Football

Ruben Loftus-Cheek capitalised on a rare start for Chelsea by scoring a hat-trick in Thursday's 3-1 Europa League victory over BATE of Belarus, while Arsenal extended their winning run to 11 games away to Sporting Lisbon.

Arsenal also celebrated a victory in their group after a late strike by Danny Welbeck secured a 1-0 win over Sporting in Lisbon, while Real Betis pulled off the shock of the evening with a 2-1 win at former European Cup winners AC Milan.

Ronaldo played a supporting role by helping set up Paulo Dybala's winner on 17 minutes as the Italian champions opened up a five-point lead over United at the top of Group H.

Real Madrid cannot use the loss of Cristiano Ronaldo as an excuse for underachieving this season, midfielder Casemiro said after losing the UEFA Super Cup 4-2 to Atletico Madrid in Real's first competitive game since their talisman joined Juventus.

Nigeria's Victor Moses has announced his retirement from international football at the age of 27 in order to focus on his club career.

A frantic 48 hours in the transfer market provided Chelsea with a timely lift after last weekend's Community Shield defeat to Manchester City.

American billionaire Stan Kroenke has struck a deal to take Arsenal private by buying out Russian rival and minority investor Alisher Usmanov in a move that values the English Premier League soccer club at around $2.3 billion.

Former Atletico Madrid manager Cesar Ferrando Jimenez was appointed as the head coach of Indian Super League side Jamshedpur Football Club.

England captain Harry Kane could not hide his desperate disappointment after his side's 2-1 extra-time defeat against Croatia in the semi-finals of the World Cup in Moscow on Wednesday.

England are dreaming of a first World Cup final since 1966 but first they must come through Wednesday's semi-final at the Luzhniki Stadium against Croatia in what looks like their toughest test yet in Russia.

England manager Gareth Southgate said his inexperienced side must look to perform at their "regular level" despite the pressure of playing in a World Cup semi-final.

Croatia defender Dejan Lovren believes his tired team are ready to seize the opportunity of a lifetime when they face England in the World Cup semi-finals in Moscow on Wednesday.

Kazan was chosen to be the place for a cracker of a quarter-final between Belgium and Brazil and the match, which was being billed as the game of the tournament so far, did not disappoint. The highest scoring side at the 2018 World Cup, Belgium seemed to...

Teenage star Kylian Mbappe played down comparisons with Brazil legend Pele after stealing the show in a 4-3 victory for France that sent Argentina crashing out of the World Cup.

In this corner of India's far northeast, where electricity is sometimes available for just a few hours a day, engineers, supervisors and switchboard operators were "directed to remain vigilant in their respective duties." Extra staff members were put on s...

Coach Jose Pekerman hinted James Rodriguez could start in a must-win clash against Poland Sunday when Colombia will need to "score quickly" to increase their chances of World Cup survival.