Football

List of Ballon d'Or winners since the award's inception in 1956 after Cristiano Ronaldo was named 2016 winner on Monday

Henrikh Mkhitaryan scored his first Manchester United goal to set up a 2-0 win over Zorya Luhansk in Ukraine on Thursday and take Jose Mourinho's side into the last 32 of the Europa League.

The South American Soccer Confederation (Conmebol) on Monday declared the team winner of this year's championship, as rival team Atletico Nacional had requested

Barcelona coach Luis Enrique could not hide his disappointment after Sergio Ramos' 90th minute equaliser denied his side victory against Real Madrid and admitted they must improve in many areas to catch the league leaders.

Robert Lewandowski struck twice and Arjen Robben netted with a rare diving header as champions Bayern Munich came from a goal down to win 3-1 at Mainz 05

Real Madrid cruised into the round of 16 of Spain's Copa del Rey football tournament, wrapping up a 13-2 victory on aggregate over third-division club Cultural Leonesa with an easy 6-1 second-leg win.

Edinson Cavani scored his 100th goal in all competitions for Paris St Germain in their 2-0 Ligue 1 victory over Angers on Wednesday, but the Uruguay international still cannot escape the shadow cast by his predecessor Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

The result saw NorthEast set up a virtual knockout affair with Kerala Blasters in both the teams' final outings.

Arsenal closed the gap on Premier League leaders Chelsea as Alexis Sanchez bragged a brace in a 3-1 win over Bournemouth on Sunday.

As Leicester celebrated, Tottenham in contrast saw their adventure in Europe's top club competition come to a grinding halt after a 2-1 loss at Monaco, who won Group E in the process.

Sporting clube de Goa on Tuesday confirmed they have formally withdrawn from I-League 2016-17 owing to "strong objections" to the proposed road map by AIFF and its marketing partners IMG-Reliance for Indian football.

Infantino says he is in favour of introducing video refereeing for the 2018 World Cup in Russia, after previously expressing fears it would break up games too much.

Andy Murray swept into the semi-finals of the ATP Tour Finals with a 6-4, 6-2 victory over Stan Wawrinka on Friday as the world number one remained on course for a final showdown against Novak Djokovic.

Italian World Cup winner Gianluca Zambrotta says the once-storied Serie A football league has been in a downward spiral compared to other premier club competitions in Europe.

Rooney and Bertrand were the only players absent from training at Tottenham Hotspur's north London training base on the eve of Tuesday's meeting with Spain at Wembley.

Riding on CK Vineeth's two goals in the last five minutes, hosts Kerala Blasters stunned Chennaiyin FC 3-1 in the Indian Super League football tournament