Football

Real Madrid star James Rodriguez has been fined 10,400 euros ($11,343) for fleeing from police after being caught speeding at 200 kilometres per hour, a government delegate confirmed on Tuesday.

The 23-year-old Bosnia international Besic joined Everton from Hungarian club Ferencvaros in July 2014 and has made 40 appearances for the Premier League side.

Moroccan Hicham El Amrani, general secretary of the African confederation, emerges a strong contender for FIFA's secretary general job. Infantino has earlier hinted at appointing an African for the post.

Leicester City's Premier League title bid received a setback on Monday as manager Claudio Ranieri revealed that influential central midfielder N'Golo Kante will miss their next two matches.

With a win over Sevilla on Sunday, Barcelona have equalled Real Madrid's record of 34 games unbeaten in La Liga. Barca boss Enrique says he will satisfied only when his team wins the league title.

After former United striker Danny Welbeck replied for Arsenal, Rashford set up Ander Herrera for a shot from the edge of the area that deflected in off Laurent Koscielny.

West Brom dominated the first half, with Craig Gardner, Craig Dawson and Saido Berahino giving their side a seemingly unassailable lead. After halftime, however, Crystal Palace improved hugely, with Connor Wickham scoring the first of his two goals just t...

The London club axed Mourinho in December 2015 after a string of below-par performances which almost had them in the relegation zone.

Delegates from more than 200 countries will vote for a new president to succeed Sepp Blatter, two days after the disgraced Swiss and European football chief Michel Platini lost their appeals against bans for ethics violations.

Police say four Belgian soccer fans have been treated in the hospital for minor injuries following a brawl in Athens hours before a Europa League match between Olympiakos and Anderlecht.

Louis van Gaal, the Manchester United manager, has said the criticism being levelled at the club this season could be having a negative effect on his players' performance.

Coach Maurizio Sarri was sent off as Napoli wasted a chance to return to the top of Serie A when they were held 1-1 at home by AC Milan in a tense encounter.

The request came from Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein of Jordan, who said he would take his case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), sport's highest tribunal.

Chelsea is looking to win the world's oldest club knockout competition for the fifth time in the last 10 years and is in better form than City, having lost only once — 2-1 against PSG — in 12 games since Hiddink took over.

The city of Kolkata will turn into the headquarters of FIFA U-17 World Cup 2017 as well as the main broadcasting centre to cater stories of the entire tournament to 209 countries, FIFA Head of Events Jaime Yarza said on Thursday.

Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 12th Champions League goal of the season with a superb strike into the top corner as Real Madrid took a firm grip on their last-16 tie against AS Roma with a 2-0 first leg win on Wednesday.