2026 World Cup: Denmark may boycott the tournament if the US invades Greenland

If Danish footballers qualify for the World Cup in the United States, Mexico and Canada in the March play-offs, and the United States invades Greenland, Denmark will most likely boycott the tournament.more

Dawid Kubacki took 25th place in today's Ski Jumping World Cup competition in Sapporo, Japan. Domen Prevc of Slovenia won. Naoki Nakamura of Japan was second, and his compatriot Ren Nikaido was third.more

The Manchester derby at Old Trafford is the biggest event in the top football leagues this weekend. Spanish league leaders Barcelona will play away against Real Sociedad, while in Germany, third-placed RB Leipzig will host Bayern Munich, who are aiming for another title.more

Barcelona, ​​with Robert Lewandowski coming off the bench, won 2-0 away against second-division Racing Santander and advanced to the quarter-finals of the Spanish Cup.more

AC Milan won 3-1 away against Como in the outstanding match of the Italian top league and strengthened their second position in the table, reducing the gap to the leading local rivals - Inter - to three points.more

Iga Świątek will begin her Australian Open Grand Slam tournament, which begins on Sunday, January 18, with a match against one of the players who advanced through qualifying. The draw for the main event in Melbourne took place on Thursday.more

FC Porto, thanks to a goal from Jan Bednarek, defeated Benfica Lisbon 1-0 in the quarterfinals of the Portuguese Cup. Jakub Kiwior also played for the "Dragons." 17-year-old Oskar Pietuszewski, recently acquired from Jagiellonia Białystok, also made his first appearance for the national team.more

Goalkeeper Robert Sanchez made errors that contributed to two of Arsenal's three goals in a dramatic Carabao Cup semi-final first leg - but Alejandro Garnacho scored twice to keep Chelsea in the tie. more

Inter Milan defeated Lecce 1-0 at San Siro in a long-overdue match in the Italian top flight. The goal was scored by 20-year-old Francesco Pio Esposito. Polish international Piotr Zieliński played the entire match for the Nerazzurri.more

Real Madrid, led for the first time by coach Alvaro Arbeloa, unexpectedly lost 3-2 away to second-division side Albacete in the round of 16 of the Spanish Cup.more

Bayern Munich defeated Jakub Kamiński's FC Köln 3-1 away in the 17th round of the German Premier League. Earlier, Kamil Grabara's VfL Wolfsburg defeated FC St. Pauli 2-1 at home. Adam Dźwigała provided an assist for the visiting team.more

Manchester City won 2–0 away against defending champions Newcastle United and now have the advantage in the two-legged tie to advance to the English League Cup final. The second leg is scheduled for 4 February. In the other tie, London teams Arsenal and Chelsea are competing. The first match is today.more

AS Roma, with Jan Ziółkowski playing until the end of the first half, lost 2–3 to Torino in front of their home crowd in the round of 16 of the Italian Cup. The winners will face Inter Milan, whose player is Piotr Zieliński, in the next round.more

Borussia Dortmund won 3-0 at home against Werder Bremen in the 17th round of the German top flight and consolidated their position as runners-up. They have accumulated 36 points and are eight points behind leaders Bayern Munich. Today, the defending champions will face FC Cologne, where Jakub Kamiński plays.more

Michael Carrick will coach Manchester United until the end of the current season, the club announced yesterday. He will replace Ruben Amorim, who was dismissed last week.more

Zlatan Ibrahimović's eldest son, 19-year-old Maximilian, has been loaned by AC Milan to Ajax Amsterdam, where his father began his international football career and played from 2001 to 2004.more

Liverpool have advanced to the 4th Round of the English FA Cup (Football Association Challenge Cup). In the 3rd Round, the English Premier League titleholders hosted Barnsley and won 4-1.more

Paris Saint-Germain, defending the trophy, unexpectedly lost to local rival Paris FC 0-1 in front of their home crowd and were eliminated from the French Cup in the round of 16.more

Real Madrid have parted company with Xabi Alonso and replaced him with Alvaro Arbeloa; decision comes a day after Real lost to Barcelona in Spanish Super Cup final in Saudi Arabia; Real are second in LaLiga, four points behind Barcelona and seventh in the Champions League.more

World number one tennis player Aryna Sabalenka extended her lead over second-place Iga Świątek to 2,662 points. The Belarusian won the tournament in Brisbane on Sunday, while the Polish player finished the United Cup with three wins and two losses.more

Inter Milan, with Piotr Zieliński playing until the 62nd minute, drew 2-2 at home with champions Napoli in the top match of the 20th round of the Italian top flight. The Polish midfielder previously played for the Naples club, from where he moved to San Siro.more

Robert Lewandowski scored a goal for Barcelona, which defeated Real Madrid 3–2 in the final of the Spanish Super Cup in Jiddah, defending the trophy. Raphinha scored two goals for the winners. Wojciech Szczęsny was the reserve goalkeeper for the Catalan team.more

Manchester United players ended their participation in the FA Cup in the third round, i.e. the 1/32 finals. Yesterday, they lost 1-2 at home to Brighton and Hove Albion, with one of the goals for the visitors scored by former ‘Red Devils’ player Danny Welbeck.more

Kacper Tomasiak took 11th place in the Ski Jumping World Cup competition in Zakopane. Kamil Stoch made the last jump of the competition at Wielka Krokiew, taking 42nd place. The winner was Anze Lanisek from Slovenia, who received the trophy from President Karol Nawrocki on the podium.more

Cristiano Ronaldo gave his fiancée Georgina Rodriguez a valuable Christmas present. The footballer purchased two luxury villas with a total value of around €10 million. The properties are located on Nujum, an extremely exclusive private island in the Red Sea.more

Katarzyna Kawa and Jan Zieliński defeated Belinda Bencic and Jakub Paul 6:4, 6:3 in the mixed doubles, and Poland beat Switzerland 2:1 in the final of the United Cup tennis tournament in Sydney. This is the first victory for the White and Reds in this competition, having lost the previous two finals.more

Whitewater kayaker Klaudia Zwolińska was named Poland's best athlete of 2025 in the 91st edition of the Przegląd Sportowy poll. Tennis player Iga Świątek and volleyball player Wilfredo Leon were also among the top three. The traditional Sports Champions Gala was held at the Grand Theatre - National Opera.more

Kacper Tomasiak and Dawid Kubacki took third place in the team event at the Ski Jumping World Cup in Zakopane. The winners were Austrians Jan Hoerl and Stephan Embacher, ahead of Slovenians Timi Zajc and Anze Lanisek.more