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PM Narendra Modi plays football with kids in Gangtok; highlights Olympic dreams: ‘Nothing like playing football’

April 28, 2026 12:38 pm

Wearing a blue sports jacket adorned with the tricolour, PM Narendra Modi was seen walking onto the field alongside a group of youngsters dressed in matching kits, each holding a football.

Real Zaragoza goalkeeper Andrada punched Huesca's Jorge Pulido in Spanish second division game. (Screengrab/X)

WATCH | Punch, chaos, red cards: Real Zaragoza goalkeeper's 99th minute meltdown sparks mass brawl in Spanish Segunda Division

April 27, 2026 8:41 am

Real Zaragoza goalkeeper Esteban Andrada punched Huesca captain Jorge Pulido which sparked a mass brawl that saw three players sent off.

Man City and Arsenal are in tight Premier League title race. (AP)

For Man City and Arsenal, depth in numbers and quality like-for-like replacements, are key

April 27, 2026 6:51 am

The charge to the Premiership title might not have been feasible if Guardiola and Arteta's squads didn't have the depth to last the rigours of the multi-pronged season

(Representative image) Italian prosecutors investigate a Milan prostitution ring involving over 60 Serie A footballers.

60 Footballers, a prostitution ring, and a pregnancy scare: Inside Milan's escort scandal

April 23, 2026 12:02 pm

Prosecutors are searching seized phones for the names of players from across Serie A after four people were arrested running a luxury escort operation for Italy's biggest stars.

In a small town in Kolhapur, a football league continues to shape young talents

April 05, 2026 8:48 pm

Long before ISL, a group of senior players in Gadhinglaj were already thinking along the same lines

Iraq's players celebrate after the winning World Cup playoff final match against Bolivia in Mexico. (PHOTO: AP)

Why Iraq’s World Cup success would be celebrated in Europe

April 02, 2026 2:11 pm

Almost half of the team is drawn from migrant community displaced by war

A big screen displays an anti-discrimination message inside the RCDE Stadium, Cornella de Llobregat, Spain, during the match between Spain and Egypt. (PHOTO: Reuters)

Spain FA, coach condemn Islamophobic chants during pre-FIFA World Cup friendly against Egypt

April 01, 2026 4:08 pm

The Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) denounced the chants in a statement put out on their social media.

Iraq's Zaid Ismail celebrates after his team qualified for FIFA World Cup. (PHOTO: Reuters)

FIFA World Cup: Coach stuck in UAE, 20-hour road trip during war, visa trouble, cancelled training camp – Iraq’s route to football showpiece

April 01, 2026 3:00 pm

A request to postpone inter-confederation playoff against Bolivia was struck down, but Lions of Mesopotamia roared in Monterrey to seal a spot after 40 years