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.

Actress Lily Aldridge says she is "bursting with creativity" and wants to channel that into her own beauty or fashion line.

Reigning world champions Germany has retained top spot in the FIFA world rankings despite extending their winless run to four matches.

Valencia provisionally moved into third place in the Spanish-league standings with a 3-1 victory here over Alaves on Matchday 29.

FC Barcelona announced on Saturday that star Lionel Messi will not travel with the squad to face Malaga in a La Liga match later in the day due to the birth of his third child.

Arsenal snapped a four-match losing streak here with a solid 2-0 victory over AC Milan in the first leg of their Europa League round of 16 clash.

Seven-time European football Champions AC Milan on Monday announced a long-term partnership with Puma which will be effective from July 1.

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

Argentine soccer legend Diego Maradona on Tuesday lost his cool when his car was mobbed by soccer lovers and refused to get down from the vehicle on a scheduled visit to a club in south Kolkata.

Barcelona - although controlling the match from the start - had to wait to get a one-man advantage over Villarreal to score in a La Liga outing that saw the expulsion of the host squad's Daniel Rabaseda with a straight red card.