This season the football extravaganza was not all about great football, but about a green revolution that has taken the world of sports by storm.
Indian football was a picture of good health with a 10-man under-20 outfit's triumph over Argentina
Spain defeat England in final of record-breaking Women's World Cup
Sarina Bolden headed the winner as the Philippines spoiled co-hosts New Zealand's party
New Zealand are placed in Group B along with Turkey, Paraguay and Mali.
Stakeholders have shown a distinct lack of seriousness in bringing a law against corruption in Indian sports, a reason why someone like tainted former pacer S Sreesanth got away despite strong evidence of spot-fixing against him in the 2013 IPL, former Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar has said.
Stephen Constantine will return as Indian football team's chief coach for the second time as his name has been cleared by the AIFF.
The autopsy, which was based on blood and urine samples and released by the Buenos Aires Scientific Police, said Maradona had problems with his kidneys, heart and lungs.
News of all that's transpired on and off the football field
Australia Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Monday backed calls for a public holiday if its team win the Women's World Cup.
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.
Egypt, who endured a torrid start to the competition when they trailed Brazil 3-0 in their opening match, completed a remarkable recovery by reaching the men's football quarter-finals at the Olympics with a 3-1 win over Belarus on Wednesday. Gold medal favourites Brazil completed their perfect run of three straight wins when they beat New Zealand 3-0 at St James' Park in Newcastle.
The country is slated to host the tournament from October 11 to 30 across three venues -- Bhubaneswar's Kalinga Stadium, Goa's Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium and Navi Mumbai's DY Patil Stadium.
The Australia and Liverpool midfielder won the award for the third time in six seasons.
European champions England will wear blue shorts for both their home and away kits for this month's friendlies
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday.
Sepp Blatter's shock resignation as FIFA president should allow people to now focus on events on the pitch .
"Audience figures show that the Women's World Cup 2019 in France was a catalyst for change in terms of a TV audience. We know the opportunity for women's football is there. Now, together, we need to capture it,"
Australia is weighing up a bid to host the 2023 Asian Cup following China's decision to step away as original hosts
India's ranking among Asian Football Confederation members, however, still remained static at 19th place
Embattled FIFA President Sepp Blatter can expect a grilling if he shows up for the latter stages of the under-20 World Cup in New Zealand after the country's soccer officials said they were keen to hold clear-the-air discussions with him.
On a day of tributes to a man who took 708 wickets in 145 Tests, players of both teams lined side by side and the capacity crowd at the venue stood up as one before breaking into a 23-second applause.
Flustered FIFA officials shut down a media conference in New Zealand on Thursday after being inundated with questions about the sport's latest scandal.
News of all that's transpired on and off the football field
Harry Kane believes artificial intelligence (AI) could be the future of injury prevention in soccer
News of all that's transpired on and off the football field
There were a few fissures but no major cracks apparent in FIFA president Sepp Blatter's bedrock of Asia-Pacific support as officials began returning to the region from the annual congress of soccer's world governing body over the weekend.
Hayden advises Team India to forget about outcome in WTC final
France's hopes of a winning start to their Women's World Cup campaign were thwarted by a hardworking Jamaican side in a 0-0 draw in the opening Group F clash at Sydney Football Stadium on Sunday.
Sunil Gavaskar has slammed the England team for its embarrassingly early exit from the World Cup, calling it an overrated side in not just cricket but football also.
Coach Stephen Constantine says the Indian football team has done enough in the last few years to merit a decent crowd turnout, and begging for support was one thing it did not deserve.
Lionel Messi's second-half goal gave Argentina a 1-0 home win over Ecuador on Thursday to get their 2026 World Cup qualifying campaign off on the right foot.
Cummins agrees that Trent Boult's decision to deny a New Zealand central contract for lucrative T20 league around the world has been in the offing since IPL changed the complexion of the game
The match might end in a draw if inclement weather continues to play spoilsport.
The 2024 European Championship will be held in Germany from June 14-July 14. Following are the teams who have qualified for the tournament:
Shastri reminisced the first day of the IPL.
A summary of Saturday's action in the FIFA women's World Cup, co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand.
The manager said she was not in the dressing room, and as a foreign coach would not have been aware of what was sung, even if she had been, but took full responsibility regardless.
Women's Asian Cup hosts India are "considered to have withdrawn" from the tournament in accordance with competition rules after a COVID-19 outbreak forced their match against Taiwan to be cancelled, the Asian Football Confederation said on Monday.
'Cummins is not surprised at how fast the landscape is changing and told Fox Sports: " ... there's going to be other opportunities that are going to be really hard for players to say no to, different franchises around the world. I think realistically we've got to manage players a bit differently to what we have in the past.'
