Athletic Bilbao players celebrate after winning the Spanish Supercopa final soccer match against FC Barcelona at La Cartuja stadium in Seville, Spain.
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Juventus' Cristiano Ronaldo grimaces while sitting on the ground during a Serie A soccer match between Inter Milan and Juventus at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy.
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Napoli's Matteo Politano celebrates after scoring his side's sixth goal during the serie A soccer match between Napoli and Fiorentina at the Diego Armando Maradona stadium in Naple...
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Sheffield United's Jayden Bogle, center, controls the ball during the English Premier League soccer match between Sheffield United and Tottenham Hotspur at the Bramall Lane stadium...
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Aires:Braian Romero of Argentina's Defensa y Justicia celebrates with teammates after scoring his side's 4th goal during a Copa Sudamericana semifinal second leg soccer match again...
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West Ham's Tomas Soucek vies for the ball with Burnley's Josh Brownhill, right, during the English Premier League soccer match between West Ham United and Burnley, at London stadiu...
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West Ham's Declan Rice heads the ball during the English Premier League soccer match between West Ham United and Burnley, at London stadium, in London.
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Bipin Singh Thounaojam of Mumbai City FC and Asish Rai of Hyderabad FC in action during a match of the Hero Indian Super League, at the GMC Stadium Bambolim in Goa.
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Roma's Edin Dzeko aims for the ball during the Serie A soccer match between Lazio and Roma, at Rome's Olympic Stadium.
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Peter William Hartley of Jamshedpur FC and Ivan Garrido Gonzalez of FC Goa during 7th season of the Hero Indian Super League between FC Goa and Jamshedpur FC, at the Fatorda Stadiu...
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Manchester United's Anthony Martial, right, shoots the ball during the English Premier League soccer match between Burnley and Manchester United in Burnley, England.
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Rafael Santos Borre of Argentina's River Plate, left, and Kuscevic of Brazil's Palmeiras battle for the ball during a Copa Libertadores semifinal second leg soccer match at the All...
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Newcastle's Callum Wilson, left, challenges for the ball with Sheffield United's Oliver Norwood during the English Premier League soccer match between Sheffield United and Newcastl...
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Lalengmawia of NorthEast United FC and Sunil Chhetri of Bengaluru FC in action during the 7th season of the Hero Indian Super League between NorthEast United FC and Bengaluru FC at...
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Spezia's Claudio Terzi scores a goal, during a Serie A soccer match between Spezia and Sampdoria, in La Spezia, Italy.
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Bartholomew Ogbeche of Mumbai City FC during match 55 of the Hero Indian Super League between ATK Mohun Bagan vs Mumbai City FC at the Fatorda Stadium in Goa.
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Inter Milan's Milan Skriniar, top left, scores his side's first goal during a Serie A soccer match between Roma and Inter Milan at Rome's Olympic stadium.
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Jerry Lalrinzuala of Chennaiyin FC and Jerry Mawihmingthanga of Odisha FC during a match of the Hero Indian Super League, at GMC Stadium in Bambolim, Goa.
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Eli Sabia of Chennaiyin FC and Diego Maurico Machado De Brito of Odisha FC during a match of the Hero Indian Super League, at GMC Stadium in Bambolim, Goa.
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Nerijus Valskis of Jamshedpur FC celebrates after scoring a goal during a match of the Hero Indian Super League against Kerala Blasters FC, at Tilak Maidan Stadium in Goa.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic returned to Milan's Serie A starting line-up with both goals in a 2-0 win at Cagliari that restores their three-point lead over Inter.
Such was Chuni Goswami's athletic ability that Sir Garfield Sobers had mentioned his electrifying speed in his autobiography, remembers football star and coach Subhash Bhowmick
Franz Gastler and his wife Rose run Yuwa, a school in Ormanjhi that uses football to empower marginalised women against illiteracy, child marriage and poverty
Thousands have flocked to see Real Kashmir play their home games at Srinagar's TRC Turf Ground. The games have enabled Kashmiris to embrace some semblance of normalcy in a Valley under lockdown
More than a dozen footballers in India's Olympic teams of the Fifties came from Hyderabad. The city now has a team in the ISL but yesteryear superstars like Rahim Sahab, Balaram, Habib and Nayeemuddin are completely forgotten
The first Indian football team to win the historic IFA Shield three years in a row, East Bengal club continues to symbolise the honour and hope of a battered community over decades.
The All India Football Federation is being virtually run by its commercial partners, Reliance. The plan to make Indian Super League the Number 1 National tournament will hurt clubs like East Bengal and Mohun Bagan.
Why the ongoing Jangalmahal Cup is embroiled in an ugly dispute? Why does Punjab government plan to import sexed semen from US and British companies? Read to find out in this week's The Subcontinental Menu.