Football

United will trigger an option to extend Swedish striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic's contract by a year, manager Jose Mourinho told a press conference on Wednesday.

Drinkwater has been charged with violent conduct by the FA after appearing to elbow Watford's Valon Behrami in Saturday's 2-1 Premier League away defeat.

Real stretched their unbeaten run in all competitions to 30 games after a patchy performance in which their top scorer Cristiano Ronaldo, needing two goals to reach a 100-goal milestone in European club competition, was largely subdued.

Jose Mourinho was fined by the Football Association for pre-match comments about Anthony Taylor after his remarks were found to have brought "an additional layer of pressure" upon the referee, it was revealed Wednesday.

England captain Wayne Rooney "unreservedly" apologised Wednesday to interim manager Gareth Southgate and Football Association technical director Dan Ashworth after the publication of embarrassing photographs at the squad's hotel.

Former Liverpool and England captain Steven Gerrard will leave Los Angeles Galaxy and take time out to consider his next move, the midfielder said on Tuesday.

All India Football Federation has taken strong exceptions to the comments made by coaches Zico, Steve Coppell and Antonio Habas on the standard of refereeing in the ongoing Indian Super League.

Bengaluru will have to play out of their skin against a top class Iraqi side which have at least four national team players and have won eight out of 11 matches in the tournament.

FIFA said Friday it had drawn up a shortlist of 23 candidates for its Best Men's Player of 2016 with luminaries such as Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.

Coach Pep Guardiola was left thrilled after Manchester City revived their Champions League bid by beating his old club Barcelona 3-1 in a gloriously open Group C encounter at the Etihad Stadium on Tuesday.

Atletico's Diego Simeone also took the coach of the season award while Barcelona's Uruguay striker Luis Suarez was named the top non-EU player.

The magazine said that Borussia Dortmund striker Pierre Emerik Aubameyang and long-serving Italian goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon of Juventus were also nominated.

Last season's runners up FC Goa currently find themselves at the bottom of the league, while North East United is currently sitting pretty at the top after 3 wins from 6 matches.

Barca said in a statement that Iniesta injured the lateral collateral ligaments in his right knee and would undergo further tests.

Former Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho says he has "never" been friends with club owner Roman Abramovich, but will not over-celebrate if Manchester United score against his old side on Sunday.

Lionel Messi is back in the Argentina squad for next month’s World Cup qualifiers against Brazil and Colombia after missing the last three due to injury in which his team have dropped seven points.