Michael Olise scored another superb goal but France were held to a 1-1 draw by Italy on Friday in Zinedine Zidane's first home game since being appointed coach of Les Bleus.

What was on display at the Chandpur District Stadium on Friday could reveal why the national football team suffered such an embarrassing defeat in Jakarta in the ongoing FIFA ASEAN Cup.

Following Messi’s retirement from international football, deciding who inherits the number 10 will be one of the key questions for Scaloni and his coaching staff, although that question remains unanswered for now.

Manchester City confirmed Friday they had launched an appeal against a damning judgement that found the club guilty of all charges related to serious breaches of the Premier League’s financial rules.

Bangladesh’s bruising 9-2 thrashing at the hands of Indonesia in Jakarta on Thursday was more than just a heavy loss to close out their FIFA ASEAN Cup group stage, it was a sobering display of the yawning chasm separating the men in red and green from the upper echelons of regional football.

The pitch at Chandpur District Stadium was visibly poor, with little or no grass across several areas and a rough, uneven surface. For a professional football match, the condition of the ground raised serious questions about the standard of facilities available to teams competing in Bangladesh’s top-level football.

Five-time world champions Brazil will field a star-studded squad featuring Vinicius Junior for the game at Kolkata's Salt Lake Stadium on Saturday.

Netherlands coach Xavi Hernandez said he was to blame for his side’s poor first-half performance in Thursday’s Nations League game against Greece after they trailed 2-0 before fighting back to draw.

Manchester City are expected to press ahead with an appeal against findings that they breached Premier League financial rules by today's deadline, opening a fresh chapter in a case that has already become one of the most significant in English football.

Lionel Messi is set to add an unusual distinction to his remarkable career as Argentina’s leading university is set to award him an honorary doctorate just hours before his expected farewell for the national team.

The social-media posts emerged shortly after Bangladesh suffered their heaviest defeat in three years.

Portugal coach Jorge Jesus sought to draw a line under the controversy surrounding Cristiano Ronaldo after his side produced a convincing 4-2 win over Denmark in the Nations League on Thursday, insisting that the team’s performance was more important than everything that had happened around the veteran forward.

The difference this time was perhaps the scale of the defeat—and the fact that the observations came from a coach who had just watched the shortcomings unfold against a much faster and technically superior opponent.

Reflecting on his first conversation with the squad after their reunion, Scaloni explained that his message was consistent with the one

The controversy surrounding Ronaldo's departure from the Portugal squad on Wednesday overshadowed the match in Copenhagen, with the five-time Ballon d'Or winner's future in international football now in serious doubt.

The former Real Madrid coach's first two matches in charge have come away from home, with Les Bleus winning 1-0 in Turkey and by the same scoreline in Belgium in the Nations League.

Eldense, based just in-land from Alicante, have become the former Barcelona attacker's second venture into Spanish football ownership after his purchase of Cornella, near Barcelona, in April.

Manchester United: Ronaldo publicly supported FIFA president Sepp Blatter’s controversial comparison between players being prevented from leaving clubs and “modern slavery” as he pushed for a move to Real Madrid. He eventually transferred to Madrid in 2009.

USA-based striker Mitchell Baker scored four goals as Bangladesh suffered a 9-2 defeat against Indonesia in their final FIFA ASEAN Cup fixture at the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium in Jakarta on Thursday.

Bangladesh will take on Uzbekistan on October 8 before facing the Philippines on October 11 in Group H.