Football

Michel Platini lost his appeal Friday at the Court to Arbitration for Sport to lift a 90-day ban by FIFA.

Swansea have fired manager Garry Monk after nearly two years in charge, following a dip in form that has seen the team win just one of their last 11 Premier League games.

Habas says Chennaiyin FC is a very competitive team and his team needs to play smartly in the first-leg semi-final in Pune on Saturday.

Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini will have the inspirational Yaya Toure available for Tuesday's final Champions League Group D game at home to Borussia Moenchengladbach, he told a news conference on Monday.

“We had four opportunities but we couldn’t score. Football is a game where one needs to score and if we don’t, our rivals will. There is a saying in Portuguese – 'If you don’t score, they will’,” Carlos said.

Facing life bans for corruption, Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini are expected to go before the FIFA ethics committee within two weeks.

Leicester City sit second in the Premier League, trailing Manchester City only on goal difference, and have the league's leading scorer in Jamie Vardy but manager Claudio Ranieri says top flight survival remains their top priority.

Swiss government agents swept into a luxury hotel before dawn for a second wave of arrests on corruption charges in the wake of another sweeping indictment by U.S. prosecutors.

Having already booked their semi-final berth in style, an upbeat Delhi Dynamos will look to carry on their dominant show when they take on the bottom-placed Kerala Blasters FC.

NorthEast United FC displayed some exceptional performance on the field to thrash FC Pune City 3-2 at the Indira Gandhi Stadium to keep their semi-final hopes alive in the second season of the Indian Super League.

Real Madrid issued a medical report on defender Dani Carvajal, who sustained an injury during Sunday's La Liga clash against Eibar.

"Our celebrity guest for tomorrow's match will be @LFC legend @Ian_Rush9," Delhi Dynamos' said on their official Twitter handle on Wednesday.

The cherry on the cake for the players at this point – India finally gets to field a football team in a World Cup, albeit as hosts.

French Prime Minister Manuel Valls says striker Karim Benzema may lose his place in the national team due to his involvement in a sex-tape case.

A consortium of Chinese investors is investing $400 million to take a stake of more than 13 percent in the group that owns soccer clubs including Manchester City and New York City FC.

Vardy surpasses Dutch striker Ruud van Nistelrooy who scored in 10 consecutive Premier League games for United in 2003.