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Could football change after the death of Jesus de Miguel?

Portuguese football legend Cristiano Ronaldo announced on Thursday he was retiring from international football at the age of 41. 

The final of Gaza’s ‘Thousand Martyrs’ Cup marks the return of organised football after nearly three years of war.

Mourners gather in Navahermosa to honour Tenerife player, whose death has united Spain’s football community in grief.

Portugal superstar Ronaldo calls time on international career after a falling-out with head coach Jorge Jesus.

Ronaldo, 41, ended an illustrious 23-year career that spanned six World Cups and six European Championships.

The BLVD is home to 250 enterprises, from banks, tattoo shops and restaurants to museums and a performing arts centre Passing through the Mojave desert on State Route 14, going by landscapes Hollywood uses to represent alien planets, a driver might not expect to find a walkable, tree-lined boulevard. But there are nine beautiful, leafy blocks on West Lancaster Boulevard, a piece of what used to be Highway 14. They were redeveloped as part of a mixed-use urban streetscape in the city of Lancaster, California in 2010. The BLVD, as it’s been rebranded, is home to 250 public and private enterprises, from banks, tattoo shops and restaurants to museums, a performing arts centre and a public library. City Hall is just a block south. The city invested $11.5m (£8.5m) to transform a busy thoroughfare into an inviting public space. The three lanes in the centre of the former five-lane road were replaced by a series of tree-lined ramblas – Spanish for “avenue” and “watercourse,” because dry stream beds served as streets in early cities. The redesign was planned and funded by the city of redevelopment agency. Within four years of completion, it had generated more than $270m in economic output, attracted $130m in investment, created hundreds of jobs and prompted the building or renovation of hundreds of housing units, according to the city. The revitalisation has also created more intangible benefits, residents say.. The city centre the feels like a gathering space, they said — somewhere where they can feel like part of a community. Continue reading...

Cristiano Ronaldo has announced his retirement from international football.

The announcement by the footballing legend comes just weeks after a public spat with Portugal coach Jorge Jesus over playing time.

The 41-year-old Portuguese legend says he will 'hand back the number 7 shirt' in social media post.

RC Lens suffered the heaviest defeat in the history of French football in European competition, losing 9-1 at home to Como in the Champions League. Having already been beaten by Club Brugge (3-0) and Sporting CP (2-0), Lens have now suffered three consecutive defeats in Europe.

Referees have red-carded 53 players and staff after a massive brawl in an under-20s football match in Brazil.

The suspect in a fire that nearly destroyed Limoges’s city hall offers a window into the radical activists fueling the protests.

The 30-year-old died on Tuesday following an on-pitch collision with Andorra goalkeeper Jesus Owono.

League delays matches after revised Asian Cup dates create 'additional flexibility in the domestic football calendar'.

Tenerife forward Jesus de Miguel has died following a collision with the opposing goalkeeper. The Spanish second division club has said it is "heartbroken" at the loss.

Chinese state broadcaster CCTV did not broadcast a Real Madrid La Liga match on Sunday after star forward Kylian Mbappé caused a furore in China with remarks he made about former leader Mao Zedong. FRANCE 24's correspondent Jan Camenzind Broomby reports.

‘I’m just happy to catch fish,’ Matthew Maurice says after landing 80cm barramundi as part of Northern Territory competition Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast A Darwin man is $1m richer after angling an 80cm, red-tagged barramundi during a night-time fishing trip with his brother. Matthew Maurice, a 26-year-old from the Northern Territory, had finished football training and decided to take a boat out on Thursday evening with his sibling, who was visiting from overseas. Continue reading...

Eight injured in shooting outside Legion Field Annual game draws huge crowds to Birmingham One person was killed and eight others were wounded in a mass shooting outside Legion Field after the annual Magic City Classic football game on Saturday night, police in Birmingham, Alabama, said. Michael Pickett, chief of the Birmingham Police Department, said most spectators and families had left the stadium property after the game, but the shooting happened nearby, where vendors were set up along Graymont Avenue. Continue reading...

Hundreds of adult gaming centres in England have bingo licences that still qualify them for discounted business rates Hundreds of high street “ slot farms ” could continue claiming a discount on their business rates, unless the government closes a loophole that allows them to pose as bingo halls. John Healey singled out adult gaming centres (AGCs) in his first budget this week, in which he increased duty on slot machine takings from 20% to 25%, claiming he was “raising taxes on gambling to support good growth on every high street”. Continue reading...

Vincent Kompany’s health concern is a reminder that elite football's pressures affect coaches too. Better support, clearer structures and mental health safeguards are increasingly vital.

Bayern Munich striker Harry Kane has won football's most prestigious individual prize, beating Kylian Mbappe and Lamine Yamal. Kane has developed even more in the Bundesliga despite an uneven league.

American football fans told NBC News their trips were mostly unaffected by demonstrations, giving Parisians a rare compliment for their welcoming demeanor.

Fabian Hürzeler is younger than his star player, a fellow Premier League German. But, contrary to his reputation in his homeland, Hürzeler has become a popular figure both on and off the pitch in England.

Expected global revenue of over $1 billion and new faces at the U17 World Cup show women's football is booming, but a recent report also highlights need for better structures globally.

Since being bought by the UAE in 2008, Manchester City has become one of the world's most successful football clubs. A raft of serious financial charges threatens to undermine this and bring chaos to the Premier League.