Football

Sprint superstar Usain Bolt admitted Tuesday he was struggling with the tempo of professional football but is working hard to raise his fitness levels ahead of his first trial match this week.

Real Madrid coach Julen Lopetegui insisted after a come from behind 4-1 win at Girona that a 'keep calm under pressure' attitude would deliver the goals previously scored by the prolific but now departed Cristiano Ronaldo.

Jurgen Klopp has praised the impact of new Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson Becker as the Reds boss prepares to send error-prone Loris Karius on loan to Besiktas.

Following up Zinedine Zidane's treble Champions League success with Real Madrid was always going to be a difficult job for Julen Lopetegui, but having to do it without Cristiano Ronaldo is a monumental challenge.

Maurizio Sarri admitted Eden Hazard needs more time to get back to his very best despite an impressive 15-minute cameo as a substitute in Chelsea's 3-0 win at Huddersfield.

Juventus fans will get their first glimpse of superstar summer signing Cristiano Ronaldo in rarified surroundings on Sunday, when he makes his debut for the Italian champions at the foot of the Alps a week before the start of the new Serie A season.

Manchester City take on Chelsea in Sunday's Community Shield -- the traditional curtain raiser to the English season -- but the Wembley showpiece will offer few clues as to the destination of the Premier League title.

Jose Mourinho has hit out at Manchester United's transfer window inactivity after watching his under-strength squad crash to a 4-1 defeat against Liverpool in the latest stop of their pre-season US tour.

Former East Bengal midfielder Kalia Kulothungan passed away, aged 40 in a road accident in his home town of Thanjavur in Tamil Nadu on Friday.

Former Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson thanked medics for saving his life and said he felt humbled by the huge outpouring of sympathy in his first public comments since undergoing emergency surgery for a brain haemorrhage in May.

Former Atletico Madrid manager Cesar Ferrando Jimenez was appointed as the head coach of Indian Super League side Jamshedpur Football Club.

Italian champions’ newest recruit Cristiano Ronaldo will not be available for their pre-season tour to the US. The Portugal skipper, who was officially presented as a Juventus player on July 16 announced that he will begin pre-season training from the end...

The 2018 FIFA World Cup, if anything, has shown the importance of teamwork and the dizzying heights it can take you to. And no one has exemplified this spirit better than the unlikely finalists – France and Croatia.

England manager Gareth Southgate admits the World Cup third-place play-off is a game that no team wants to play, but Saturday's match against Belgium offers the chance to finish the tournament on a winning note.

Superstar forward Cristiano Ronaldo is all set to join Italian champions Juventus after the club agreed to the transfer terms with Real Madrid. The European champions will be richer by €112m from this transfer.

If Kevin De Bruyne is having a quiet World Cup, as some pundits have suggested, it can only be because expectations surrounding the Belgium playmaker are so incredibly high.