Football

"I hope to live the dream that is to win the Champions League," Neymar said ahead of Barcelona's title clash with Juventus on Saturday.

Coach Stephen Constantine chose a 26-member squad for the two matches from an initial list of 38 players.

Bengaluru became the runners-up in the I-League after drawing their final league match 1-1 against eventual champions Mohun Bagan FC.

Messi is playing better than ever, scoring seemingly at will, while also acting as Barcelona's best playmaker after moving back to the right side of its attack.

Asian Football Confederation on Thursday supported Qatar's right to host the 2022 World Cup despite the ongoing corruption scandal.

A former director of FIFA who was brought to trial by a New York court confessed in 2013 that he had accepted bribes in exchange for selecting the sites of the World Cup in 1998 and 2010.

Organisers again tried to shake off the stigma of the scandal engulfing FIFA as Portugal qualified for the round of 16 at the under-20 World Cup in New Zealand.

The "Red Notices" announced were for former FIFA vice president Jack Warner of Trinidad and former executive committee member Nicolas Leoz of Paraguay.

Blatter resigned as FIFA president on Tuesday, four days after being re-elected to a fifth term amid the biggest corruption scandal in the history of soccer's global governing body.

Jordaan admitted that the organisation he headed paid $10 million in 2008 to FIFA, although he denied that it was a bribe.

Dempo started strongly and created a lot of scoring chances in both the session and have themselves to blame for the defeat as they failed to score.

FIFA investigations are having a ripple effect across SA, whose teams have won 9 World Cups and where national squads are preparing for the continental tournament.

Europe's top football officials have vowed not to give up their fight to reform FIFA despite failing in their bid to oust Blatter as president of the sport's world governing body.

"It's impossible to resign. I'm not going to resign because I have nothing to do with this," Brazilian Football Confederation president said.

India are scheduled to play back-to-back away games against Turkmenistan and Oman on October 8 and 13 and a home match against Guam on November 13.

Elano could rejoin Indian Super League (ISL) club Chennaiyin FC in September despite extending a deal with Brazil's Santos.