Football

Manchester City lead the way with just over $5m as FIFA on Tuesday announced it has dished out $209m to clubs. The money paid to the clubs was for releasing...

Lionel Messi’s fifth-place finish in this year’s Ballon d’Or vote was absurd, his FC Barcelona coach Ernesto Valverde said of the Spanish champions’ Argentina forward on Tuesday. Real Madrid’s Croatia...

Football’s world governing body FIFA is looking into claims of sexual and physical abuse on the Afghanistan national women’s team, it confirmed in a statement on Saturday. The allegations against...

UEFA Champions League top scorers after Wednesday’s group phase matches: 6: Lewandowski (Bayern Munich), Messi (Barcelona) 5: Dzeko (Roma) 4: Dybala (Juventus), Griezmann (Atletico Madrid), Kane (Tottenham), Kramaric (Hoffenheim), Neymar...

President of Liberia, George Weah, ex-Chelsea striker, Didier Drogba, Senegal’s 2002 World Cup star, El-Hadj Diouf and Ghanaian Michael Essien are among some of Africa’s football legends expected to take...

Holders Real Madrid and Cristiano Ronaldo’s Juventus were among seven teams to reach the last 16 of the Champions League on Tuesday while Sergio Aguero’s late equaliser at Lyon also...

Cristiano Ronaldo continues to redefine the art of goalscoring, with the Juventus superstar now the first man to record 400 efforts across Europe’s top five leagues, Goal reports. The Portugal international burst...

Odion Ighalo scores a hat-trick for Nigeria as they trounce visiting Libya national team 4-0 in an African Cup of Nations qualifier on Saturday. The match was played at the Godswill...

Germany on Thursday won the race to host the 2024 European Championship as UEFA backed a bid seen as safer than the rival Turkish proposal. UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin announced...

Ballon d’Or organisers France Football have announced the creation of awards for the top female footballer and the best under-21 player in the world. The awards ceremony for the 63rd...