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Osuji finds the back of the net for Punjab. | Photo Credit: R.K. Nithin Kerala Blasters FC plunged to a new low at home on Saturday, losing 1-3 to Punjab FC in the ISL match at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here. Punjab killed the contest in the first half with three goals and wiped out … Read more

Bemammer will be vital for CFC in the middle of the park. | Photo Credit: Chennaiyin FC The last time Chennaiyin FC played at home — against Jamshedpur FC on March 9, 2025 — there was normal service in the Indian Super League. But the landscape has changed significantly over time. The ISL has undergone … Read more

Manchester United’s Harry Maguire is sent off during a Premier League match against AFC Bournemouth, on March 20, 2026 | Photo Credit: AP Manchester United defender Harry Maguire was shown a red card ​for conceding the penalty that led to Bournemouth grabbing ‌a 2-2 Premier League draw at the ​Vitality Stadium on Friday (March 20, … Read more

Cristiano Ronaldo #7 of Portugal. File. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Injured Cristiano Ronaldo was ruled out of the ​Portugal squad named by Roberto ‌Martinez on Friday (March 20, 2026) for this ​month’s friendlies against Mexico ⁠and the United States. The Al-Nassr forward was injured against Al-Fayha in ‌the Saudi Pro League earlier this month, … Read more

Tottenham Hotspur’s Cristian Romero and Kevin Danso. File image: Action Images via Reuters Relegation-haunted Tottenham face a crunch clash against fellow strugglers Nottingham Forest as the fight for Premier League survival reaches boiling point. With leaders Arsenal and second-placed Manchester City meeting in the League Cup final on Sunday, the focus in the top flight … Read more

Noufal scored what proved to be the winner. | Photo Credit: ISL Mumbai City FC carved out a narrow yet impressive 1-0 win over defending champion Mohun Bagan Super Giant in an ISL encounter at the Salt Lake Stadium on Friday. The only goal came from winger Noufal P.N., who struck midway through the first … Read more

In focus: KBFC’s latest recruit, Taison Singh, will be eager to impress. | Photo Credit: X@KeralaBlasters Kerala Blasters endured one of its worst starts to an ISL season with four consecutive losses. However, a stoppage-time equaliser by Muhammed Ajsal snapped the losing streak in an away encounter against East Bengal. KBFC will hope to revive … Read more

FIFA logo is seen in front of its headquarters in Zurich. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Female soccer coaches will get more chances to work at the Women’s World Cup and other tournaments after FIFA passed a new rule. FIFA said on Thursday (March 19, 2026) it will require at its women’s tournaments that “at … Read more

Nikola Stojanovic celebrates his equaliser. | Photo Credit: X@IndSuperLeague Sporting Club Delhi’s first home game of the 2025-26 Indian Super League (ISL) season against Jamshedpur FC produced a 1-1 draw at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here on Thursday. SC Delhi forward Joseph Sunny’s 21st-minute opener was nullified by Nikola Stojanovic’s strike in the 89th minute … Read more

Italy is coming off a record performance at the Winter Olympics. Kimi Antonelli just became the second youngest driver at 19 to win a Formula One race and is considered The Next Big Thing in auto racing. The Azzurri rugby squad beat England for the first time in the Six Nations. Jannik Sinner is back … Read more

Lionel Messi of Inter Miami shoots during the CONCACAF Champions Cup Round of 16 Second Leg match between Inter Miami CF and Nashville SC at Chase Stadium on March 18, 2026 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida | Photo Credit: Getty Images via AFP Lionel Messi has reached another milestone, getting his 900th career goal in the … Read more

Barcelona scored seven and Liverpool revived its season with four goals to flip tight Champions League games on Wednesday (March 18, 2026)into big wins sending them to the quarterfinals. Atletico Madrid survived a pulsating Tottenham fightback to make it Spain 3, England 0 in round-of-16 clashes this week. Bayern Munich had it easiest of all, … Read more

For Indian Super League (ISL) club Sporting Club Delhi, the 2025-26 season presents a two-pronged challenge. In addition to ensuring that the results on the pitch are desirable, it has to forge a fresh identity that resonates with the national capital and its football fans.  Having existed as Hyderabad FC since the onset of the … Read more

Real Madrid’s Vinicius Junior celebrates scoring against Manchester City in the Champions League at the Etihad Stadium | Photo Credit: Reuters Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain quickly snuffed out hopes of epic comebacks by Manchester City and Chelsea in the Champions League. Instead, it was tiny Bodø/Glimt on the receiving end of a historic second-leg … Read more

Senegal’s Idrissa Gueye calls players to walk off the ptich during the Africa Cup of Nations final match between Senegal and Morocco, in Rabat, Morocco, on January 18, 2026 | Photo Credit: AP Morocco were declared Africa Cup of Nations champions and Senegal were stripped ‌of the title after an appeal over the result of … Read more

Cava was flowing before the votes had even begun to be counted, and it was spilling everywhere when the counting was done, and long after that too, Barcelona’s president reelect Joan Laporta exuberantly shaking a bottle of it in the early hours of Monday morning in his beloved party venue Luz de Gas. The battle … Read more

Neymar’s absence comes after the 34-year-old missed a recent game for Santos FC due to muscle fatigue. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters Neymar was left out of the latest Brazil squad ​named by coach Carlo Ancelotti on Monday (March 16, 2026) for this month’s friendlies, as ‌the five-time world champions continue their preparations for ​the … Read more

Brentford’s Igor Thiago celebrates scoring during the English Premier League soccer match between Brentford and Wolverhampton Wanderers in London, on March 16, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP Igor Thiago celebrated his first call-up to the Brazil squad by scoring Brentford’s second goal in a 2-2 thriller against Wolves in the Premier League. Nearing halftime, the … Read more

FIFA’s logo is seen in front of its headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland. Image for representation | Photo Credit: Reuters Iran’s football federation is “negotiating” with FIFA to relocate the country’s first-round matches at the World Cup to Mexico from the United States, citing the conflict in West Asia, Iran’s embassy in Mexico said on Monday … Read more

Arsenal, which eked out a draw against Leverkusen, will be expected to win at home and progress. File. | Photo Credit: AP Kings of the league phase, England’s six Champions League sides were made to look like paupers in the first legs of the last 16 as they failed to muster a win between them. … Read more

Joan Laporta gestures as he celebrates after being elected president of FC Barcelona following the soccer club’s presidential election in Barcelona, Spain, early on March 16, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP Joan Laporta was reelected as the president of FC Barcelona for another five years after winning a leadership vote among members of the Spanish … Read more

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File picture of Argentina players celebrate a win | Photo Credit: AP UEFA said that the game between South American champion Argentina and European champion Spain, known as Finalissima, which was supposed to be held in Qatar, has been canceled after the widening West Asian war. The game was scheduled to be held in Doha … Read more

Iranian women’s football team captain Zahra Ghanbari (4th R) posing with other members of the Iranian women’s football team to claim asylum in Australia. File | Photo Credit: Australia department of Home Affairs via AFP The captain of the Iranian women’s football team which played in the Asian Cup in Australia has withdrawn her bid … Read more

Atalanta’s Nikola Krstovic in action with Inter Milan’s Stefan de Vrij | Photo Credit: Reuters Inter Milan suffered another wobble in their bid to reclaim the Serie A title after Saturday’s 1-1 draw with Atalanta, who bounced back from Champions League humiliation against Bayern Munich. Nikola Krstovic earned a point for Atalanta by scoring in … Read more

BFC forward Sunil Chhetri, right, and Bagan defender Aldred involved in an aerial duel | Photo Credit: K. MURALI KUMAR A lively encounter between Bengaluru FC and Mohun Bagan Super Giant, witnessed by more than 20,000 open-throated fans at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium, ended in a goalless draw here on Saturday. The result preserved Bagan’s … Read more

Sreenidi Deccan’s goalkeeper Kamaljit Singh kept a clean sheet against Gokulam Kerala in the IFL match at Manjeri. John Kennedy started. Dimitris Dimtriou took charge as coach. And another match at home. There were several things going for Gokulam Kerala, but all that didn’t prove enough. Gokulam lost 0-1 to Sreenidi Deccan in the Indian … Read more