India to play friendlies before Asian Cup

The Indian football team will play against Qatar and Syria on December 19 and 26 respectively in what will be their last two international friendlies in the lead upto the Asian Cup in January next......

Sports Shorts: Maradona head coach of UAE's Al-Fujairah

A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Monday. Maradona appointed head coach of UAE's Al-Fujairah IMAGE: Diego Maradona. Photograph: Philipp Schmidli/Getty Images Former......

Maradona's death triggers complex inheritance

IMAGE: Argentine soccer legend Diego Maradona, his daughter Giannina and his ex-wife Claudia Villafane. Photograph: Enrique Marcarian/Reuters Diego Maradona's death has triggered an outpouring of......

Maradona off to a winning start in Mexico

IMAGE: Dorados manager Diego Maradona celebrates after Vinicio Angulo scored a goal against Tapachula. Photograph: Cristian Santos/Reuters A hat-trick from Vinicio Angulo helped get Diego......

Football Briefs: Everton sack Allardyce as manager

News of all that's transpired on and off the football field IMAGE: Sam Allardyce leaves his family home in Bolton, England. Photograph: Dave Thompson/Getty Images Everton sacked manager Sam......