Brazil's legendary former striker Pele hails new national coach Tite as a "reliable" pair of hands for the demoralized national team.

The draw for the 2017 AFC Cup Playoff Qualifiers was held in Kuala Lumpur on Friday night, with Sheikh Russel being pitted in Group C alongside Bhutan's FC Tertons and Chinese Taipei's Tatung FC.

A 94th-minute penalty rescues a point for the Czech Republic in their dramatic 2-2 draw with Croatia as flares thrown onto the pitch mar Friday's Euro 2016 match.

Brazil's failure to claim an Olympic soccer gold medal, the one major tournament they have never won, is all because Pele never played in the competition, the soccer great jokes on Thursday.

The knockout stages of Euro 2016 beckon for defending champions Spain and 2012 finalists Italy if they can back up their opening wins with more success against Turkey and Sweden on Friday.

The United States survive a late onslaught to beat Ecuador 2-1 and advance to the semi-finals of the Copa America for the first time since 1995 after a pulsating and sometime fractious match in Seattle on Thursday.

Northern Ireland beat Ukraine 2-0 in a Group C at Euro 2016 on Thursday thanks to a powerful header just after half-time from Gareth McAulay and an injury-time goal from Niall McGinn.

Former World Cup winner and national coach Diego Maradona says he has no magic wand to solve Argentina's football crisis but agree to help organise talks to that end.

In a historic first for the country's professional football league, the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) will get underway outside the capital.

Corinthians manager Tite has accepted an offer to coach Brazil, the club's president said on Wednesday.

Move over Brexit. If England drop out of the Euro 2016 it could wipe £6 billion (7.6 billion euros, $8.5 billion) from the value of the London stock market, a finance expert warned Wednesday.

Jose Mourinho faces a trip to the seaside in his first Premier League game in charge of Manchester United as they face Bournemouth on August 13 in the 2016/17 Premier League fixtures unveiled on Wednesday.

Portugal coach Fernando Santos rubbish suggestions Cristiano Ronaldo refused to shake hands with Iceland players after his side's disappointing 1-1 draw at Euro 2016.

Alexis Sanchez and Eduardo Vargas both score twice as Chile advance to the quarter-finals of the Copa America Centenario on Tuesday with a 4-2 victory over Panama.

Argentina cruise to an easy 3-0 win versus Bolivia on Tuesday to secure top honours in Group D with three wins from three matches at the Copa America Centenario.

Brazil sack national coach Dunga after their humiliating group-stage elimination from the Copa America Centenario

Cristiano Ronaldo-led Portugal are held by European Championship debutants Iceland as the superstar forward failed to score on a night he equalled his country's appearance record.

Gambian refugee Bakery Jatta has signed a contract with German Bundesliga side Hamburg, the club said Tuesday, in what local media dubbed a "football fairytale".

Russia striker Artem Dzyuba on Tuesday hit out at English fans, saying that they were being depicted as "angels".

Barcelona agree to pay a fine of 5.5 million euros to the Spanish authorities to settle a tax fraud case over the transfer of Brazil international Neymar in 2013.