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  Football Plus Academy, through a press release on Saturday, announced that the ticket-sale for the highly anticipated Brazil Legends-India All-Stars football match to be held at 7 p.m. on March 30 at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here, will begin on BookMyShow at 4 p.m. on March 2. Members of Brazil’s legendary 2002 FIFA World … Read more

  Kerala Blasters’ interim head coach T.G. Purushothaman with midfielder Dusan Lagator in Kochi on Friday. | Photo Credit: Stan Rayan With their chances of qualifying for the ISL playoffs very slim, Kerala Blasters will be hoping for a large slice of luck and praying that the teams above them do very badly. Currently ninth … Read more

  Fenerbahce coach Jose Mourinho. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters Fenerbahce manager Jose Mourinho was given a four-match ban and fined by the Turkish Football Federation following his comments about Turkish referees after a match at Galatasaray. The Turkish federation on Thursday (February 27, 2025) fined the 62-year-old Portuguese coach 1.6 million Turkish lira ($44,000) … Read more

  Liverpool’s Alexis Mac Allister (10) celebrates with Mohamed Salah and Dominik Szoboszlai after scoring the team’s second goal against Newcastle in the Premier League match on February 26, 2025 | Photo Credit: Reuters Liverpool opened up a 13-point lead in the Premier League with a 2-0 victory over Newcastle United as closest pursuers Arsenal … Read more

  On a roll: East Bengal posted its third successive victory to rise to eighth in the standings. | Photo Credit: PTI  East Bengal FC kept its Indian Super League (ISL) play-off chances alive with a hard-fought 2-0 win over Hyderabad FC at the Salt Lake Stadium here on Wednesday. Own goal East Bengal found … Read more

Atletico Madrid’s Alexander Sorloth scores the team’s fourth goal against Barcelona in the first leg of the Copa del Rey semifinal on February 25, 2025 | Photo Credit: Reuters Barcelona and Atletico Madrid both rallied from two goals down in a frantic 4-4 draw in the first leg of the Copa del Rey semifinals on … Read more

Inter Miami forward Lionel Messi. File | Photo Credit: AP Major League Soccer fined Inter Miami captain Lionel Messi an undisclosed amount on Tuesday (February 25, 2025) for placing his hand on a New York City FC assistant coach’s neck. Also Read | Rampant Messi hits another hat-trick as Miami break MLS points record The … Read more

Roma’s Alexis Saelemaekers celebrates scoring during the Serie A soccer match between Roma and Monza at the Rome’s Olympic stadium, Italy, Monday February 24, 2025 | Photo Credit: Alfredo Falcone Mallorca scored a dramatic stoppage time equalizer at Sevilla to salvage a 1-1 draw in La Liga on Monday (February 24, 2025). The result moved … Read more

Borussia Dortmund legend Paul Lambert, who had marked and successfully contained Zinedine Zidane in the 1996-97 Champions League final to help the Black and Yellow defeat Juventus 3-1, was on his first visit to India for a short training camp with the Murugappa Youth Football Academy (MYFA) at the end of January. Lambert, who has … Read more

Making a difference: Bheke’s goal in the first half was enough for BFC to walk away with the three points. | Photo Credit: K. MURALI KUMAR Rahul Bheke’s 37th-minute strike helped Bengaluru FC notch up a narrow 1-0 win over Chennaiyin FC and seal an Indian Super League playoffs berth at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium … Read more

File picture of UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin, right, shaking hands with Russian member of executive committee Alexander Dyukov during the 48th UEFA congress | Photo Credit: AP Russia will no longer have a seat on the influential UEFA executive committee after the European football body’s elections in six weeks. Also, Norwegian official Lise Klaveness is … Read more

Edgar Antonio Mendez will be a key player for Bengaluru FC in the ISL match against Chennaiyin FC. | Photo Credit: K. MURALI KUMAR Bengaluru FC will hope to take a giant stride towards qualifying for the Indian Super League playoffs when it meets Chennaiyin FC at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium on Tuesday. Placed fourth … Read more

Battle for possession: Bagan’s Ralte, right, and Odisha’s Kannoly Praveen vie for the ball. | Photo Credit: PTI  A capacity Salt Lake Stadium exploded in wild celebrations as Dimitri Petratos fetched the winner in the third minute of added time to help Mohun Bagan SG prevail over 10-man Odisha FC by a solitary goal in … Read more

Newcastle United’s Bruno Guimaraes celebrates after the match | Photo Credit: Reuters Newcastle United scored four goals in 11 first-half minutes to keep alive their Champions League qualification hopes with a thrilling 4-3 victory over Nottingham Forest at St James’ Park on Sunday (February 23, 2025) but had to hold on under heavy pressure in … Read more

Bayern dominated proceedings and duly took the lead through Michael Olise before the break. | Photo Credit: Reuters Bayern Munich substitute Serge Gnabry grabbed a late goal to cap a 4-0 win over third-placed Eintracht Frankfurt that consolidated the Bavarian powerhouse’s Bundesliga lead. Gnabry fired the ball through Frankfurt goalkeeper Kevin Trapp’s legs in the … Read more

West Ham United’s Jarrod Bowen scores their first goal | Photo Credit: Reuters Arsenal’s Premier League title challenge was dented by an unexpected 1-0 home loss to West Ham on Saturday (February 22, 2025) that featured a fifth red card of the season for Mikel Arteta’s team. Second-place Arsenal squandered a chance to trim the … Read more

Lal Chungnunga celebrates after scoring East Bengal FC’s third goal in the Indian Super League match against Punjab FC in New Delhi on Saturday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Defensive blunders and profligacy in attack have been recurring problems for Punjab FC in its meandering Indian Super League (ISL) campaign. It didn’t show much improvement … Read more

File picture of Kylian Mbappe of Real Madrid and Jose Gimenez of Atletico de Madrid in action during the LaLiga match between Real Madrid CF and Atletico de Madrid. The Madrid rivals will meet in the Champions League Round of 16 | Photo Credit: Getty Images A Madrid derby. A German classic. A rare meeting … Read more

Out of control: Majcen & Co. need other results to go their way to sneak into the playoffs. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT When a team’s hopes of qualification for the Indian Super League playoffs rest on mathematical miracles entailing undue favours from other teams, it is very much clutching at straws. With four matches … Read more

Lionel Messi celebrates after scoring Inter Miami’s goal during a 2025 Concacaf Champions Cup first leg match between Sporting Kansas City and Inter Miami at Sporting Park on February 19, 2025 in Kansas City | Photo Credit: Getty Images via AFP Lionel Messi scored from the right side of the box in the 56th minute … Read more

Kylian Mbappe of Real Madrid celebrates scoring his team’s third goal and his hat trick with teammate Jude Bellingham during the UEFA Champions League 2024/25 League Knockout Play-off second leg match between Real Madrid C.F. and Manchester City at Santiago Bernabeu Stadium on February 19, 2025 in Madrid, Spain | Photo Credit: Getty Images Real … Read more

Barcelona’s Robert Lewandowski celebrates after scoring his side’s opening goal during a Spanish La Liga match against Rayo Vallecano at the Lluis Companys Olympic Stadium in Barcelona | Photo Credit: AP Barcelona returned to the top of the Spanish league on goal difference after Robert Lewandowski’s first-half penalty secured a 1-0 win over Rayo Vallecano. … Read more

Guilherme of Santos celebrates with teammate Neymar after scoring the team´s third goal during a match between Santos and Agua Santa as part of Campeonato Paulista 2025 at Urbano Caldeira Stadium (Vila Belmiro) on February 16, 2025 in Santos, Brazil. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Neymar scored his first goal for Santos since returning to … Read more

Liverpool v Wolverhampton Wanderers | Photo Credit: Reuters Liverpool moved seven points clear at the top of the Premier League as Luis Diaz ended his goal drought to spark a tense 2-1 win against struggling Wolves on Sunday. Arne Slot’s side got back on track after an unexpectedly poor week thanks to Diaz’s first goal … Read more

Mahesh, Crespo & David found the mark for East Bengal. | Photo Credit: DEBASISH BHADURI East Bengal FC returned to winning by downing its city rival Mohammedan SC 3-1 in an ISL fixture at the Salt Lake Stadium here on Sunday. Naorem Mahesh Singh found the lead in the first half before substitutes Saul Crespo … Read more

Osasuna’s Ante Budimir celebrates after scoring his side’s first goal during a Spanish La Liga soccer match between Osasuna and RealMadrid at El Sardar stadium in Pamplona, Spain, Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Jude Bellingham’s use of an English expletive to curse at the referee left Real Madrid a man down and unable to … Read more

Arsenal celebrates after scoring their second goal during the English Premier League football match between Leicester City and Arsenal at King Power Stadium in Leicester, central England on February 15, 2025 | Photo Credit: AFP Arsenal ignored their injury woes to close the gap on Premier League leaders Liverpool as Mikel Merino inspired a 2-0 win against Leicester, … Read more

 Maclaren scores one of his two goals. | Photo Credit: Thulasi Kakkat   Kerala Blasters failed to break its jinx at home against Mohun Bagan Super Giant and succumbed to a 3-0 defeat in the ISL, putting the play-off hopes in jeopardy at the Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium here on Saturday. A brace from Jamie Maclaren … Read more