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FC Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu has said he is sure that his club's talismanic striker Lionel Messi's fifth Ballon d'Or trophy would not be his last.

Fallen FIFA chief Sepp Blatter will appeal against his eight-year ban, his lawyer said, joining fellow suspended official Michel Platini in a fight to clear his name.

The bus was taking the players to an amateur football game, local officials said. Children were among the passengers.

Midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger's knee injury has made him doubtful for Manchester United's English Premier League (EPL) match away against Newcastle United on Tuesday.

The year 2030 will mark a century since the first World Cup, which was held in Uruguay, with the country winning the title.

A glittering launch ceremony was held at a south Kolkata hotel on Wednesday to kick-start India's top-flight football competition, I-League.

FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke's 90-day suspension over World Cup ticket selling accusations ends on Tuesday, but it remained unclear if it will be extended while investigations continue as part of a drive against graft at soccer's governing body.

Brazilian midfielder Ricardo Kaka believes "it's a matter of time" before his compatriot Neymar is awarded the Ballon d'Or trophy, given to the best footballer of the world annually by governing body FIFA.

Catch all the action from the SAFF Cup final between India and Afghanistan with our Live updates.

Even as Afghanistan beat every team hands down in terms of goals scored in the tournament, India, too, posses a potent strike-force upfront.

The 34-year-old striker will be out of contract next summer but he had earlier stated he does not want to quit playing for the French Ligue 1 champions.

Arsene Wenger says Mesut Ozil holds the key to Arsenal's hopes of winning the Premier League for the first time in 12 years.

Many FC Goa substitute players and officials led by Rajesh Malgi, equipment manger of the club, rushed to the referee, surrounded him and tried to intimidate during the title clash of the Indian Super League against Chennaiyin FC on December 20.

Lionel Messi scored in his 500th match for Barcelona to help them ease past Real Betis 4-0 and retain top place in La Liga. They also set a new Spanish League record of maximum goals in a year at 180. They improved on Real Madrid's record of 178.

Alongside Isberg, Scottish Andy Mair has been appointed the umpire's manager while Muthukumar Balakrisnan from Malaysia will don the role of assistant tournament director, announced Hockey India.

Barcelona say one of their youth teams fired a player eight hours after signing him because the club discovered he posted "offensive tweets" on his Twitter account.