The 34th edition of the tournament will get underway on December 26

Manchester City's treble-winning coach Pep Guardiola and England women manager Sarina Wiegman are among the finalists for The Best FIFA men's coach and women's coach awards, world soccer's governing body said on Wednesday.

Bundesliga club FC Cologne have on Wednesday been hit with a 595,000 euro ($641,800) fine for igniting pyrotechnics and throwing objects on the field which delayed a match.

Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus was awarded with World Football Summit Award in a ceremony on Monday during the latest edition of the World Football Summit in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Former Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand feels that Manchester United did not deserve a place in the Champions League knock out stage.

The Italian champions qualified second in Group C behind Real Madrid thanks to Serder Saatci's clumsy own goal and Victor Osimhen's first strike since early October, both which came in the first half.

Madrid came into the match guaranteed of first place in their group but fell behind just before half-time, Union striker Kevin Volland scoring on the counter after Luca Modric had a penalty saved.

Kingsley Coman scored the only goal for the Bundesliga champions, who had long since secured their place in the last 16, to leave United without even the consolation of dropping into the Europa League.

PSG take on Borussia Dortmund in Germany on Wednesday in their final group-stage game with more than just Champions League survival hanging in the balance.

Brazilian Romarinho, N'Golo Kante and Benzema scored in the first half to book their team's place in the second round.

The pressure was off as both sides had already secured their ticket to the last 16

Previously, clubs could amortise the cost of a transfer fee over the full length of any contract.

Shipping magnate Marinakis also owns English Premier League club Nottingham Forest.

Chiellini is best known for his exploits with Juventus and his country.

Bashundhara Kings want to assess what went wrong in their AFC Cup qualifiers campaign, which came to an end on Monday under controversial circumstances, and decide their plan of action to fix their woes in international competitions.

German sportswear maker Puma said Tuesday it would end a sponsorship deal with the Israeli national football team in a decision made before the beginning of the war in Gaza.

The Turkish football federation suspended all leagues indefinitely after referee Halil Umut Meler was punched by Ankaragucu president Faruk Koca after Monday's 1-1 draw with Caykur Rizespor.

"What I know is I never think in a negative scenario. We think positive, so we know what to do," Ten Hag said on Monday

"Great victory and I'm thrilled to announce my 50th goal in 2023," the 38-year-old Portuguese wrote on Instagram

Football's world governing body FIFA said in a statement 152 players received targeted "discriminatory, abusive or threatening messaging."