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Asian Games medallist footballer Subhas Bhowmick passes away at 72

Former India midfielder, who was part of the 1970 Asian Games bronze medal-winning team, was admitted to hospital in Kolkata's Ekbalpur with a chest infection, his family said.

India’s women footballers set for long-awaited Asian Cup bout, with a shot at quarter-finals

India qualified for the AFC Women's Asian Cup as hosts but the team will have to find a path to the quarter-finals without star striker Bala Devi.

Messi-Ronaldo dominance shows why Ballon d’Or has failed. Football is much more than awards

While Ballon d’Or is awarded to the player who has fit the definition of being the “best in the world”, nobody really knows what it means.

What does hitting ball with head do to footballers? Glasgow team studied UK players

We collaborated with two former professional footballers’ associations in England to recruit a total of 60 former male footballers.

Apple TV show ‘Ted Lasso’ passed its greatest test — winning over football fanatics

Football fans don’t get too many shows and movies they like. And the less said about ‘Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal’ the better.

How Covid pandemic robbed football teams of their home ground advantage

According to researchers at University of Salzburg, while emotional support from the stands play significant role in home-field advantage, there is "unconscious favoritism" by referees.

Lionel Messi to join Paris Saint-Germain on two-year contract: report

The 34-year-old Argentina star has left for France after agreeing to join PSG and is set to earn around 35 million euros net annually, according to the report.

Messi tearfully confirms Barcelona exit, says Paris’ Saint-Germain could be a ‘possibility’

Messi, who teared up while making the announcement at a press conference Sunday, said he had done everything to stay with Barcelona including offering to take a 50% pay cut.

English football has to realise — just tweeting against racism isn’t going to be enough

Response to racist attacks against Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka for missing penalty kicks in the Euro 2020 final follows the same-old tired playbook.

Germany saw rise in heart attacks during FIFA World Cup 2014, most deaths in final vs Argentina

A German study found 18,479 heart attacks were reported during the World Cup in Brazil, while there were 18,089 heart attacks in the same period in 2013, and 17,794 in 2015.

On Camera

Asim Munir now has a Musharraf-style path ahead in Pakistan. It’s the 27th Amendment

Pakistan has been buzzing with rumours around the 27th Amendment for months, but the cat came out of the bag this week when President Asif Ali Zardari...

India’s services exports touching $400 bn—a quiet engine offsetting trade deficit

In 2024-25, India exported $387.54 bn worth of services, against imports of $198.14 bn, earning all-time high surplus of $189.40 bn. This offset 2/3rd of goods trade deficit. 

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.