Football

Last season’s runners-up Kerala Blasters sacked their head coach Rene Meulensteen following their woeful performance so far in the Indian Super League football season.

Neymar scored two goals and set up two more as Paris St Germain extended their Ligue 1 lead to nine points with a 4-1 away demolition of Stade Rennais on Saturday.

Ferran Corominas scored the fastest hat-trick in the competition as FC Goa hammered Kerala Blasters 5-2 in a high-scoring enthralling match of the Indian Super League.

Debutants Bengaluru FC registered a thumping 4-1 win as they outclassed the Delhi Dynamos in their Indian Super League match at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium on Sunday evening.

Sampdoria ran riot as Serie A champions Juventus lost their both their cool and ground on leaders Napoli in the Italian title race on Sunday suffering a 3-2 setback in Genoa.

Veteran German coach Jupp Heynckes confirmed reports on Thursday that he is considering a return to Bayern Munich following Carlo Ancelotti's dismissal.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic has been warned not to rush his Manchester United return by surgeon Freddie Fu Ho-keung, who operated on his knee in May.

The West Bengal government is making elaborate arrangements to help school and college goers watch the upcoming FIFA U-17 World Cup matches scheduled at the Salt Lake Stadium from next month.

PSG coach Unai Emery says his side have learned lessons from the past after they started their Champions League Group B campaign with a 5-0 thrashing of Celtic.

The head of Brazil's Olympic committee, Carlos Arthur Nuzman, was one of the targets of the operation, TV Globo said, without citing sources.

Jose Mourinho insisted that Manchester United had emerged from their trip to Skopje for the UEFA Super Cup reinforced despite the scoreline flattering them in a 2-1 defeat to Zinedine Zidane's Real Madrid.

FIFA president Gianni Infantino hailed the video assistant referee (VAR) system as a "great success" at the Confederations Cup, but admitted it still needs improving.

The cash-rich Indian Super League has been finally granted official recognition by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), meaning there will be two national leagues in the country from 2017-18.

Former Liverpool and Real Madrid defender Alvaro Arbeloa has decided to retire from professional football, the 34-year-old told a Spanish newspaper.

India and Mohun Bagan striker Jeje Lalpekhlua today received the All India Football Federation's inaugural player of the year 2016 award.

Usain Bolt conquered athletics and now the fastest man on the planet says he wants to become among the top players in world football.