AFC Asian Cup: Upbeat India face UAE test

IMAGE: Currently ranked 79th to India's 97th, the United Arab Emirates were placed as high as 24 in the FIFA chart in January 2015. Photograph: AIFF Media/Twitter If Thailand was big, India are......

Maradona could be next coach of UAE

Diego Maradona could return to international soccer as the Argentine is being considered for the vacant United Arab Emirates head coaching job. The new President of the UAE Football Association,......

What the coaches said about the FIFA World Cup draw

IMAGE: Coaches of the 2022 World Cup finals teams pose for a photograph after the draw, at the Doha Exhibition and Convention Center, in Qatar, on Friday. Photograph: Pawel Kopczynski/Reuters Four......

Ali on target as Qatar stun Japan to win first Asian Cup

IMAGE: Qatar players celebrate winning the Asian Cup. Photograph: AFC Asian Cup/Twitter Almoez Ali scored with a spectacular overhead kick for a record ninth goal of the Asian Cup to set Qatar on......

Finding football's soul

'Soul might not win trophies. But, unlike trophies, soul actually matters,' says Shougat Dasgupta. IMAGE: Vincent Kompany of Manchester City lifts the trophy following the FA Cup final between......