Football

Sao Paulo's Corinthians Arena will host 10 Olympic football matches next year under a deal signed with the Rio 2016 organizers.

Two late goals in two minutes from Sergi Roberto and Luis Suarez gave reigning champions Barcelona a dramatic 2-1 win over Bayer Leverkusen in the Champions League on Tuesday.

Ignacio Zoco, a key part of the team that dominated La Liga in the 1960s and the Spanish side that won the 1964 European Championship, died on Monday aged 76, Real Madrid said.

Blatter's 17-year reign as FIFA president could come to an inglorious end this week as world football's corruption scandal threatens to bring down the sport's most powerful man.

Chennaiyin FC were one of the most impressive teams from the inaugural season of the Indian Super League (ISL), but that is not sufficient to win the trophy as they found out, falling two steps short of reaching the podium.

Barcelona need to defend better as a group, manager Luis Enrique said on Friday after his team conceded four goals for the third time this season against Celta Vigo in midweek.

FIFA President Sepp Blatter has been interrogated by Swiss federal police over alleged financial corruption.

Robert Lewandowski netted the Bundesliga's fastest hat-trick on his way to a sensational five-goal haul as a halftime substitute in their 5-1 demolition of VfL Wolfsburg.

Former Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson says he only worked with four world class players during his 26 years at the club, and David Beckham and Wayne Rooney are not among them.

Matic backed team-mate Hazard to rediscover his scoring touch after the Belgian international netted his first goal of the Premier League season in their 2-0 win over London rivals Arsenal.

India finished their engagements in the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U-16 qualifiers in style with a convincing 6-0 victory over Lebanon on Sunday.

Delhi Dynamos launched their official kit for the Indian Super League second season beginning next month in front of the world famous 'monument of love', the Taj Mahal.

India entered the match high on confidence following a 5-0 thrashing of Bahrain in their first match on Wednesday, but could not sustain the momentum as Iran proved too hot to handle at the Gostaresh Foolad Stadium.

A goal by Josip Pivaric in the 24th minute and a sending-off for Arsenal striker Olivier Giroud after a second yellow card in the 40th swung the game Dinamo's way before the break.

FC Goa beat Al Shabab 2-1 in their 2nd friendly ahead of the upcoming ISL season 2, at the Al Shabab stadium on Wednesday.

The 29-year-old Frenchman joined Sunderland from Tottenham Hotspur and has struggled for form and fitness during the club's previous matches in their Premier League campaign.