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La Liga: Real Madrid's attack stalls in 0-0 draw against Villareal

With Karim Benzema and Vincius Jnior finally contained, Real Madrid saw its five-match winning streak come to an end with a 0-0 draw against Villarreal at home in the Spanish league.

French leader PSG beats Montpellier 2-0 for 8th straight win

French league leader Paris Saint-Germain relied on early and late goals to beat Montpellier 2-0 and make it eight straight wins

Messi was 'tyrant' during training, says Barca coach Ronald Koeman

Barca coach Ronald Koeman has said Lionel Messi was like "a tyrant" during training at Barcelona

UEFA says FIFA snubs request for talks on World Cup concerns

UEFA complained that Gianni Infantino's world body has yet to respond to its request for talks to discuss the concerns of European nations

ATK Mohun Bagan ousted from AFC Cup after 0-6 drubbing at hands of FC Nasaf

ISL heavyweights ATK Mohun Bagan's AFC Cup campaign ended in a nightmare after middle-rung Uzbekistan outfit FC Nasaf hammered the green and maroon brigade 6-0

La Liga: Marco Asensio, Benzema star as Real beat Mallorca 6-1

Asensio scored a hat-trick and Karim Benzema struck a brace of goals as Real Madrid soared on their goal-scoring prowess to thrash Mallorca 6-1 and rose to the top of the table in the Spanish La Liga.

Juventus snatch first victory in new Serie A season with win over Spezia

The 36 times champions Juventus finally claimed their first victory in the new Serie A season, after a 3-2 win over Spezia in a thriller.

League Cup: Manchester City, Liverpool ease through; Everton out

Bidding to win the English League Cup for a fifth straight season, Manchester City's players fell behind during a game in the competition for the first time in nearly four years

Inter Milan extends unbeaten start with 3-1 win at Fiorentina

Inter Milan's attack might be better off without Romelu Lukaku.

Barcelona held by winless Granada at Camp Nou in La Liga

Less than a week after a demoralizing loss to Bayern Munich in the Champions League, Barcelona faltered at Camp Nou again, being held by winless Granada 1-1 in the Spanish league.

FIFA reaches out to member nations on international calendar reforms

FIFA has reached out to its member associations to hold discussions on bringing reforms to the international match calendar for women and men

Liverpool cruise but Manchester City drop points in Premier League

Sadio Mane's 100th goal for Liverpool helped his side go top of the Premier League on Saturday evening after a 3-0 win at home to Crystal Palace

Juventus reports 210 million euros in losses in FY21 amid pandemic

Juventus reported a loss of 210 million euros for the 2020-21 financial year on Friday, attributed mainly to the pandemic's effect on the transfer market and ticket sales

FIFA intensifies push to stage men's World Cup every two years

FIFA intensified its push for hosting the men's World Cup every two years on Thursday by garnering support from soccer fans around the world to help combat resistance from Europe and South America.

Salah equals Gerrard's record for scoring most UCL goals at Anfield

Egyptian and Liverpool star Mohamed Salah has equalled Steven Gerrard's record of scoring most Champions League goals at Anfield

Champions League: Messi and PSG held by Brugge; City, Liverpool, Madrid win

Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbapp and Neymar lined up together in the near-perfect attack for Paris Saint-Germain and still could not score or deliver a win in the Champions League

Afghan women soccer players enter Pakistan after fleeing their country

Members of Afghanistan's women soccer team and their families arrived in Pakistan after fleeing their country in the wake of the Taliban's takeover, local media said on Wednesday.

Have time to bounce back from this defeat, says Man Utd's Maguire

Manchester United defender Harry Maguire believes that his side has a lot of time to bounce back from the defeat against Young Boys in the UEFA Champions League.

Afghan female football players evade Taliban, reach Pakistan

Thirty-two women football players from Afghanistan, who were facing threats from the Taliban, have reached Pakistan along with their families

US Soccer says it has offered men, women identical contracts

The men's contract expired in December 2018. The women's agreement runs through this December.