Football

Celta Vigo will be under the spotlight again on Saturday when they host Real Madrid with a chance to move into the Spanish league lead.

ISL franchise NorthEast United FC on Friday roped in Carlos Javier Lopez to replace injured Zambian midfielder Kondwani Mtonga.

The case could end Platini's hopes of succeeding Blatter as FIFA leader in an election set for February, although both men deny wrongdoing and are appealing against their suspensions.

After their worst start to a domestic league season for 37 years, Jose Mourinho's men travel to Ukraine for their Group G qualifier having won one and lost one of their two games.

Germany's 2006 World Cup bid committee did not bribe officials from the world soccer governing body FIFA to win the vote for the tournament, the German Football Association (DFB) president Wolfgang Niersbach said on Saturday, rejecting allegations made by...

The striker converted a cross from Willian in the 34th minute after Villa defender Joleon Lescott could not control a pass from United States goalkeeper Brad Guzan.

Brazilian club Santos have complained to FIFA about Neymar's transfer to Barcelona in 2013, soccer's governing body said on Friday.

Catch all the action from Match 13 of Indian Super League between Mumbai City FC and Chennaiyin FC.

The 26-year-old has found it tough to break into the starting side due to the form of Aguero, while his progress has also been hampered by a series of injuries that restricted him to just two goals in 19 appearances.

The Jordanian isn't naming the five nominators who backed him ahead of the Oct. 26 deadline for contenders.

Rahman, who is composing music for the upcoming movie "Pele", met the "King of Football" at an event in Kolkata and said it was an honor to do his film.

The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation by FIFA's ethics committee, which could lead to lengthy bans from soccer for Blatter and Platini, is still continuing in private.

His birthday is still be some days away but football legend Pele had the celebrations on Monday, as music composer AR Rahman sang the 'Happy birthday' jingle, and former Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly clapped in reverence.

Virtually out of reckoning after four losses in a row, a beleaguered Indian football team would look to salvage some pride and put up a decent performance against Oman.

The champions have suffered three retirements in four races and the throttle failure that sidelined Nico Rosberg in Russia on Sunday took the gloss off another triumphant afternoon for the team.

Even the spirited and popular quote "How do you spell Pele? Easy G-O-D", can be captured in a concoction of a shot of rum and your choice of soda.