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‘There’s a lot of pressure if you work or play at a top club’: Arne Slot after Liverpool lose 1-4 to PSV in Champions League

November 28, 2025 00:17 IST

Even with big money signings, Liverpool are currently 12th in the standings, 11 points behind league leaders Arsenal.

Estevao celebrates ‘perfect night’ after goal in Chelsea’s win over Barcelona in Champions League

November 27, 2025 00:44 IST

The beautiful strike gave Chelsea its second goal in a 3-0 win over the Spanish powerhouse Barcelona in the Champions League on Tuesday.

Pep Guardiola concedes overhaul ‘was too much’ as Leverkusen stuns Man City in Champions League

November 27, 2025 00:37 IST

A 2-0 defeat to Bayer Leverkusen in the Champions League made it back-to-back losses for City and raised questions over Guardiola's decision to leave out so many of his star players — including top scorer Erling Haaland.

Arsenal vs Bayern Munich Champions League livestreaming

Arsenal F.C. vs FC Bayern Munich Live Streaming, UEFA Champions League Match: When and where to watch ARS vs FCB in India?

November 26, 2025 23:36 IST

Arsenal vs Bayern Munich Live Streaming, UEFA Champions League 2025 Football Match Today Streaming Online: The Indian Express provides all the details on how you can watch ARS vs FCB match on Wednesday.

Cristiano Ronaldo set to avoid ban at World Cup after FIFA red-card verdict offers probation

November 26, 2025 01:48 IST

FIFA published a disciplinary verdict Tuesday that imposed a three-game ban, but with two of those games deferred for a one-year probation period.

Cody Gakpo opens up on Liverpool ‘embarrassment’ as Slot feels the heat after poor run

November 26, 2025 01:41 IST

Liverpool has slumped from the high of being crowned Premier League champion in Slot's first season in charge to the low of losing eight of its last 11 games, despite spending $570 million in a remarkable summer outlay that included signing Florian Wirtz and Alexander Isak for club-record fees.

Pathum Nissanka’s unbeaten 98 earns Sri Lanka first win in T20 tri-series

November 26, 2025 01:30 IST

Nissanka's whirlwind knock, which featured four sixes and 11 boundaries, propelled Sri Lanka to 148-1 with 22 balls to spare on a wicket where Zimbabwe batters struggled to score 146-5.

Chelsea vs Barcelona Live Streaming, UEFA Champions League Match: When and where to watch CHE vs FCB live?

November 26, 2025 00:53 IST

Chelsea vs Barcelona Live Streaming, UEFA Champions League 2025 Football Match Today Streaming Online: The Indian Express provides all the details on how you can watch CHE vs FCB match on Tuesday.

Bayern Munich's Arturo Vidal celebrates after their fifth goal in the second leg against Arsenal, which gave them a 10-1 aggregate lead in the Champions League clash. (Screengrab via YouTube)

Champions League: When Bayern Munich demolished Arsenal 10-2

November 26, 2025 02:19 IST

As Premier League and Bundesliga leaders gear up to face each other in the Champions League on Wednesday night, the scars of the two fixtures in 2016/17 season will still be fresh in North London

‘Feel embarrassed, ashamed when I see it’: Pep Guardiola reacts to altercation with cameraman after Manchester City’s 1-2 loss to Newcastle United

November 24, 2025 20:52 IST

Pep Guardiola said that he was “embarrassed” and “ashamed” by his behaviour towards the cameraman, but admitted that he was not a perfect human being.

Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates his goal for Al Nassr against Al Khaleej in Saudi Pro League game. (X/Al Nassr)

WATCH: Cristiano Ronaldo scores outrageous bicycle kick goal for Al-Nassr in Saudi Pro League match against Al Khaleej

November 24, 2025 15:24 IST

Cristiano Ronaldo produced arguably the best goal of his club career while playing for Al-Nassr FC in the Saudi Pro League match against Al Khaleej on Sunday, timing a bicycle kick to perfection to send the fans at the venue and on social media into a delirium.

Liverpool's Cody Gakpo, Alexis Mac Allister, Hugo Ekitike, Federico Chiesa react after Nottingham Forest's Morgan Gibbs-White scored his side's third goal during the English Premier League soccer match between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest in Liverpool. (AP Photo)

Despite a record £446m spent in summer transfers, why Liverpool are struggling?

November 24, 2025 13:08 IST

From new signings to using different formations Arne Slot has tried everything to hide the cracks, but nothing seems to help a team where the tragic loss of Diogo Jota is still fresh in memory

Inter Miami forward Lionel Messi scores as FC Cincinnati goalkeeper Roman Celentano, third from left, tries to save his shot during the first half of MLS soccer's Eastern Conference semifinal Sunday, Nov. 23, 2025, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo)

Lionel Messi scores a goal and provides three assists for Inter Miami to set MLS playoff record

November 24, 2025 10:50 IST

Thanks to his heroics on Sunday, Messi set an MLS playoff record with 12 goal contributions (six goals, six assists).

Real Madrid consider opening up to external investors, Florentino Perez says

November 24, 2025 00:52 IST

Madrid's members will be invited to vote on the proposal that would require a change to its statutes at an extraordinary general meeting in the near future, Perez said at the club's annual meeting.

Eberechi Eze scores hat trick as Arsenal beat Tottenham to take 6-point lead in Premier League

November 24, 2025 00:17 IST

The England playmaker was the inspiration behind Arsenal's 4-1 win in the north London derby that left his team with a six-point lead in the Premier League.

WATCH: Tottenham’s Richarlison scores a stunner against Arsenal in North London derby

November 23, 2025 23:57 IST

Tottenham's Brazilian forward Richarlison continued his penchant for scoring worldies when he slammed his side's first goal against Arsenal in the Premier League on Sunday

‘I never lost hope’: Paul Pogba returns from football wilderness after 2 years to debut for Monaco

November 23, 2025 22:02 IST

Pogba had received a four-year ban in February 2024 after testing positive for banned substance DHEA, which boosts testosterone levels. The suspension was cut to 18 months after an appeal at the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

PHOTOS: Barcelona back at Camp Nou after more than 900 days with emphatic win – less than half-capacity, massive cranes in the background

November 22, 2025 23:43 IST

The top tier of Camp Nou remains mostly a skeleton of metal and concrete beams and pillars; huge construction cranes loom over the stadium and are visible from the stands, and there are areas that look like a construction site. But Barcelona still celebrated the day with fireworks followed by blue-and-burgundy smoke just minutes before the game.

Liverpool suffer another setback, lose 0-3 to Nottingham Forest

November 22, 2025 23:09 IST

The latest loss saw the defending champions plummet to 11th in the table with 18 points, 8 points adrift of league leaders Arsenal who still have a game in hand.

Scotland fans shake the earth after win over Denmark to qualify for World Cup after 1998

November 22, 2025 21:26 IST

A reading taken between 21:48 and 21:50 -- when McLean's audacious shot hit the net -- was measured as a surge of between -1 and zero on the Richter Scale and produced the equivalent of 200kW, enough to power between 25 and 40 car batteries.

Indian football in 2025: Supreme Court hearings — 16; matches played — 12; humiliation — endless

November 22, 2025 08:45 IST

Story of the freefall: Expectations aren’t high from players and administrators but even by their low standards, current mess is abysmal

Italy has to beat Northern Ireland then Wales or Bosnia to return to the World Cup

November 20, 2025 22:35 IST

Four-time World Cup winner Italy is back in the qualifying playoffs for a third straight time and the draw by FIFA on Thursday plots a tricky path toward ending a remarkable 12-year wait to play on soccer's biggest stage.

FIFA World Cup 2026 status check: With 42 slots out of 48 confirmed, which are the teams still in contention across all continents?

November 21, 2025 10:28 IST

But the last six teams will be confirmed only in March. Two of those will be through the playoff tournament featuring six teams from non-European confederations, while four European teams will come through the 16-team UEFA playoff competition.

Ryan Williams’ decision to take up Indian citizenship and represent the national team comes at a pivotal time in Indian football where the homegrown strike force is facing an acute shortage (Photo: AIFF via X)

Ryan Williams can now play for India as FIFA’s Players’ Status Chamber gives approval

November 20, 2025 20:40 IST

Williams, whose mother was born in an Anglo-Indian family in Mumbai, has played for Australia at the U-20 and U-23 levels, and made a senior team appearance in 2019 – coming on as a second-half substitute during a friendly against South Korea.

New FIFA rankings set top-seed teams in World Cup tournament draw with Germany edging out Croatia

November 20, 2025 00:13 IST

Co-hosts the United States, Canada and Mexico will be joined in the pot of No. 1 seeds by top-ranked Spain, defending champion Argentina, France, England, Portugal, Brazil, the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany.