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Premier League 2022-23 to start on Aug 5, kick-off with Arsenal match

The 2022-23 Premier League season will kick off with Crystal Palace taking on Arsenal on the opening day, on August 5, before Manchester City begin their title defence at West Ham on August 7

Indian football team qualifies for Asian Cup with 4-0 win over Hong Kong

The win sees India complete the qualifiers with a perfect record after earlier wins over Afghanistan and Cambodia, while Hong Kong have also secured their place at next year's finals

India Super League: Chennaiyin FC rope in midfielder Sourav Das for 2 years

In an effort to boost their midfield, two-time Indian Super League champions Chennaiyin FC have signed Sourav Das on a two-year deal

Ukraine plans to restart football leagues from August amid Russian invasion

Ukraine was forced to abandon its leagues in February when Russia began an invasion that, according to Zelenskyy, has led to "at least tens of thousands" of Ukrainian civilians dying

UEFA Nations League: Hungary beat England for 1st time in more than 60 yrs

Dominik Szoboszlai's penalty was enough for Hungary to beat England for the first time in more than 60 years as they began UEFA Nations League Group A3 in style

'I don't follow records, records follow me': Ronaldo makes bold claim

Ronaldo has caught the eye at Old Trafford even in a disappointing season, scoring 24 goals across all competitions and netting various individual awards.

UEFA apologises to Liverpool, Madrid fans over Champions League final chaos

UEFA apologized to all spectators who had to experience or witness frightening and distressing events in the build-up to the Champions League final at the Stade de France on May 28 in Paris

UEFA: Horta's first goal for Portugal draws match at 1-1 against Spain

Horta was making just his second appearance for Portugal nearly eight years after his international debut back in 2014

Elliott to sell Italy's AC Milan football club to RedBird for $1.3 bn

The transaction may value AC Milan at about 1.2 billion euros ($1.3 billion), the people said.

Real Madrid's Karim Benzema named UEFA Champions League Player of Season

Real Madrid star forward Karim Benzema has been named as the 2021/22 UEFA Champions League Player of the Season.The Real Madrid striker took the award after topping the scoring charts with 15 goals and driving his team to glory during their run of breath-taking comebacks.The French striker was a talismanic figure for Madrid as he drove them on to a record 14th European title, and his fifth since he joined from Lyon in 2009.Not only did Benzema hit double figures for Champions League goals in a single season for the first time in his career, but his final tally of 15 also earned him the top spot in the competition scoring charts.Remarkably, a joint-record ten of those goals came in the knockout stage, beginning with a decisive late hat-trick against Paris Saint-Germain in the round of 16.He followed up with another treble away to Chelsea and then buried the extra-time winner to oust the holders in Spain, before a trio of goals against Manchester City in the semi-finals - including the .

Tom Rogic withdraws from Australia's squad for World Cup playoff

Veteran midfielder Tom Rogic has withdrawn from Australia's squad for next week's World Cup playoff, citing personal reasons, in the wake of a premiership-winning season at Celtic

Robert Lewandowski confirms his intention to leave Bayern Munich

Polish striker Robert Lewandowski has officially confirmed that he wants to leave football club Bayern Munich this summer."One thing is certain today - my story with Bayern is over. After everything that has happened in recent months, I cannot imagine further good cooperation," Lewandowski said during a news conference on international duty.Bayern Munich's sports director Hasan Salihamidzic said earlier this month that Lewandowski informed the club's boss that he wanted to leave.Recently, Lewandowski emerged as a winner of FIFA's best male player award and has won several prestigious titles since joining Bayern in 2014, including eight Bundesliga trophies for a total of 10 having won two with ex-club Dortmund. He also won the Champions League with Bayern in 2020.

Abramovich completes $3.2-bn sale of Chelsea to Boehly-led consortium

"We are honored to become the new custodians of Chelsea Football Club, Boehly said. We're all in 100% every minute of every match."

Nottingham Forest end historic 23-year wait for Premier League return

Nottingham Forest have ended their 23-year exile from the Premier League with a 1-0 win over Huddersfield Town in the Championship playoff final

Tear gas fired at Liverpool fans amid Champions League final stadium chaos

As Liverpool lost the showpiece game of the European season to Real Madrid 1-0 on Saturday, UEFA put the blame for blocked turnstiles on thousands of fans who purchased fake tickets

Real Madrid win Champions League final against Liverpool; secures14th title

The final match was held at the Stade de France in Paris and ended with a score of 1:0, with Brazilian winger Vinicius Junior scoring the only goal in the 59th minute

Chelsea reach final agreement for sale of club to Boehly-led consortium

The takeover is expected to be completed on Monday

Liverpool, Real Madrid face other in Champions League final in Paris

Thousands of soccer fans were descending on Paris to see Liverpool and Real Madrid meet in the Champions League final later today

Flying museum to honor soccer legend Maradona ahead of World Cup

A flying museum in honor of soccer great Diego Maradona is set to take to the skies

Mohamed Salah on revenge mission against Madrid in Champions League final

Mohamed Salah could easily have given the kind of diplomatic answer trotted out by most soccer players.