Football

Maxwell sloppily conceded possession and Mesut Ozil's clever blind pass sent Alexis Sanchez free. The Chilean forward's footwork proved too quick for the sliding Grzegorz Krychowiak who brought him down for a clear penalty.

With all three bids from interested parties not being up to the mark, the AIFF was forced to call for another round of tendering for a new corporate club to play in the I-League starting January 7.

Real Madrid head coach Zinedine Zidane has called up the same football squad that played the Madrid derby against Atletico Madrid, including Sergio Ramos and Karim Benzema, for the UEFA Champions League match against Sporting Lisbon.

English Premier League side Manchester City is reportedly preparing a staggering offer worth 200 million pounds ($247 million) to sign FC Barcelona star forward Lionel Messi next summer, according to English media reports.

His team had been sucker-punched by Arsenal, but Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho could not resist one last dig at his opposite number Arsene Wenger.

Yaya Toure made a sensational return to the Manchester City ranks, scoring twice on his comeback to inspire the title contenders to a 2-1 win at Crystal Palace on Saturday.

Cristiano Ronaldo converted one penalty, missed another and also scored from open play as Portugal beat Latvia 4-1 in their World Cup qualifier on Sunday.

FC Pune City scored a late goal to beat Mumbai City FC 1-0 in the Indian Super League (ISL) football tournament here on Thursday.

Atletico Madrid's La Liga title hopes suffered another serious setback as two Real Sociedad penalties inflicted a 2-0 defeat on the Champions League finalists on Saturday.

After the match, Jose Mourinho accused his Manchester United side of playing with the intensity of a summer friendly as their season suffered another setback.

FC Goa secured a hard-fought 1-0 victory over FC Pune City to climb up from the bottom of the Indian Super League points table here today.

Bengaluru FC coach Albert Roca on Wednesday sought to remove the perception that the team is over-reliant on talismanic skipper Sunil Chhetri but made it clear that his wards will have to play out of their skins in the final of AFC Cup if they are to win...

Possible punishments for Mourinho include a warning, fine, touchline ban or stadium ban. The FA have acted after considering Clattenburg's match report

Stung by a chastening 4-0 defeat at Camp Nou two weeks ago, Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola makes a second attempt to outwit his former club Barcelona on Tuesday.

Defending champions Chennaiyin FC were held to a goalless draw by Kerala Blasters in the Southern derby of Hero Indian Super League at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on Saturday.

Widely regarded as one of the greatest defenders of all time, Carlos Alberto Torres, was best known for scoring fourth goal against Italy in the 1970 World Cup final.