Football

The season so far has covered 38 matches with the fans witnessing some breathtaking performances, both individual and team-wise, and a few heated moments in week six.

Delhi Dynamos would look to return to winning ways when they face last year's winners Atletico de Kolkata in their Indian Super League (ISL) game at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on Saturday.

New Zealand Football will not appeal the disqualification of its under-23 team from Olympic qualifying, fearing such action might invite scrutiny of the eligibility of other players.

Manchester City stayed top but could not find the net against bottom-place Aston Villa as Remi Garde's managerial reign in Birmingham opened with a 0-0 draw.

After an exciting 3-0 decimation of Everton at Goodison Park, Louis Van Gaal's red and white army has gone through three successive goalless draws.

The I-League and the Indian Super League (ISL) could be merged in a couple of years to improve the standard of the game in the country, a senior AIFF official said on Monday.

Ronaldo could soon make his maiden whistle-stop visit to India as he has been invited by his former national and Real Madrid teammate Roberto Carlos to be the special guest in one of the Delhi Dynamos' ISL games.

Barcelona continue to pick up wins despite Messi's injury-enforced absence, losing just once since the 28-year-old limped off in September.

Liverpool had drawn the German's three previous games in charge and Klopp declared himself satisfied with the result after his team sealed a narrow victory.

With the injury set to keep Aguero on the sidelines for a month, Pellegrini is confident he can bank on his other strikers, Wilfried Bony and 19-year-old Kelechi Iheanacho.

Manchester United were dumped out of the League Cup on Wednesday after losing on penalties to second-tier Middlesbrough who reached the quarter-finals having withstood a late onslaught to secure a 0-0 draw in extra time.

Tuncay Sanli continued his good form as his powerful header in the 72nd minute enabled Pune register a thrilling 3-2 victory over Kerala in an Indian Super League football encounter on Tuesday.

AC Milan remained a point ahead of Juventus after beating 10-man Sassuolo 2-1, as Gianluigi Donnarumma became the youngest ever goalkeeper to start a Serie A match — aged 16 years and eight months.

Sunil Chhetri scored on penalty in the first-half and Frederic Piquionne scored a quick goal in the second-half as Mumbai defeated Goa in match 21 of Indian Super League season 2.

Nicolas Velez helped NorthEast United down Atletico de Kolkata (ATK) 1-0 in an Indian Super League (ISL) encounter here on Friday.

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho and his club have strongly refuted suggestions that he intimidated two teenagers who filmed him on a mobile phone in a London street.