Sweden drew 1-1 with Japan in their final match to set up an unenviable Round of 32 tie with France, who are among the ...

Alexander Isak has been representing another nation at the World Cup this summer despite appearing for Sweden - who qualified ...

Alexander Isak is playing in his first World Cup tournament with Sweden, but he is also representing another nation.

This year, some 55 refugee athletes from 13 countries, including Luna Solomon, Habtom Amaniel and Tesfay Felfele, have been ...

For years, the Nile dispute revolved around dams, water allocations and a legal agreement that was never signed. Today, Cairo is increasingly viewing the river through a maritime lens as well.

BARCELONA superstar Lamine Yamal paid tribute to his parents’ heritage while playing for Spain in the World Cup. Yamal, 18, made his debut in the competition on Monday as a second-half ...

When eritrea’s national football team returned home from South Africa in April, seven of its players did not. It was not the first time. Plenty of the 3.5m or so people living in the reclusive ...

Ethiopia’s growing ambitions are drawing two of its most vigilant neighbours closer together, as Cairo and Asmara deepen cooperation from the Nile dispute to Red Sea security.