Football

Arsene Wenger believes Arsenal must maintain the standards they set in beating Stoke if they are to last the course in the Premier League title race.

Jamie Vardy burst back to his predatory best with his first Leicester City hat-trick as the champions recaptured their title-winning mojo to earn a shock 4-2 win over Manchester City at the King Power Stadium on Saturday.

The Gunners enter the last 16 as group winners for the first time since 2011 and at least know they cannot face favourites Barcelona, who won their group, in the first knockout round.

Contrary to popular perception that Chelsea roped in Eden Hazard for 40 million euros ($42.9 million) from French club Lille, the English Premier League football actually paid 35 million euros ($34.4 million) for the star winger's services, according to r...

The Blasters need only a draw to qualify for the semi-finals and should be at an advantage since they are playing at home where they have won four matches in a row.

The soccer agency Gestifute has denied that clients including Ronaldo and Mourinho are involved in any tax evasion after a media consortium reported that they had used tax havens to handle tens of millions of euros in earnings.

Real Madrid boss Zinedine Zidane insists his side travel to Barcelona on Saturday full of confidence after opening up a six-point lead over the Catalans at the top of La Liga.

Former champions Atletico de Kolkata will take on FC Pune City in a grudge but inconsequential Indian Super League football fixture at the Rabindra Sarobar Stadium in Kolkata.

The United captain became the Red Devils' all-time leading European scorer on Thursday with a fine finish to set up a 4-0 Europa League victory over Feyenoord.

Kerala Blasters shrugged off their big defeat in previous match to be back in the semifinals race as they brushed aside the challenge of Pune City 2-1 in an ISL match, here on Friday.

Arsenal travel to Basel on the same night and Wenger conceded it doesn't look likely they will take pole position following their third successive draw in all competitions, meaning they will probably get a tougher tie in the knock-out stages.

Liverpool are searching for a first league crown since 1990 and are well-placed to launch a serious bid for the title as they sit second in the standings on 27 points from 12 games, a point behind Chelsea, who replaced them at the top last weekend.

Defending champions Chennaiyin FC rallied from one-goal deficit to play out a 1-1 draw against Atletico de Kolkata in their Indian Super League football match here on Sunday.

His team had been sucker-punched by Arsenal, but Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho could not resist one last dig at his opposite number Arsene Wenger.

Football legend Pele is using a metal-framed walker to get around these days, which his agent compares to having a new piece of "sporting equipment."

Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu predicted that Lionel Messi would not only extend his contract with the Catalan club but also end his playing days there too.