defensive errors threatened to cost them dearly in the friendly against Belgium, holding them 2-all.

Georgia qualified for Euro 2024 thanks to a 4-2 shootout win over Greece after a tense playoff final ended 0-0 following extra time this morning as they made history by reaching their first major tournament.

Brazilian soccer player Dani Alves was released from a Barcelona prison on Monday after posting bail of 1 million euro ($1.09 million) bail over his conviction for the rape of a woman in a nightclub’s restroom in 2022.

South Korean soccer player Son Jun-ho, who had been detained in China since May 2023, has recently been released and returned home, South Korea’s foreign ministry said on Monday.

Football districts around the country have had to postpone their local club competitions due to the recent unfavourable weather.

Brazil star winger Vinicius Junior says he feels “less and less” like playing football because of the repeated racist abuse he has suffered.