On a seismic day in the history of Chelsea, Romelu Lukaku scored the winning goal in a 3-2 FA Cup fifth-round victory
Uncertainty over the inaugural edition of India's Premier League Soccer (PLS) increased on Saturday when organisers disputed a claim from the All India Football Federation (AIFF) that the competition had been cancelled.
The Liverpool midfielder won 114 caps for his country after making his debut in a 2-0 win over Ukraine at Wembley in 2000.
A European-led boycott of FIFA or the World Cup is unrealistic.
Global sales of soccer gear were up more than 700% for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar versus the 2018 World Cup in Russia across the Fanatics network of online stores.
In its annual ranking of the world's richest people released last month, Forbes had named Mittal at the eighth place with a net worth of $19.3 billion.
Its diplomats and officials are quick to present world leaders with jerseys autographed by soccer star and Argentina's World Cup-winning captain Lionel Messi, much to the recepient's delight.
Pakistan is playing a big part in the soccer World Cup by making the balls
Mementos from the soccer world that brought Syrian refugee Osama Abdul Mohsen to Spain are strewn around the flat he shares with two of his sons, including a ball signed by Real Madrid's star players and a banner for the local team, Getafe.
The All India Football Federation fully backs the IPL-style Premier League Soccer, to be held in Bengal, but wants 'correct procedures' regarding the participation of active international stars, a top official said on Thursday.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh inaugurated the National Football League with a call to make India a major soccer power in the world.
Sweden goalkeeper Zecira Musovic emerged as the hero as her team beat the United States 5-4 on penalties
Bob Bradley was dumped as the United States national men's head coach on Thursday.
The first findings of the study, released in June, established that former footballers were 3.46 times more likely to have neurodegenerative diseases.
Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney would be a "great signing" for Major League Soccer, Portland Timbers owner Merritt Paulson said, adding that the 30-year-old still has plenty to offer.
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American soccer fans decked out in red, white and blue flocked to stadiums and giant TV screens on Tuesday to see their team knocked out of the World Cup by Belgium in a heart-breaking game.
Longtime FIFA president Sepp Blatter is disappointed the global soccer body's appeal committee upheld his ban from the sport, he told a Swiss newspaper in an interview published on Friday.
Bayern edge closer to Bundesliga title after win at Arminia
These models are breaking stereotypes on the cover of Sports Illustrated's summer 2019 swimsuit edition.
Lionel Messi was presented to fans during a glitzy event called 'The Unveil' at Miami's home stadium.
World Cup winner Lionel Messi will be the new captain of Inter Miami, the Major League Soccer (MLS) side's coach Tata Martino confirmed on Monday.
Brazilian authorities said that soccer star Neymar was fined 16 million reais ($3.33 million) for breaching environmental rules.
Marseille cement second place with Montpellier win
Arguably the 'most talked about' rescue mission in recent years, the story of a Thai youth soccer team and their coach trapped in the Tham Luang Cave, prompting a global rescue effort, gripped the world.
On Thursday, an Indonesian court sentenced a match official for the deadly stampede that killed 135 spectators.
Initial 3,500 tickets for female fans were quickly sold out in about one hour and as a result, an additional 1,100 tickets were released for the match at the national Azadi Stadium.
Indian football hero of '80s, Chibuzor dies
Sanchez said the federation was not part of the Spanish government, which lacked the power to appoint or fire the federation's president.
India is ranked 139th in the world and 27th among the 45 Asian nations.
Messi and his national team will play a friendly match against Australia today, June 15, on Chinese Communist tyrant Xi Jinping's 70th birthday.
European champions Barcelona have swept the board in World Soccer magazine's prestigious annual awards with Lionel Messi named World Player of the Year, Pep Guardiola Manager of the Year and the side that won the Spanish and Champions League last season named as Team of the 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.
The boys, aged between 11 and 16, went missing with the 25-year-old after soccer practice on June 23 after they set out to explore the Tham Luang cave complex in a forest park near by the border with Myanmar.
Neymar was fined 16 million reais ($3.33 million) for breaching environmental rules during the construction of his coastal mansion in southeastern Brazil.
A large digital clock, inexorably counting down to the kick-off of the month-long Euro 2012 soccer feast, looks out onto a broad Kiev boulevard where metal barriers are going up to corral Europe's football faithful.
Italian professional soccer should be halted for two or three years to get over the match-fixing scandal which has spattered its image, Prime Minister Mario Monti said.
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