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A senior adviser to FIFA President Gianni Infantino resigned in protest at plans to sell a stake in the World Cup on Friday, as European football threatened a boycott and ...

Former AC Milan and Italy defender Franco Baresi, one of the most recognisable players of the golden era of Italian football in the 1980s and 1990s, has died at the ...

FIFA said on Friday it would push ahead with consultations on a plan to bring private investment into the World Cup and its other tournaments, after Europe’s football federation ...

UEFA’s member associations have unanimously voted to boycott the World Cup and other FIFA competitions in protest at FIFA’s plan to sell stakes to external investors in a ...

Newcastle United manager Eddie Howe has stepped down from his role with immediate effect, BBC and Sky Sports reported on Thursday. The 48-year-old leaves after five years in charge, having ...

FIFA President Gianni Infantino called the plan to sell stakes in the World Cup a proposal but ‘not an obligation’ after the idea provoked a furious response from some football ...

Argentina’s contentious exit from the World Cup could end up having long-term consequences, as FIFA on Monday announced assault charges against two Albiceleste players and an assistant coach. Midfielder ...

Omonia were eliminated from the Uefa Champions League on Wednesday after losing 6-5 on penalties to Kazakhstan’s Kairat Almaty in their second qualifying round tie, with the capital side ...

FIFA’s proposal to sell stakes in a $20 billion commercial subsidiary has drawn strong criticism from soccer’s regional confederations, which said they were blindsided by the world governing body’...

Wimbledon enjoyed a record attendance and generated nearly 5 billion social media “impressions” despite competition from the soccer World Cup, the All England Club said on Wednesday. A cumulative 550,151 fans passed ...

Spain defender Marc Cucurella proved he was a man of his word when he made good his promise of getting a tattoo of his national team coach Luis de la ...

UEFA is looking to hold an emergency meeting with its 55 member associations this week to discuss FIFA’s proposed sale of equity to outside investors, the BBC and ESPN reported. ...

Former Italy manager Roberto Mancini will return for a second spell as national team coach, Italian Football Federation (FIGC) President Giovanni Malago said on Tuesday, while Claudio Ranieri will take ...

France football great and former Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane will take over as the new national team head coach, the French National Football Team said on Tuesday in a ...

After the gloom of successive 17th-placed finishes in the Premier League, Tottenham Hotspur’s club-record summer spending spree has transformed the mood at the London club, according to Dutch defender ...

Cyprus’ four UEFA representatives – Apollon, Omonia, Pafos FC, and AEK Larnaca – are at a crucial stage in their European campaigns, preparing for important second-leg matches this week. Apollon is in ...

A female referee suffered concussion when she was knocked to the ground as she tried to break up a melee between male players during a friendly between French club Metz ...

Belgium goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois has welcomed the appointment of Mark van Bommel as the country’s new coach and said he would talk to him about whether he continues his ...

Andrea Pirlo’s possible appointment as Italy head coach has hit political resistance over his commercial ties to a Russian betting company. The 47-year-old World Cup winner had emerged as ...

Germany have appointed former Liverpool and Borussia Dortmund boss Juergen Klopp as head coach of the men’s national team, the German Press Agency (DPA) said on Friday. The decision ...

Pafos FC will have work to do in the second leg of their Europa League second qualifying round tie after losing 2-0 away to Croatia’s Hajduk Split on Thursday ...

Football violence erupted during the AEK Larnaca – Beitar Jerusalem match on Thursday night, with a South Korean tourist couple becoming unintended victims after their rental car was damaged in the ...

Aston Villa have signed Argentinian winger Alejandro Garnacho from Chelsea on an initial season-long loan deal, with a conditional obligation for the move to become permanent next summer, the Premier ...

Omonia secured a narrow 1-0 victory over Kairat Almaty of Kazakhstan on Wednesday night in the first leg of their UEFA Champions League second qualifying round tie at the GSP ...