Nico Hidalgo was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2021. Getty Spanish footballer Nico Hidalgo has died aged 32 following a lengthy battle with lung cancer, his former clubs said on Saturday.

South Korean international footballer Hwang Ui-jo has received a suspended jail term for filming sexual encounters with a woman without her consent, the country’s Yonhap news agency said.

A BRAZILIAN footballer has died moments before he was set to play a match. Tributes have poured in for Gabriel Popo after he passed away aged 26. Gabriel Popo has passed away aged 26 Popo was ...

Former Chelsea midfielder Joe Cole thinks Arsenal youngster Ethan Nwaneri is probably the “most exciting footballer in Europe” right now. The Gunners destroyed PSV Eindhoven on Tuesday night ...

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A Nigerian asylum seeker and former footballer, Quaham Babatunde, was tragically stabbed to death in Dublin, Ireland, during a violent incident in the early hours of Saturday morning. It was ...

Nick Campo's family has welcomed the guilty pleas. A teenager has pleaded guilty over a fatal crash that killed a young footballer in Perth's south last year. The 18-year-old, who can't be named ...

Brazilian footballer Gabriel Popo has tragically passed away at the age of 26, just moments before he was due to play in a match. It is understood that the player suffered a medical emergency and ...

Guo had been playing in a game against Spanish side RC Alcobendas at a camp organised by the Beijing Football Association. Guo, an academy recruit of Chinese Super League (CSL) club Beijing Guoan ...

Ex-England midfielder Cole also hailed Nwaneri as the ‘most exciting footballer in England and maybe Europe’. Arsenal battered Champions League rivals PSV (Picture: Getty) ‘For me ...

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Against Feyenoord in midweek, Inzaghi went with a back three of Benjamin Pavard, Stefan de Vrij, and Francesco Acerbi. Alessandro Bastoni started on the left flank, where there have been no players ...