News of all that's transpired on and off the football field.
Rail and road links between the Northeast and the rest of the country would resume soon as the blockade by protesters, demanding the opening of a unit of the Aligarh Muslim University, was lifted in Bihar's Kishanganj district late on Wednesday night, a West Bengal minister said.
France soccer internationals Franck Ribery and Karim Benzema have been discharged of solicitation of an underage prostitute, the Paris Correctional Tribunal said on Thursday.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India handed a three-month suspension to Uttar Pradesh left-hander Rinku Singh for playing in an unsanctioned T20 league in Abu Dhabi, which has now led to his withdrawal from the India 'A' team.
The railway police in Haridwar has received a letter purportedly sent by Pakistan-based terror group Lashkar-e-Toiba threatening to attack top government functionaries and vital installations in Uttarakhand during the festival season, police said on Thursday.
Winger Marco Reus was left out of World Cup winners Germany's final Euro 2016 squad on Tuesday over injury concerns, coach Joachim Loew said.
Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema was named French player of the year by France Football magazine on Tuesday.
European champions Real Madrid turned on the party tricks as they sailed into the Club World Cup final by crushing Cruz Azul 4-0 in Marrakech.
Cristiano Ronaldo scored a hat-trick and Real Madrid rattled in four goals before halftime in a 5-1 La Liga rout of Real Sociedad at the Bernabeu in Madrid.
New coach Julen Lopetegui has been tasked with rebuilding the side following the Portugal forward's departure and the early signs are good, with Real already looking more of a unit than a collection of individuals.
Real Madrid's consistency and hard work made them worthy La Liga champions, captain Sergio Ramos said after their 2-0 win at Malaga on Sunday ended a five-year wait for the title.
Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti has hit back at Gareth Bale's agent for suggesting the Wales winger's team mates do not pass to him enough, telling Jonathan Barnett it would have been better to keep quiet.
At least 42 people, including a popular former MP of the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party, were killed in a fresh outbreak of violence unleashed by criminal gangs in Karachi, where gunmen also abducted 13 employees of a private firm.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday returned to Delhi after a two-day visit to Afghanistan, during which he held talks with the Afghan leadership on several bilateral, regional and international issues, including terrorism and stepped up assistance to the war-torn country. Dr Singh held talks with Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai, First Vice President Mohammad Qasim Fahim and Second Vice President Mohammad Karim Khalili.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi's daughter and Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam MP Kanimozhi on Friday appeared before a special court, responding to summons for her alleged involvement in the 2G spectrum scam and sought bail on grounds of being a woman.
The Institute for the Study of War said the radical group was preparing for a global surge of activities before and during the Ramzan, which falls between June 6 and July 5.
Moroccan Karim Bencherifa was named the best coach for the 2010-11 season for helping Salgaocar SC achieve the rare double of winning the I-League as well as the Federation Cup while Ryuji Seoka was declared the player of the season.
Holders Real Madrid were helped into the King's Cup quarter-finals by a goalkeeping howler from Malaga's Willy Caballero on Tuesday which gifted them a 1-0 away win.
Real Madrid suffered a humiliating 2-1 home defeat by Leganes on Wednesday to exit the King's Cup at the quarter-final stage on away goals.
After being in jail for nearly six months, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam member of Parliament Kanimozhi may finally get some relief on October 17 when her bail plea would come up for hearing as the Central Bureau of Investigation has decided not to oppose it.
Holders Real Madrid scored three times in 10 minutes at the Bernabeu on Tuesday in a dramatic comeback to beat Malaga 3-2 in their King's Cup last 16 first leg.
Salgaocar's Karim Bencherifa was, on Friday, offered a year's contract to become coach of the Indian football team but is unlikely to take up the job. His club made it clear that it will not release him for the national assignment.
Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan and Prince Karim Aga Khan were among the eminent personalities awarded the Padma Vibhushan, country's second highest civilian honour, by President Pranab Mukherjee in New Delhi on Wednesday.
Holders Real Madrid breezed into the last 16 of the Champions League with two games to spare when a Karim Benzema strike secured a 1-0 win in their Group B match at home to a toothless Liverpool on Tuesday.
Jose Mourinho attributed a large part of Barcelona's 3-1 'Clasico' victory at the Bernabeu on Saturday to luck and dismissed the idea that it would damage his side's morale in the La Liga title race.
Here are five talking points from the weekend's La Liga action:
Salgaocar coach Karim Bencherifa has been rewarded for taking the side to their maiden I-League title with a two-year extension of his contract till 2013.
"The intention is to sell him, but there's no offers forthcoming," read the front page of Marca, accompanied by a picture of the 29-year-old Bale looking sullen.
'Nothing will fall into anybody's lap for free.' 'There is a lot of competition out there, there are a lot of people to take your place.' 'It's never easy.'
Azim and Naushad Shaikh (36) then stitched a 109-run partnership before the latter was trapped leg before by leg-spinner Priyanshu Khanduri.
Unai Emery's Villarreal were much improved in the second half and had spurned numerous chances before Moreno's leveller.
Special Sessions judge Chandrashekhar Patil's 923-page order convicted Telgi and 17 others. Two other high profile accused in the case, Jayasimha and Nanjappa, jail superintendents who were charged for taking favours from Telgi were however acquitted by the court. In all there were 36 accused in this case of which 18 were convicted.
France striker Karim Benzema has been ruled out of Friday's Euro 2012 qualifier at home to Albania and next Tuesday's game with Bosnia because of an abductor muscle problem and several other players are carrying injuries.
Though retailers are trying not to pass on the price increase to consumers by cutting their margins, according to industry experts, the price rise has also reinstated the investment value proposition of diamonds.
The ICC had offered Pakistan teenaged pacer Mohammed Amir a bargain under which if he confessed to his involvement in spot-fixing he would have escaped with a maximum ban of two years.
A special court in Pune on Monday sentenced kingpin in the multi-crore fake stamp paper scam Abdul Karim Telgi to 10 years imprisonment in one of the many cases filed against him.
Pakistan cricketers Salman Butt and Mohammad Amir have filed appeals against their bans with the Court of Arbitration of Sport (CAS) in Switzerland.
Goa's love affair with the country's premier football club competition continued as Salgaocar made short work of JCT, wining 2-0, at the Guru Nanak Stadium in Ludhiana to finish atop with 56 points from 26 matches, beyond the reach of any other club.
Cineyug Films Pvt Ltd Director Karim Morani, an accused in the 2G spectrum case, appeared before a Delhi court on Tuesday and filed his regular bail application.
Dipika Pallikal saved seven match before edging past Nour El Sherbini in a thriller but India lost 1-2 the summit clash to Egypt to end ruuners-up in the Chennai Open World Junior Cup Team championship in Chennai on Sunday.
