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The season-opening Super Cup will kick off from October 25 in Goa, an official of the All India Football Federation (AIFF) said on Tuesday (September 23, 2025). All the Indian Super League clubs except Odisha FC have agreed to take part in the tournament. The ISL clubs will be joined by four I-League teams — … Read more

Héctor Daniel Cabrera with Kerala sports minister Abdurahiman at the Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium in Kochi on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: R.K. Nithin Hector Daniel Cabrera, the venue manager of Argentina Football Association, paid a visit to the Jawaharlal Nehru international stadium in Kochi on Tuesday, inspected the facilities and assessed the security at the … Read more

Argentine football star Lionel Messi seen with his teammates. File | Photo Credit: Getty Images The Argentina football team, along with star player Lionel Messi, will most likely play a match against Australia in Kochi when the South American squad visits Kerala in November, official sources in the Sports department said. No date has been … Read more

Paris Saint-Germain’s French forward Ousmane Dembele and Barcelona’s Spanish midfielder and Ballon d’Or 2024 winner Aitana Bonmati pose after receiving the Ballon d’Or awards during the 2025 Ballon d’Or France Football award ceremony at the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris on September 22, 2025. | Photo Credit: AFP Ousmane Dembele was named the world’s best … Read more

The India under-17 men’s team beat Pakistan 3-2 at the Racecourse International Stadium in Colombo on Monday (September 22, 2025) to go to the top of Group-B in the SAFF under-17 Championship 2025. Both sides had already confirmed their places in the semifinals after winning their first two matches. Substitute Rahan Ahmed scored the winner … Read more

Former athlete Usain Bolt will trade his running spikes for football boots as he is set to visit India for a unique exhibition match in Mumbai on October 1, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters Sprint legend Usain Bolt will trade his running spikes for football boots as he is set to visit India for a … Read more

A goal by Erling Haaland was perhaps to be expected. What Manchester City did next certainly wasn’t. With an ultra-defensive performance so unlike a team coached by Pep Guardiola, City came close to holding out against Arsenal for the most unusual of wins in a Premier League match between two title contenders on Sunday (September … Read more

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah unveils the new Jersey of Real Kashmir Football Club on the occasion of International Peace Day, at TRC Football Stadium, in Srinagar, Sunday, September 21, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Sunday underlined the need to establish peace in the Union Territory (UT), … Read more

Village-level football matches organised in Assam’s Bodoland Territorial Region. The third photo shows football players during an indigenous festival. Photo: Special Arrangement Implementing government schemes, ensuring service delivery, and monitoring projects are not the only responsibilities of the Village Council Development Committees (VCDCs) across Assam’s Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR). They are also sports talent hunters … Read more

Manchester United’s Bruno Fernandes, third from right, celebrates with his teammates after winning the end of the English Premier League soccer match between Manchester United and Chelsea at the Old Trafford stadium in Manchester, England, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Manchester United beat Chelsea 2-1 in a chaotic Premier League match at … Read more

Former Bayern Munich and Germany central defender Jerome Boateng | Photo Credit: Reuters Former Bayern Munich defender Jerome Boateng, a World Cup winner with Germany in 2014, announced his retirement from professional football late on Friday (September 19, 2025). The 37-year-old, who made 76 appearances for Germany between 2009-18, spent 10 years at Bayern after … Read more

File picture of Kalyan Chaubey, president, All India Football Federation | Photo Credit: ANI Executive Committee to complete term; reforms include tenure cap, cooling-off period, and women’s representation The Supreme Court on Thursday (September 18, 2025) directed the All India Football Federation (AIFF) to convene a general body meeting within four weeks to adopt its … Read more

Manchester City’s Erling Haaland (centre) celebrates with teammates after scoring the opening goal during the Champions League opening phase soccer match between Manchester City and Napoli at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, England, on September 18, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Another goal, another record for Erling Haaland. The Manchester City striker became the … Read more

Marcus Rashford proved the perfect replacement for Lamine Yamal in Barcelona’s 2-1 win at Newcastle in the Champions League, and Kevin De Bruyne watched mostly from the sideline as Napoli lost 2-0 at his former club Manchester City. With Yamal missing through injury, Rashford — a loan signing from Manchester United — got a start … Read more

Is it a good sign that Liverpool is getting the better of its opponents without being at its absolute best? How do you evaluate the side’s early season late winners? Is it champion mentality, or just the Reds getting the rub of the green? Whether it be the four last-gasp wins in the Premier League … Read more

Title holder Paris Saint-Germain roared to victory in the Champions League on Wednesday (September 18, 2025), and Liverpool found yet another late winning goal in its stunning start to the season. Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk soared to score with a header in the second minute of stoppage time to seal a 3-2 win over … Read more

Real Madrid’s Kylian Mbappe shoots a high ball next to Marseille defenders during a Champions League opening phase soccer match between Real Madrid and Marseille at Santiago Bernabeu stadium, in Madrid, on September 16, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Kylian Mbappé converted two penalties and 10-man Real Madrid came back to beat visiting Marseille 2-1 … Read more

The India U-17 men’s national team began their SAFF U-17 Championship title defence in an emphatic fashion, cruising to a 6-0 victory over Maldives in their opening Group B match in Colombo on Tuesday (September 16, 2025). The Blue Colts were clinical and commanding from the first whistle as they sliced through the Maldives defence … Read more

Annayev struck the winner for the visiting side. | Photo Credit: DEBASISH BHADURI Mohun Bagan Super Giant failed to rise to expectations as it went down by a solitary goal to Turkmenistan side Ahal FK in the opening Group-C fixture of the AFC Champions League 2 at the Salt Lake Stadium here on Tuesday. Substitute Enver … Read more

All in readiness: Bagan has trained its energy in proving its merit at the continental level. | Photo Credit: DEBASISH BHADURI Mohun Bagan Super Giant starts its campaign at the Asian stage by taking on Turkmenistan’s Ahal FK in the opening Group-C league match of the AFC Champions League 2 at home in the Salt … Read more

Manchester City is back to winning ways. Manchester United is back to square one. City utterly dominated the 197th Manchester derby on Sunday (September 14, 2025), winning 3-0 on another humbling day for United coach Ruben Amorim. It could have been so much worse for the red half of Manchester as City threatened … Read more

Barcelona’s Robert Lewandowski (left) celebrates after the VAR confirmed his side’s 6th goal with Marc Casado during a Spanish La Liga soccer match between FC Barcelona and Valencia at the Johan Cruyff stadium in Barcelona, Spain, on September 14, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Raphinha, Robert Lewandowski and Fermín López scored two goals each as … Read more

Resolute, defensively solid, substance over style, and making the most of every opportunity — that is how Khalid Jamil played his football and that is also how his Indian team has gone about business so far. Khalid, who was born in Kuwait and moved to India after Iraq’s invasion of the West Asian country, was … Read more

File picture of Manchester United’s Andre Onana | Photo Credit: Action Images via Reuters Manchester United goalkeeper Andre Onana joined Turkish club Trabzonspor on a season-long loan on Thursday (. Onana was left out of United’s first three Premier League games of the season and was pushed further down the pecking order by the transfer … Read more

Registration is now open to participate in the ticket lottery for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, which will be held in Mexico, the United States, and Canada, with the opening match taking place at the Azteca Stadium in Mexico City on June 11, 2026. | Photo Credit: AFP More than 1.5 million ticket applications from … Read more

A view of the FIFA World Cup 2026 trophy. A record 48 teams will play in the 2026 World Cup co-hosted by the United States, Mexico and Canada. Photo: Wikipedia A record 48 teams will play in the 2026 World Cup co-hosted by the United States, Mexico and Canada. Tunisia qualified for a third straight … Read more

Tunisia players celebrate after their win during a football match. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Mohamed Ali Ben Romdhane sent Tunisia to the World Cup with a goal in the fourth minute of injury time that secured a 1-0 win over Equatorial Guinea on Monday (September 8, 2025) in qualifying. Romdhane was teed up by … Read more