Football

An Egyptian court has added former football star Mohamed Aboutrika to the authorities' terror list, his lawyer said on Tuesday, based on suspicions he financed the banned Muslim Brotherhood.

Arsenal's French trio Olivier Giroud, Laurent Koscielny and Francis Coquelin have all agreed contract extensions, the Premier League club announced on Thursday.

Manchester City crushed West Ham United 5-0 to give manager Pep Guardiola the perfect introduction to the FA Cup as they cruised into the fourth round with a thumping victory at the London Stadium on Friday.

Zinedine Zidane was able to celebrate a year as coach at Real Madrid with a 3-0 win at home to Sevilla in the first leg of their last-16 King's Cup football tie.

Bayern Munich boss Carlo Ancelotti backed his predecessor Pep Guardiola to do "a fantastic job" in the Premier League despite recent criticism of the Spaniard in England.

Manchester City overcame the first-half dismissal of Fernandinho and another Claudio Bravo error to secure a nervy 2-1 Premier League victory over Burnley on Monday.

Manchester United great Ryan Giggs is one of the names being considered for the managerial vacancy at Swansea City.

FIFA president Gianni Infantino presented on Wednesday a package of reforms and changes in the world football governing body which had been shaken by corruption scandals.

Sunil Chhetri had a record-breaking year with his club Bengaluru FC as well, where the 2-time I-League champions went on to become the first Indian side to feature in the AFC Cup Final.

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola offered a reassuring prognosis on the injury that curtailed John Stones's involvement in his side's 3-0 win at Hull City on Monday.

Frank Lampard admitted on Saturday he would relish a return to Chelsea as a player and is keen to rejoin the Premier League leaders in some capacity even if he is not offered a deal.

Former England boss Sam Allardyce has signed a 2-1/2 year contract to take over as manager of Premier League strugglers Crystal Palace, the London club said on Friday.

Cristiano Ronaldo called Syria's long-suffering children "the true heroes" as he joined a campaign to provide food, medicine and psychological help for kids in Aleppo and other war-stricken cities.

India jumped two places to finish 2016 at 135, their best in the last six years, in the FIFA rankings published on Thursday.

FIFA's new video review system is struggling to win supporters after the technology sparked controversy for the second straight match at the Club World Cup on Thursday.

The national side are 137th in the world rankings and, on the only occasion they qualified for the World Cup in 1950, pulled out without kicking a ball.