Football

Carlos Alberto Torres, a teammate of Pele and the captain of Brazil's World Cup-winning team in 1970, has died. He was 72.

India will stage the Under-17 football World Cup from October 6 to 28 next year, the sport's world governing body FIFA announced today while ratifying Kolkata as the sixth venue for the mega-event after an inspection.

Earlier, Kochi, Navi Mumbai, Goa and New Delhi had got the FIFA's nod. The 23-member strong delegation will now travel to Kolkata to visit the last venue of its inspection trip.

Barca said in a statement that Iniesta injured the lateral collateral ligaments in his right knee and would undergo further tests.

Coached by Brazilian football legend Zico, last year's runners-up Goa are yet to strike the rhythm and have slumped to three defeats out of four matches played so far.

Vijay Patil, president of D.Y. Patil Sports Academy, was present at the conference and was immensely proud at the prospect of hosting India's first football World Cup in his stadium.

Chhetri said the team could score three goals because of aggressive style of play.

Wenger's side are in peak form at present and Bulgarian minnows Ludogorets were powerless to prevent their hot streak extending to seven successive victories in all competitions.

Mesut Ozil applied the gloss to a ruthless Arsenal display with a second-half hat-trick in a 6-0 hammering of Ludogorets that put the Gunners on the brink of the Champions League knockout rounds on Wednesday.

Cristiano Ronaldo was kept waiting for his 100th career goal in European club competitions as Real Madrid swept to a 5-1 victory over Legia Warsaw in the Champions League on Tuesday.

Despite being left with a bloodied face, and Duk saying after the game that Neymar had to learn how to "respect his opponents", the Brazilian remains unapologetic for his style of play.

President Gianni Infantino has been at the helm of affairs of world football for close to 8 months now and like he promised, FIFA is turning over the pages. Today marks another such moment as the bosses of the game convene for the first ever for the Counc...

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola's coaching style is giving Sergio Aguero more freedom up front, despite the Spaniard being "picky about everything", the striker said.

The 27-year-old played with Athletic in 212 La Liga games, 29 in Copa del Rey, 55 in Europe and three in the Super Cup in which he scored 28 goals.

Leading the Swiss suit is 21-year-old Nadim Shariful Alam, seeking around $11,500 in compensation for a deal in which he paid $4,000 to a recruiter.

Chile have been handed a one-match stadium ban and fined along with five other countries after their supporters were found guilty of homophobic chanting, FIFA said.