Lionel Messi on Wednesday scored his 600th goal for Barcelona following a brace against Liverpool in the first leg of the Champions League semifinals. The social media is flooded with congratulatory tweets for the 31-year-old.

Argentina's preparations for FIFA World Cup suffered a blow as attacking midfielder Manuel Lanzini was ruled out of the 32-nation football tournament after suffering a suspected serious knee injury during training on Friday.

The Indian football team jumped three places to 99 in the latest FIFA rankings for the month of February released on Thursday.

Defending champions Eastern Sporting Union will take on Indira Gandhi Academy for Sports & Education on the opening day of the 2nd edition of the Indian womens football league in Shillong on March 25, it was announced on Tuesday.

Bengaluru FC returned to the top of the Indian Super League table after a hard-fought 2-1 victory over NorthEast United at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium here on Friday.

Indian football rose three spots in the first FIFA rankings of 2018 which were released by the game's world governing body on Thursday.

Real Madrid star footballer Cristiano Ronaldo on Tuesday was named the FIFA men's player of the year during a star-studded night at the Best FIFA Football Awards here.

Altogether 400 stewards would be on duty at the Salt Lake Stadium here during the Under-17 FIFA World Cup matches to guide and ensure the safety and security of the spectators, the police said on Wednesday.

In a shocking development, the infamous doping issue has erupted in India football. Not only in cricket, athletes, boxing, now Indian football is mar by the doping case.

The Goa government on Saturday formed a high-level steering committee to hasten decision-making in setting up infrastructure for the upcoming FIFA Under-17 World Cup.