Libya is set to host the first international football match on its soil in seven years next week after African football chiefs lifted security restrictions on the country.

Former Italy midfielder Daniele De Rossi has joined the national team's coaching staff to assist Roberto Mancini, the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) announced on Thursday.

An Olympics under the dark cloud of Covid-19 may not be the experience athletes had hoped for, but they are still eager to grab their chance to shine, be there fans or not.

The Football Association was guilty of inexcusable "institutional failings" in delaying the implementation of child safeguarding measures between 1995 and 2000, an independent review of historical sexual abuse has found.

Luis Suarez, despite his Champions League goal drought, and Joao Felix, whose future is in question, will start together as Atletico Madrid try to fight back in their second leg at Chelsea, coach Diego Simeone said on Tuesday.

Argentina star Angel Di Maria has signed a one-year extension to his contract with Paris Saint-Germain, tying him to the club until June 2022, the French champions announced on Friday.

Max Verstappen laid down an early marker ahead of the world championship on the opening day of pre-season F1 testing in Bahrain on Friday while Lewis Hamilton suffered a nightmare start as a sandstorm swept across the Sakhir track.

Jorge Sampaoli eyes a second win in four days to begin his Marseille tenure, while Atletico Madrid, Inter Milan and RB Leipzig face key games in their respective title pursuits ahead of a Seville derby intensified by the battle for Champions League football.

Real Madrid thwarted Atletico in the derby, Bayern Munich triumphed in the 'Klassiker' and AC Milan kept up the pressure on Inter in Serie A. Meanwhile Joan Laporta is back at Barcelona.

Atletico Madrid squandered the chance to inflict a heavy blow on Real Madrid's La Liga title hopes on Sunday as Karim Benzema's late equalizer earned the champions a 1-1 draw and kept them in the race at the top.