PARIS — Real Madrid forward Karim Benzema won the Ballon d’Or award for the best player in the world on Monday, beating Robert Lewandowski, Sadio Mane and Kevin De Bruyne to the top prize. Benzema, who played a pivotal role in Real’s run to the Champions League title last season…

The Huskies will make playoffs with a 7-3-3 record heading into their final Canada West regular season game, but their final seeding depends on Sunday games across the conference…

Mayor Drew Dilkens and Ward 7 Coun. Jeewen Gill joined forces in their re-election campaigns on Friday, promising to deliver a new sports turf they said could help Windsor land a top-tier professional soccer franchise. Windsor TFC owner Vancho Cirovski, who joined the media conference at McHugh Park where the facility would be constructed…

Khvicha Kvaratskhelia is “just getting started” and “has the quality to make Napoli dream this season”, according to team-mate Victor Osimhen. Kvaratskhelia, who joined from Dinamo Batumi in July, has played an instrumental role in the Partenopei’s blistering start to the season. The Georgia international has scored seven goals and provided eight assists in all…

Milan’s never-say-die attitude was the key to victory as Sandro Tonali’s late goal gave the reigning champions a 2-1 away victory over Hellas Verona in Serie A. That is the view of head coach Stefano Pioli, whose team went ahead within nine minutes when Rafael Leao’s cross was turned into his own net by Miguel…

History has a (not so) funny way of repeating itself for the New York Red Bulls in the Audi MLS Cup Playoffs. For the fourth straight postseason, the Eastern Conference…

A truism of the Audi MLS Cup Playoffs is a simple one: Your best players have to be your best players. It’s simple, it’s self-evident and it’s boring. Of course…

Buckle up, it’s El Trafico time. One of the league’s most intense rivalries will be played out in the Audi MLS Cup Playoffs for only the second time, when Supporters’…