Football

Liverpool lost 1-0 to Crystal Palace for its first league defeat at Anfield in 18 months, Arsenal was beaten 2-0 by Aston Villa for its first league defeat in 2024. Manchester City sit atop the PL standings following their 5-1 hammering of Luton a day ear...

The Welsh team co-owned by actor Ryan Reynolds clinched promotion to the third tier of English soccer thanks to a 6-0 home win over Forest Green on Saturday.

Bayern's win means Xabi Alonso's Leverkusen, who are 13 points clear of the Bavarians, need to beat Werder Bremen at home on Sunday to lift the Bundesliga trophy for the first time.

The top two teams at the end of the league stage will qualify directly for the semi-finals, whereas the sides finishing third to the sixth will play a single-leg playoff in a knockout format to determine the other two semi-finalists.

Bayern boss, Thomas Tuchel is banking on the side's experience in the Champions League as they take on Arsenal in what is going to be a feisty affair.

The 24-year-old defender was shot while waiting to be attended to at a petrol station in the Honeydew suburb in Johannesburg, according to police. The attackers fled with Fleur's vehicle and police were investigating a case of murder and car hijacking.

East Bengal FC have now moved to 21 points from 20 matches, and their upcoming fixtures against Bengaluru FC and Punjab FC will be critical to see if they manage to break into the top-six.

AIFF says its Internal Complaints Committee is "not in a position to continue the investigation as the alleged victim and the other party do not wish to pursue the matter any further."

Arteta, who is also preparing Arsenal for a Champions League quarter-final against Bayern Munich, urged his side to embrace the challenge, starting with Wednesday's game at home to relegation-threatened Luton.

Monday's comfortable victory left Inter needing just 11 more points from eight matches to beat second-placed AC Milan to a 20th Italian league crown.

Ninth-placed Aizawl FC, however, are two points behind Churchill Brothers, and have played one game less. TRAU, who had already confirmed relegation earlier, remain rooted to the bottom of the table, with 10 points from 21 games.

Two women footballers, members of Khad FC, have alleged that Himachal Pradesh Football Association general secretary Deepak Sharma, assaulted them while drunk.

Mikel Arteta served as Pep Guardiola's assistant for three-and-a-half years at City before taking his first managerial job at the Emirates in 2019.

On the eve of his 150th match for India, the veteran recalled the contributions made by the affable Sukhwinder who "turned the little boy in me into a man."

On a cathartic evening for Brazil after their wretched 2023, it was fitting the highly-rated Endrick bagged Brazil's late winner.

The RFEF said it was "deeply concerned" by the search of its headquarters and has offered its full cooperation. Spanish football's ruling body pledged "absolute transparency" in a statement posted on its website.