India were on Sunday crowned champions of the SAFF U-17 Women’s Championships, despite suffering a 3-4 loss to Bangladesh in their last league match here on Sunday. This was India’s lone defeat in the tournament which was played among four countries in a double round-robin format. India topped the league table with 15 points after … Read more
Manchester City’s James Trafford in action as he makes a save. | Photo Credit: Reuters Manchester City blew the lead in a shock 2-1 defeat at Brighton that extended their troubled start to the Premier League season, while Liverpool braced for their blockbuster clash with title rivals Arsenal on Sunday. City striker Erling Haaland marked … Read more
Indian players during the CAFA Nations Cup match against Tajikistan, on August 29, 2025. Source:X/@IndianFootball Gurpreet Singh Sandhu stood tall under the bar with a series of stunning saves, including a spot-kick, as India, under new coach Khalid Jamil, beat higher-ranked Tajikistan 2-1 in their opening match of the CAFA Nations Cup football tournament on … Read more
Tottenham Hotspur chairman Daniel Levy had a complicated decision to make after the 2024-25 season. Coach Ange Postecoglou had just secured the club’s first silverware in 17 years, but the team had also endured a dreadful Premier League campaign. Would the Europa League triumph outweigh a 17th-place finish, Tottenham’s worst since it was relegated in … Read more
Poland’s Robert Lewandowski. File | Photo Credit: AP Robert Lewandowski will return to Poland as its captain after a row with the previous coach led the Barcelona star to quit the national team. New coach Jan Urban included Lewandowski in his squad on Friday for upcoming World Cup qualifiers, saying that his nation’s all-time top … Read more
Arsenal’s Kai Havertz. File. Photo: Action Images via Reuters Arsenal forward Kai Havertz has had a knee operation, but the Premier League giants are upbeat about the Germany international’s prospects of a swift recovery. Havertz, 26, missed Arsenal’s 5-0 thrashing of Leeds at the Emirates last Saturday (August 23, 2025) with an injury he sustained … Read more
File picture of Jose Mourinho with Fenerbahce during a Europa League match | Photo Credit: Reuters Jose Mourinho left his role as coach of Fenerbahce on Friday (August 29, 2025), two days after failing to qualify the Turkish club for the Champions League. Fenerbahce was eliminated by Benfica in the playoff round after a 1-0 … Read more
Mohun Bagan Super Giants won the last ISL. File | Photo Credit: FSDL The Supreme Court of India, on Thursday (August 28, 2025), reserved its verdict regarding the All India Football Federation (AIFF) constitution yet again, adding that it will pass the final judgement on Monday (September 1, 2025). The AIFF constitution case has been … Read more
Grimsby Town’s Charles Vernam celebrates scoring the team’s first goal against Manchester United in the League Cup on August 27, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters Manchester United sank to a new low under Ruben Amorim by getting eliminated by fourth-tier Grimsby Town after a marathon penalty shootout in the second round of the English League … Read more
Inter Miami forward Lionel Messi celebrates with his teammates after defeating Orlando City in the semifinal of the League Cup in Fort Lauderdale on August 27, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Lionel Messi scored twice late on as Inter Miami fought back to beat Orlando City 3-1 and reach the final of the Leagues Cup … Read more
Indian football is staring at an international ban with the world governing body FIFA and the Asian Football Confederation issuing a stern ultimatum to the embattled AIFF that it must adopt and ratify a new constitution by October 30 or risk suspension. In a hard-hitting two-page letter on Tuesday (August 26, 2025), addressed to AIFF … Read more
Dortmund’s head coach Niko Kovac. File | Photo Credit: AP Borussia Dortmund coach Niko Kovac has extended his contract by a year through June 2027. “Niko has thrown himself wholeheartedly into his role at BVB,” Lars Ricken, the club’s managing director for sport, said in a statement on Tuesday (August 26, 2025). “He knows football … Read more
Liverpool’s Rio Ngumoha celebrates after scoring his side’s third goal during the English Premier League soccer match between Liverpool and Newcastle United at St James’ Park, Newcastle, England, on August 25, 2025 | Photo Credit: AP Sixteen-year-old substitute Rio Ngumoha scored a sensational last-gasp winner as Liverpool overcame 10-man Newcastle 3-2 in a Premier League … Read more
Real Madrid’s Kylian Mbappe celebrates scoring their first goal | Photo Credit: Reuters Kylian Mbappe was again on target for Real Madrid as they overcame Real Oviedo 3-0 in La Liga on Sunday (August 24, 2025). For Oviedo, returning to Spain’s top flight after an absence of almost a quarter of a century, the arrival … Read more
AIFF Vice-President N. A. Haris, Indian men’s football team head coach Khalid Jamil and AIFF President Kalyan Chaubey at a press conference in Bengaluru on Monday. | Photo Credit: K. MURALI KUMAR Newly appointed Indian football team head coach Khalid Jamil has a tough task at hand. Jamil takes charge with the All India Football … Read more
Barcelona’s Pedri reacts after scoring during the La Liga soccer match between Levante and Barcelona in Valencia, Spain on August 23, 2025 | Photo Credit: AP Barcelona fought back from a two-goal deficit to win 3-2 at Levante with a late own-goal by the hosts in the Spanish league. Defending champion Barcelona needed Pedri González … Read more
Indian team celebrating their victory. Photo: Instagram/@indianfootball Anuskha Kumari scored a hat-trick as India thrashed hosts Bhutan 8–0 for their third consecutive win at the SAFF U17 Women’s Championships in Thimphu on Sunday (August 24, 2025). Besides Kumari’s (53rd, 61st, 73rd) stellar performance, Abhista Basnett (23rd, 89th) scored a brace while Pearl Fernandes (71st), Divyani … Read more
Al Nassr’s Cristiano Ronaldo in action during the Saudi Super Cup final soccer match against Al Ahli at the Hong Kong Stadium in Hong Kong, on August 23, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Cristiano Ronaldo became the first player to score 100 competitive goals for four different clubs on Saturday (August 23, 2025), though Al-Nassr … Read more
Bayern Munich’s Harry Kane applauds fans after the match | Photo Credit: Reuters Harry Kane hit a hat-trick, Michael Olise a double and newcomer Luis Diaz also scored as Bayern Munich thumped RB Leipzig 6-0 at home in the Bundesliga season opener on Friday (August 22, 2025). Bayern’s big-money arrivals, all brought in from the … Read more
Arsenal’s Viktor Gyokeres celebrates after scoring their side’s third goal of the game during the English Premier League soccer match between Arsenal and Leeds United at Emirates stadium in London, on August 23, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Arsenal striker Viktor Gyokeres netted his first two Premier League goals and defender Jurrien Timber scored twice … Read more
NEUFC dashed Diamond Harbour FC’s hopes of a dream debut. | Photo Credit: DEBASISH BHADURI NorthEast United FC ended the giant killing run of Diamond Harbour FC with a crushing 6-1 win in the final to retain the Durand Cup title in style, at the Salt Lake Stadium here on Saturday. Leading 2-0 in the … Read more
Tottenham’s Brennan Johnson celebrates after scoring during the Premier League soccer match between Manchester City and Tottenham in England on August 23, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Tottenham continued its flying start to the Premier League season under new coach Thomas Frank as Brennan Johnson and Joao Palhinha secured an impressive 2-0 victory at Manchester … Read more
Argentina’s Lionel Messi celebrates with teammates after their win in the penalty shootout against France on December 18, 2022. | Photo Credit: Getty Images They will. They will not. They will. They will not. Now, they indeed will. Lionel Messi’s Argentina will play a friendly football international in Kerala, after all. After several months of … Read more
The kids in a match of the RFYC Naupang league. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The fourth Reliance Football Young Champs (RFYC) Laupang League kicked off in Aizawl, with one of the brightest footballers from Mizoram, 18-year-old Cindy Remruatpuii Colney, doing the honour on Saturday. Cindy has already represented the country in the under-17 and … Read more
Argentina’s Lionel Messi celebrates with teammates after their win in the penalty shootout against France on December 18, 2022. | Photo Credit: Getty Images They will. They will not. They will. They will not. Now, they indeed will. Lionel Messi’s Argentina will play a friendly football international in Kerala, after all. After several months of … Read more
File picture of the ISL trophy on display during a match | Photo Credit: ISL The Supreme Court has asked the All India Football Federation (AIFF) and the Football Sports Development Limited (FSDL) to sort out the issue concerning the renewal of the master rights agreement, which has affected the Indian Super League this season. … Read more
Chelsea’s Moises Caicedo and Joao Pedro celebrate after a goal during the Premier League match between Chelsea and West Ham in London, on August 22, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Chelsea piled on the early season misery for West Ham and its under-fire manager Graham Potter by handing out a 5-1 thrashing in the Premier … Read more
File picture of Lionel Messi of Argentina celebrating a goal with teammates | Photo Credit: Getty Images After months of uncertainty surrounding Lionel Messi’s arrival in Kerala—announced and called off more than once to the dismay of football fans—Sports Minister V. Abdurahiman has officially confirmed that the Argentine legend will indeed lead his World Cup-winning … Read more
A dominant India scored once in each half to blank Bangladesh 2-0 and record their second straight win in the SAFF U-17 Women’s Championships in Thimphu on Friday (August 22, 2025). Pearl Fernandes (14th) and Bonifilia Shullai (76th) were the scorers for India, consolidating their top position in the group with six points from two … Read more
U.S. President Donald Trump holds an image of him and Russian President Vladimir Putin from their meeting in Alaska, as FIFA president Gianni Infantino stands, as President Trump makes an announcement on the 2026 FIFA World Cup, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., August 22, 2025. | Photo Credit: … Read more