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Champions League: Arsenal scrape past Sporting to reach semifinals

Mikel Arteta's side ⁠as they held on to 1-0 aggregate lead to set up a semifinal clash with Atletico Madrid

FIFA wishes Keralites on Vishu, posts AI-generated picture of Messi alongside traditional Vishu Kani

The FIFA World Cup page also brightened the propitious day for Keralites by conveying the international sports body’s Vishu Greetings in Malayalam, “Vishu Ashamsakal”.

Lionel Messi accused of breaching $7 million contract by sitting out a Florida friendly

Vid Music Group filed the lawsuit for fraud and breach of contract against Messi and the Argentine Football Association in Miami-Dade circuit court last month, according to court records

India’s women’s football team secures third place in FIFA Series Kenya 2026

India’s attacking intent paid dividends in the 18th minute when Nirmala Devi Phanjoubam floated in a corner from the right

Champions League: Paris Saint-Germain beats Liverpool at Anfield to reach semifinals

Ballon d'Or winner Ousmane Dembele scored two second-half goals to kill off Liverpool's fight and book a semifinal clash against either Bayern Munich or Madrid

Champions League: Atletico Madrid withstands Barcelona's early blitz to reach semifinals

Diego Simeone's team held on after an early charge by Barcelona to make it back to the semifinals of the Champions League for the first time in nearly a decade

Premier League: Leeds grab 2-1 win over Manchester United as Martinez sees red

Manchester United remain third in the Premier League table ⁠on 55 points, ahead of Aston Villa on goal difference

How Lamine Yamal became the face of post-Messi Barcelona

After powering the club to the domestic treble last season, the boy wonder has helped drive the Blaugrana to the top of LaLiga and into the Champions League’s last eight. His goal-scoring, playmaking and dribbling have fuelled his dizzying rise to superstardom. Having inherited Barcelona’s iconic No. 10 shirt, there is no doubt the 18-year-old is the club’s leading man

FIFA picks 52 referees for 2026 World Cup, including 2 women

This will be the second time that female referees take part in a men's World Cup

Champions League: PSG beats Liverpool, Barcelona loses to Atletico in quarterfinal 1st leg

Atletico Madrid’s victory in the first leg gave coach Diego Simeone his first-ever win at Camp Nou since his stint with the club began 15 years ago

Champions League: Kane leads Bayern to 2-1 win over Real Madrid in 1st leg of quarterfinals

Kylian Mbappé scored Madrid's goal after the visitors had taken a two-goal lead at the Santiago Bernabeu

Champions League preview: Heavyweights PSG-Liverpool and Real Madrid-Bayern Munich set for quarterfinal clashes

Real Madrid and Bayern Munich are meeting in the knockout stage for the sixth time in the past 14 seasons — and it has been a one-sided rivalry

Chelsea drops Fernandez for two games for comments on his future

Fernandez’s agent slammed Chelsea’s ​decision, ⁠saying the Argentina midfielder does not understand the punishment

Apr 4Other
Coming from Manchester, there were no culture shocks for me in India: Ashley Westwood

The Englishman takes the reins at Kerala Blasters with the team floundering in the ISL. But he knows what it takes to succeed in India, thanks to his experience with Bengaluru FC. In this conversation, he discusses his managerial stints around the world, his formative years in the Manchester United Academy and what he picked up from Alex Ferguson’s methods

Gennaro Gattuso is out as Italy’s coach after team failed to qualify for World Cup

Italy coach Gennaro Gattuso has left his role by mutual consent after the national team failed to qualify for a third consecutive World Cup

Kane ruled out of Bayern match with injury, says Kompany

Kane missed England's friendly defeat by Japan this week with an ankle problem and has not recovered in time to face Freiburg on Saturday.

Argentina football team ‘deceived’ Kerala by not coming to play: Sports Minister Abdurahiman

‘After receiving the money, Argentine football team cheated us. We did not expect such a betrayal from them,’ says Minister

Blue Tigers delight the faithful with a great win

Australian import Williams marks his India debut with a strike in the fourth minute; Akash also finds the mark as Jamil’s men finish their Group C campaign on a fine, promising note

Apr 1Recap
Lionel Messi scores, assists in potential farewell Argentina home game, a 5-0 friendly win over Zambia

The crowd gave Messi a standing ovation and pleaded with him to help Argentina win another World Cup

Italy's World Cup nightmare continues after shoot-out defeat to Bosnia

Esmir Bajraktarevic shot the winning spot-kick in Zenica, where the Bosnians booked a place in Group B and matches against co-hosts Canada, Switzerland and Qatar, and plunged Italy into a new nightmare.

AFC Asian Cup qualifier | Jamil’s men vie for consolation win against Hong Kong

The Blue Tigers are lying at the bottom of Group C with just two points; Australian-born Williams may make his India debut, though the head coach was non-committal about the winger’s inclusion

Over 75% of fans don’t support VAR in Premier League, says FSA survey

About 91% fans polled said VAR ‌had removed the spontaneous joy of goal celebrations

Iran’s football players hold schoolbags wearing black armbands in solidarity with slain girls

The players lined ⁠up holding pink and purple bags with ribbons on them — a reference to the attack on the Shajareh Tayyebeh School ​which Tehran says killed ‌more than 175 people including children and teachers on the first day of joint U.S.-Israeli strikes

Bruno Fernandes: not a cog in — but the wheel running — the Manchester United wheel

The United captain has dragged his club into the Premier League’s top three on the back of brilliant individual moments. With eight goals and 16 assists, he has won the Red Devils games even when they have been outplayed. If he can secure United’s Champions League spot and break the Premier League’s assists record, he will have had an all-timer of a season

Kochi gearing up for India’s AFC qualifier against Hong Kong

The Kerala Football Association president Navas Meeran tells The Hindu that the dispute with the Greater Cochin Development Authority on rent payment and security deposit has been resolved; the KFA chief adds that “such incidents should not happen”, while calling it a “technical issue”

Mohamed Salah announces Liverpool departure, ending nine-year stint that made him club legend

The Egyptian winger is third in Liverpool's all-time scorers' list, behind Ian Rush and Roger Hunt, and has won the Golden Boot — as the Premier League's top scorer — four times

Mar 25Transfer
Araujo header and Garcia heroics secures Barcelona's narrow win over Rayo

Barcelona lead the standings with 73 ​points, seven ahead of second-placed Real Madrid