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Sanchez will miss Arsenal's FA Cup third round tie with Sunderland on Saturday as a precautionary measure, manager Arsene Wenger has confirmed.

Liverpool will be without Dejan Lovren, Kolo Toure and Philippe Coutinho for Friday's FA Cup third-round match at fourth-tier Exeter City.

Manager Roberto Martinez described Romelu Lukaku as the perfect striker for Everton after the Belgian bagged his 19th goal of the season to secure a 2-1 win over Manchester City on Wednesday.

Jordon Ibe came off the bench to drive home the winner as Liverpool took a big step towards reaching the League Cup final with a 1-0 victory at Stoke City in the first leg of their last-four tie on Tuesday.

Valcke's 90-day suspension over World Cup ticket selling accusations was set to end on Tuesday but investigators also recommended the ethics committee extend this by 45 days.

Chelsea displayed some of the swagger from last season's title-winning campaign in beating Crystal Palace 3-0 in the Premier League to continue their resurgence under caretaker manager Guus Hiddink on Sunday.

India would be aiming for revenge of their last edition defeat but coach Stephen Constantine said defending champions Afghanistan would start as favourites in Sunday's SAFF Cup summit clash in Thiruvananthapuram as they have more foreign-based players tha...

Fitness and conditioning coach Danny Deigan feels that the Indians have improved their pitch coverage during matches but still they are far short of world standards.

Arsenal moved top of the Premier League with a 2-0 win against Bournemouth on Monday, while Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal said there was "not any reason" for him to resign despite a 0-0 draw with Chelsea extending his team's winless run to eigh...

Mark the date, February 26, 2016 – the world of football will see a lot of substitutions in its administrative line-up which is heading for a new look. For starters, the governing body, FIFA, will have a new President – a new era, with a lot of expectatio...

Suspended UEFA president Michel Platini was told by FIFA that he cannot bypass its appeals process by challenging his eight-year ban directly at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).

Zico also said that over-reliance on foreigners, as well as eight months of non-ISL activity were key reasons why the tourney would do nothing to benefit football in the country.

In other results on Sunday, fourth-place Celta Vigo defeated Granada 2-0 to reach 31 points from 16 rounds, while fifth-place Villarreal beat Real Sociedad 2-0 to get to 30 points.

Eugeneson Lyngdoh ended Sunil Chettri's two-year hold on the AIFF men's Player of the Year trophy, while in-form striker Bala Devi was chosen for the women's honour for a second successive time in the AIFF Annual General Body Meeting

Jose Mourinho will not be taking a sabbatical and remains proud of his two spells in charge at the west London club, a statement released by his sports management representatives said on Saturday.