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AC Milan’s team celebrates after winning the Italian Super Cup final against Inter Milan in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on January 6, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Serie A might consider India as a potential host for the Italian Super Cup, in an effort to broaden the tournament’s global audience, the Italian league’s commercial and marketing … Read more

Inter Milan’s Marcus Thuram. File | Photo Credit: Reuters France striker Marcus Thuram has been ruled out of the Nations League quarterfinal against Croatia because of a left ankle injury. Thuram showed up at France’s training camp on Monday and underwent medical tests that ruled out the Inter Milan forward. Coach Didier Deschamps decided against … Read more

Sunil Chhetri has come out of international retirement. | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO: AFP The Indian senior men’s football team will be trying to get over the disappointments of 2024 when it resumes its international calendar by taking on Maldives in a friendly at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here on Wednesday. This will also … Read more

  Lionel Messi in action for Inter Miami against Atlanta United in an MLS match, on March, 16, 2025 | Photo Credit: AP Lionel Messi will miss Argentina’s World Cup qualifiers against Uruguay and Brazil over the next eight days because of an injury to his adductor. The 37-year-old Messi was not included in the … Read more

  Newcastle’s Bruno Guimaraes, left, and Joelinton pose with the trophy after winning the EFL Cup final soccer match between Liverpool and Newcastle at Wembley Stadium in London, Sunday, March 16, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Newcastle ended their 56-year trophy drought in stunning style as Dan Burn and Alexander Isak sealed a 2-1 win … Read more

  Ferran Torres of FC Barcelona, right, celebrates scoring his team’s fourth goal with teammate Gavi during the La Liga match against Atletico de Madrid on March 16, 2025 in Madrid, Spain. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Atletico Madrid relinquished a two-goal lead in its 4-2 loss to Barcelona in the Spanish league in another … Read more

  Kylian Mbappe of Real Madrid gestures during the LaLiga match between Villarreal CF and Real Madrid CF at Estadio de la Ceramica on March 15, 2025 in Villarreal, Spain. | Photo Credit: Getty Images After a slow start to his Real Madrid career, Kylian Mbappé has already surpassed one of the club greats. Mbappé … Read more

  Paris St Germain coach Luis Enrique instructs winger Desire Doue during the Champions League Round of 16 match against Liverpool on March 11, 2025 | Photo Credit: Reuters Will this finally be the year for Paris Saint-Germain? The year when more than a decade of spending lavishly on players can at last bring the … Read more

  Aston Villa’s Marco Asensio celebrates scoring the team’s third goal with teammates Marcus Rashford and Youri Tielemans during the Champions League Round of 16 second leg against Club Brugge on March 12, 2025 | Photo Credit: Reuters Aston Villa marched into the Champions League quarter-finals on Wednesday (March 12, 2025) with an easy 3-0 … Read more

Atletico Madrid’s Marcos Llorente and Julian Alvarez in action with Real Madrid’s Jude Bellingham | Photo Credit: Reuters A slip, a double touch, a missed penalty. Just like that, Atletico Madrid endured yet another heartbreaking loss to rival Real Madrid in the Champions League. Julián Álvarez slipped and double-touched the ball while taking his penalty … Read more

Action from the HFC-KBFC match. | Photo Credit: ISL In what could be the final match of Hyderabad FC’s existence, it was held to a 1-1 draw by Kerala Blasters in an Indian Super League clash at the GMC Balayogi Athletic Stadium on Wednesday. Both teams started with a spring in their step. Seven minutes … Read more

Liverpool’s Darwin Nunez has his shot saved by Paris St Germain’s Gianluigi Donnarumma during the penalty shoot-out of the Champions League Round of 16 second leg at Anfield, Liverpool, on March 11, 2025 | Photo Credit: Reuters Gianluigi Donnarumma came through and Paris Saint-Germain defeated Liverpool in a penalty shootout to join Barcelona, Bayern Munich … Read more

Manchester United unveiled plans on Tuesday to build the “world’s greatest” soccer stadium. A proposed 100,000-seater arena, costing around 2 billion pounds ($2.6 billion), would be built next to United’s current Old Trafford home and surpass Wembley Stadium as the biggest in the United Kingdom. “Manchester United is the world’s most favorite football club and, … Read more

Lallianzuala Chhangte nets Mumbai’s opening goal past the Bengaluru ’keeper Sahil Poonia in their Indian Super League match at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium in Bengaluru on March 11, 2025. | Photo Credit: K. MURALI KUMAR Defending champion Mumbai City FC entered the 2024-25 Indian Super League playoffs at the expense of Odisha FC following a … Read more

Hyderabad FC will look to end the season on a high against Kerala Blasters. With both teams out of playoff contention, Hyderabad FC and Kerala Blasters will look to end their disappointing seasons on a positive note when they face each other in their final 2024-25 Indian Super League match here on Wednesday. Punjab FC’s … Read more

Mumbai City FC will look midfielders like Jon Toral, right, to deliver in the crucial away match against Bengaluru FC on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Mumbai City FC will be desperate for the solitary point it needs to qualify for the Indian Super League playoffs when it meets Bengaluru FC at the Sree … Read more

Atletico Madrid’s Jose Maria Gimenez in action with Getafe’s Mauro Arambarri at Estadio Coliseum, Getafe, Spain on March 9, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters Atletico Madrid stumbled to a 2-1 defeat by Getafe on Sunday (March 9, 2025) in a significant blow to their La Liga title ambitions. Diego Simeone’s side, second, would have gone … Read more

The national side needs a goal scorer and there is no better player in the country to do the job than Sunil Chhetri, the present coach of the senior Indian men’s football team, Manolo Marquez, said about his decision to coax the iconic striker out of retirement. “At this moment he is the best Indian striker. I … Read more

Mohun Bagan players celebrate with the League Shield. | Photo Credit: DEBASISH BHADURI Mohun Bagan Super Giant celebrated its ISL League Shield triumph with a 2-0 win over FC Goa in its final league outing at the Salt Lake Stadium here on Saturday. The result helped Mohun Bagan tally a record 56 points from 24 … Read more

FIFA President Gianni Infantino presents President Donald Trump with the new FIFA Club World Cup official ball in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, on March 7, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP President Donald Trump created a task force Friday (March 7, 2025) to prepare for the 2026 World Cup, which will … Read more

File picture of Newcastle United’s Sven Botman. | Photo Credit: Action Images via Reuters Newcastle United have suffered an injury blow after Dutch centre back Sven Botman was ruled out for eight weeks due to a knee problem, manager Eddie Howe said on Friday. The injury comes as Newcastle are pushing for a European spot … Read more

Bayern Munich’s Harry Kane scores third goal from the penalty spot during the first leg match against Bayer Leverkusen in the Champions League Round of 16 on March 5, 2025, in Allianz Arena, Munich, Germany. | Photo Credit: Reuters With more than two thirds of the season played, in-form Bayern Munich are eight points clear … Read more

Mohun Bagan players during a practice session. | Photo Credit: DEBASISH BHADURI Mohun Bagan Super Giant will look to complete its league-stage campaign with a win when it hosts second-placed FC Goa in the ISL at the Salt Lake Stadium here on Saturday. Mohun Bagan retained the League Shield by notching a record 16 wins, … Read more

Kerala Blasters players greet fans after the game. | Photo Credit: THULASI KAKKAT Kerala Blasters pulled off a stunning 1-0 win over defending champion Mumbai City in the ISL at the Nehru Stadium here on Friday with Ghanaian Kwame Peprah scoring the match-winner with a beauty early in the second half. The win in its … Read more

Described as “a wise decision” by the sport’s national federation, Sunil Chhetri’s return from international retirement at 40 is certainly an acknowledgement of his greatness in Indian football but more strikingly, it lays bare the paucity of quality strikers in a country of over 1.4 billion. No amount of praise is too high for the … Read more

Bayern Munich’s Manuel Neuer receives medical attention after sustaining an injury on March 5, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters Bayern Munich goalkeeper Manuel Neuer has torn a calf muscle, the club said on Thursday, after celebrating a goal in the 3-0 Champions League last-16 first-leg win over Bayer Leverkusen. Neuer was taken off in the … Read more

File picture of Neymar. | Photo Credit: Reuters Brazil have recalled Santos forward Neymar for this month’s World Cup qualifiers against Colombia and Argentina after more than a year, the soccer federation announced on Thursday. The 33-year-old sustained a knee injury in Brazil’s World Cup qualifier against Uruguay in October 2023 and has struggled to … Read more

Sunil Chhetri will don the India colours again. | Photo Credit: File photo: R.V. MOORTHY Former India captain Sunil Chhetri has decided to come out of retirement to help the national team in its third round of qualifiers of the AFC Asian Cup 2027, against Bangladesh on March 25. On Thursday, the All India Football Federation … Read more

Fight for pride: Blasters, already out of the playoff race, will be keen on giving something to cheer for the fans. | Photo Credit: THULASI KAKKAT Kerala Blasters FC play a very hungry Mumbai City in its last ISL home game at the Nehru Stadium here on Friday. While Blasters are no longer in the … Read more