CISF Protectors surprised the Indian Super League Cup winner Mumbai City FC 2-0 to pick up its first win in a Group C league match of the 133rd Durand Cup football at the Kishore Bharati Stadium here on Monday. Santosh Kumar gave the paramilitary outfit an early lead when he latched on to a fine…
Uzbekistan’s Ilgiz Tantashev, the referee in the Paris 2024 Olympics football semifinal between Morocco and Spain, had to be replaced due to an injury at the Marseille Stadium on Monday. The referee was involuntarily taken from behind by a Spanish defender after signalling for a foul on Morocco’s Ilias Akhomach by Juan Miranda. The referee…
Paris St Germain have signed highly rated 19-year-old Portuguese defensive midfielder Joao Neves from Primeira Liga side Benfica on a contract until 2029, the Ligue 1 champions said on Monday. Neither PSG nor Benfica disclosed the financial details, but The Athletic reported that the deal was worth around 60 million euros ($66 million) plus 10…
Brazil has appealed FIFA’s decision to suspend Marta for two matches after her red card in the group stage of the women’s football tournament at the Paris Olympics. Brazil is set to face World Cup champion Spain in a semifinal match in Marseille on Tuesday. Marta sat out Brazil’s 1-0 quarterfinal victory over host France…
Bayern Munich’s hopes of signing Netherlands forward Xavi Simons have been shelved for now with the player agreeing to extend his loan at Leipzig from Paris Saint-Germain for another season. “Speculation surrounding Xavi’s future can finally be put to rest,” Leipzig said on its website Monday, when it announced it had agreed another loan deal…
Dutch forward Vivianne Miedema signed a three-year contract with Manchester City, the Women’s Super League (WSL) club said on Friday, after the league’s all-time top scorer left Arsenal at the end of the 2023-24 season. Miedema, who has netted 80 goals in the WSL, won four trophies with Arsenal during a seven-year stay with the club. However, she struggled with…
Football often prides itself on its unpredictability. The underdog stories, the stoppage time goals and the last-minute penalties: it is this that comprises its box office. The third day of the Premier League Next Gen Cup 2024 was a contrasting display of those aspects with one Indian club – Punjab FC – scripting history…
Cup winners Feyenoord edged league champions PSV Eindhoven on penalties at the end of an eight-goal stalemate in the Johan Cruyff Shield, as the new Dutch season got off to a rollicking start on Sunday. The traditional season opener saw PSV ahead after nine minutes but it then had to come back three times to…
Kerala Blasters recovered from a goal’s deficit to hold Punjab FC to a 1-1 draw in a crucial Group C league match of the 133rd Durand Cup, at Salt Lake Stadium here on Sunday. Luka Majcen found the lead for Punjab FC in the injury-time of the opening session. Kerala Blasters recovered quickly to equalise…
Tokyo Games silver medallists Spain takes on Morocco on Monday aiming to reach a second consecutive Olympic men’s football final and avenge a painful World Cup last-16 loss to the African side two years ago. Morocco reached its first Olympics semifinal with a 4-0 win over the United States in Paris, while Spain breezed past…
