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Berlin: Thomas Tuchel is looking to break Borussia Dortmund's winless streak at former club Mainz on Friday while runaway league leaders Bayern Munich...

Al Rayyan captain Rodrigo Tabata (second left) celebrates after scoring a goal against Al Sailiya in the opening match of the QSL season...

Nasser Al Khater Doha: With all the arrangements on track, the Qatar’s FIFA World Cup bosses are expecting around one million fans turnout...

Nyon, Switzerland: Michel Platini will get a strong indication of the level of support from the organisation he heads when UEFA holds its...

  PARIS: Belgium are set to top the next FIFA world rankings due out in November thanks to their results in their final Euro...

  KOLKATA: Defending champions Atletico de Kolkata (ATK) blasted their way to the top of the league as they downed last year’s finalists Kerala...

ZURICH: FIFA on Wednesday banned former top South African official Lindile Kika for six years for his role in a major match-fixing scandal...

London: FIFA presidential contender Prince Ali bin al-Hussein demanded Wednesday that the scandal-hit world football body maintain its election date to avoid creating...

    Montevideo: Brazil kick-started their South American World Cup qualifying campaign with a 3-1 victory over Venezuela on Tuesday as Chile, Ecuador and Uruguay...

Paris: Croatia and Turkey clinched the final automatic qualifying places for Euro 2016 on Tuesday as the Netherlands, semi-finalists at last year's World...

Al Gharafa captain Lawrence Quaye (left) in action during a Qatar Stars League (QSL) match.  Doha: Al Gharafa captain Lawrence Quaye believes the...

Qatar Boualem Khoukhi (centre)attempts a shot at Maldives goal during 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia and AFC Asian Cup 2019 qualifying match at...

Berlin: Ex-Germany international Stefan Effenberg has taken his first coaching job in football after accepting an SOS call from second-division crisis club Paderborn...

Sunderland manager Sam Allardyce in the stands.   LONDON: Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is arrogant and a bad loser who tries to influence referees...

Vilnius: Roy Hodgson insists the England reserves who helped complete his side's perfect Euro 2016 qualification campaign have staked their claims for starring...

Caption Amsterdam: The Netherlands, who were within a penalty shootout victory of reaching the 2014 World Cup final, now stand on the brink...

Montevideo: Brazil and Argentina head into the second round of qualifiers for the 2018 World Cup on Tuesday looking to get their campaigns...

Qatar football players are seen during a training session at Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium in Doha. Qatar take on Maldives in a 2018...