However, Portuguese star Ronaldo, whose influence at Real Madrid mirrored that of Messi at Barcelona before he left for Juventus, admitted that the pair have never socialised together.

Argentina's star footballer Lionel Messi has been handed over a three-month ban from international football by CONMEBOL, a governing body of South America's football.

Esha Gupta, who was slammed for making racist comments against a Nigerian footballer Alexander Iwobi, has penned an apology letter to him.

Valencia ended their 2018-2019 Champions League campaign with a 2-1 victory against a listless Manchester United.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is in Argentina to attend G20 Summit, met FIFA President Gianni Infantino on his third day of visit. Sharing a picture of a football jersey gifted to him, Mr Prime Minister said Argentina is unimaginable without the sport.

There's big news coming from the boxing ring. Mary Kom, the five-time world champion reaches the semi-finals of the Women's World Boxing Championships. Indeed, she is creating history.

Football legend Pele on Friday picked Argentina's star striker Lionel Messi over Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo to play for his team.

Atletico Madrid eased supporters' concerns about their slow start to the season by cruising to a 3-0 win over newly promoted Huesca here to take provisional possession of third place in La Liga.

Veteran forward Luis Rodriguez scored a hat-trick as Atletico Tucuman rose to the top of the Superliga Argentina standings with a 3-0 home victory over fellow Argentine football club Tigre.

The India Under-19 football team will travel to Serbia to play two back-to-back international friendlies against their Serbian counterparts on September 13 and 17, an official statement from the All India Football Federation (AIFF) said on Saturday.