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Liverpool players huddle before a match. The English side faces a strong PSG in the Champions League quarterfinals | Photo Credit: Action Images via Reuters Football at its very best. That was Arne Slot’s memory of Liverpool’s richly entertaining meeting with Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League last season. OK, Liverpool ultimately went out, beaten … Read more

What an effort: Semkholun’s gut-busting run led to SC Delhi’s opening goal. | Photo Credit: SHASHI SHEKHAR KASHYAP Mohammed Aimen was all of 15 when he joined the Kerala Blasters academy in 2018. He spent the next eight years there, successfully graduating from the youth ranks into the senior team. Having switched to Sporting Club … Read more

For Sporting Club Delhi and Kerala Blasters, there is much ground to make up in the Indian Super League (ISL). When they lock horns at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here on Sunday, it is an opportunity for one of these teams to exploit the other’s frailties and grab all three points. As things stand, SC … Read more

Chelsea’s Enzo Fernandez said he would “look at ‌his ⁠options after the World Cup” and expressed a desire ⁠to live in Spain | Photo Credit: AP Chelsea have dropped their ‌record signing Enzo Fernandez for two matches after the ​midfielder publicly cast doubt over his future at ⁠Stamford Bridge, manager Liam Rosenior said on Friday. … Read more

Kerala calling: Ashley Westwood is excited to be back in India where he says he had his ‘first real taste of in-charge management’ a decade ago. | Photo Credit: Thulasi Kakkat Ashley Westwood is back in India. And he is glad to be back in the country where he had his first real taste of … Read more

Gennaro Gattuso. File picture | Photo Credit: Reuters Italy coach Gennaro Gattuso left his role by mutual consent on Friday (April 3, 2026), three days after the national team failed to qualify for a third consecutive World Cup. The Italian soccer federation announced the news in a statement thanking Gattuso “for the dedication and passion” … Read more

The Super League Kerala could very well have eight teams this season. “We will soon advertise inviting bids for the teams,” Navas Meeran, the KFA president and one of the men behind the launch of the league that has proved a surprise hit in little time, told The Hindu. “We want at least one of … Read more

England’s Harry Kane reacts after his team lost the International friendly soccer match between England and Japan in London, Tuesday, March 31, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP Harry Kane will miss Bayern Munich’s Bundesliga match at Freiburg this weekend but should be fit for their Champions League clash with Real Madrid next week, coach Vincent … Read more

A defeat to Jamshedpur in its opening game has proved to be just a blip for Punjab FC in the ongoing Indian Super League (ISL). Since then, the northern outfit, which has set up its base at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in the national capital, has fashioned a steady run comprising two wins and as … Read more

Kerala Blaster’s coach Ashley Westwood says he has to get some morale back, some confidence, some team spirit and to obviously try and improve performance. | Photo Credit: THULASI KAKKAT Kerala Blasters is going through a nightmare. It is lying 13th among the 14 teams of the ISL, with five losses and a draw. So … Read more

Kerala Sports Minister V. Abdurahiman | Photo Credit: S. MAHINSHA Kerala Sports Minister V. Abdurahiman on Thursday (April 2, 2026) said that the Argentina football team allegedly deceived the State by not coming to play a match even after receiving money for it. Mr. Abdurahiman said that he had “really wanted” the Argentina football team … Read more

Injecting quality: Australian-born Williams transformed the Indian attack. | Photo Credit: THULASI KAKKAT India’s 2-1 victory over Hong Kong China on Tuesday night was mighty impressive. Khalid Jamil’s boys thus were able to sign off their lacklustre campaign in the AFC Asian Cup qualifiers on a winning note. But the match means much more than … Read more

Argentina’s Lionel Messi celebrates with teammates after he scored the third goal against Zambia during a friendly match in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on March 31, 2026 | Photo Credit: AP In what was likely his final home appearance for Argentina’s national squad, Lionel Messi scored a goal and provided an assist in a 5-0 rout … Read more

Italy will miss out on a third straight World Cup after falling to Bosnia and Herzegovina in Tuesday’s (March 31, 2026) breathless qualification play-off final, the Azzurri blowing their chance to reach this summer’s tournament in North America with a 4-1 penalty shoot-out defeat. Esmir Bajraktarevic shot the winning spot-kick in Zenica, where the Bosnians … Read more

Debutant Ryan Williams is cock-a-hoop after giving India an early lead over Hong Kong China in Kochi on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: THULASI KAKKAT It all looked a bit unreal. Four minutes into the match, two perfect passes met a perfect finish. A naturalised citizen from Australia, playing his first game for India, scored. An … Read more

Gearing up: India will look to finish its campaign on a positive note. | Photo Credit: R.K. Nithin The AFC Asian Cup qualifier between India and Hong Kong isn’t actually quite that. Neither side is in the race for qualifying for next year’s tournament in Saudi Arabia. And yet, this dead rubber, to be played … Read more

Referee Paul Tierney checks the VAR during a Premier League match. File | Photo Credit: Action Images via Reuters More than 75% of Premier League fans ​do not support the continued use of Video Assistant ‌Referees (VAR), a survey by a football supporters group ​showed. The survey was conducted online between February ⁠26 and March … Read more

Iran players line up before the match as school bags are laid in memory of the victims of the girls’ school bombing in Minab, Iran. | Photo Credit: Reuters Iran’s men’s national football team wore black armbands and held ​schoolbags as their anthem played ahead of a match ‌in Turkiye on Friday (March 27, 2026) … Read more

Team sport is primarily about the success of the collective, about the whole being greater than the sum of its parts. But, every so often, an individual carries the collective. It’s a particularly poignant theme in challenging circumstances — the untiring zeal of the sole saviour. For a large portion of his career at Manchester … Read more

Italy finally won a match in the World Cup playoffs. Now the four-time champion needs to win one more to avoid failing to qualify for a third straight time. The Azzurri beat Northern Ireland 2-0 in the European semifinals on Thursday (March 26, 2026). Sandro Tonali broke the deadlock with a half-volley early in the … Read more

The All India Football Federation (AIFF) has received a bid in excess of ₹2,100 crore from Genius Sports for the Indian Super League (ISL) and Federation Cup for a span of 20 years. The AIFF announced on Friday that it had opened commercial bids for the ISL, Federation Cup (formerly Super Cup), Indian Women’s League … Read more

All in readiness: The Indian team trains ahead of its AFC qualifier against Hong Kong in Kochi. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Kochi is gearing up for its date with international football after a decade-long gap. India takes on Hong Kong in an Asia Cup qualifier at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on Tuesday. The visitors … Read more

Kerala Blasters has appointed Ashley Westwood as the head coach till the end of the ongoing season of ISL Westwood will take charge of the team with immediate effect. Westwood had a successful stint with Bengaluru FC during which he guided the team to two I-League titles and one Federation Cup triumph. Westwood also worked … Read more

Lajong’s Tariang and Gokulam’s Kingslee vie for the ball. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Shillong Lajong FC continued its impressive run on the road, outplaying Gokulam Kerala FC 2-0 in an IFL fifth-round match at the Payyanad Stadium here on Friday. Everbrightson Sana and Treimiki Lamurong scored a goal each as Lajong dominated its Gokulam, which looked a pale shadow of the side that beat Dempo SC at home. Lajong now has the same number of points (10) … Read more

Pep Munoz. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Bengaluru FC, on Thursday, announced the appointment of Spaniard Pep Munoz as the club’s new head coach. The 42-year-old has signed a contract that will run until the end of the 2026-27 season, and will take charge ahead of the Indian Super League (ISL) fixture against FC Goa … Read more

Liverpool star Mohamed Salah announced on Tuesday (March 25, 2026) that he will leave the English club at the end of the season, marking an earlier-than-planned departure for one of the club’s greatest-ever scorers and football’s biggest names. The 33-year-old Egypt forward, who has scored 255 goals in 435 appearances for Liverpool, “reached an agreement” … Read more

France’s Kylian Mbappe. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Mbappé had been in great form until he sprained his knee at the end of last year. The former Paris Saint-Germain player, who joined Madrid in the summer of 2024, played throughout January but was then sidelined for three-and-a-half weeks before making his latest comeback. As the … Read more