Portugal is set to call Cristiano Ronaldo for the 2010 World Cup even though he is out of action due to an ankle injury.
 
Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) president Gilberto Madail insisted on Thursday that Ronaldo would be on Sunday's national team list for the crucial November 14 and ...

Mohun Bagan have moved world football governing body FIFA challenging arbitrator's decision to give Bhutia interim relief to play for East Bengal.
 
In a fax to the world body's secretary general Jerome Valcke on Thursday, the city club requested for restoration of Bhutia's contract with the ...

India will face Iraq in the Group C of the qualifying rounds of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Under-19 Championship on Thursday. The match will be played at Arbil in Iraq.
 
According to information, Indians have already arrived at Arbil on Tuesday evening from Dubai and had a full ...

David Beckham will join AC Milan in January on loan deal from Los Angeles Galaxy. This was announced by the Italian club on Monday. A club website statement said that the 34-year-old England midfielder will play for Milan from January to June.
 
Beckham, who has served a loan term last ...

Mumbai F.C. defeated former champions Mohun Bagan by 2-1 to log 3 points in I-League on Monday.
 
Despite maintaining greater ball possession, Bagan had to eat an humble pie mainly due to the costly lapses of custodian Shilton Pal, who took his place under the bar as an injured Sangram ...

East Bengal conceded a 1-1 draw with Salgaocar Sports Club in an I-League encounter on Thursday.
 
In search of their first win in the high-profile league, East Bengal took the lead in the 12th minute as Abel Hammond fired home a volley to raise expectations among the handful of supporters ...

New Zealand has not made any changes in their 18-man squad for the critical World Cup qualifying play-off against Bahrain slated for Nov 14 .This was announced by New Zealand coach Ricki Herbert.
 
Announcing his squad on Thursday, he named the same players who made up the team that fought ...

Real Madrid lost to Alcorcon by 0-4 in the third round of the King's Cup. The Spanish giants suffered one of the most humiliating results in their proud history. Radio Marca described it as a "historic night of shame" for Real.Borja Perez, Alcorcon's two-goal hero, called it "a ...

Chris Hughton was named manager of Newcastle United as owner Mike Ashley confirmed he was no longer seeking to sell the club. Hughton has been in caretaker control of the club since the beginning of the season. He has agreed for the contract until the end of the 2010-11 season. Ashley has been ...

VfB Stuttgart and Borussia Dortmund lost their respective round three matches in German Cup. The Bundesliga side suffered a shock 0-1 defeat to second-division Greuther Fuerth in the third round of the German Cup.
 
Borussia Dortmund were also stunned, going down 2-3 to VfL Osnabrueck of the ...

Brazilian football star Robinho may quit his current club Manchester City. He has said that he wants to be the best player in the world.
 
The striker said playing at Barcelona will increase his chances to achieve his goal. The latest revelation is sure to annoy coach Mark "Sparky" ...

Juande Ramos was sacked as CSKA Moscow coach on Monday. The announcement came after CSKA’s 3-1 defeat against Russian Premier League rivals FK Moscow on Sunday.
 
CSKA in their website said, “As of today the contract of Juande Ramos was terminated by mutual ...

East Bengal's football coach Subhas Bhowmick quit from his post on Monday. He took the moral responsibility for his club's 3-5 defeat against arch-rivals Mohun Bagan in an I-League game played on Sunday.
 
Bhowmick sent his resignation letter to club president Pranab Dasgupta, saying the ...

Bayern Munich will meet Eintracht Frankfurt again on Wednesday in the third round of the German Cup. Munich came from behind to beat Frankfurt 2-1 in the Bundesliga from Daniel van Buyten's 88th-minute winner after earlier wasting a dozen first rate chances.
 
On Wednesday in Frankfurt, ...

Mohun Bagan registered a 5-3 win over East Bengal in an I-League derby clash. Nigerian Edeh Chidi fired four with a hat-trick as Mohun Bagan prevailed over arch-rivals East Bengal.
 
The fat scoreline at the Salt Lake stadium was, however, no indicator of the standard of the fare dished out ...

Brazilian Carlos Parreira returned as coach to South Africa's national football team on Friday. He took over his compatriot Joel Santana, who was dismissed this week.
 
The South African Football Association (SAFA) confirmed that Parreira had been picked to turn around the lacklustre World ...

Indian football captain Bhaichung Bhutia was felicitated by All India Football Federation (AIFF) for having played 100 matches for the country.
 
Bhutia was handed a plaque, a gold coin and Rs.5 lakh by AIFF president Praful Patel on Tuesday.
 
"It has been a long and wonderful ...

Praful Patel was elected unopposed as the All India Football Federation (AIFF) president on Tuesday. The civil aviation minister was elected to the top post at the Annual General Body meeting of the AIFF at its headquarters.
 
Patel was working as acting president of the AIFF after ...

Swedish club Helsingborgs IF on Tuesday said that forward Henrik Larsson will retire after the end of the Swedish season. Jesper Jansson, HIF sports director, said ,"At HIF we had of course hoped Sweden's greatest player of all time would play another season, but we respect Henrik's ...

The Swedish Football Association president Lars-Ake Lagrell on Tuesday said that former England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson is no longer an option as Sweden coach.
 
Lars-Ake Lagrell said that the association had contacted 61-year-old Eriksson last week since the Swedish coach was "one ...

Praful Patel will formally take over as the president of the All India Football Federation replacing Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi on Tuesday at the Annual General Body Meeting of the AIFF.
 
Patel, the senior most vice-president of the national body, has been the acting head since Dasmunsi suffered ...

Ten-man Ghana became the first African country to win the under-20 World Cup after beating four-time champions Brazil 4-3 in a penalty shoot-out in the final, held in Cairo on Friday, after the game ended in a goalless draw after extra-time.
 
Brazilian substitute Maicon, who was the match ...

FIFA, which released the world football ranking on Friday, has placed India up 11 rungs to stand at 138.
 
India, who improved seven points to figure 149th with 134 points in the September ranking, now holds this position with a total of 160 points.
 
The improvement has been ...

The Sahara Kolkata Football League Premier Division tournament starts at Kolkata today. The announcement was made by the Indian Football Association (IFA).The local league, to run simultaneously with the I-League, will have 16 teams .The the first two months will see 68 matches.
 
Mohun ...

Argentina established a 1-0 win over Uruguay to reserve a berth in 2010 World Cup. The last round of the South American qualifiers was played in Montevideo.
 
In other Wednesday's matches Ecuador lost to Chile, keeping Uruguay alive for a last chance to earn a ticket to South Africa next ...

Former India centre forward Krishna Kumar Pal popularly known as 'Keshto Pal' passed away on Wednesday after a prolonged illness. He was 78 years old.
 
According to sources Pal was suffering from Alzheimer's disease and was admitted at the SSKM Hospital on October 10.
 
Paul, a ...

The injury incurred due to car accident leaves United States forward Charlie Davies doubtful for the 2010 World Cup. Davies is suffering fractures and a ruptured bladder.
 
Davies was hospitalised and underwent surgery on the bladder and broken bones in his leg, elbow and face. Doctors said ...

Brazilian defender Alex Rodrigo Dias da Costa has signed a new four year deal with the Premier League leaders Chelsea Football Club.
 
Alex who was delighted with the new deal is yet to play under the new coach Carlo Ancelotti.He has been sidelined due to a groin injury.
 
Carlo ...

England midfielder David Beckham is most likely to return to AC Milan on loan in January. This was disclosed by Adriano Galliani, chief executive of the Serie A club on Monday.
 
Galliani at a sport and media convention in Monte Carlo said,"It's highly probable that Beckham will arrive ...

AC Milan striker Ronaldinho was awarded with Golden Foot 2009 at a ceremony held in Monte Carlo, according to Italian media reports.
 
As with his predecessors, who each year since 2003 are voted by the public out of a group selected by journalists, the Brazilian will have his footprints ...