World soccer's governing body FIFA has relaxed its normal rules about player-release for internationals because of the pandemic and worries about the impact of long-distance travel to areas with high case-rates. Clubs are expected to keep their (...)
Australia and Qatar, the two non-South American sides due to take part in this year's Copa America, have pulled out of the tournament, the secretary general of the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) said on Tuesday.
The two teams were (...)
Pyramids FC announced on Monday that they have signed Uruguayan striker Diego Rolan from the Spanish team Deportivo de La Coruña on loan without disclosing the financial details.
The 27-year-old striker started his football career in the Defensor (...)
Liverpool attempted to address its injury crisis in central defense by signing an unheralded player from England's second division on Monday.
It is a move Ben Davies, a 25-year-old left-sided center half who plays for Preston in the Championship, (...)
A coronavirus vaccine candidate developed by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) was found to be safe and triggered immune responses in early and mid-stage trials, researchers said on Tuesday.
A late-stage trial of the ZF2001 vaccine, which CAS is (...)
More than 70.6 million people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally and 1,600,791 have died, according to a Reuters tally.
Infections have been reported in more than 210 countries and territories since the first cases (...)
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Brazil's captain put their impressive 5-0 win over Bolivia down to the single-minded way the five-times world champions addressed their opening World Cup qualifier in Sao Paulo on Friday.
“Without a doubt, we have to highlight the fact that we took (...)
FIFA decided on Thursday that clubs can stop their players from participating in international matches until the end of the year depending on COVID-19 conditions in the countries to which they are traveling.
The announcement comes one week before (...)
Russia's sovereign wealth fund and its partner Chemrar will supply the COVID-19 drug Avifavir to 17 additional countries, the fund said in a statement on Thursday.
Avifavir gained approval from the Russian health ministry in May and is based on (...)
Lionel Messi can play in Argentina's opening World Cup qualifier next month because the statute of limitations has run out on the ban he was given during last year's Copa America, the president of the Argentine Football Association (AFA) said on (...)
Authorities in China have found the novel coronavirus on the packaging of imported frozen seafood that arrived from the port city of Dalian, which recently battled a surge of cases, a local government said on Tuesday.
The virus was found on the (...)
Facebook on Wednesday removed 50 personal and professional pages connected to U.S. President Donald Trump's longtime adviser Roger Stone, who is due to report to prison next week.
The social media platform said Stone and his associates, including a (...)
For months, experts have warned of a potential nightmare scenario: After overwhelming health systems in some of the world's wealthiest regions, the coronavirus gains a foothold in poor or war-torn countries ill-equipped to contain it and sweeps (...)
Egypt has on Friday signed up the World Health Organisation's (WHO) COVID-19 Technology Access Pool (C-TAP), a global initiative aimed at making vaccines, tests, treatments and other health technologies to fight coronavirus accessible to all.
The (...)
New coronavirus cases dropped to zero in China for the first time Saturday but surged in India and overwhelmed hospitals across Latin America - both in countries lax about lockdowns and those lauded for firm, early confinement. The virus hit a (...)
The coronavirus pandemic accelerated across Latin America, Russia and the Indian subcontinent on Friday even as curves flattened and reopening was underway in much of Europe, Asia and the United States.
Many governments say they have to shift their (...)
Egypt has issued a joint statement with 16 countries demanding the elimination of nuclear weapons, to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT).
The joint statement was also released to mark the (...)
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that the country will be sending ventilators to Ecuador, El Salvador, and Indonesia.
“Just spoke to my friend, President Joko Widodo of the Republic of Indonesia. Asking for Ventilators, which we will (...)
Reported cases of the coronavirus have crossed 2.57 million globally and 178,574 people have died, according to a Reuters tally as of 1400 GMT on Wednesday.
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* The US House of Representatives will pass Congress' latest (...)
The cronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak as well as lower oil and commodity prices along with lower demand and disruptions in global value chains will impact the Egyptian economy and the Middle East region (ME), said the International Monetary (...)
The Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in addition to lower oil and commodity prices along with lower demand and disruptions in global value chains will impact the Egyptian economy and the Middle East region (ME), said the International (...)
A growing number of countries around the world have been evacuating or planning to evacuate diplomatic staff and citizens from areas hit by the new coronavirus.
Following are some countries' evacuation plans, and how they aim to manage the health (...)
The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank on Monday said they stood ready to help member countries address the human and economic challenges of the fast-spreading coronavirus outbreak, including through emergency funding.
In a joint (...)
The rapid spread of the new coronavirus has increased fears of a pandemic, sending global markets into a dive last week and prompting governments to step up control measures.
* As of Sunday, there have been over 86,500 cases of the virus (...)