The captain of Indian football team Bhaichung Bhutia has been nominated as one of the recipients of top Asian award instituted by a pan-Arab Abu Dhabi soccer weekly named 'Super'. The award from the Arabian soccer weekly also carries a prize money of USD 100,000. The board of trustees for the ...

The 28-year-old Liverpool midfielder, Steven Gerrard has been charged with assault after a fight at a bar in northwest England. According to police sources, apart from Gerrard, five other people were also arrested from the bar. A 34-year-old man was taken to hospital with facial injuries. The ...

Former Olympian football player of India, Sahu Mewalal passed away at a Kolkata-based hospital early on Saturday (December 27). The agile footballer of yesteryears was suffering from old age complications. The 82-year-old champion is survived by his wife, a son and two daughters. Sahu Mewalal ...

The All India Football Federation (AIFF) has named ace footballer Bhaichung Bhutia as the player of the year for 2008. When asked about the feeling of being the player of the year, the Indian striker said that it's an honour for him. According to Bhaichung Bhutia, it has been a very productive year ...

Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi is likely to retain his post of the chief of All India Football Federation (AIFF). The matter will be decided during the annual general meeting of AIFF scheduled to be held on December 23. Dasmunsi may not be able attend the meeting as he has been undergoing treatment at a ...

Portugal and Manchester United winger, Cristiano Ronaldo has been short-listed for the FIFA World Player of the Year award. Apart from Cristiano Ronaldo other players who are in the run for the prestigious award include Barcelona duo Lionel Messi and Xavi, AC Milan playmaker Kaka and Liverpool ...

All Kolkatans warmly welcomed football legend Diego Maradona on his arrival on Saturday (6 Dec); the event resembled a carnival. Maradona is on a two day trip to the city. Tens of thousands of people with placards and posters and foot-thumping Latin Music were lined on the road. Everybody ...

For his outstanding performance and inspiring Manchester United to the Champions League and Premier League this year, winger Cristiano Ronaldo was awarded the “Ballon d'Or” on Tuesday (02 December). Ronaldo is the first Portuguese to win the award since Luis Figo in ...

Legendary football player Diego Maradona has been nominated as the coach of the national football team of Argentina. The former Argentine football superstar will be handed the responsibility of the team on October 30, 2008 which is also his 48th birthday. Report says that the decision of making ...

The long-running power struggle within the sport in Ethiopia has led FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) to ban it from participating in 2010 World Cup championship. FIFA in its statement said that the Bureau of the Organizing Committee for the FIFA World Cup has ...

Former German goalkeeper Oliver Kahn has said goodbye to soccer; he was one the best goalkeepers in soccer history. Although, he had already announced his retirement after the 2006 World Cup soccer, he continued playing in German league. The match was 557th appearances for the champion goalkeeper ...

It was a glorious day for Indian football on Wednesday when India outplayed defending champions Tajiskistan 4-1 to lift the AFC Challenge Cup. India has now qualified for the 2011 Asia Cup football tournament.
 
The win over Tajikistan is one of memorable wins in the country’s ...

The women’s tournament in football (soccer) at the 2008 summer Olympics in Beijing kicked off at 17:00 on Wednesday, August 6, 2008. Initiating two days prior the official opening of the mega-event on August 8, it was the first Olympic event. Below are the collated results and standings ...

Although India’s national football team is languishing at 153 in FIFA world rankings, Manchester United sees in it a huge potential market for football. Talking with media persons on in South Africa, David Gill (CEO) said gaining a commercial foothold in India was a priority as they seek to ...

Mithun Chakraborty, the famous Hindi film actor has decided to establish a sporting entity called Royal Bengal Sports Private Ltd, which in turn will sponsor other football clubs of the state. 

Interestingly, Mithun Chakraborty has already been associated with Indian Cricket league ...

Four footballers - Mahesh Gawli, Dipak Mondal, Climax Lawrence and Renedy Singh - have been nominated by The All India Football Federation (AIFF) for the prestigious Arjuna Award. The federation has also put forward the name of Dempo coach Armando Colaco for the Dronacharya. 

The ...

With the popularity of football increasing in India every passing day, the acquisition of rights to telecast the FIFA World Cup 2010 recently witnessed a mad scramble among television channels. Ultimately it was ESPN Star Sports which emerged victorious, but it had to bid $40 million for acquiring ...

Spain deafeated Germany 1-0 to win the 2008 Euro Cup. Fernando Torres of  Spain scored the only goal of the match  during the 33rd minute. It was a momentous victory for Spain as the 1964 European Championship was the last important title it had brought home. "It ...

Spain has been favourite among bookies before the tournament and Spaniards are not putting them wrong too. In the semifinal of Euro 2008 played at Vienna, Spain defeated Russian team by 3-0. Spanish team has made to the final after a gap of 24 years.  Spain di not do too well in first half but ...

A score during the 90th minute by Germany’s Philipp Lahm provided his team a cruising victory against Turkey on Wednesday, June 25 in the semi-final round of the ongoing 2008 UEFA European Football Championship. This win has now propelled the German team into the finals of the 2008 Euro Cup. ...

The coach of the Italian football team Roberto Donadoni will be sacked the coming week and it will probably be Marcello Lippi, who guided the team to victory in the 2006 World Cup, who will replace him. This information was made public by the Italian press on Tuesday, June 24, ...

Spain defeated Italy in Euro 2008 quarterfinals played at Vienna. The game was destined to be decided in penalty corner as both the teams were defensive since start of the match. Penalty shoot round was thrilling and it was Spanish goalkeeper Iker Casillas who saved penalties from Daniele De Rossi ...

Russia entered the semi finals of the Euro 2008 after beating the Netherlands 3-1 on Saturday, June 21, 2008. The game went on to extra period after the stipulated time of 90 minutes was over and both the teams were tied at 1-1. Goals from the Russian substitute Dimitry Torbinsky and Andrei ...

In the match played at Vienna, Turkey defeated Croatian team by 3-1 in Euro 2008 quarterfinals. The result of the match was decided by penalty shoot out. Earlier, Croatia played well in the first half of the game and most of the time ball was in their possession. But both the teams were unable ...

Talking on the sidelines of dismal performance by his team Portugal in Euro 2008, star striker Cristiano Ronaldo has indicated that he might join Real Madrid and leave current team Manchester United in future. He said that the possibilities of going to Real Madrid are big but it is not in his ...

Germany defeated Portugal 3-2 in Euro 2008 and reached to semi-final of the championship. The match was played at St Jacob Park and saw some exciting performances from both the sides. German forward Bastian Schweinsteiger scored the first goal and Miroslav Klose did another goal within four minutes ...

Russia got the best performance when it needed badly. More interestingly, Russia, which has never won any match in its last five encounters with Sweden, defeated Scandinavians with ease. While Russia needed a definite win in the match, a draw could have made Swedes to reach onto quarterfinals. For ...

Daniel Guiza made a goal just two minutes before time to provide Spain a 2-1 win against the rival team Greece at Salzburg on Wednesday, June 18, 2008. This assured that the team of the Spanish coach Luis Aragones ended at the summit of the Group D with 100 per cent record, whereas the defending ...

Holland fielded a second string in the Group C final round match of the ongoing Euro 2008 but a quite capable team against Romania and managed to win the game 2-0 on Tuesday, June 17, 2008. Even for the match against France, the coach of the Holland team Marco van Basten had done nine changes to ...

World champions Italy beat world cup finalist France in another nailbiting match in the Euro Cup 2008 in Zurich on Tuesday, to advance into the quarterfinals. The world champions beat old foes France 2-0 as the latter exited from the European championship. Italy opened its account in the 25th ...