Reactions to the death of German soccer great Franz Beckenbauer at the age of 78 Reactions to the death of soccer great Franz Beckenbauer, who won the World Cup both as player and coach for Germany, at the age of 78: Sports 09 Jan, 2024
Messi wins record-extending 8th Ballon d'Or, Bonmati takes women's award The list reads 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2019, 2021, and now 2023. Sports 31 Oct, 2023
Belgium, France and Portugal become the first teams to qualify for the 2024 European Championship The three European powerhouses all needed a win to qualify for the tournament and their star strikers made sure they got them. Sports 15 Oct, 2023
FIFA World Cup 2022: Kicked off amid controversies KATHMANDU, NOVEMBER 20A controversy related to the World Cup is the alleged mishandling of migrant workers during the construction of new stadiums and other World Cup associated amenities.The first two matches of the inaugural FIFA World Cup were... Opinion 21 Nov, 2022
Benzema, Putellas win Ballon d'Or awards for best players in the world Benzema, who played a pivotal role in Real's run to the Champions League title last season, is the first French player to win the trophy since Zinedine Zidane in 1998 Sports 18 Oct, 2022
Record-breaking Ronaldo strikes late as Portugal sink Hungary Ronaldo, who missed a sitter in the first half, then delivered the final blow to a spirited Hungary side with a goal after a brilliant Portugal move in stoppage time. Sports 16 Jun, 2021
Former FIFA secretary general Valcke and BeIN sports chairman indicted ZURICH: Former FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke and the chairman of Qatar-based media group BeIN Sports, Nasser Al-Khelaifi, have been charged in connection with the award of television rights for the World Cup and Confederations Cup, Swiss... 21 Feb, 2020
Former UEFA head Platini detained in Qatar World Cup probe PARIS: Michel Platini, the former head of European football association UEFA, was detained for questioning by French police on Tuesday over the awarding of the 2022 World Cup soccer tournament to Qatar, a judicial source told Reuters. Platini's... 18 Jun, 2019
Reliable Giroud strikes again as�France�thrash Iceland World champions France beat visitors Iceland 4-0 Forward Giroud scores 35th international goal Now ranked third in all-time list of France scorers France have six points from two matches in Group H Turkey also have six points... 26 Mar, 2019
FIFA says incumbent Infantino is sole candidate for president ZURICH: FIFA president Gianni Infantino will not face a challenger in June's elections to the head of world soccer's governing body, the organisation said on Wednesday. "Following the call for election issued by the FIFA Council on 10 June 2018,... 06 Feb, 2019
Blatter plans to visit soccer World Cup in Russia ZURICH: Disgraced former FIFA president Sepp Blatter will travel to Russia when the country hosts the soccer World Cup in 2018, he told Swiss newspaper SonntagsBlick. Blatter is currently serving a six year ban from all soccer-related duties... 02 Jul, 2017
Strict new anti-bribery rules from UEFA on tournament hosts European football's governing body has introduced new stringent rules against corruption and bribery in a bid to prevent votes for tournament hosts being rigged. UEFA's updated disciplinary code has been distributed in the week that global... 30 Jun, 2017
