Sport

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

Italy’s Sandro Tonali runs with the ball during a World Cup qualifier soccer match between against Israel at the Nagyerdei Stadium in Debrecen, Hungary, on September 8, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Sandro Tonali scored a stoppage-time winner as Italy won a chaotic nine-goal thriller against Israel 5-4 and dodged another big setback in its … Read more

Netherlands’ Memphis Depay acknowledges fans after the match against Lithuania at the FIFA World Cup qualifiers on September 8, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters Memphis Depay became the Netherlands’ outright all-time top scorer with two goals in a 3-2 win at Lithuania in World Cup qualifying. Depay scored his 51st and 52nd goals for the … Read more

Cristiano Ronaldo’s quest to play in a record sixth World Cup began in spectacular fashion with two goals as Portugal made a winning start to its qualifying campaign by routing Armenia 5-0. Ronaldo’s goals extended his record as the highest scorer in men’s international football to 140 and underlined his enduring motivation to keep setting … Read more