Football

Tottenham Hotspur manager Mauricio Pochettino revealed a very emotional side of him when he caught up with the Argentine legend Diego Maradona after more than two decades before his team thrashed Liverpool 4-1 at the Wembley on Sunday.

The first active footballer to come out as gay will be an "icon" who could reap huge financial rewards but the British game remains a hostile environment for homosexual players.

Spurs manager Mauricio Pochettino said they were "unlucky" not to beat Swansea on Saturday after the Welsh side held them to a goalless draw. The result follows a defeat by Chelsea and a 1-1 draw with Burnley.

FIFA ordered a World Cup qualifier between South Africa and Senegal to be replayed after the referee was banned for match fixing. The November 2016 tie, which will be restaged in November, was won by South Africa 2-1 after Ghanaian referee Joseph Lamptey...

Coach Luis Norton De Matos seemed to be well aware of the gigantic task in his hand but also showed confidence in his team as he spoke to the Indian media for the first time on Thursday.

National football team's chief coach Stephen Constantine is confident that he will be able to unearth new talent from the current pool of India U-22 players aiming to seal a spot for the 2018 AFC U-23 Championship.

Soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo faces a lawsuit filed on Tuesday by Spain's prosecutor's office in Madrid for allegedly defrauding Spanish tax authorities of 14.7 million euros ($16.48 million) between 2011 and 2014.

Manchester United have agreed an undisclosed fee for Benfica's Swedish international defender Victor Lindelof, the Premier League club announced on Saturday.

City giants East Bengal and Mohun Bagan along with Indian Football Association (IFA) Secretary Utpal Ganguli will meet All India Football Federation (AIFF) President Praful Patel on Saturday to discuss their participation in the Indian Super League (ISL).

Bollywood superstar Ranveer Singh was in attendance as Arsenal defeated Chelsea at Wembley to lift their 13th FA Cup.

China's Tianjin Quanjin appear to have shut the door on a rumoured megamoney swoop for Chelsea's Diego Costa or any other "excessive" spending, amid a government crackdown on high-priced foreign imports.

Emboldened by the West Bengal government's support, Indian football's traditional rivals Mohun Bagan and East Bengal today decided they will not pay any franchise fee to play in the lucrative Indian Super League.

Brazilian football club Flamengo's wonderkid Vinicius Junior is set to join Spanish supergiants Real Madrid, according to reports in the Brazilian media.

Arsenal twice came from behind to draw 2-2 with Manchester City in a tense Premier League encounter on Sunday and stay seven points behind the fourth-placed visitors.

Tottenham Hotspur will not give up on the Premier League title race midfielder Eric Dier has said, despite Saturday's loss at Liverpool leaving them 10 points behind table-toppers Chelsea.

Barcelona midfielder Sergio Busquets has criticised their tactical and physical frailties after a 4-0 thrashing at Paris St Germain in the last 16 left them on the brink of their earliest Champions League exit in a decade.