Football

Rooney curled in a 73rd-minute free kick to earn England a 1-0 win over 10-man Estonia and a third straight victory in qualifying for the 2016 European Championship.

Cesc Fabregas has hit back at criticism levelled against Spain's new-look team and pleaded for time following a surprise Euro 2016 qualifying defeat by Slovakia.

Ganguly believes that no sport, other than cricket, can guarantee a future in India, leading him to feel that his football venture may never break even.

Reid is hopeful his 'marquee' player Ljungberg will be fit to face Atletico de Kolkata in the opening match of the inaugural ISL.

Co-owners ACF Fiorentina will provide technical expertise to the club coached by Franco Colomba, with former Juventus striker David Trezeguet as its marquee player.

Costa will be the focal point in attack as a new look Spain seek to win the European Championship for a third straight time.

In Alessandro del Piero, Delhi are in possession of perhaps the biggest player involved in the inaugural edition of the Indian Super League.

After IPL's Chennai Super Kings, the city's sports connect is going to get stronger with the Indian Super League club Chennaiyin FC.

UEFA banned Italian football federation president Carlo Tavecchio for six months following a racist comment during his election campaign.

Funded with $27 million of FIFA money, the movie "United Passions" is acquiring almost mythical status in football circles.

Dhoni, the current Indian cricket captain, has pencilled a deal to be a co-owner of Chennaiyin FC along with Bollywood actor Abhishek Bachchan.

Mourinho and his Arsenal counterpart Wenger became involved in a touchline shoving match during their sides' EPL encounter at Stamford Bridge on Sunday.

Apart from when German clubs are in town, Emirates Stadium has been a fortress and Wenger says that must continue if Arsenal are to continue their run of reaching the last 16.

Totti became the oldest scorer in the Champions League's 22-year history by netting a deft equaliser for Roma in a 1-1 draw against Manchester City.

Luiz and midfielder Marco Verratti scored their first goals for Paris Saint-Germain in a 3-2 win over Barcelona.

The head of AFC has pledged his support for Sepp Blatter in next year's election to win a fifth term as soccer's most powerful administrator.