AFC Awards night: Afif and Seike reign supreme

IMAGE: Qatar's Akram Afif celebrates after winning the AFC Asian Cup. Photograph: Molly Darlington/Reuters Qatar's Akram Afif has been named the Asian Football Confederation's Player of the......

Afif, Kumagai named Asian footballers of the year

IMAGE: Japan’s Saki Kumagai was named Asian Player of the Year at the Asian Football Confederation's annual awards in Hong Kong on Monday. Photograph: Darren Staples/Reuters Qatar's......

FIFA Women's WC: Netherlands, Italy through to quarters

Martens sends Netherlands through to maiden quarter-finals IMAGE: Netherlands' Lieke Martens celebrates. Photograph: Lucy Nicholson/Reuters The Netherlands reached the women’s World Cup......

Mbappe in race with Ronaldo, Messi for FIFA player of the year

IMAGE: Mbappe was joined by compatriot Antoine Griezmann and Raphael Varane on the 10-man shortlist. Photograph: Pilar Olivares/Reuters France's World Cup star Kylian Mbappe joined regulars......

Japan shock US to win women's World Cup

Japan won the women's World Cup on Sunday for the first time, stunning the heavily favoured United States 3-1 on penalties after a 2-2 draw in extra time. Japan was in need of a good news story......