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I tried to copy Messi and LeBron, says Griezmann after Barcelona double

Griezmann imitated the basketball superstar by tossing confetti into the air to celebrate his second at Camp Nou, a curling effort into the corner that he said was inspired by watching Messi

Tickets for India's opening match in FIFA World Cup qualifier up for sale

The match is scheduled to be held at the Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium in Guwahati on September 4

Slum Soccer transforms the lives of slum children with the help of football

Slum Soccer has won the FIFA Diversity Award 2016 and FICCI Gender Diversity Award 2018. It now plans to mentor talented footballers under 14 years of age

Suarez reformed?

Suarez's appeals on the pitch against Chile can be considered the lightest of moments in top-tier football

Fans lose faith as mafia and corruption scandals rock Italian football

Over the past decade, media investigations and research have uncovered an unseemly lack of virtue within the industry

Dragon ball: For China's 'Steel Roses' World Cup is only the latest letdown

China's national team did not blaze through the group stage of the World Cup in France as much as stumble

'Perfect time' for Indian corporates to invest in football clubs: France

I think there are clubs who are looking for new shareholders, with cash capacity and marketing experience, said Didier Quillot, CEO of France's Ligue de Football Professional

ISL 2018-19: Bengaluru FC score in extra time to lift maiden ISL title

In extra-time, the first saw no goals but Bengaluru got better of a 10-men Goan team 1-0, four minutes from the end of the second extra half

Lionel Messi returns to Argentina squad after eight month absence

The 31-year-old Barcelona star hasn't pulled on the light blue and white national team jersey since Argentina were dumped out of the World Cup last June by eventual winners France

FIFA World Cup 2022: Qatar invites India's cricket World Cup winning teams

Admitting that cricket was a big sport in India, Nasser Al Khater, CEO, FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, extended the invitation to the members of winning squads of the two cricket world cups

Derrick Pereira named coach of India U-23 football team for AFC qualifiers

Besides India, the other teams in the group are Tajikistan and Pakistan

ISL 2018-19: Jamshedpur FC stay alive with narrow win over Mumbai FC

The result took Jamshedpur within a point of fourth-placed NorthEast United, while Mumbai remained in second position, four points ahead of Cesar Ferrando's team

Ole revolution

A month and a half ago the possibility that Man United would be among the Champions League spots would have seemed fully in the realms of fantasy

ISL 2018-19: Delhi Dynamos FC hold FC Goa to a goal-less draw at home

FC Goa added a point to their tally to make it 25 points from 14 matches and remain third in the standings. Delhi are rooted to the eighth spot with 11 points from 14 games

ISL 2018-19: Lanzarote brace against Jamshedpur FC keeps ATK hopes alive

The win also helped ATK draw level with Jamshedpur FC (20 points) to boost their chances of making the playoffs

ISL 2018-19: Late drama as Kerala Blasters, ATK share the spoils

New recruit Edu Garcia's free-kick in the 85th minute gave ATK an unexpected lead, but a Matej Poplatnik goal just three minutes later saw the spoils shared

Constantine resigns as Indian football team coach after Asian Cup exit

India needed just a draw to qualify for the Round of 16 but the defeat meant that it finished at the bottom of the four-team Group A to crash out of the tournament

Valverde hails Messi as Barca star becomes first to score 400 La Liga goals

Messi hit his quadruple century in the 53rd minute of Barca's win over Eibar on Sunday to extend his record as the division's all-time top scorer

Bhaichung Bhutia plans to contest assembly elections in Sikkim

Bhutia said that he will try to create an environment to encourage the Sikkimese youth to take up the sport in a big way

India will not be an easy team to beat at Asian Cup Football: Sunil Chhetri

China (76th) and Oman (82nd) are ranked higher than India (97th) while Jordan are below a few rungs down at 109th