Lebanon's national basketball team beat Angola 74-70 on Thursday to clinch a semifinal spot in the Olympic qualifying tournament that will be held in Valencia, Spain.

Omari Spellman scored 22 points and grabbed 13 rebounds. Karim Zeinoun meanwhile added 15, including a personal 7-0 run early in the fourth quarter when he turned a game that was tied at 49 into one in which Lebanon led 56-49 — and it wouldn't trail again.

After advancing further than ever in World Cup qualifying, the Palestinian soccer team is determined to host a game for a change.

The football association has proposed playing games in the third stage of its Asian qualification campaign in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and already has support from a number of its opponents, starting against Jordan on Sept. 10.

Cristiano Ronaldo vs. Kylian Mbappé.

A clash of soccer icons. A clash of generations.

The Netherlands could be peaking at just the right time.

The Dutch team reached its first European Championship quarterfinal in 16 years with a 3-0 win over Romania on Tuesday after its best performance by far at Euro 2024.

Police in the German city of Frankfurt are investigating a video that appears to show a fan being punched and kicked while being detained by a group of Euro 2024 security personnel at Portugal's game with Slovenia.

Lionel Messi won't be in Argentina's squad at the Olympics starting later this month in Paris.

Coach Javier Mascherano included four World Cup winners in the squad he announced Tuesday, including striker Julián Álvarez and defender Nicolás Otamendi.

Brazil will celebrate a national "King Pelé Day" on Nov. 19 every year, marking the date the football great scored what he considered to be the 1,000th goal of his career in 1969.

The Brazilian government's official publication said Tuesday that President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva had passed a law sanctioning the national tribute to the three-time World Cup winner. The Brazilian football great died on Dec. 29, 2022, at the age of 82.

Kylian Mbappé has had more masks than goals at the European Championship.

The France captain is struggling with his peripheral vision in the masks that were fitted to protect his broken nose from his country's opening game at Euro 2024.

Cristiano Ronaldo has confirmed this year's European Championship will be the last of his career.

The Portugal superstar, who is 39, is playing at the Euros for a record sixth time and has helped his country reach the quarterfinals — where Kylian Mbappé and France await in Hamburg on Friday.

Kylian Mbappé felt like he was in a virtual reality game when playing in a mask to protect his broken nose at the European Championship.

The France star was smiling while telling the story Sunday on the eve of facing Belgium in the round of 16.