A late equaliser by Atletico Madrid's Yannick Carrasco pushed the Champions League final into extra time on Saturday after Sergio Ramos opened the scoring for ten-time champions Real Madrid on 15 minutes.

Real Madrid's Sergio Ramos has set a new Champions League record by becoming the first defender to score in two finals.

Real Madrid's Sergio Ramos has set a new Champions League record by becoming the first defender to score in two finals.

Roy Hodgson insists Marcus Rashford's dream debut for England came as no surprise after the Manchester United sensation staked his claim for a Euro 2016 place with a record-breaking strike in a 2-1 win over Australia.

World champions Germany are set to blood a crop of rising stars in Sunday's friendly at home to Slovakia as head coach Joachim Loew fine-tunes his Euro 2016 squad.

Lionel Messi was taken to hospital after suffering an injury scare on Friday as Argentina defeated Honduras 1-0 in their only warm-up game before next month's Copa America Centenario in the United States.

Arsenal goalkeeper Petr Cech set a new record for Czech caps on Friday in a Euro 2016 friendly 6-0 win against Malta in Austria.

Lionel Messi has been cleared of serious injury after hurting his ribs and back in Argentina's final Copa America Centenario warmup fixture on Friday.

Marcus Rashford, who also scored on his debut for Manchester United, becomes the youngest player to score on his England debut as England beat Australia 2-1.

Manchester United on Friday officially name Jose Mourinho as their new manager in place of the sacked Louis van Gaal.

On the eve of his second Champions League final since joining Real Madrid, Welsh star Gareth Bale admitted he is more at home with the fame and demands at the world's richest club.

The Australian Women's national football team were humbled 7-0 by a group of under-16 boys representing the Newcastle Jets on Wednesday.

A seven-year-old has applied for a recently-vacated managerial job at a club in the Scottish Premiership. He writes that he will ask his head teacher for time off from school to manage the team and insists the squad help with his homework.

Cross-town rivals Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid -- who will meet in the Champions League final on Saturday for the second time in three years -- are omnipresent in the Spanish capital.

Jose Mourinho's contract negotiations to become the next manager of Manchester United appear to hinge on the rights to the use of his image on merchandise, British media reported on Thursday.

Hawk-Eye technology will be used to decide whether the ball has crossed the goal-line at next month's Copa America Centenario in the United States.

Saif Powertec Ltd, the rights-holders of the proposed Bangladesh Super League (BSL), declare that they would stop all activities regarding the franchise-based football league until they are provided with international standards venues.

Rafael Benitez has signed a three-year contract to stay on as Newcastle United manager, after agreeing to lead their quest for an immediate return to the Premier League, the club said on Wednesday.

France said Wednesday it will deploy more than 90,000 police and security guards for Euro 2016, vowing to do "everything possible to avoid a terrorist attack" during the football tournament that starts next month.

France's Euro 2016 preparations take a knock on Tuesday with key defender Raphael Varane ruled out injured of next month's tournament on home soil with his place taken by Adil Rami.