Mohun Bagan’s plea of insufficient light 12 minutes from time led to their championship round match of the Kolkata league against United SC being abandoned in Kalyani on Friday. The match was tied 0-0 at the time.

Alex Ferguson says the fire to win is still burning ahead of his last ever game as manager of Manchester United against West Bromwich Albion this weekend.

Racist and homophobic abuse by players in England will carry a minimum five-match ban from next season. The Football Association says the sanction will be the entry-level punishment for the least serious discriminatory offenses, with longer bans possible.

Bayern Munich wrap up their record-breaking Bundesliga season tomorrow at Borussia Moenchengladbach with 20 records in their sights and with coach Jupp Heynckes to end his German league career at the club where he began in 1963.
Retiring English football icon David Beckham should be celebrated for his on-field achievements and for spearheading a new era of superstar athletes, Britain's press, said today.

David Beckham is retiring from football, ending a career in which he became a global superstar who transcended the sport. He recently won a league title in a fourth country with Paris Saint-Germain, said on Thursday he will retire at the end of the season.
Reaction to former England captain David Beckham's announcement on Thursday that he is retiring at the end of the French league season.
Highlights in the career of David Beckham, who said on Thursday he will retire from football at the end of the season.
David Beckham will retire at the end of the season. The most capped England outfield player will be hanging up his boots after a career in which he won 19 trophies.

Tottenham Hotspur hope to turn the tables on bitter rivals Arsenal on the final day of the Premier League season on Sunday by snatching a top-four finish at their expense.

A 93rd-minute header from Branislav Ivanovic gave Chelsea a stunning 2-1 victory over Benfica in the Europa League final as the London club claimed the trophy for the first time in heart-stopping fashion.
Wigan became the first team to win the FA Cup yet be relegated from English football’s top-flight in the same season after a 4-1 Premier League loss away to Arsenal on Tuesday.

Penn Orji is far removed from the big, bustling muscle mass that makes African footballers such sought after properties in Indian football since Chima Okorie exploded in the mid-80s.

England and Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand announced his retirement from international soccer today. The FA said the central defender had informed England coach Roy Hodgson of his decision.

Manchester City assistant manager David Platt has left the club just a day after Roberto Mancini was sacked, the English Premier League side announced.