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Racism on the sporting field needs to stop. Immediately. No excuses

Many players of colour in the Serie A - Kalidou Koulibaly, Blaise Matuidi, Sulley Muntari and Moise Kean - have been subjected to racial discrimination in the past few seasons

How the Indian Super League has effectively taken over Indian football

Five years after the Indian Super League was established, so has its effective preeminence in Indian football

After two draws, Portugal post first win in Euro 2020 qualifier vs Serbia

Fernando Santos' side had started the defence of their title with two draws but goals from William Carvalho, Goncalo Guedes, Cristiano Ronaldo and Bernardo Silva put them second in Group B

EPL 2019-20: When and where to watch week 4 premier league matches

The highlight of this weekend is going to be the North London derby between Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur

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

A world cup with a difference

"Slums are a storehouse of untapped talent and many children languish there because of the lack of opportunities"

Suarez reformed?

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

AIFF runs out of money, unable to pay prize money to I-League clubs

A concerned Chennai City CEO Rohit Ramesh corroborated it, and hoped that they would get the prize money

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

Finding football's soul

Top flight football in England is a global phenomenon, more than anywhere else in Europe, more indeed than any league in any sport

'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

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

The Flying Dutchman

The heights that Mr van Persie's career could have hit had he pushed for a move elsewhere - Manchester United, Real Madrid, Juventus, even Chelsea - much sooner, would have been truly monumental

New events will protect soccer's relevance, says FIFA prez Gianni Infantino

So far, only a consortium featuring Japan's SoftBank that has offered $25 billion in guaranteed revenue has been identified

India vs China football match: India hold China to goalless draw in Suzhou

The Indian football team is playing an international match for the first time in China though the two countries' senior sides have faced each other 17 times in the past

Australia Football Federation votes for governance reform after FIFA threat

Football Federation Australia's 10-member Congress - 9 state and territory associations and one A-League representative - voted 8-2 in favour of constitutional changes, narrowly securing required 75%

Upset over 'racism, disrespect', Ozil retires from international football

In a series of tweets on Sunday, the 29-year-old midfielder said that he felt unwanted and his contributions to the German national football since his debut in 2009 had been forgotten

Bend it like Poonam: Young girls challenge patriarchy on football field

What changed for Poonam? In a word: sports

How football's richest clubs fail to pay staff a real living wage

Everton & Chelsea are only two Premiership clubs fully accredited with the Living Wage Foundation

Lok Sabha Speaker to hand out footballs to MPs

The FIFA Under-17 World Cup will kick off in India on October 6