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The statue at Lake Town, Kolkata, shows Lionel Messi holding the FIFA World Cup trophy | Photo Credit: ANI A 70-foot iron statue of football icon Lionel Messi, claimed as the largest ever of the Argentine superstar, was completed by the Sree Bhumi Sporting Club at Lake Town in South Dum Dum, Kolkata. The statue … Read more

All Indian Super League (ISL) clubs, except East Bengal, have replied to the All India Football Federation (AIFF) explaining that talks of hosting the league would be futile if constitutional constraints are not resolved at the earliest. The letter, sent on Thursday, comes a day after AIFF’s Deputy Secretary General, M. Satyanarayan, wrote to the … Read more

Liverpool’s Dominik Szoboszlai celebrates scoring their first goal with Liverpool’s Alexis Mac Allister | Photo Credit: Reuters Liverpool bounced back from a damaging row with Mohamed Salah by beating Inter Milan 1-0 on Tuesday (December 9, 2025) and kicking their Champions League campaign back into life. Dominik Szoboszlai’s late penalty gave the Reds a huge … Read more

Manchester United’s Bruno Fernandes scores the team’s fourth goal from the penalty spot, against Wolverhampton Wanderers in the Premier League, on December 8, 2025 | Photo Credit: Reuters Manchester United climbed to sixth in the Premier League on Monday (December 8, 2025) as captain Bruno Fernandes scored twice to help them claim a comfortable 4-1 … Read more

Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah smiles as he takes part in a training session in Liverpool, England, Monday, Dec. 8, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Arne Slot insisted that his relationship with Mohamed Salah has not broken down even after dropping the star attacker from Liverpool’s trip to face Inter Milan in the Champions League. “That’s not … Read more

Borussia’s Aaron Anselmino, second from right, and Hoffenheim’s Wouter Burger challenge for the ball during a Germany Bundesliga soccer match between Borussia Dortmund and TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, in Dortmund, Germany, Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Borussia Dortmund cemented third place in the Bundesliga with a comfortable 2-0 win over Hoffenheim on Sunday … Read more

Making it a habit: FC Goa won its third Super Cup crown. | Photo Credit: AIFF In a tense finish, FC Goa prevailed 6-5 in a penalty shootout over East Bengal to retain the AIFF Super Cup and punch its ticket to next season’s AFC Champions League 2 once again. Both teams couldn’t be separated … Read more

David Beckham poses with the MLS Cup trophy with Inter Miami forward Lionel Messi in Fort Lauderdale, Fla on December 6, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Inter Miami secured their first MLS Cup crown on Saturday (December 6, 2025), beating the Vancouver Whitecaps 3–1 at Chase Stadium as Rodrigo De Paul and Tadeo Allende struck … Read more

Munich’s Harry Kane, right, plays the ball during the German Bundesliga soccer match between VfB Stuttgart and FC Bayern Munich in Stuttgart, Germany, Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Harry Kane was substituted in at the hour mark and still had enough time to score a hat trick on Saturday (December 7, 2025). … Read more

The World Cup final will kick off at 3 p.m. EDT next July 19 at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. FIFA announced the start times for the tournament’s 104 matches on Saturday (December 6, 2025), a day after the draw for the expanded 48-nation tournament. The kickoff time allows for prime-time viewing in … Read more

All to play for: Goa gaffer Manolo Marquez and EBFC coach Bino George ahead of the Super Cup final. | Photo Credit: X@IndianFootball Ahead of the AIFF Super Cup final, there was no escaping the fact that it was defending champion FC Goa, with more competitive football under its belt and home comforts, which enters … Read more

The United States could hardly have asked for a better draw at the 2026 World Cup. The co-host should expect to stick around at its own party until at least the round of 32 after being grouped with Paraguay, Australia and the winner of a European playoff between Turkey, Slovakia, Kosovo and Romania in Friday’s … Read more

Former NFL player Tom Brady shows Brazil during the draw for the 2026 World Cup at the Kennedy Center in Washington, on December 5, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP After months of anticipation, the 2026 FIFA World Cup draw on Friday gave us a much clearer picture of how next summer’s tournament — the first … Read more

President Donald Trump is presented with the inaugural FIFA Peace Prize by FIFA President Gianni Infantino during the 2026 FIFA World Cup draw at the Kennedy Center, on December 5, 2025, in Washington | Photo Credit: AP President Donald Trump was awarded the new FIFA peace prize on Friday (December 5, 2025) at the 2026 … Read more

Holders Argentina and leading contenders Spain were handed kind draws for the 2026 World Cup in a star-studded ceremony at which U.S. President Donald Trump received FIFA’s new peace prize. The event at the Kennedy Centre in Washington started the final countdown to the tournament, six months out from the first-ever 48-team World Cup. Lionel … Read more

For the best part of a decade, Liverpool’s right flank has been inhabited by Mo Salah. In that time, the curly-haired Egyptian, with a wand of a left foot, has been the attacking heartbeat and the conductor of the orchestra that the Anfield faithful have merrily swooned to. Dribbling past a maze of defenders, fashioning … Read more

Real Madrid’s Trent Alexander-Arnold. File | Photo Credit: Joan Monfort Real Madrid defender Trent Alexander-Arnold is set to miss the next two months after suffering a thigh muscle injury in his left leg, the club said on Thursday (December 4, 2025). The Englishman had an MRI scan on Thursday (December 4), which confirmed the severity … Read more

Tom Brady. File. Photo: Getty Images via AFP Sports legends from outside of soccer, including football’s Tom Brady, basketball’s Shaquille O’Neal, hockey’s Wayne Gretzky and current All-Star baseball player Aaron Judge, will assist with the World Cup draw on Friday (December 5, 2025) in Washington, D.C. FIFA announced on Wednesday (December 3, 2025) the lineup … Read more

Arsenal’s Bukayo Saka, right, scores his sides second goal during the English Premier League soccer match between Arsenal and Brentford in London on December 3, 2025 | Photo Credit: AP Arsenal edged out Brentford 2-0 to restore their five-point lead at the top of the Premier League on Wednesday as Chelsea slumped to a 3-1 … Read more

FC Goa had an unprecedented start to its AIFF Super Cup semifinal when its skipper Iker Guarrotxena was shown a red card in the tunnel for dissent. But that was the only downside on the night as it overcame Mumbai City FC 2-1 to make the final for a second straight year. Two quick-fire goals … Read more

Union Minister Mansukh Mandaviya. File | Photo Credit: PTI Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya stepped in to resolve the crisis in Indian football by holding meetings with its many stakeholders in New Delhi on Wednesday (December 3, 2025), promising a way out of the ongoing policy paralysis and state of financial disaster but not before asking … Read more

Manchester City’s Erling Haaland celebrates scoring against Fulham | Photo Credit: Reuters Manchester City’s Erling Haaland became the fastest player to reach 100 Premier League goals with his blistering left-footed strike in the 17th minute of a wild 5-4 victory at Fulham on Tuesday (December 2, 2025). City winger Jeremy Doku crossed to the big … Read more

Semifinal action in the AIFF Super Cup gets underway at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Margao on Thursday. | Photo Credit: X@Indian Football After almost a month-long break, teams have hit the reset button and will go again in the chase for the continental spot when the AIFF Super Cup semifinals get underway on Thursday … Read more

Satadru, Negre, Parvathi, Flannery and Dr. Rohin, pose the Messi’s iconic No.10 jersey at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement With Lionel Messi set to land here on December 13, the promoters of the GOAT Tour made their way to the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium on Tuesday, the proposed venue of … Read more

Spain’s Aitana Bonmati. File | Photo Credit: AP Three-time Ballon d’Or winner Aitana Bonmati fractured her leg in training with Spain’s national team on Sunday (November 30, 2025). The injury rules her out of Tuesday’s (December 2, 2025) Women’s Nations League final against Germany. The teams drew 0-0 in the first leg on Friday (November … Read more

File photo of Argentine football star Lionel Messi. | Photo Credit: Reuters Young fans in Kolkata are eagerly awaiting the arrival of Lionel Messi, with many of them spending several thousand rupees on tickets to join the crowd of spectators at the football legend’s event in the city on December 13. The Argentine footballer will … Read more

Real Madrid’s Kylian Mbappe reacts during a Spanish La Liga soccer match between Girona and Real Madrid, in Girona, Spain, on November 30, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Real Madrid failed to return to the top of the Spanish league on Sunday (November 30, 2025) after being held 1-1 at relegation-threatened Girona. Kylian Mbappé converted … Read more

Arsenal’s Mikel Merino scores their first goal in the match against Chelsea on November 30, 2025. Photo: Action Images via Reuters. Mikel Merino rescued Arsenal as the Premier League leaders battled to a 1-1 draw against 10-man Chelsea in a heavyweight title clash, while Alexander Isak finally scored his first top-flight goal for troubled Liverpool … Read more