Football

Cleverley is confident that Everton will qualify for a return to European competition this season and hopes that strong form can end his two year absence from the England set up in time for Euro 2016.

If we leave aside last year’s runners-up Kerala Blasters, who have been losing repeatedly and remain rock bottom, all other teams have had a mixed season so far and we have thus witnessed frequent movement in the leaderboard.

Ten-man Bayern Munich eased into the Champions League knockout stages after demolishing Greece's Olympiakos Piraeus 4-0 on Tuesday to secure top spot in Group F with a game to spare.

First-half goals from Adil Nabi, Anas Edathodika and a second-half penalty from John Riise powered Delhi Dynamos FC to a 3-1 win over FC Pune City in match 41 of the Indian Super League.

Louis van Gaal does "nothing" as Manchester United manager but earns a lot because the most important job for a top-level coach is delegating responsibilities to his staff.

But with the vital phase of the tournament approaching, hosts Mumbai come into the Friday’s match after a hard-fought 1-1 draw against Delhi Dynamos FC in an away tie.

Brazilian coach, Carlos Verri, better known as Dunga, says Neymar is the best footballer in the world in 2015, and is better than Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo.

It's always special when Argentina and Brazil play, even if this time Argentina go into the match without Lionel Messi and Sergio Aguero.

Izumi scored his second goal in the injury time to trump Antonio German's brace as Kolkata registered a much-needed victory against Kerala in a thrilling encounter in Kochi.

Chennaiyin FC signed goalkeeper Pawan Kumar as a temporary replacement for their regular keeper Karanjit Singh on Tuesday.

The latest loss is his side's seventh defeat in 12 league matches and raises further doubts over Mourinho's future.

David Beckham played soccer with Nepalese children on Friday and visited a school in Bhaktapur that was damaged in April's devastating earthquake.

Mumbai City FC took the lead in the 69th minute through Piquionne's strike but Indian striker Robin Singh's brilliant extra-time equaliser denied the visitors their first away points.

The poster boy of Indian football, who took over from the iconic Baichung Bhutia, has lived up to his big billing with six goals, including a hat-trick - justifying the tag of 'costliest player' at the pre-season auction.

Napoli were one of four teams to reach the knockout stages of the Europa League in Thursday's matches, cruising into the last 32 with a 5-0 victory over FC Midtjylland.

Karim Benzema was placed under formal judicial investigation on Thursday in connection with an alleged attempt to blackmail fellow-France soccer international Mathieu Valbuena with the use of a sex video.