On his first Champions League start, Mainoo completed 81 passes in just 64 minutes on the field to continue his revival under Carrick.

Morocco will co-host the 2030 tournament with Spain and Portugal. It marks just the second time an African nation will host World Cup games, after South Africa staged the 2010 event.

Como's first-ever qualification to Europe's elite club competition meant a race against time to get their lakeside Stadio Sinigaglia home upgraded to meet UEFA guidelines. Failure to do so would have meant playing their home games 200km away at the home of Sassuolo, but Cesc Fabregas's side were spared that and celebrated in style.

PSV could not find a way to record their first Matchday 1 victory since 2015, but at least they have started the campaign with a point as they seek to make up for last year's disappointing 28th position in the group phase.

For months, speculation swirled through the corridors of Barcelona regarding the signature of Argentine striker Julian Alvarez, famously dubbed La Arana -- "The Spider."

Yamal, however, insists he will not beg for the coveted trophy. After helping Barça win LaLiga and Spain lift the World Cup, the teenager said he believes he had a strong year but is happy to leave the decision to others.

The 2030 World Cup final will be held in Casablanca, the President of the Royal Moroccan Football Federation was reported as saying by Spanish news agency EFE on Thursday.

Former Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino says Chelsea should be stripped of their 2016-17 Premier League title for financial rule breaches and the honour awarded to the side he led to the runners-up spot.

Chelsea fought back from two goals down to beat Leeds 6-3 as Cole Palmer and Danny Welbeck rescued the Blues in a League Cup third-round classic on Wednesday.

Infantino, who is seeking another term as FIFA president, has faced mounting criticism since his failed proposal to sell a 20% stake in FIFA competitions, including the World Cup, to private investors was abandoned in July following widespread opposition from football's regional confederations.

"The FIFA ASEAN Cup was launched to provide national teams with meaningful competitive opportunities within the men’s international match calendar," FIFA President Gianni Infantino said.

Brazil's early exit from the 2026 World Cup forced Ancelotti to rethink his options. The five-time world champions were eliminated by Norway in the last 16, bringing a disappointing end to a campaign that had promised more.

Head coach Thomas Dooley has trimmed the preliminary squad of the Bangladesh national football team for the FIFA ASEAN Cup by dropping six players, team manager Amirul Islam Babu confirmed today.

A goalkeeper playing in the ninth tier of English football could soon trade his gloves for a crown after being selected as the next king of the Tooro people in Uganda.

The former Manchester United, Real Madrid and Juventus forward has continued to rewrite the record books well into his forties, and the prospect of becoming the first player to score 1,000 competitive senior goals is now firmly within sight.

The Brazilian star headed home a corner kick from superstar Lionel Messi for the equalizer in the 48th minute.

Odegaard has started the 2026/27 in sensational form, scoring four goals in five games, including back-to-back winners against Chelsea and Napoli.

The French club are bidding to follow in the footsteps of the Real Madrid side of 2016 to 2018 and become just the second team in the history of the modern Champions League to win the trophy three years running.

Brazil will face Australia in Townsville on September 25 and Brisbane on September 29 before taking on India in Kolkata on October 3.

The Catalan giants, who last won the competition in 2015, have triumphed in all five of their matches across all competitions this season -- and scored five goals in four of them.