Football

Star football player Lionel Messi won the best player of the seventh edition of the Globe Soccer Awards here on Sunday, and FC Barcelona took home the best club prize.

Louis van Gaal hinted after United's feeble 2-0 loss at Stoke on Saturday that he could quit before being forced to relinquish the hot seat and the game against Chelsea could well be his last.

Sri Lanka struck in the final minute of the added injury time through Mohammed Rifnas to beat Nepal 1-0 and put one foot in the semi-finals of the South Asian Football Federation Championships.

Arsenal landed a meaty blow in the Premier League title race with a 2-1 win at home to rivals Manchester City on Monday that swept away a few more doubts about their title credentials.

Aston Villa displayed some fight to earn a 1-1 draw in torrential rain at Newcastle United on Saturday but their Premier League survival hopes grow bleaker by the week.

Lucas Perez equaled a club record for Deportivo La Coruna by scoring for a seventh straight Spanish league game to help earn a 2-0 win over Eibar on Saturday.

Former captain and current advisor to All India Football Federation, Bhaichung Bhutia has admitted that the eight-year old I-League has been a failure and feels that the "successful" Indian Super League should be given a few more seasons before a possible...

Chennaiyin have won 8 matches from their 16 outings so far but the most important one awaits them on Sunday against Zico's FC Goa.

In search of the 10th manager of his 12-year tenure as Chelsea owner, Abramovich appears no nearer to his dream of owning a self-sustaining, crowd-pleasing football team.

Madrid host struggling Rayo Vallecano on Saturday with Benitez under heavy pressure again following a loss at Villarreal in the previous round.

Neymar's chances of playing in the Club World Cup appeared to improve on Wednesday, as he trained for the first time since Barcelona arrived in Japan.

“Yes, I believe in miracles. We will have to attack, attack and attack and defend whenever we have the ball in possession tomorrow,” Habas said.

Qatar's 2022 FIFA World Cup committee chief Hassan Al-Thawadi said that the Gulf state does not expect to lose the World Cup, regardless of an ongoing investigation, amid allegations of corruption.

Manchester United and their under-fire coach Louis van Gaal face a tricky task against little-known Midtjylland in the last 32 of the Europa League following Monday's draw.

The closeness of this season's Premier League race has led Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini to predict that the title could be won by a team with less than 80 points for just the fourth time in the competition's history.

Juan Cuadrado scored against his former club to help Juventus beat Fiorentina 3-1 in Serie A on Sunday, as the Turin club's title challenge gathered pace.