Indonesian players and fans were dismayed on Thursday after the country was dropped as host of the Under-20 soccer World Cup following outrage among politicians in the predominantly Muslim nation about Israel’s participation.

Except for suspended Sri Lanka, all subcontinent nations grabbed the opportunity to play international friendlies in the FIFA window in March to assess their performances ahead of the upcoming SAFF Championship, slated for June 23 to July 3 in India.

While live streaming with one of Spain’s biggest streamers, Ibai Llanos, Aguero paused and put his hand to his chest, prompting Llanos to enquire whether everything was alright.

There are a lot of traits that make a team like the reigning World Cup champions Argentina successful. 

New Spain coach Luis de la Fuente's project suffered an early setback in a chastening defeat by Scotland in Glasgow on Tuesday in Euro 2024 qualifying.

Every rule has an exception and it seems that Herve Renard was the outlier for the Saudi Arabian Football Federation (SAFF) - a coach allowed to leave the national team job on his own terms with his reputation enhanced.

Fulham striker Aleksandar Mitrovic said on Wednesday that he regrets a push on referee Chris Kavanagh during a controversial FA Cup quarter-final defeat at Manchester United that is expected to land the Serbian a lengthy ban.

Ansu Fati's father Bori Fati said Wednesday he was annoyed with how Barcelona are treating his son and would prefer for the forward to move clubs.

The two men locked horns during a period of intense rivalry starting in the 1990s, winning 16 English top-flight titles between them

FIFA have extended bans imposed on past and present Juventus officials to apply worldwide, the soccer governing body said on Wednesday, with Tottenham Hotspur's current managing director of football Fabio Paratici among the individuals affected by the move.

FIFA on Wednesday stripped Indonesia of the right to stage this year's Under-20 soccer World Cup, over what an Indonesian official said was a failure to honour its commitments to the tournament.

Herve Renard has resigned as Saudi Arabia coach, the Saudi Arabian Football Federation (SAFF) said on Tuesday.

The Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) announced that it would pull out of the 2024 AFC Women’s Olympic Football Qualifying Tournament just six days before the start of the first round in Myanmar, citing financial constraints.

Belgium captain Kevin De Bruyne says new players in the squad are injecting energy into the team after the failure of their “golden generation” to live up to their number one ranking over the last four years.

Bangladesh had been drawn in Group B alongside the hosts, Iran, and Maldives on January 12 and were preparing until the sudden reversal.

Argentina’s seven-goal demolition of visitors Curacao on Tuesday saw the return of Giovani Lo Celso who demonstrated why the three-time world champions badly missed the on-loan Villarreal midfielder during their Qatar World Cup campaign last year despite eventually having gone on to bag the ultimate prize in the sport.

Now with 102, he remains third in the all-time list, behind great rival Cristiano Ronaldo (122) of Portugal and Iran's Ali Daei (109)

It came 17 years after he opened his Argentina account in a 3-2 defeat to Croatia in March 2006

Seven-time Ballon d'Or winner Messi opened the scoring in the friendly against the Caribbean island minnows on 20 minutes in Santiago del Estero

De Bruyne set up two goals early to give his side a 2-0 lead inside 10 minutes, before scoring one of his own late in the second to deepen Germany's woes ahead of 2024's Euros, which they will host.