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While the European clubs don't tend to tinker much with their squads in January, the Chinese big guns are turning the heads with their spending prowess in the winter transfer window.

Gonzalo Higuain hit a brace either side of Paulo Dybala's first-half spot-kick as Juventus moved four points clear of Roma on Sunday with a comfortable 3-0 win over Bologna in Turin.

Captain Wayne Rooney will return to Manchester United's starting line-up for Saturday's FA Cup third-round game against Championship Reading as the defending champions begin their bid to win the trophy for a record 13th time.

Chelsea manager Antonio Conte expressed regret after his side's 13-game winning run in the Premier League was ended by a 2-0 defeat at Tottenham Hotspur on Wednesday.

There are certain tricks that other players dream of pulling off some day in their career and then there is Barcelona forward Lionel Messi for whom it's a weekly affair.

Jermain Defoe kept up Sunderland's fight to avoid relegation as he converted two penalties to give the Black Cats a 2-2 home draw with Liverpool after the visitors led twice in a rip-roaring Premier League clash on Monday.

India women's football team will look to continue their SAFF Championship dominance when they open their campaign against Afghanistan in a Group B encounter.

Bengaluru FC's runners-up finish at the AFC Cup was a rare moment of glory in what was another year of discontent for Indian football even though the national team climbed to its best FIFA rankings in the last six years.

Bayern Munich defender Mats Hummels dyed his hair blond for Wednesday's 3-0 top-of-the-table win over RB Leipzig after losing a bet at the Oktoberfest beer festival, he revealed.

Doyen Sports, one of football's major transfer market dealers, ploughed funds into prostitution, kickbacks and tax evasion schemes, the latest Football Leaks report claimed Friday.

Two years ago when the ISL was launched, Kerala Blasters lost to Atletico de Kolkata in the final in Mumbai by a solitary goal.

Manchester United will take on Saint-Etienne in the last 32 of the Europa League, with Jose Mourinho's side hosting the French club in the first leg, after Monday's draw.

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has labelled it unfair that teams he believes are inferior to his side are higher in the Premier League table.

Spanish football giants Real Madrid and FC Barcelona are reportedly interested in acquiring the services of Manchester United forward Anthony Martial.

Alli was widely lambasted for his theatrical fall that won Spurs a first-half penalty in their 5-0 rout of Swansea at White Hart Lane on Saturday.

Despite several promising performances under Mourinho, United are currently seventh in the Premier League table.