Football

Many Real Madrid fans were disappointed when the club sold Angel Di Maria in 2014 and the Paris St Germain midfielder will be keen to remind them what they are missing in Champions League Group A on Wednesday.

UEFA chief Michel Platini on Monday admitted he had no written contract for a USD 2.0 million payment from FIFA president Sepp Blatter as his chances of replacing the Swiss veteran as head of the world body nosedived ahead of a key FIFA council meeting in...

Lorenzo Insigne had put Napoli in front less than one minute into the second half as they followed up a 2-1 win over Juventus and 4-0 demolition of AC Milan with another fine performance.

Ghanaian striker Richard Gadze's 87th minute strike gave Delhi Dynamos a hard-fought 1-0 win against Kerala Blasters in Kochi.

Neymar scored four goals and set up another in Barcelona's 5-2 win over Rayo Vallecano in the Spanish league on Saturday.

FIFA says allegations that Germany used bribes to secure the 2006 World Cup are "serious" and will be reviewed as part of its ongoing investigation into corruption in soccer.

Germany's winning bid for the 2006 World Cup was aided by bribes paid to FIFA executive committee members, the German newsweekly Der Spiegel reported.

Uruguay are leading the World Cup Russia 2018 South America Qualifiers with a perfect score after defeating Bolivia 2-0 in La Paz and Colombia 3-0 in Montevideo

Ahead of Friday's clash, Mumbai received a big blow with midfielder and first season's only hat-trick scorer Andre Moritz heading home for personal reasons.

Strikes Robin Singh scored on his Indian Super League debut as Delhi Dynamos beat FC Pune City 2-1 on Wednesday.

Krul will miss the rest of the season after rupturing his anterior cruciate ligament in the Netherlands' 2-1 win over Kazakhstan in a Euro 2016 qualifier on Saturday.

Ham, a midfielder for team Argentinos Juniors sustained fractures to his shinbone and fibula after Boca Juniors forward Carlos Tevez tackled him during a September 19 match.

"There's no hatred there. Gareth is a quiet guy. But I think Gareth can learn a little bit from Ronaldo as well, interacting maybe a little bit," his agent said.

The 74-year-old agreed that the sport has become highly competitive, but Pele said he would have been successful had he played in this generation.

Materazzi on Sunday dedicated his side's 4-0 win over FC Goa in a third round match of the Indian Super League football tournament to Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan, the father of club co-owner Abhishek.