Fans carried rainbow flags to show their support for LGBTQ rights.
Akram Salman has resigned as coach of the Iraq football team after receiving death threats.
News of all that's transpired on and off the football field on Thursday
Gary Cahill was ruled out of Euro 2012 on Sunday after a scan showed he had broken his jaw in two places in the final warm-up match against Belgium.
England's third choice goalkeeper John Ruddy has been ruled out of Euro 2012 after breaking a finger in training, the Football Association said on Friday.
Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy has been charged with improper conduct following his sending off against West Ham United in their 2-2 Premier League draw at the weekend, the Football Association said on Monday.
West Ham United striker Carlton Cole has been fined 20,000 pounds ($32,790) for Twitter comments made during England's friendly against Ghana at Wembley last month, the Football Association said on Wednesday.
Players from newly-crowned Premier League champions Manchester City dominated the Professional Footballers' Association's (PFA) Team of the Year announced on Wednesday, occupying five out of 11 spots.
Seventy two years ago, a newly independent India ventured to hold the the first Asian Games in Delhi with meager resources.
News of all that's transpired on and off the football field
News of all that's transpired on and off the football field.
Diego Maradona accused Argentine soccer chiefs of betraying him on Wednesday, a day after they voted unanimously to sack him as national team coach.
Stephen Constantine has first hand knowledge of how difficult it is to wake up India from its soccer slumber but the Englishman insists he can make a difference at his second attempt or he would not have accepted the offer.
Tottenham Hotspur manager Harry Redknapp has distanced himself from the vacant England manager's post, saying on Monday he is happy at White Hart Lane and hinting that the national job would be too frustrating.
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Manchester City forward Craig Bellamy and Manchester United defender Gary Neville both escaped charges from the Football Association on Tuesday following their antics in Sunday's highly-charged Manchester derby at Old Trafford.
FIFA chief Sepp Blatter said he will raise the England captain's deliberate booking against Wales with the Football Association.
Manchester City striker Emmanuel Adebayor has been charged with violent and improper conduct during Saturday's 4-2 Premier League win over visitors Arsenal, the English Football Association.
The Kolkata club also urged FIFA to lift the ban, imposed for failing to clear dues of Nigerian Isa Musah last year.
FIFA's ethics committee will investigate reported comments by the former head of England's Football Association claiming a Russian-Spanish bribery conspiracy over the 2018 World Cup bid.
William will succeed his uncle Prince Andrew next May.
VfL Wolfsburg midfielder Kevin De Bruyne has been fined $22,644 for his foul-mouthed outburst at a ball boy.
In an interim relief, the Supreme Court on Thursday ordered the status quo and said the Delhi High Court-appointed three-member Committee of Administrators (COA) will not take over the affairs of the Indian Olympic Association.
Ajax Amsterdam have suspended their captain Luis Suarez for two matches after he bit PSV Eindhoven's Otman Bakkal on the shoulder during their 0-0 draw on Saturday.
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The Indian Football Association diluted the East Bengal coach's suspended two year ban to six months.
In what could be a game-changing move for the struggling East Bengal, EPL giants Manchester United may end up taking the ownership of one of oldest football clubs in the country.
While Sharath is the lone Khel Ratna award recipient, a total of 25 athletes including shuttlers Lakshya Sen, HS Prannoy, woman boxer Nikhat Zareen, athletes Eldhose Paul, Avinash Sable have been nominated for the Arjuna Award this year.
News of all that's transpired on and off the football field.
News of all that's transpired on and off the football field
Leander Paes feels India will find it tough in singles but the country can hope to win a medal in the Asian Games
Tottenham Hotspur winger Gareth Bale was named the English Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) player of the year on Sunday after a number of fine performances this season.
Gimnasia-La Plata midfielder Esteban Gonzalez became the second Argentine footballer to fail a doping test in as many days.
According to him, the US-led investigations into corruption at FIFA had pierced the veil of secrecy that protected football's top power-brokers and more dominoes could be expected, Stuff.co.nz reported.
