Liverpool officially declared on Wednesday the sale of defender Alvaro Arbeloa to Real Madrid, for a fee believed to be around four million euros.
 
Arbeloa will sign a five year contract deal with Real after his medical checks.
 
Arbeloa was a regular in the first team at Anfield ...

More than 50,000 Barcelona fans welcomed star signing Zlatan Ibrahimovic to the club, in the most spectacular presentation ever, organised by the Catalan giants.
 
Ibrahimovic on Monday came close to pulling as massive a crowd as did Cristiano Ronaldo, the world's most expensive player, when ...

John Terry, the captain of England Football team, has finally put an end to the dreams of Manchester City and confirmed that he would stay at Chelsea.
 
In a statement on Sunday, Terry claimed that he never had plans to leave Chelsea and will push the south London club to sign new players ...

Argentine football legend Diego Maradona might avoid his national duty to work for English Premier League club Portsmouth.
 
Maradona's lawyer Angel Oscar Mayan claimed that Portsmouth's owner Sullivan Al Fathom in a massive fan of Maradona and wants to make him club ...

Former Brazilian football forward Ronaldo is all set to feature in an Iranian movie.
 
The 32-year-old, who is currently playing for Brazilian club Corinthians, will appear in the film based on the true story of Alneyrab, a 13-year-old girl who dreamed of meeting Ronaldo when he visited the ...

England captain John Terry has agreed to stay at Chelsea and has dumped all his plans to join Manchester City.
 
Chelsea are expecting Terry to make a public statement about his intentions in the next few days.
 
The latest development is a big blow for City, who were confident of ...

The Chelsea is in trouble after their midfielder, Michael Ballack, was forced to return home from the club's tour to the United States.
 
The 32-year-old midfielder had suffered a toe injury in training. His participation is now doubtful for the Chelsea's Community Shield clash with ...

Arsenal is suffering a big blow to their plans after midfielder Samir Nasri was ruled out for two to three months. The France midfielder had fractured his right fibula during a training session at the club's pre-season camp in Austria on Tuesday.
 
The 22-year-old scored seven goals in his ...

Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson feels that Cristiano Ronaldo could still make a return to Old Trafford one day.
 
The 24-year-old Ronaldo joined Real Madrid for a record 80 million pound deal. Ferguson said that the Portuguese striker still has lot of time to make a return to ...

European champions Barcelona on late Wednesday announced the signing of left-back Maxwell from Inter Milan.
 
The 27 year old Brazilian made a five year contract deal of 4.5 million euros  with Barcelona.
 
Maxwell, whose full name is Scherrer Cabelino Maxwell Andrade, joined ...

The All India Football Federation (AIFF) will receive an annual grant of $120,000 from the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the improvement of the game after the executive committee of the Asian body on Wednesday included India in its aid programme.
 
The AFC grant will help the AIFF ...

Brazilian midfielder Kaka won the Golden Ball as best player of the Confederations Cup tournament on Sunday. Kaka won most number of votes in a poll of qualified journalists by world governing body FIFA.

Kaka garnered most votes in a poll of qualified journalists organized by world governing ...

Brazil came from behind to score a 3-2 victory over USA to win the Confederations Cup finals at Johannesburg. Lucio scored a goal in the 84th minute to give the five-time world champions a win over a resurgent US team. 
The US had taken a 2-0 lead at halftime. Dempsey and Donovan scored a ...

Brazil defeated South Africa 1-0 to meet USA in the finals of Confederations Cup. Brazilian defender Daniel Alves had been on the field for only six minutes when he scored the solitary goal. The goal came two minutes before full-time. 
Brazil will meet USA in the finals on Sunday in ...

I-league, the Indian Football league, is struggling to survive in the present economic downturn. Spruced squads, pay cuts, perks are few things the Indian football clubs are contemplating to stay afloat in the season. The I-league clubs have been asked by the sponsors to cut unnecessary ...

USA beat favourites Spain 2-0 in the Confederation Cup semi-final match at Bloemfontein. Jozy Altidore and Clint Dempsey scored a goal each to take USA through to the finals. USA would meet the winners of Brazil-South Africa match to be played at Johannesburg on Thursday. 
This is ...

June 23 (DPA) On the day after the semi-final line-up was dramatically set at the Confederations Cup, South Africa took a deep breath and FIFA President Sepp Blatter revealed that US President Barack Obama may attend the opening ceremony of the World Cup next year.
According to reports, Obama, ...

Zimbabwe’s economy is in ruins and the country is hoping next year’s soccer world cup in South Africa might bring in millions of tourist dollars. The country is also expecting training visits by soccer stars. The Victoria Falls had once been Zimbabwe’s great tourist attraction. ...

Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo is all set to become the costliest player in the history of the game as his club Manchester United have agreed to sell him to Real Madrid for a world record 80 million pounds. According to reports, English football club has received an unconditional offer of ...

Shakhtar Donetsk won the UEFA Cup final by defeating Werder Bremen by 2-1 after extra time on Wednesday (May 20). With this Shakhtar Donetsk became the first-ever Ukrainian side to win a European club competition. Brazilian Luiz Adriano opened the account for Shakhtar in the 25th minute but after ...

Mohammed Bin Hammam has won the election for Asian Football Confederation (AFC) FIFA Executive Council member. The AFC chief, Bin Hammam regained his FIFA executive committee seat by defeating the President of Bahrain Football Association, Sheikh Salman Bin Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa. All 46 members ...

Mohun Bagan defeated I-League champions Churchill Brothers by 2-1 in the one-off Super Cup tie at the Devilal Sports Complex in Gurgaon on Sunday (26th April) and won their third trophy of the season. A late strike from Jose Ramires Barreto guided Mohun Bagan to the victory. With this win Mohun ...

European League champion Spain topped the FIFA's world men football ranking list released by the body on Wednesday (11th March). Another European nation Portugal regained a place in the top 10 at the expense of Turkey.  Portugal rose from 12th to 10th while the Euro semi-finalists Turkey ...

Leading football club, Manchester United has clinched the Carling Cup by beating Tottenham Hotspur in a penalty shoot-out in London on Sunday (March 1). Manchester United was able win the trophy for some wonderful performance by goalkeeper Ben Foster in the final match. Foster produced two crucial ...

The governing body of football in Britain, Football Association (FA) has appointed former British civil servant Ian Watmore as its new chief executive. Watmore will join his new office in June this year after serving the notice period at the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills where ...

U.S. Soccer will join the race to host the 2018 or 2022 World Cup on its soil. U.S. Soccer President Sunil Gulati said this on Thursday (29th January). On Monday (1st February), Mr Gulati will talk about the Federation's plan to submit a simultaneous bid to FIFA for both the 2018 and 2022 ...

According to Spanish law some 254 million euros, close to $330 millions would cost to get Lionel Messi away from Barcelona. The law says that if the young Argentine forward unilaterally breaks his contract with his current employer, Barcelona, he has to pay a fee of 150 million euros ($195 million) ...

The proposed All India Football Federation (AIFF) academy at Goa is likely to get technical support from Manchester United. While interacting with the media, AIFF vice-president Subrata Dutta said that European and English champions Manchester United has agreed to provide its assistance for the ...

Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo bagged the FIFA World Footballer of the Year 2008 title. The 23-year-old Manchester United winger had also won the European Footballer of the Year title only a few weeks back. Cristiano Ronaldo claimed the coveted title by defeating Argentine striker Lionel ...

India-born steel tycoon Laxmi Mittal has become the second wealthiest British football club owners in 2009 with a fortune of 12.5 billion pounds. An Arab Sheikh named Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan topped the table with a fortune of 15 billion pounds. Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich bagged the ...