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David Beckham named world`s richest footballer

Last Updated: Monday, March 11, 2013, 11:41

David Beckham has been named the world`s richest footballer with a whopping 175 million-pound fortune.

Messi is the best in the world: Ibrahimovic

Last Updated: Wednesday, February 6, 2013, 18:52

Zlatan Ibrahimovic has admitted that Lionel Messi is the best player in world football as he prepares to face his former Barcelona team-mate when Sweden take on Argentina on Wednesday.

‘Lottery winning’ EPL footballer fears fans` backlash

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 15, 2013, 08:36

A top footballer from the Premier League has won 125,000 pounds in Lottery, but the star player has requested anonymity to avoid getting abused from fans.

Nabi voted AIFF Player of the Year 2012

Last Updated: Thursday, December 20, 2012, 19:41

Winger Syed Rahim Nabi has been voted the AIFF Player of the Year 2012 by the I-League club coaches, the AIFF President Praful Patel announced during the Annual General Meeting here today.

Messi set to become ‘highest paid footballer’ through new deal at Barca

Last Updated: Sunday, December 16, 2012, 15:46

Soccer star Lionel Messi is set to sign a new deal at Barcelona that would give him the highest club wages of any footballer in Europe`s top leagues.

India`s longest playing footballer honoured

Last Updated: Sunday, December 16, 2012, 13:53

One of India`s longest playing footballers, now retired, has been given the "Lifetime Achievement Award" for his "valuable contribution" to the game - from 1954 until his retirement in 2008.

Four men charged with kidnapping Hulk`s sister

Last Updated: Friday, December 14, 2012, 11:19

Brazilian prosecutors have charged four men in connection with last month`s kidnapping of the sister of Brazil international footballer Hulk.

Sneijder on his way to PSG

Last Updated: Monday, December 10, 2012, 13:18

Dutch footballer Wesley Sneijder is reportedly set on his way to Paris Saint-Germain following a contract renewal row with Italian giants Inter Milan.

Former Delhi state footballer Arunesh Sharma passes away

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 6, 2012, 21:46

Former Delhi state footballer Arunesh Sharma, who represented India at junior level, has passed away at a city hospital following a brief illness.

Coke to sponsor footballer Rai`s US training stint

Last Updated: Monday, November 5, 2012, 18:24

Cola giants Coca Cola will be sponsoring talented India U-16 footballer Uttam Rai`s six-month training stint at Colorado Rush Football Academy in the United States.

Beckham to shift base to NY for wife`s career

Last Updated: Sunday, November 4, 2012, 17:01

Footballer David Beckham is planning to move to New York so that his wife Victoria Beckham can take her fashion career.

Footballer sent to 14-day judicial custody in rape case

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 31, 2012, 23:20

East Bengal midfielder Jogpreet Singh and his cook Ravi Singh, arrested Tuesday night for their suspected involvement in the gangrape of a 14-year-old girl, was on Wednesday remanded to judicial custody for 14 days by a court here.